Minnesota

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Thief River Falls, MN Auto And Truck Collision, June 1960

THREE IN FAMILY DIE IN CRASH AT THIEF RIVER.

Thief River Falls, Minn. -- (AP) -- Three members of one family were killed late Wednesday.  read more »

Rochester, MN Train Accident, Nov 1911

MASON CITY---Lewis Brown, age 14, who ran away from home, had a leg taken off near Rochester, Minn., yesterday when attempting to board a freight train.  read more »

Minneapolis, MN Lodging House Asphyxiation, Jun 1905

Two men were asphyxiated in a cheap lodging house fire at 240 Hennepin avenue, Minneapolis. Both are strangers, one registering as Frank Green and the other simply as Fox.  read more »

Palo, MN Forest Fire, May 1915

FOREST FIRE RAGES AT PALO

Homes of Three Farmers Are Burned - Lumber Company's Timber in Path of Flames.

(News Tribune Special.)  read more »

Bass Lake, MN Accidental Drownings, June 1906

THREE MEN DROWNED.

LOSE THEIR LIVES BY BOAT CAPSIZING WHILE FISHING.

St. Paul, June 8 -- O. J. NORDBY, saloonkeeper  read more »

Hope, MN Train Wreck, Feb 1914

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WRECK VICTIMS MAY DIE.

DAVID THOMPSON, FIREMAN, AND CHAS. REINHARD, ENGINEER, ARE IN CRITICAL CONDITION AT OWATONNA HOSPITAL.

INJURED IN THIS CITY WILL RECOVER.  read more »

Fergus Falls, MN Tornado, June 1919

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60 DEATHS IS FERGUS FALLS TORNADO TOLL; 400 HOMELESS.

TWISTER STRIKES MINNESOTA CITY SUNDAY; CUTS PATH TWO BLOCKS WIDE.

150 ARE SERIOUSLY INJURED, LATE REPORT.  read more »

Rochester, MN Tornado Destruction, Aug 1883

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DEATH-DEALING CYCLONE.

GREAT DESTRUCTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY IN MINNESOTA.

A TRAIN LIFTED FROM THE RAILS AND MANY OF ITS PASSENGERS EITHER KILLED OR FEARFULLY WOUNDED.  read more »

Lowrey, MN Tornado, July 1897

TORNADO IN MINNESOTA.

TOWN OF LOWREY OBLITERATED AND TEN PERSONS REPORTED KILLED.  read more »

St. Paul, MN Tornado Hits Cities, Aug 1904

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DEATH AND DEBRIS.

TORNADO DEVASTATED WIDE SECTION IN TWIN CITIES.

TWELVE DEAD, FOUR DYING.

PROPERTY DAMAGE $1,000,000 -- CHIEFLY IN ST. PAUL BUSINESS DISTRICT.  read more »

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