FIRST NAME


LAST NAME


LOCALITY


Nebraska

Omaha, NE Train Accident, Jan 1907

TRAINOR SAVES A LIFE.

Pulls on Farmer Who Slips in Catching a Car.  read more »

Cambridge, NE Train Wreck, Jan 1888

RAILROAD ACCIDENT -- MISPLACED SWITCH.  read more »

Holt and Custer Counties, NE Tornado Damage, Oct 1913

Tornado

DEATH FOLLOWS IN TRAIL OF TORNADO.

THREE KILLED IN STORM THAT SWEEPS THROUGH HOLT COUNTY.

OTHERS FATALLY INJURED -- CYCLONE TEARS THROUGH CUSTER.

(Special to The Star.)  read more »

Elmwood, NE Tornado, Apr 1919

Elmwood Nebraska Funnel

TORNADO.

Elmwood, Neb., April 6. -- A photo of the Elmwood Nebraska tornado of April 1919  read more »

Omaha, NE Drowned Under Plank Sidewalk, Aug 1880

Killed by a Sidewalk.  read more »

University Place, NE Exploding Gasoline Causes House Fire, Jan 1912

Wage Battle With Flaming Gasoline

Mother and Daughter Painfully Burned Trying to Conquer Fire Following an Explosion.  read more »

Tekamah, NE Tornado, May 1930

Tekamah NEB Circa 1910 Ruins

TORNADO HITS TEKAMAH AND FOUR KILLED.

TWO MEN, A WOMAN AND A SMALL CHILD LOSE LIVES.

AMOST A HUNDRED PEOPLE INJURED.

PROPERTY LOSS AMOUNTS TO NEAR TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND.  read more »

Fremont, NE Fire In School, Oct 1907

School ruins

Fremont, Neb., Oct. 14. -- Fire this afternoon destroyed the Fremont Normal School.
The loss aggregates $80,000.

The New York Times New York 1907-10-15  read more »

Omaha, NE Retail District Fire, Apr 1912

MERCHANTS SUFFER BIG LOSS BY FIRE.

OMAHA RETAIL DISTRICT RAVAGED BY THAT EATS UP $400,000 OF PROPERTY.  read more »

Stromsburg, NE train wreck, Mar 1897

ROCK ISLAND WRECK.

Passenger Collides at Stromsburg - Three Slightly Injured.

Special Dispatch to the World-Herald.  read more »


Family Old Photos
| Old-Yearbooks.com | Old Photos & Genealogy Blog

gendisasters.com is a genealogy site, compiling information on the historic disasters, events, and tragic accidents our ancestors endured, as well as, information about their life and death. Database and records searchable by surname. Compilation, design, artwork and concept covered by copyright. Copyright ©2006-2008, All rights reserved. Contact me