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Lander, WY Lightning Strike, June 1913

Posted October 2nd, 2008 by Stu Beitler

BRAKEMAN KILLED BY LIGHTNING.  read more »

Laramie, WY Business Block Fire, Apr 1948

Posted October 1st, 2008 by Stu Beitler
Holliday Store Ruins Ruins Of Downtown Laramie

BLAZE AT LARAMIE RAZES ENTIRE BLOCK.  read more »

Parco, WY Oil Refinery Explosion, Apr 1927

Posted October 1st, 2008 by Stu Beitler

OIL REFINERY EXPLOSION IN WYOMING WIPES OUT SEVENTEEN LIVES.

STILLS TAKE FIRE AND NINE GO UP IN FEARFUL BLAST.

DETONATION IS FELT SEVEN MILES AWAY; FLAMES ARE EATING PLANT UP YET.  read more »

Billy The Kid, WY Auto Crash Kills Actress, July 1957

Posted October 1st, 2008 by Stu Beitler
Judy Tyler Judy Tyler and Elvis Presley

CAR CRASH KILLS ACTRESS, MATE.

JUDY TYLER, 24, RIDGEFIELD, HUSBAND DIE IN WYOMING.  read more »

Casper, WY Oil Tanks Blaze, June 1921

Posted July 29th, 2008 by Stu Beitler
Tanks On Fire Oil Tank Blaze

OIL SET AFIRE BY LIGHTNING.

SEVERAL LARGE TANKS BURNING AT CASPER; ONE MAN IS INJURED.  read more »

Green River, WY train wreck, Mar 1897

Posted July 23rd, 2008 by Tim Taugher

WRECK ON THE UNION PACIFIC.  read more »

Casper, WY Train Plunges Through Bridge, Sept 1923

Posted July 5th, 2008 by Stu Beitler
Wreckage removed from river After the wreck

20 UNACCOUNTED FOR IN A WYOMING WRECK.

BURLINGTON PASSENGER TRAIN PLUNGED THROUGH BRIDGE NEAR CASPER, WYO. -- MANY INJURED; 20 BELIEVED DEAD.  read more »

Diamondville, WY "Blown" Shot Explosion In Mine, Dec 1905

Posted March 31st, 2008 by Stu Beitler

EIGHTEEN KILLED IN MINE.

AN AWFUL DISASTER OCCURS IN THE COLLIERY AT DIAMONDVILLE WYOMING.

"BLOWN" SHOT OF POWDER.

BUT MEAGER DETAILS OF THE HORROR CAN BE HAD AS YET.  read more »

Cold Springs, WY Forest Fire, Aug 1924

Posted March 19th, 2008 by gendisasters

Articles about the August 1924 Forest Fire that destroyed the settlement of Cold Springs, Wyoming.

Cody, WY Forest Fires, Aug 1937

Posted March 19th, 2008 by gendisasters

Articles on the deadly forest fires that blazed across the Cody, Wyoming area in August 1937

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