Indiana

Bennetts Switch, IN Traction Train Accident, Feb 1908

THREE KILLED AT CROSSING.  read more »

Ossian, IN Fire Destroys Business District, May 1908

Main Street 1900

TOWN OF OSSIAN IS BADLY HIT IN BIG FIRE.

MANY BUSINESS HOUSES ARE WIPED OUT AND LOSSES MAY REACH $20,000.

(Special to The Sentinel.)  read more »

Fort Wayne, IN Flyer Derails Into Freight, Aug 1911

The Wreck

FOUR DIE IN WRECK -- EIGHTEEN HOUR FLYER LEAPS OFF RAILS NEAR FORT WAYNE.

30 PERSONS ARE INJURED.

SEVERAL VICTIMS OF CRASH ARE NOT EXPECTED TO SURVIVE.  read more »

Veedersburg, IN train wreck, Mar 1897

Fatal Freight Train Wreck.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.  read more »

Shirley, IN Town Suffers Fire, Oct 1908

Town fire ruins

TWO PERSONS LOSE LIVES IN FIRE AT SHIRLEY.

AN INDIANA TOWN SUFFERS HEAVY DAMAGE.
TWENTY-FIVE BUILDINGS BURN.  read more »

Warsaw, IN Train Derails In Downtown, Apr 1947

Near the Scene of the Derailment

TRAIN DERAILS IN DOWNTOWN WARSAW.  read more »

Aurora, IN Fire, Sept 1882

September 4, 1882, occurred the greatest fire at Aurora, that the city ever experienced, by which was consumed nearly a whole block of buildings.  read more »

Hamilton, IN Fire, Apr 1912

Hamilton Experiences Second Big Fire within Two Months.  read more »

Borden, IN Fire, Mar 1894

Borden, IN Birds Eye View, 1907, photo from familyoldphotos.com

New Albany, Ind., March 31.  read more »

South Bend, IN St Joseph's Lake Drowning, May 1890

A Sad Drowning  read more »


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