Connecticut

Thamesville, CT Bottling House Explosion, Nov 1896

BLOWN UP BY BURGLARS.

A Bottling House at Thamesville, Conn., is Destroyed.  read more »

New Haven, Coach Factory Boiler Explosion, Nov 1860

Affairs in New-Haven

The Late Boiler Explosion - Body Recovered - Serious Affray.

New-Haven, Saturday, Nov. 3  read more »

Winsted, CT Flood, Mar 1896

HARTFORD, March 2.--The great rainstorm which was in progress all day Saturday, Saturday night and yesterday morning caused the greatest damage to property throughout the state known in 20 years.  read more »

Waterbury, CT Flood, Feb 1896

Damage at Waterbury.  read more »

Bristol, CT Flood & Bridge Collapse, Feb 1896

DUMPED INTO A RIVER.

Men Working on a Bridge Engulfed by a Raging Torrent.

Eleven Out of Twenty Reported to Be Drowned.

Carried Down Pequabuck River and Lost In the Darkness.  read more »

Bristol, CT Flood, Feb-Mar 1896

Hartford, Mar 2.--The great rainstorm which was in progress all day Saturday, Saturday night and yesterday morning caused the greatest damage to property throughout the state known in 20 years.  read more »

Winsted, CT Beardsley Hotel Fire, Nov 1939

2 Lives Believed Lost: Fire Destroys Hotel at Winsted  read more »

New London, CT Old Yale Brewery Fire, Jan 1923

OLD YALE BREWERY DESTROYED BY FIRE;

Loss is $100,000  read more »

Milford, CT Smith's Hotel Fire, Mar 1923

WINDS FAN SPARKS, DAMAGING CHIMNEY OF MILFORD HOTEL  read more »

Danbury, CT Fire, Apr 1896

DANBURY’S FIRE.

The Total Loss Inflicted Will Reach Fully $70,000.  read more »


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