Wisconsin
Neenah, WI mill fire, Dec 1949
Posted July 4th, 2009 by Tim TaugherBlaze Ruins Neenah Mill
$150,000 Fire Guts Large Downtown Mill; Flames Shoot 50 Feet in Air read more »
Dundee, WI (near) Butane Stove Explosion, July 1963
Posted July 2nd, 2009 by Stu Beitler3 KILLED IN BLAST AT CAMP. read more »
Menasha, WI drowning, Sept 1885
Posted June 7th, 2009 by Tim TaugherDROWNED.
DROWNING DISASTER AT MENASHA.
Six Men Capsize in a Boat - Two Drowned and a Third Narrowly Escapes - The Others Cling to the Boat and are Saved. read more »
Sparta, WI Military Plane Crashes, July 1953
Posted May 9th, 2009 by Stu BeitlerC-45 CRASHES KILLING FOUR.
Sparta, Wis. (UP) -- A small Air Force plane crashed a short time after taking off from the Camp McCoy airport Monday, killing four men, military authorities said. read more »
Viroqua, WI plumber falls 40 feet, Apr 1937
Posted April 28th, 2009 by Tim TaugherPlumber Tumbles 40 Feet, Isn't Hurt, Goes on Laboring
VIROQUA, Wis., April 23 (AP). - A forty-foot fall did not disturb Frank Wintz, 61, a plumber. read more »
Kenosha, WI Train And Auto Collision, Feb 1930
Posted April 16th, 2009 by Stu BeitlerTRAIN-CAR CRASH NEAR KENOSHA IS FATAL TO ELEVEN.
OVER 100 INJURED WHEN PASSENGER TRAIN IS DERAILED AFTER STRIKING AUTO.
COACHES DETRAILED. read more »
Lone Rock, WI (Other WI Towns) Tornado, May 1918
Posted April 10th, 2009 by Stu BeitlerSEVEN DIE IN WISCONSIN TORNADO.
Madison, Wis., May 22. -- Seven persons were killed and 30 injured in a storm which last night partly destroyed the village of Lone Rock, 44 miles west of Madison. read more »
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