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Storms & Lightning

Virginia, MN Lightning Causes Mine Explosion, June 1918

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TWENTY MEN BURIED WHEN FLASH SETS OFF CHARGES.

NINE TONS HIGH EXPLOSIVE PREMATURELY FIRED BY LIGHTNING.

WHOLE RIM OF OPEN PIT FALLS ON MEN.  read more »

Seattle, WA Area Storm, Oct 1934

Many Perish Near Seattle When Storms Sweep Region

Flooded Cities, Damaged Buildings and Death Recorded

Hurricane Subsides

Missing Persons Reported Clinging To Log In Puget Sound  read more »

Indiana Deaths from Heat and Lightning, Jul 1905

STORM KING AND OLD SOL

Cause Loss of Life in Hoosier State

FOUR DEATHS ARE REPORTED THURSDAY  read more »

Bucyrus, OH Lightning Strike, Aug 1905

Strange Freak of Lightning.  read more »

New York, NY Lightning Strikes Apartment House, Jul 1901

Lightning Strikes Building.  read more »

Ludlow, VT Storm, May 1892

Another exceptional storm visited the town May 21, 1892, when two feet of snow fell, and lasted several days.  read more »

Woodbine, IA Hail Storm, Jun 1911

Arm Bruised by Hailstorm.

Special Dispatch to the World-Herald.  read more »

Wilmington, DE Storm & Flood, Jul 1937

FEAR TWO DROWNED AS DOWNPOUR BRINGS FLOOD IN DELAWARE  read more »

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