Cook County, Illinois: History
Tornados, Blizzards, Floods, World's Fairs and other events
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Arlington Heights, IL Helicopter Crashes Into Home, May 1998 (Source: GenDisasters)
Arlington Heights, IL Train Accident, Sept 1909 (Source: GenDisasters)
Barrington Hills, IL Air Balloon Crash Kills Five, Aug 1981 (Source: GenDisasters)
Belvidere, Oak Lawn, IL Powerful Tornado Devastation, Apr 1967 (Source: GenDisasters)
Berwyn, IL Train - Auto Wreck, Jun 1919 (Source: GenDisasters)
Blue Island, IL Fire, May 1896 (Source: GenDisasters)
Blue Island, IL Half Of Town Burns, May 1896 (Source: GenDisasters)
Blue Island, IL Standard Cartridge Factory Explosion, Aug 1890 (Source: GenDisasters)
Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Coles, Cook, Crawford and Cumberland County Tornadoes (Source: The Tornado Project)
The Cause of the Great Chicago Fire
The Chicago Fire (Source: Making of America)
Chicago Fire October 8, 1871
The Chicago massacre of 1812 With illustrations and historical documents (Source: Internet Archive)
Chicago Train and Depot Wreck Jan 1895 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago's awful theater horror (Source: Internet Archive)
Chicago, IL (Lake Michigan) Naval Cutter Capsizes, Sep 1912 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL (Lake Michigan) Yacht CHESAPEAKE Lost, July 1893 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Adams Street Fire, Jan 1908 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Airliner Crash Kills 22, July 1955 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Airliner Crashes On Takeoff, Mar 1948 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Airplane Crash, Dec 1972 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Airplane Crash, Dec 1978 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL airplane hits house, May 1936 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Airplane Plunges into Gas Tank, Aug 1930 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Alhambra Theatre and Hotel Fire, Feb 1904 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Amusement Park Accident, June 1893 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Apartment Building Fire, Sep 1966 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Apartment Fire, May 1901 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Armour & Co Lard Refinery Fire, May 1907 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Armour & Company Fire, May 1906 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Armour Beef House Fire, Jul 1887 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Arthur Manufacturing Fire, Mar 1891 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Auto Accident, Dec 1967 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Auto Accident, Jul 1915 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Auto Plunges Into River, Dec 1931 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Automobile Accident, Sept 1932 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Baker Bros. Building Fire, Jun 1893 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Balcony Collapse, June 2003 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Barnett House And Evangeline Hotel Fire, Mar 1912 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Barton Hotel Fire, Feb 1955 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Beef Storage Company Invisible Fire, Jan 1905 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Bennett Hospital Fire, Feb 1902 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Blizzard, Jan 1918 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Boarding House Collapses, Aug 1907 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Boating Accident, Oct 1904 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Bomb Explodes in House, Dec 1928 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Bomber Crash, Jan 1951 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Book Store Fire, Feb 1899 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Brewster Hotel Explosion, Jan 1893 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Brighton Park Cotton Manufacturing Co Fire, Jul 1885 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Broom Factory Fire, Jul 1900 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Building Collapse, July 1891 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Building Explosion, May 1895 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Building Fire, Jan 1888 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Buildings Collapse During Storm, Apr 1892 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Business District Fire, Nov 1895 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Business District Fire, Nov 1895 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Business House Explosion, July 1968 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Business House Explosion, July 1968 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Business Section Fire, Sep 1859 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Cable Car Accident, Dec 1896 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Cable Train Accident in Tunnel, Jun 1892 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Cable Train Accident, Sept 1887 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Center Hotel Fire, Apr 1938 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Central Warehouse Fire, Mar 1889 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Champlain Disaster, Jun 1887 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Chemical Company Explosion, Mar 1927 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Chinese Restaurant Explosion, May 1925 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Circus Accident, July 1926 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL City Struck By Tornado, June 1892 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Colby Furniture Co and Wabash Avenue Fire, Jan 1908 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Coliseum Building Fire, Dec 1897 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Coliseum Collapse, Aug 1899 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Columbia Theater Fire, Mar 1900 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Commuter Train Wreck, Oct 1972 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Construction Accident, June 1925 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Curling Iron Fire, May 1896 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Department Store Fire, Nov 1897 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Donohue & Henneberry Building Fire, Jan 1893 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Dore School Fire Drill Panic, Jan 1898 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Downtown Fire, Mar 1900 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Drowning Rescue, May 1896 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Drownings, Aug 1924 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Eastland Disaster, Jul 1915 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Electricity Accident, Sept 1908 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Elevated Railroad Accident, Jun 1892 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Elevated Train Accident, Dec 1895 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Elevated Train Accident, June 1896 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Elevated Train Fire, Dec 1956 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Elevated Train Wreck, Feb 1977 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Elevated Train Wreck, May 1899 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Elevated Train Wreck, Nov 1936 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Elevator Accident, Sep 1904 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Engine Into River, Nov 1897 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Excursion Steamer Favorite Capsizes, Jul 1927 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Express Crashes Into Trolley, Aug 1904 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Factory Explosion and Fire, Apr 1953 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Factory Explosion, Apr 1985 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Falls from Hotel Window to Death, Aug 1908 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Famous Aviator Killed, Apr 1913 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Famous Aviator Killed, Sep 1912 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Farwell Block Fire, Nov 1885 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Fatal House Fire, Jun 1911 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Fell Beneath the Wheels of a Train, Sept 1887 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Fell from Fourth Floor Window, Jun 1908 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Fell Into a Pit of Slack Lime, Aug 1890 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Fell off Marble Slab, Jun 1891 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Fire And Panic In Hotel Fire, June 1946 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Fire At Amusement Park, July 1911 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Fire Destroys Building at World's Fair, July 1893 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Fire Destroys Lincoln Hotel, Dec 1902 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Fire In Transient Hotel, Mar 1981 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Fire Tug Boat Sinks, Aug 1908 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Fire, Oct 1857 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Fires, Feb 1889 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Fires, Mar 1890 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Fireworks Explosion, Mar 1921 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Fireworks Factory Explosion, June 1897 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Freight Train Collision, July 1894 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Garade Fire Kills 2 Firemen, Oct 1942 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Gas Explosion, Dec 1944 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Gas Explosion, Feb 1902 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Glucose Sugar Refining Co. Plant Fire, Oct 1902 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Goodyear Blimp Falls into Building, Jul 1919 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Grain Elevator Fire, Aug 1897 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Grain Elevator Fire, Sep 1905 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Gravel Ship MATERIAL SERVICE Sinks in Lake Michigan, Jul 1936 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Grocery Store Fire, Jan 1886 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Horse and Barn Fire, May 1896 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Hotel Fire, Dec 1948 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Hotel Florence Fire, Jan 1908 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Hotel Helene Fire, May 1900 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Hotel Somerset Fire, Jan 1903 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Hyde Park Train Wreck, Jan 1862 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Hydroplane Wreck, Aug 1915 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Illinois Steel Company Accident, Jan 1902 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Insane Asylum Fire, Dec 1923 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Iroquois Theater Fire Panic Disaster, Dec 1903 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Iroquois Theatre Fire, Dec 1903 - Wildest Horror of the Year (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Janitor Fell While Lowering Flag, May 1891 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Jets Collide On Runway, Dec 1972 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Jewish Synagogue Collapse, Sept 1887 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL John Hartley's Pork Packing Co Fire, Aug 1881 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Jumbo Jet Crashes On Take Off, May 1979 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Killed Coupling Freight Cars, Sept 1887 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Knickerbocker Shirt Co Fire, Dec 1897 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL L. Fish and Company Furniture Store Fire, Mar 1910 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Lake Michigan Sailboat Accident, Sept 1949 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Lake Steamer Tioga Explodes, July 1890 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Langham House Fire, Mar 1885 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Laundry Boiler Explosion, Mar 1901 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Leaps From Burning Building, Feb 1930 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Leech & Woolman's Distillery Fire, Feb 1873 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Liebman and Sons Clothing Store Fire, Dec 1869 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Lightning and Fire, Jul 1900 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Lightning and Powder Explosion, Aug 1886 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Lightning Strike, Jul 1901 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Lightning Strike, Jul 1901 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Lion Attack Kills Man, June 1914 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL lit cigar while hair soaked with tonic, Dec 1893 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Loses Foot in Cable Car Accident, Jun 1891 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Lumber District Fire, Aug 1894 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Lumber Mill Fire, May 1896 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Lumber Yard Fire, May 1885 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Lyceum Theatre Fire, Oct 1883 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Magazine Explosion, Aug 1886 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Marco Hotel Fire, Jan 1913 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Meat Plant Explosion, Feb 1968 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Midway Fair Accident, June 1893 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Moonshine Explosion, Apr 1921 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Murphys Grocery Fire, Aug 1878 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL National Air Race Accidents, Aug-Sept 1930 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Norton Bros. Factory Fire, Feb 1894 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Norwood Hotel Fire, Nov 1951 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Nursing Home Fire, Jan 1976 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL O'Hare Airport Jet Crash, Sept 1961 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Oatmeal Mill Explosion, Dec 1888 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Old Building Collapses on Children, May 1901 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Omnibus Hit By Train, Feb 1898 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Orpheum Theatre Fire, Feb 1902 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Otinger Flats Fire, Dec 1901 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Our Lady of the Angels School Fire, Dec 1958 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Our Lady of the Angels School Fire, Dec 1958 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Packing House Fire, Sept 1890 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Paxton Hotel Fire, Sept 1895 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Peabody Coal Co Fire Oct 1901 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Peabody Coal Co Fire, Oct 1901 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Plane Crashes On Landing, Dec 1940 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Plane Explodes In Crash, Nov 1959 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Plaza Hotel Fire, Nov 1907 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Poison Gas Escape, Feb 1978 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Policeman Stops Runaway, May 1891 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Pop Factory Fire, May 1891 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Printing Plant Explosion, Sep 1969 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Quarry Dynamite Explosion, Aug 1894 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Railroad Elevator Fire, Apr 1909 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Railroad Wreck, Mar 1862 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Railway Collision, Sep 1890 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Refrigerator Plant Fire, Dec 1910 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Reliance Hotel Fire, Dec 1953 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Riverview Park Fire, Jul 1911 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Rosemont Stadium Roof Collapse, Aug 1979 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Run Over By Train, Sept 1887 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Runaway Airplane Rolls into Fence, Aug 1955 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Saloon & Boarding House Fire, May 1895 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Sanitarium Fire Disaster, June 1902 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Saratoga House Hotel Fire, Nov 1887 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Scaffold Collapse, Jan 1893 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL School Girls Rescue Children from House Fire, Oct 1903 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Schooner Jennie Lind Wreck, May 1883 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Schooner Presto Fire, May 1896 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Senate Hotel Fire, Aug 1893 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Shuttle Helicopter Crash Kills 13, July 1960 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Siegel, Cooper & Co Dry Goods Store Fire, Aug 1891 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Single Car Crash, Feb 1956 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Standard Sash Company Fire, May 1908 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Steamer GORDON CAMPBELL Burns, Nov 1904 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Steamer TIOGA Explodes, July 1890 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Still Explosion, Apr 1927 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Storm Blows Buildings Down, Apr 1892 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Storm Jun 1892 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Storm, May 1909 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Storms And Lightning, July 1909 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Stove Explosion, May 1896 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Street Car - Gasoline Truck Wreck, May 1950 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Street Car Accident, Dec 1890 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Street Car Barn Fire, Dec 1901 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Struck by Baseball, Sept 1904 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Struck by Golf Ball in Jackson Park, Sept 1910 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Sugar Refinery Explosion, Mar 1890 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Sugar Refinery Explosion, Mar 1890 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Sugar Refinery Explosion, Nov 1888 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Swift & Co Fatal Fire, Feb 1899 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Swift & Co Fire, Jul 1902 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Swift and Co Plant Explosion, Nov 1902 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Telegraph Pole Accident, May 1855 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Tenement Fire, Sep 1935 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Tenement Gas Explosion, Feb 1917 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Tenement House Fire, June 1886 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Terrible Stockyard Plant Fire, Dec 1910 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL The Great Fire, Oct 1871 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Theater Fire, Aug 1890 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Toy Factory Explosion, Mar 1904 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Train & Depot Wreck, Jan 1895 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Train - Auto Wreck, Aug 1930 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Train - Snow Plow Wreck, Feb 1885 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Train - Trolley Accident, Jan 1893 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Train - Trolley Car Wreck, May 1896 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Train Accident, Dec 1892 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Train Accident, May 1896 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Train Accident, Oct 1895 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Train Collision, Oct 1972 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Train Collision, Sep 1926 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Train Hits Carriage, Jan 1890 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Train Wreck, Jan 1893 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Train Wreck, Jan 1912 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Train Wreck, Jul 1903 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Train Wreck, Jul 1904 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Train Wreck, Mar 1926 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Train Wreck, May 1853 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Train Wreck, Sept 1890 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Train Wreck, Sept 1909 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Train-Street Car Wreck, Jun 1891 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Transit House Fire, Jan 1912 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Trolley - Gas Truck Fire, Mar 1950 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Trolley And Train Collide, Aug 1901 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Tug C. W. PARKER Boiler Explodes, Oct 1891 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Tugboat C W Parker Boiler Explosion, Oct 1891 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Two Aviators Killed, Aug 1911 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Two Storage Building Fire, Jan 1961 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL University of Chicago Fire, Dec 1897 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Varsity Flat Fire, Feb 1902 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Wabash Avenue Fire, Mar 1898 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Wabash Train Accident, Sept 1887 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Water Intake Explosion, Jan 1909 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Water Intake Explosion, Jan 1909 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Water Tunnel Explosion, Jan 1913 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL West Gate Hotel Fire, Dec 1924 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Western Union Building Collapse, May 1893 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Windsor Beach Drownings, Jul 1894 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Workmen Asphyxiated While Cleaning Sewer Pipes, Feb 1885 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL. Nov. 1967 Car on Tracks Hit by Train Driver Dies IL. Central Railroad Tracks just north of 26th St. in Riverside (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, Illinois Glucose Sugar Refining Co. Plant Fire Oct 1902 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, Illinois Train Wreck May 1853 (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, Illinois Weather History (Source: Weather Underground)
Cicero, IL Nursing Home Fire, Feb 1976 (Source: GenDisasters)
Colby Furniture Store & Wabash Avenue Fire, Jan 1908 (Source: GenDisasters)
Cook County Historical Events (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
Cook County Storms (Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
Des Plaines, IL Train Wreck, May 1899 (Source: GenDisasters)
Dunning, IL Hospital Fire, Feb 1912 (Source: GenDisasters)
Dunning, IL Tornado, Mar 1920 (Source: GenDisasters)
Eastland Disaster July 24, 1915
Englewood, IL Freight And Passenger Trains Collide, Sep 1889 (Source: GenDisasters)
Evanston Point, IL (Lake Michigan) Schooner WELLS BURT Wrecked, May 1883 (Source: GenDisasters)
Evanston, IL Model Drowns in Lake, Apr 1948 (Source: GenDisasters)
Evanston, IL Northwestern Gas Light Co. Explosion, Jan 1893 (Source: GenDisasters)
Evanston, Illinois Northwestern Gas Light Co. Explosion Jan 1893 (Source: GenDisasters)
Forest Home, IL Train Accident, Jun 1891 (Source: GenDisasters)
The Germans of Davenport and the Chicago convention of 1860 (Source: Internet Archive)
Glenview Naval Air Station, IL Vulcan bomber crash, Aug 1978 (Source: Internet Archive)
Glenview, IL Sightseeing Plane Crash, June 1933 (Source: GenDisasters)
Glenview, IL Two Naval Training Planes Collide, Oct 1942 (Source: GenDisasters)
Glenwood, IL Train Collision, July 1904 (Source: GenDisasters)
The government in the Chicago strike of 1894 (Source: Internet Archive)
The Great Chicago Fire and The Web of Memory (Source: Chicago Historical Society)
Great Chicago Fire, Nov 1871 (Source: GenDisasters)
The Great Fire Leading newspaper accounts of the terrible Chicago conflagration, including descriptions of the origin and progress of the fire, by eye-witnesses, correspondents, etc., harrowing incidents, hair-breadth escapes, &c., with a correct map (Source: Internet Archive)
Grosse Point, IL Schooner MARY D. AYER Wrecked, May 1896 (Source: GenDisasters)
History of the great fires in Chicago and the West (Source: Internet Archive)
Homewood, IL Train Accident, Dec 1891 (Source: GenDisasters)
Homewood, IL Train Wreck, Oct 1891 (Source: GenDisasters)
Illinois Storm, Jan 1876 (Source: GenDisasters)
In Lake Michigan, IL United Airline Plane Crashes, Aug 1965 (Source: GenDisasters)
Iroquois Theater Fire December 30, 1903
Jackson Park, IL Life Saving Crew Drowning Rescue, May 1896 (Source: GenDisasters)
Jefferson, IL Tornado Causes Destruction, May 1855 (Source: GenDisasters)
L. Fish & Co. Furniture Store Fire, Mar 1910 (Source: GenDisasters)
La Grange, IL Electric Car Wreck, Sept 1897 (Source: GenDisasters)
The Lakeside memorial of the burning of Chicago, A.D. 1871 (Source: Internet Archive)
Lakeside, IL Street Car Collision, Jul 1901 (Source: GenDisasters)
Lansing, IL TONY LEMA Dies In Plane Crash, July 1966 (Source: GenDisasters)
Lemont, IL Train Wreck, Aug 1873 (Source: GenDisasters)
Lemont, IL Train Wreck, Jul 1905 (Source: GenDisasters)
Lemont, IL Train Wreck, May 1892 (Source: GenDisasters)
Lincolnwood, IL Factory Explosion, July 1968 (Source: GenDisasters)
The machinists' strike, 1900 (Source: Internet Archive)
Marco Hotel Fire, Chicago, IL Jan 1913 (Source: GenDisasters)
Maywood, IL Army Airplane Crash, Aug 1925 (Source: GenDisasters)
McCook, IL Stone Quarry Explosion, Feb 1922 (Source: GenDisasters)
Melrose Park, IL Tornado, Mar 1920 (Source: GenDisasters)
Melrose Park, IL Trains Collide, Apr 1904 (Source: GenDisasters)
Narrative of the massacre at Chicago, August 15, 1812 (Source: Internet Archive)
Oak Park, IL Train - Auto Wreck, Dec 1928 (Source: GenDisasters)
Off Chicago, IL Steamer SEA BIRD In Lake Michigan, Apr 1868 (Source: GenDisasters)
Opera Singer Mary Garden Injured at a Performance, Jan 1929 (Source: GenDisasters)
Our Lady of Angels School Fire December 1, 1958
Palatine, IL Asphyxiation, Nov 1919 (Source: GenDisasters)
Palatine, IL Train Wreck & Water Tank Collapse, Apr 1887 (Source: GenDisasters)
Palatine, IL Truck And Bus Collide, July 1928 (Source: GenDisasters)
The Panic of 1837 (Source: adena.com)
Report of the Superintendent of Schools for Chicago after the Chicago Fire of 1871 Identifies which Schools burned, teachers missing, and other details (Source: Internet Archive)
River Forest, IL Bakery Gas Explosion, Mar 1955 (Source: GenDisasters)
Sag Bridge, IL Trolley Cars Collide, Mar 1902 (Source: GenDisasters)
Schiller Park, IL Soo Line Hotel Fire, May 1923 (Source: GenDisasters)
South Chicago Theatre Train Wreck Feb 1906 (Source: GenDisasters)
South Chicago, IL Theatre Train - Street Car Wreck, Feb 1906 (Source: GenDisasters)
South Chicago, IL Train Wreck, Apr 1889 (Source: GenDisasters)
Steiger, IL Train Wreck, Jul 1905 (Source: GenDisasters)
Western Springs, IL Another Train Wreck, Dec 1909 (Source: GenDisasters)
Western Springs, IL Train Accident, Sep 1915 (Source: GenDisasters)
Western Springs, IL Train Wreck, Jul 1912 (Source: GenDisasters)
Western Springs, IL Train Wreck, Jul 1912 (Source: GenDisasters)
Western Springs, IL Train Wreck, July 1912 (Source: GenDisasters)
Western Springs, IL Train Wreck, July 1912 (Source: GenDisasters)
Wilmette, IL Tornado, Mar 1920 (Source: GenDisasters)
Winnetaka, IL Auto Wreck, Jun 1906 (Source: GenDisasters)
Winnetka, IL Lady Elgin Shipwreck, Sept 1860 (Source: GenDisasters)
Wood Station, IL Train Wreck, Jan 1906 (Source: GenDisasters)
World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 (Source: Illinois Institute of Technology Archives)
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