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American Airlines Flight 191   May 25, 1979
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)
Blue Island, IL Fire, 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The Chicago massacre of 1812   With illustrations and historical documents (Source: Internet Archive)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 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 Alhambra Theatre and Hotel Fire, Feb 1904   (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Armour & Co Lard Refinery Fire, May 1907   (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, Jul 1915   (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Barton Hotel Fire, Feb 1955   (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Beef Storage Company Invisible Fire, Jan 1905   (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Blizzard, Jan 1918   (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Boarding House Collapses, Aug 1907   (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 Building Explosion, May 1895   (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Buildings Collapse During Storm, Apr 1892   (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Business District Fire, Nov 1895   (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Business Section Fire, Sep 1859   (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Cable Car Accident, Dec 1896   (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Champlain Disaster, Jun 1887   (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Chinese Restaurant Explosion, May 1925   (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 Collapse, Aug 1899   (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Commuter Train Wreck, Oct 1972   (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Curling Iron Fire, May 1896   (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 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 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 Falls from Hotel Window to Death, Aug 1908   (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 Factory Explosion, June 1897   (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Gas Explosion, Feb 1902   (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Goodyear Blimp Falls into Building, Jul 1919   (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Grocery Store Fire, Jan 1886   (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Horse and Barn Fire, May 1896   (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 Iroquois Theater Fire Panic Disaster, Dec 1903   (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 Knickerbocker Shirt Co Fire, Dec 1897   (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL L. Fish and Company Furniture Store Fire, Mar 1910   (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Lake Steamer Tioga Explodes, July 1890   (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 lit cigar while hair soaked with tonic, Dec 1893   (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 Moonshine Explosion, Apr 1921   (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Murphys Grocery Fire, Aug 1878   (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Norton Bros. Factory Fire, Feb 1894   (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Norwood Hotel Fire, Nov 1951   (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL O'Hare Airport Jet Crash, Sept 1961   (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Oatmeal Mill Explosion, Dec 1888   (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 Plane Crashes On Landing, Dec 1940   (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Plane Explodes In Crash, Nov 1959   (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Poison Gas Escape, Feb 1978   (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Railway Collision, Sep 1890   (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 Standard Sash Company Fire, May 1908   (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Storm Blows Buildings Down, Apr 1892   (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Storm, May 1909   (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Storms And Lightning, July 1909   (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Street Car - Gasoline Truck Wreck, May 1950   (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Street Car Barn Fire, Dec 1901   (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 Terrible Stockyard Plant Fire, Dec 1910   (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL The Great Fire, Oct 1871   (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Train & Depot Wreck, Jan 1895   (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, Oct 1895   (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Train Collision, Oct 1972   (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Train Wreck, Jan 1893   (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Train Wreck, Jan 1912   (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 Transit House Fire, Jan 1912   (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Trolley - Gas Truck Fire, Mar 1950   (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 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 Water Intake Explosion, Jan 1909   (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Water Intake Explosion, Jan 1909   (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL West Gate Hotel Fire, Dec 1924   (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, IL Western Union Building Collapse, May 1893   (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, Illinois Glucose Sugar Refining Co. Plant Fire Oct 1902   (Source: GenDisasters)
Chicago, Illinois Train Wreck May 1853   (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
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)
Glenview, IL Two Naval Training Planes Collide, Oct 1942   (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)
History of the great fires in Chicago and the West   A proud career arrested by sudden and awful calamity; towns and counties laid waste by the devastating element ; scenes and incidents, losses and sufferings, benevolence of the nations, etc., etc. with a history of the rise and progress of Chicago, the Young Giant to which is appended a record of the great fires of the past (Source: Online Collections at BYU)
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
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)
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)
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)
Melrose Park, IL Tornado, Mar 1920   (Source: GenDisasters)
Narrative of the massacre at Chicago, August 15, 1812   (Source: Internet Archive)
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)
The Panic of 1837   (Source: adena.com)
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 Train Wreck, Jul 1912   (Source: GenDisasters)
Western Springs, IL Train Wreck, July 1912   (Source: GenDisasters)
Wilmette, IL Tornado, Mar 1920   (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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