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Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Illinois > Sangamon County > History > Tornados, Blizzards, Floods, World's Fairs and other events

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B&W photo of the Williamsville church following a tornado that destroyed the church in June 1951 (Source: Archives of the Illinois Great Rivers Conference)
Browns Crossing, IL Train Wreck, Dec 1904 (Source: GenDisasters)
Dawson, IL Tornado, May 1883 (Source: GenDisasters)
Diveron, IL Train Wreck, Sept 1908 (Source: GenDisasters)
Donner Party timeline Includes names of those who died (Source: Wikipedia)
Globe Tavern during Lincoln's Funeral
How Sangamon County pols went to the poles in 1844 Springfield Whigs planned to raise the biggest pole in the nation, but disaster struck
Illinois Earthquake, Jul 1909 (Source: GenDisasters)
Illinois Flood, May 1943 (Source: GenDisasters)
Illinois State Fair Museum Collection (Source: Illinois Digital Archives)
Illinois Storm, Jan 1876 (Source: GenDisasters)
Memoirs of the Springfield Race Riot, 1908 (Source: University of Illinois at Springfield)
Photographs of the Aftermath of the Springfield Race Riot, 1908 (Source: University of Illinois at Springfield)
Riverton, IL Train Hits Car, June 1913 (Source: GenDisasters)
Riverton, IL Train Wreck, Apr 1906 (Source: GenDisasters)
Sangamon County Storms (Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
September 6 & 13, 1911 - Storms State Capitol looses part of its roof (Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
The Sleet Storm of 1924 (Source: Illiopolis Business Association)
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, National Encampments & Locations Springfield, Illinois in years 1932, 1940, 1960, 2002
The Springfield Race Riot of 1908
Springfield Race Riots of 1908 Illinois African-American Resource Guide (Source: Illinois Digital Archives)
Springfield, IL Airplane Crash, Feb 1925 (Source: GenDisasters)
Springfield, IL Balloon Accident, Jun 1908 (Source: GenDisasters)
Springfield, IL Boarding House Fire, Feb 1899 (Source: GenDisasters)
Springfield, IL Engineer Run Over By Train, Apr 1909 (Source: GenDisasters)
Springfield, IL Fire, May 1855 (Source: GenDisasters)
Springfield, IL Fire, Nov 1894 (Source: GenDisasters)
Springfield, IL Judge Creighton Drowning, Dec 1910 (Source: GenDisasters)
Springfield, IL Opera House Fire, Mar 1876 (Source: GenDisasters)
Springfield, IL St Nicholas Hotel Fire, Jan 1873 (Source: GenDisasters)
Springfield, IL Stands Collapse At Circus, June 1896 (Source: GenDisasters)
Springfield, Illinois Weather History (Source: Weather Underground)
St. Clair, Saline, Sangamon, Schuyler, Scott, Shelby, Stark and Stephenson County Tornadoes (Source: The Tornado Project)
Tornado of 06/08/1993 Illiopolis (Source: Illiopolis Business Association)
Villiage of Williamsville, Illinois Tornado, August 19, 2009

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