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Railroad Damage at the Peshtigo Fire

Date: 1871
Description: Fire destruction near railroad tracks after Peshtigo fire. There are wheel carriages from destroyed boxcars on and near the tracks.
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Fire at Atlas Flour Mill

Date: 12 11 1926
Description: Fire destroyed the Atlas Flour Mill, causing an estimated $100,000 in damage. Thirteen engine companies, six truck companies, and two fire boats fought the...
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Whiting Paper Mill Ruins

Date: 08 24 1888
Description: The George A. Whiting Paper Mill after a fire on August 24, 1888. Sixteen men were killed by the explosion of a bleacher; the bleacher exploded as the nigh...
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Whiting Paper Mill Ruins

Date: 08 24 1888
Description: The George A. Whiting Paper Mill after a fire on August 24, 1888. Men and women are standing near the damaged railroad tracks. Sixteen men were killed by t...
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George A. Whiting Paper Mill

Date: 08 24 1888
Description: Slightly elevated view of the George A. Whiting Paper Mill after a fire on August 24, 1888. Sixteen men were killed by the explosion of a bleacher; the ble...
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Train Station at Vyatka, Russia

Date: 07 12 1917
Description: Crowd at a train station in Vyatka, Russia. Smoke in the background is coming from a burning railway ice-house.
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Farmall M Tractor Moving a Railroad Car Away from a Fire

Date: 1947
Description: Two men on a Farmall M tractor are moving a railroad car loaded with alfalfa meal away from a fire at Piehl Alfalfa Mill.

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