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Wisconsin State Capitol (Third) Construction Disaster

Date: 1883
Description: The third Wisconsin State Capitol after the unfinished South Wing collapsed on November 8, 1883. Defective workmanship and shoddy construction materials ca...
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Tornado Damage

Date: 06 23 1944
Description: Tornado damage at Truax Field area. Paul Gritzmacher and a cow are in the damaged barn.
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Two Escape as Dirt Jostles House

Date: 06 21 1957
Description: A policeman and a night watchman narrowly escaped injury when a huge mound of excavated dirt fell on a house adjacent to the new State Office building cons...
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Dane County Office Employees Mop Up After Flood

Date: 08 15 1957
Description: Dane County nurses and secretaries mop the floor of their third-floor public Health Department offices in the City-County Building after a faulty automatic...

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