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Disasters: Natural & Man-Made
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- Chronological History of Natural Disasters in North Central Pennsylvania
- Deaths, Disturbances, Disasters & Disorders in Chicago
Select bibliography of materials from the Chicago Public Library.
- The Disaster Page!
Timelines, links & information on various categories of disasters.
- GenDisasters.com - Events That Touched Our Ancestor's Lives
GenDisasters.com, chronicles the events that touched our ancestors' lives - train wrecks, fires, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, storms, mining explosions, ship wrecks, drownings, and accidents. Transcribed newspaper accounts, excerpts from historical books and photographs detail hundreds of life's tragedies that our ancestors' endured, from the 1800s to the 1950s. New material is being transcribed and added daily. Searchable.
- I Dream of Genealogy - 20th Century Disasters
Victims lists and memorial pages for disasters.
- Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park - Avalanche Victims - Palm Sunday Avalanche
On April 3, 1898, a massive avalanche buried the small settlement of Sheep Camp, Alaska. This lists names of victims found in various sources.
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 OK-DISASTERS Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in Oklahoma disasters and their ancestors who were affected by them. Archives: browse or search.
- Santa Cruz County Local History: Disasters and Calamities
- Weather.com - Storm Encyclopedia - Historical Winter Storms
- World Disasters: Air, Sea and Space
- The 1886 Charleston, South Carolina Earthquake
- 1906 Earthquake Centennial Alliance
Helps coordinate & promote efforts and activities between organizations throughout Northern California planning to commemorate the earthquake.
- Activities & Events
- Publications & Books
- A Most Dreadful Earthquake: A First-Hand Account of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire
This new book, by Dorothy Fowler and published & sold by the California Genealogical Society, offers insight into the daily lives of regular people as they made do and moved on after the 1906 disaster. Bringing together previously unpublished letters from the spring and summer of 1906, this book vividly presents one young woman's first-hand account of her experiences in San Francisco.
- Raking the Ashes: Genealogical Strategies for Pre-1906 San Francisco Research
Book by Nancy Peterson & published by the California Genealogical Society, addresses difficulties encountered by researchers seeking early San Francisco city & county records. It tells where to find extant original pre-1906 records, describes the losses & points the way to alternative sources.
- San Francisco Deaths, 1865-1905
This project, compiled by Barbara Ross Close et al & published by the California Genealogical Society, was developed to fill the gaps for researchers because many pre-1905 San Francisco death records were destroyed in April 1906. This work integrates surviving city records with reliable secondary records, such as newspaper obituaries, and provides an easily searchable database.
- The Bancroft Library Presents: The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire
This digital archive of thousands of images and texts commemorates the 100th anniversary of the April 18, 1906, San Francisco earthquake and fire. Features include an exhibit divided into thematic groups (such as before the disaster, firestorm, and reconstruction), an interactive map of the city with associated images, and a "panoramic collage of San Francisco shortly after the disaster." Presented by the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
- The California Earthquake of April 18, 1906
- Earthquake of 1906 Sonoma County
List of persons who died in Sonoma County as a result of the great earthquake and fire on April 18, 1906.
- Earthquakes with 1,000 or More Deaths from 1900
From the U.S. Geological Survey. International listing of earthquakes including date, location & number of deaths.
- GenDisasters.com - Events That Touched Our Ancestor's Lives - Earthquakes
GenDisasters.com, chronicles the events that touched our ancestors' lives - train wrecks, fires, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, storms, mining explosions, ship wrecks, drownings, and accidents. Transcribed newspaper accounts, excerpts from historical books and photographs detail hundreds of life's tragedies that our ancestors' endured, from the 1800s to the 1950s. New material is being transcribed and added daily. Searchable.
- The Great 1906 Earthquake And Fire
From the Museum of the City of San Francisco.
- 1906 List of Dead & Survivors
Combined list of survivors and victims of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake & fire. From the Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco.
- San Francisco 1906 Earthquake Great Register
Project to record deaths, survivors & anyone affected by the great earthquake & fire. Requests information from descendants. From the Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco.
- Who Perished
A list of persons who died as a result of the Great Earthquake & Fire in San Francisco on April 18, 1906.
- History of New Madrid and Goodspeed's History of Southeast Missouri 1887
This page highlights the disastrous earthquakes that affected the Mississippi Valley and the entire SE United States beginning in 1811 and continuing through 1812.
- A Most Dreadful Earthquake: A Firsthand Account of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire
Book by Dorothy Fowler & published by the California Genealogical Society, offers insight into the daily lives of regular people as they made do and moved on after the 1906 disaster. Bringing together previously unpublished letters from the spring and summer of 1906, this book vividly presents one young woman's first-hand account of her experiences in San Francisco.
- A Most Dreadful Earthquake: A Firsthand Account of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire
Book by Dorothy Fowler & published by the California Genealogical Society, offers insight into the daily lives of regular people as they made do and moved on after the 1906 disaster. Bringing together previously unpublished letters from the spring and summer of 1906, this book vividly presents one young woman's first-hand account of her experiences in San Francisco.
- Murchison Earthquake 1929
Dedicated to the memory of those members of the GIBSON family and all those people who lost their lives following the Murchison Earthquake in New Zealand in 1929.
- Quake: 1906 San Francisco Quake
- Raking the Ashes: Genealogical Strategies for Pre-1906 San Francisco Research
Book by Nancy Peterson & published by the California Genealogical Society, addresses difficulties encountered by researchers seeking early San Francisco city & county records. It tells where to find extant original pre-1906 records, describes the losses & points the way to alternative sources.
- Raking the Ashes: Genealogical Strategies for Pre-1906 San Francisco Research
Book by Nancy Peterson & published by the California Genealogical Society, addresses difficulties encountered by researchers seeking early San Francisco city & county records. It tells where to find extant original pre-1906 records, describes the losses & points the way to alternative sources.
- Santa Barbara Earthquake History
- United States Seismicity
Earthquake history of the United States organized by state .
- The 1832 cholera epidemic in East London
- 1849 St. Louis Cholera Epidemic Helps Initiate Sewer Construction ~ Missouri
- The American Experience - Influenza, 1918
Companion web site to the PBS documentary.
- Bubonic plague hits San Francisco 1900 - 1909
- Chicago Historical Information - 1849-1855, 1866-1867: Early Cholera Epidemics ~ Illinois
From the Chicago Public Library.
- The Cholera Epidemic of 1873
Historic narrative of the epidemic in Birmingham, Alabama including an early map of the city showing areas of the disease.
- The Cholera Epidemic of 1873 in Birmingham Alabama
Article by David Bishop.
- Epidemic Disease in London
From the Centre for Metropolitan History.
- Epidemics
- Epidemics
- Epidemics and Military Battles
- Epidemics in U.S. - 1657 - 1918
- Epidemics in US 1628-1918
- Epidemics in the USA 1657 - 1819
- Genealogy Quest: Genealogical Research Assistance - American Epidemics
- A General Study of the Plague in England 1539-1640 With a Specific Reference to Loughborough
Includes information on the ceasation of parochial registration at the height of the plague.
- History of Epidemics and Plagues
This site focuses on the medical causes and transmission mechanics of epidemics but does give some interesting historical background.
- List of Epidemics
List of epidemics through time.
- Major US Epidemics
Brief timeline with death tolls from some of the major epidemics in US history.
- The National Archives | The Catalogue | Research Guides - Nineteenth Century Public Health and Epidemics: Some PRO Sources
- OntarioGenWeb - Disasters
Historic disasters in the province of Ontario.
- Ontario's Historical Plaques
Since 1956, over 1,100 Ontario Historical Plaques have been erected to commemorate people, places & events in Ontario's heritage.
- Plague in San Francisco: An Essay Review
From the Journal of the History of Medicine.
- Plagues & Epidemics
From a history of plumbing, this site focuses on this history of water-borne diseases.
- Plagues and Epidemics
- Plagues by State, City, Date
A history of plagues & epidemics, mostly US.
- Reported Outbreaks of Infectious Disease, Maryland, 1731-1870
Medical Care in the City of Baltimore, 1752-1919.
- The S.S. England Page
In the spring of 1866, the S.S. England, a steamship from Liverpool, England, was bound for New York with over 1,300 passengers. Hundreds died from an outbreak of cholera.
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 Ancestry.com - Earth, Wind, and the Great Chicago Fire
Article by Jennifer Browning.
- Collinwood Ohio School Fire 1908 Photographs
Photographs of the aftermath of the Lakeview School fire Mar 4, 1908, in Collinwood, a suburb of Cleveland, OH.
- GenDisasters.com - Events That Touched Our Ancestor's Lives - Fires
GenDisasters.com, chronicles the events that touched our ancestors' lives - train wrecks, fires, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, storms, mining explosions, ship wrecks, drownings, and accidents. Transcribed newspaper accounts, excerpts from historical books and photographs detail hundreds of life's tragedies that our ancestors' endured, from the 1800s to the 1950s. New material is being transcribed and added daily. Searchable.
- The Great Chicago Fire and the Web of Memory
- The Great Fires of 1871 in the Northwest ~ Wisconsin
- The Peshtigo Fire
- Peshtigo Fire Page
- The Tragedy of the Precious Blood Church Fire
Compilation of various resources & comparative lists of the reported deaths from the 1875 fire in Holyoke, MA.
- The Triangle Factory Fire ~ New York City
Sweatshop fire on March 25, 1911.
- The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Trial 1911
- The 1913 Flood in Ohio
- 1913 Flood - Tiffin, Ohio
- Apollo PA 1936 Flood
1936 Flood at Apollo, Armstrong Co., PA.
- The Austin Dam Memorial Association
Devoted to preserving the Austin Dam/Freeman Run Valley area of Potter County, Pennsylvania, and remembering those who perished in Pennsylvania's second-worst dam break disaster on September 30, 1911.
- Buffalo Creek Disaster ~ West Virginia
Flood on February 26, 1972 which killed 118 people.
- Cincinnati Flood & Ice Gorge 1918 Photographs
Postcards and photographs of the Cincinnati, Ohio Flood & Ice Gorge 1918.
- Dayton Ohio 1913 Flood Photographs
Postcards and photographs of the aftermath of the Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio 1913 Flood.
- Devastation on the Delaware
A book for sale. The first comprehensive documentary of the 1955 flood on the Delaware River, caused by Hurricane Diane. Covers both sides of the river from Port Jervis, NY to Trenton, NJ. Affected areas of NY, NJ and PA. Includes in-depth treatment of the washing away of Camp Davis in Monroe County, PA, where almost 80 people were killed, including some entire families. 456 pp. narrative non-fiction, illustrated with 12 maps & diagrams, 105 historic photos. Fully indexed, appendices.
- Flood at Seelyville 1942 photo
Photo 1942 Flood at Seelyville, Wayne Co., PA.
- GenDisasters.com - Events That Touched Our Ancestor's Lives - Floods
GenDisasters.com, chronicles the events that touched our ancestors' lives - train wrecks, fires, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, storms, mining explosions, ship wrecks, drownings, and accidents. Transcribed newspaper accounts, excerpts from historical books and photographs detail hundreds of life's tragedies that our ancestors' endured, from the 1800s to the 1950s. New material is being transcribed and added daily. Searchable.
- The Great New York Floods 1913
Story of the great flood and cyclone disasters in New York State, edited by Thomas H. Russell.
- I Dream of Genealogy - Disasters - 1928 St. Francis Dam Victims ~ California
- Johnstown Flood Museum ~ Johnstown, Pennsylvania
This site includes a concise history of the flood, a "fast facts" list and a variety of essays about different facets of the flood's historical importance. A PDF list of flood victims is also available.
- Johnstown Flood National Memorial ~ South Fork, Pennsylvania
Memorial to the over 2,200 people who died in the flood of 1889. From the National Park Service.
- Marietta, Ohio 1913 Flood Photos
Twenty photos of the devastating 1913 Flood as it covered the town of Marietta, OH. Views show waterlogged street scenes and buildings, canoe transportation and photos of the wake of destruction left in the aftermath of the flood.
- New England Flood of 1927
November 1927 floods which killed 85 people, mostly in Vermont.
- Significant Floods in the United States During the 20th Century - USGS Measures a Century of Floods
From the U.S. Geological Survey. Includes dates, locations & number of deaths.
- William Mulholland and the St. Francis Dam Disaster ~ California
The failure of the St. Francis Dam, and the resulting loss of over 500 lives in the path of a roaring wall of water, was a scandal that resulted in the almost complete destruction of the reputation of its builder, William Mulholland.
- 1900 Hurricane, Galveston, Texas Photographs
Postcards and Photographs from the deadly 1900 hurricane that destroyed Galveston, Texas.
- The 1900 Storm: Galveston, Texas
History of the September 8, 1900 hurricane which took the lives of more than 6,000 people.
- 1915 Hurricane, Galveston, Texas Photographs
Postcards and Photographs from the 1915 hurricane that hit Galveston, Texas.
- Deadliest Atlantic Tropical Cyclones, 1492 - Present
- Deadliest Hurricanes In The United States 1900-1996
- Galveston: A City Transformed
From the Galveston and Texas History Center at the Rosenberg Library, Galveston.
- The Galveston, Texas 1900 Storm
- GenDisasters.com - Events That Touched Our Ancestor's Lives - Hurricanes
GenDisasters.com, chronicles the events that touched our ancestors' lives - train wrecks, fires, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, storms, mining explosions, ship wrecks, drownings, and accidents. Transcribed newspaper accounts, excerpts from historical books and photographs detail hundreds of life's tragedies that our ancestors' endured, from the 1800s to the 1950s. New material is being transcribed and added daily. Searchable.
- Great Galveston Storm
- Historical Hurricanes
- Hurricane History
List of hurricanes of the Mississippi Gulf Coast from 1717 until 1998.
- The Baddesley / Baxterley Pit Explosion 1882
A history of the Baddesley / Baxterley pit explosion in 1882 in Warwickshire England. Details of the men involved and their families, including a list of those killed and those who won Albert Medals for bravery.
- Boston Molasses Disaster, January 15, 1919
- CANADIAN-TRAIN-DISASTERS Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in documenting train wrecks in Canada including passenger lists and those who may have perished. Archives: browse or search.
- CNN.com Specials - Victims - September 11
- The Explosion: 50 Years Later, Texas City Still Remembers
- GenDisasters.com - Events That Touched Our Ancestor's Lives
GenDisasters.com, chronicles the events that touched our ancestors' lives - train wrecks, fires, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, storms, mining explosions, ship wrecks, drownings, and accidents. Transcribed newspaper accounts, excerpts from historical books and photographs detail hundreds of life's tragedies that our ancestors' endured, from the 1800s to the 1950s. New material is being transcribed and added daily. Searchable.
- The Great Molasses Flood - Boston's North End in 1919
- The Halifax Explosion
On December 6, 1917, in the midst of the Great War, a French munitions ship caught fire in Halifax harbor. The subsequent explosion flattened much of Halifax, killed 2,000 people and injured 9,000 more.
- The Hatfield Train Wreck of 1900
- Molasses Clocked at 35 mph ... in January!
- Molasses Disaster of January 15, 1919
Molasses tank in Boston exploded with great force and flooded the streets with an eight-foot wave of molasses killing 21 people.
- Texas City Disaster
- Texas City Disaster
- Texas City Disaster April 16 and 17, 1947
- Texas City Disaster Pictures
- The Texas City explosion of 1947
- Victims of Pan Am Flight 103
- What caused the great Boston Molasses Flood?
- Cyndi's List Genealogy Bookstore
A categorized list of genealogy research books that looks a lot like my bookshelf at home.
- Amazon.com Genealogy Bookstore - Disasters
The following are individual book titles of interest for this topic. The book links below point to the Amazon.com bookstore online where you may purchase the book if you wish. These links are provided to bring these published resources to your attention as an aid to your research. Follow the links to books of interest to make note of their title, author, publisher, and ISBN. You might then use this information to obtain the book from your local library or your favorite corner book shop.
- America's Forgotten Pandemic: The Influenza of 1918
A book by Alfred W. Crosby.
- Armies of Pestilence : The Effects of Pandemics on History
A book by R. S.Bray.
- The Barbary Plague: The Black Death in Victorian San Francisco
A book by Marilyn Chase.
- Boston on Fire: A History of Fires and Firefighting in Boston
A book by Stephanie Schorow.
- Bring Out Your Dead: The Great Plague of Yellow Fever in Philadelphia in 1793
A book by J. H. Powell.
- Chicago Death Trap: The Iroquois Theatre Fire of 1903
A book by Nat Brandt.
- The Cholera Years : The United States in 1832, 1849, and 1866
A book by Charles E. Rosenberg.
- City on Fire: The Forgotten Story of a Disaster That Destroyed a Town and the Landmark Legal Battle That Ensued
A book by Bill Minutaglio .
- Denial of Disaster: The Untold Story and Photographs of the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906
A book by Gladys Hansen.
- Disaster! The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906
A book by Dan Kurzman.
- Encyclopedia of Plague and Pestilence
A book by George C. Kohn (hardback).
- Firestorm at Peshtigo: A Town, Its People, and the Deadliest Fire in American History
A book by William Lutz.
- Galveston and the 1900 Storm
A book by Patricia Bellis Bixel.
- The Great Chicago Fire
A book by Ross Miller.
- The Great Chicago Fire and the Myth of Mrs. O'Leary's Cow
A book by Richard F. Bales.
- Great Chicago Fires: Historic Blazes That Shaped a City
A book by David Cowan.
- The Johnstown Flood
A book by David McCullough.
- Man and Microbes : Disease and Plagues in History and Modern Times
A book by Arno Karlen.
- The Mississippi Valley's Great Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
A book by Khaled J. Bloom.
- New Jersey Hot Zones! : Viruses, Diseases, & Epidemics in Our State's History
A book by Carole Marsh.
- Plagues and Peoples
A book by William H. McNeill.
- Poisons of the Past : Molds, Epidemics, and History
A book by Mary Kilbourne Matossian.
- Pox Americana: The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775-82
A book by Elizabeth A. Fenn.
- Quarantine! : East European Jewish Immigrants and the New York City Epidemics of 1892
A book by Howard Markel.
- Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and how it Changed America
A book by John M. Barry.
- Ship Ablaze: The Tragedy of the Steamboat General Slocum
A book by Edward T. O'Donnell.
- Sudden Sea : The Great Hurricane of 1938
A book by R.A. Scotti.
- Tinder Box: The Iroquois Theatre Disaster 1903
A book by Anthony P. Hatch.
- Triangle: The Fire That Changed America
A book by David Von Drehle.
- The Triangle Fire
A book by Leon Stein.
- Viruses, Plagues, and History
A book by Michael B. A. Oldstone.
- When the Mississippi Ran Backwards : Empire, Intrigue, Murder, and the New Madrid Earthquakes
A book by Jay Feldman.
- The Wordsworth Encyclopedia of Plague and Pestilence
A book by George C. Kohn.
- Deadly Tornados - 1916 - Arkansas Ties
Articles listing the death toll of a devastating tornado that destroyed several towns in Arkansas.
- FamilyOldPhotos.com - Tornadoes Old Photos
- Anoka, MN 1939 Tornado Photos
13 photos of the aftermath of the deadly tornado that hit Anoka, MN on June 18, 1939.
- Fergus Falls 1919 Tornado Photos
Photos of the aftermath of the deadly tornado that killed 59 people in Fergus Falls, MN on June 22, 1919.
- Rochester, MN 1883 Tornado Photos
Illustrations and photo of the aftermath of the deadly tornado that killed 37 people in Rochester, MN on August 21, 1883.
- Winona, Minnesota Tornado, Aug 1907
Photo of the aftermath of the deadly tornado that hit Winona, MN on Aug 6, 1907.
- GenDisasters.com - Events That Touched Our Ancestor's Lives - Tornados, Cyclones & Twisters
GenDisasters.com, chronicles the events that touched our ancestors' lives - train wrecks, fires, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, storms, mining explosions, ship wrecks, drownings, and accidents. Transcribed newspaper accounts, excerpts from historical books and photographs detail hundreds of life's tragedies that our ancestors' endured, from the 1800s to the 1950s. New material is being transcribed and added daily. Searchable.
- Assumption, IL Tornado, June 1907
- Chester County, PA Tornado, Jul 1877
Transcription from the book 'A Full Description of the Great Tornado in Chester County, PA, 1877' - the story of the tornado that struck the Chester County PA Area on July 1, 1877.
- Geneseo, IL Tornado May 1860
Details of who lost property.
- Kingston Mines, IL Tornado, Jun 1902
- Mattoon, IL Tornado, May 1917
Article on the deadly 1917 tornado that killed 101 people.
- Merna, IL Tornado, Jun 1902
- Snyder, OK Tornado, May 1905
- Texarkana, AR Tornado July 1882
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