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Deadliest wildfire in American history. 1871 – Great Michigan Fire of 1871 was a series of simultaneous fires, the most prominent of which was the Port Huron Fire, which killed over 200 people in Port Huron, Michigan. 1871 – The Urbana fire destroyed central Urbana, Illinois, on October 9.
Including 23 deaths from a bus fire during evacuations in Wilmer, Texas [27] 119-120 [28] [29] 1863 New York City draft riots: Riot: New York City, New York: $1–5 million (1863) It was the worst civil unrest in modern U.S. history. Required diverting Union Army troops from the front to put down. 119 1924 Benwood mine disaster: Accident ...
A series of fires across the state, the most severe of which was the Port Huron fire. The combined Michigan fires killed over 200 people and burned about 1.2 million acres. Occurred on the same day as the Great Chicago Fire and the Peshtigo Fire. The Great Michigan Fire: 8 October 1871 Wisconsin 1,500–2,500/? Deadliest wildfire in world history.
Illinois suffered the most well-known fire in American history, the Great Chicago Fire. The fire broke out at around 8:30 pm on October 8 near or in a barn belonging to the O'Leary family. [ 13 ] The fire is reputed to have been started by a cow belonging to Catherine O'Leary , which knocked over a lantern in a barn, but this is unconfirmed and ...
The Illinois State Fairgrounds is located in Springfield, Illinois. [1] It hosts the annual Illinois State Fair in the summer as well as other events throughout the year. The fairgrounds encompasses 366 acres of land and was added as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [ 2 ]
Tri-State Tornado: Missouri, Illinois and Indiana (Kentucky, Tennessee) Lower number for single 3-state tornado; higher for 5-state outbreak 1919 Hurricane: 600 1919 Florida Keys Hurricane: Florida, Texas 1918 Wildfire: 453 $73 million ($1.145 billion in 2015) 1918 Cloquet fire: Minnesota: Largest disaster in Minnesota history 1913 Flood: 428
The Great Chicago Fire was a conflagration that burned in the American city of Chicago during October 8–10, 1871. The fire killed approximately 300 people, destroyed roughly 3.3 square miles (9 km 2 ) of the city including over 17,000 structures, and left more than 100,000 residents homeless. [ 3 ]
The largest fire in Arizona state history. In one 24-hour burn period (6/6-6/7), it consumed 77,769 acres of forest land. 2011: 34,000 acres (14,000 ha) Bastrop County Complex Fire: Texas: The worst fire in Texas state history, destroyed over 1,500 homes. 2011: 1,748,636 acres (707,648 ha) Richardson Backcountry Fire: Alberta