Disasters
DIS5. B.W. Kilburn. 11304. Rutger and Seventh Sts., where seven lives were lost,
St. Louis Tornado. VG. $50

DIS22. Boehl & Koenig's Views of St. Louis and Vicinity, St. Louis. St.
Nichalus Hotel, 4th & Morgan after the fire Jany 4, '84. VG. $100

DIS23. Boehl & Koenig's Views of St. Louis and
Vicinity, St. Louis. St. Nichalus Hotel, 4th & Morgan after the fire Jany 4,
'84. VG. $100

DIS24. A.E. Alden, Springfield, Mass., and Providence, R.I. This view shows
a dead woman, a victim of the Johnstown Flood. VG. $75

DIS26. J.H. Abbott. Stereoscopic Views of Chicago Ruins. 5th National Bank &
Court House. VG. $25

DIS29. B.W. Kilburn. 5250. The City of Canvas, where Johnstown was, Pa. VG.
$15

DIS30. Thos. T. Sweeny, Cleveland, O. The Great Chicago
Fire, October 16, 1871. Rev. Dr. Collyers Church. G. $20

DIS31. Thos. T. Sweeny, Cleveland, O. The Great Chicago
Fire, October 16, 1871. Pacific Hotel. VG. $25

DIS32. Thos. T. Sweeny, Cleveland, O. The Great Chicago
Fire, October 16, 1871. Sherman House. VG. $20

DIS33. Thos. T. Sweeny, Cleveland, O. The Great Chicago
Fire, October 16, 1871. Chambers of Commerce & Court House. G. $20

DIS35. Thos. T. Sweeny, Cleveland, O. The Great Chicago
Fire, October 16, 1871. Laying 1st Corner Stone. VG. $50

DIS36. Thos. T. Sweeny, Cleveland, O. The Great Chicago Fire, October 16,
1871. Cathedral. VG. $20

DIS38. Geo. Barker, Niagara Falls, NY. The Johnstown Calamity. Wreck at the
Stone Bridge. G. $35

Dis39. B.W. Kilburn. 5249. How and where they live, Johnstown, Pa. VG. $25

Dis42. Keystone. 2249. A Characteristic Corner, Illinois Ave., St. Louis,
Mo., May 27th, 1896. This is a very early Keystone issue with copyright line
1896 by B.L. Singley. G. $35

Dis43. U&U. 9446. A fearful Flood Torrent, sweeping away a city. June, 1903,
State Line Street, Kansas City. VG. $35


Dis49. U&U. 10506. One of the best streets where people were killed by
falling walls, Bagnara. VG. $35

Dis52. U&U. 10496. Ruined Church of Souls in Purgatory-digging for
worshippers' bodies, Messina, Sicily. VG. $30

Dis54. U&U. 10500. The terrible work of the earthquake-a corpse in the
wreckage, Messina, Sicily. VG. $35

Dis57. Kilburn Brother, Littleton, NH. Ruins of the Great Fire in Boston, in
November, 1872. No. 1030. View from Pearl Street. VG. $25

Dis59. Copelin & Hine, Chicago, Ill. Views of the Ruins of Chicago, October,
1871. Kirk, Coleman & Co.'s Salamander Iron Mine, from Chicago Fire, October
9th, 1871. Back of the card is an advertisement for Kirk, Coleman & Co. VG. $75

Dis61. U&U. 8200. After the greatest of modern catastrophes--Market St. N.E.
past the Call Bldg., San Francisco, Cal. VG. $20

Dis62. U&U. 8197. Homeless among ruins of former wealth--crude shelter in
Union Square, San Francisco, Cal. VG. $25

Dis64. Geo. Barker, Niagara Falls, NY. The Johnstown Calamity. General View
of the Wrecked City. Body, real or posed, in the wreckage. G. $30


Dis65. J.P. Soule. Ruins of the Great Fire in Portland, Me., July 4th, 1866.
No. 495. India from Congress Street, looking east. Bottom right part of back of
card is peeled. G. $20


Dis66. J.P. Soule. Ruins of the Great Fire in Portland, Me., July 4th, 1866.
No. 473. Canal Bank Building and portion of Middle St. from U.S. Custom House.
VG. $35


Dis67. J.P. Soule. Ruins of the Great Fire in Portland, Me., July 4th, 1866.
No. 476. Looking Northerly across Federal and Congress Streets, from U.S. Custom
House. VG. $30


Dis68. J.P. Soule. Ruins of the Great Fire in Portland, Me., July 4th, 1866.
No. 467. Brown's Sugar Refinery. VG. $35


Dis69. Pollard, Haverhill, NH. 3 stereoviews of a train wreck disaster. 2
are VG; one has a scrape on right image, so Fair. $75

Dis71. U&U. 8207. Police Headquarters in the ruined City-St. Dominick's
Church beyond-San Francisco, Cal. VG. $25

Dis72. U&U. 8273. Life in San Francisco after the great disaster-cooking in
the streets-Cal. VG. $25

Dis73. International Stereograph Co., Decatur, Illinois. 20650. Refugees
preparing a meal on the rudest of ovens, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
Disaster. Copyright 1906 by C.L. Wasson. VG. $50

Dis74. Keystone. 17359. Ruins of Krinsky Home. In this Immediate Vicinity
over Fifty Lives were Lost in Tornado of March 23, 1913, Omaha, Nebr. VG. $35

Dis75. Keystone. 13217-Freight Cars Ravaged by Fire and Flood, Kansas City,
Mo. VG. $30

Dis76. Universal View Co. The seething waters of the Kansas Flood, from 3rd
and Sandusky Sts., Kansas City, Ks., May 1903. Coprighted 1903 by William H.
Rau. VG. $30

Dis77. Universal View Co. The Rescuers came too late. In the Swamp after the
Flood, Kansas City, Ks. Flood of 1902. Copyrighted 1903 by William H. Rau.
VG. $30

Dis78. U&U. A Home torn to pieces by the Great Flood, June, 1903, Kansas
City, Mo. VG. $25

Dis79. B.W. Kilburn. 15857. Wrecked Kansas Ave. Bridge, the flood, North
Topeka, Kan. VG. $35

Dis80. U&U. On Harrison Street, wrecked by the Great 1903 Flood, North
Topeka, Ks. VG. $20

Dis81. Universal View Co. An Unfortunate, caught in the Drift. K.C., Ks.
Flood, May, 1903. Copyrighted 1903 by William H. Rau. VG. $35

Dis82. Keystone. 13228-High and Dry but Forlorn and Desolate, E. St. Louis,
Ill. VG. $25

Dis83. B.W. Kilburn. 11305. Taking out the dead, St. Louis Tornado. VG. $35

Dis84. Keystone. 20118-Building Dikes to Protect the City from the Flood,
East St. Louis, Ill. VG. $25

Dis85. Keystone. 16804-Placing Corpse in Coffin for Burial, Messina, Italy.
VG. $35

Dis86. U&U. 10498-Hole in ruins where a woman was taken out alive after ten
days, Messina, Sicily. VG. $25

Dis87. Keystone. 16806-Street of the 20th of September-Toward the Dome,
Messina, Italy. VG. $30

Dis88. B.W. Kilburn. 17297. Costly Palaces transformed into shattered
fragments in a moment, Great Earthquake Disaster, Messina, Italy. VG. $25

Dis89. B.W. Kilburn. 17321. Amid the desolation of Messina, Great Earthquake
Disaster, Italy. VG. $35

Dis90. B.W. Kilburn. 17305. After the shock and tremor of the World's
Greatest Earthquake, Messina, Italy. VG. $35

Dis93. B.W. Kilburn. 17302. The vast area of complete devastation, Great
Earthquake Disaster, Messina, Italy. Variant of previous view. VG. $35

Dis94. B.W. Kilburn. 17309. In the heart of Messina after
the Great Earthquake Disaster, Italy. VG. $35

Dis96. B.W. Kilburn. 17316. In the wake of the Great
Earthquake Disaster, Messina, Italy. VG. $35









Dis97. Great Volcanic Disaster, St. Pierre, Martinique, F.W.I. 3 views by
U&U; 5 by Keystone; 1 by Kilburn. Nine in all. VG. $50
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