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Peshtigo Fire

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Description: Families huddled in a field in the Sugar Bushes, attempting to escape the Peshtigo Fire.
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Oil Fields with Smoke

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view of smoke rising from the oil fields in the distance, resulting from an electrical storm.
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Burning Stumps

Date: 03 16 1915
Description: Smoke surrounds several stumps in a field as they are burned to make way for a farm field.
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Three Views of the Indian Massacre

Date: 1862
Description: A composite of three views showing the siege of New Ulm on August 19 during the Indian Massacre of 1862. The lower left view depicts wagons and horses on a...
Photograph

Silo Fire

Date: 07 1980
Description: "Theresa firemen respond to a silo fire at the Henning farm on County P."
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Fire on Schwertz Farm

Date: 04 30 1997
Description: "At the fire on the opposite page [Page 26], this 3/4 full, 500 gallon propane tank exploded and was propelled 1/2 mile to this location on the Jim & Donna...
Photograph

Forest Fire

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Description: View of a forest fire taken from an adjoining field. A fence separates the field from the burning trees.
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Forest Fire

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Description: View across a field towards thick smoke billowing from a forest fire. People are in an open field in the distance. A road with trucks parked along it runs ...
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Burning a Wood Pile

Date: 1935
Description: View across cleared field towards a large pile of wood on fire. In the background is a line of trees.
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Pulling Stumps

Date: 09 07 1926
Description: In the foreground is a fire, presumably with stumps that were pulled by the man in the background driving a tractor.
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Morning After the Fire

Date: 05 13 1909
Description: View across field towards buildings smoking after the fire. Men are standing on and around stacks of lumber. Caption reads: "The Morning After the Fire."
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Moving Truck Caught Fire

Date: 08 1925
Description: Donald Holt and another man are standing by the truck which caught fire while moving items to Island Lodge. The initials "FWD" are on the grill of the truc...

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