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
DIS29. B.W. Kilburn. 5250. The City of Canvas, where Johnstown was, Pa. VG. $15
DIS38. Geo. Barker, Niagara Falls, NY. The Johnstown Calamity. Wreck at the Stone Bridge. G. $35
Dis43. U&U. 9446. A fearful Flood Torrent, sweeping away a city. June, 1903, State Line Street, Kansas City. 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
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
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. $10
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
Dis90. B.W. Kilburn. 17305. After the shock and tremor of the World’s Greatest Earthquake, Messina, Italy. VG. $35
MA26. C.G. Carlton, Waterville, Me. Train Wreck. VG. $85
Cal950. 5 Stereoviews of the earthquake in Long Beach, Cal. on March 10, 1933. VG. $300
IL110. W.E. Bowman, Ottawa, Ill. Souvenirs of the Great Flood, Ice, Ruins, &c. at Ottawa, Illinois, February 17th, 1883. From Illinois River Bridge, N.E. showing Sanders’ Shop, Degen’s Barns, Victor Mills, &c., &c. G. $45
IL111. W.E. Bowman, Ottawa, Ill. Souvenirs of the Great Flood, Ice, Ruins, &c. at Ottawa, Illinois, February 17th, 1883. From Roller Mills, S.W. to Illinois River Bridge, showing Ruins, Dewey’s Foundry, Sanders’ Buildings, &c. VG. $50
IL112, W.E. Bowman, Ottawa, Ill. Souvenirs of the Great Flood, Ice, Ruins, &c. at Ottawa, Illinois, February 17th, 1883. From Illinois River Bridge, N.E. showing Sanders’ Shop, Degen’s Barns, Victor Mills, &c., &c. VG. $50
IL113. W.E. Bowman, Ottawa, Ill. Souvenirs of the Great Flood, Ice, Ruins, &c. at Ottawa, Illinois, February 17th, 1883. From Illinois River Bridge, S.E. showing Mineral Spring Premises, Buildings, &c. G. $45
Mass501. Herman Buchholz. Springfield Conflagration, May 30, 1875. 1. Vernon Street looking North-West. VG. $35
Dis114. Group of 14 views of a railroad-related disaster, possibly a fire at a wheelhouse. When purchased I was told they are of a disaster in California but there are no notations on any of the cards. G-VG. $395
Dis115-122. B.W. Kilburn. A devastating earthquake occurred on 28 December 1908 in Sicily and Calabria, southern Italy, with a moment magnitude of 7.1 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). The epicentre was in the Strait of Messina which separates Sicily from the Italian mainland. The cities of Messina and Reggio Calabria were nearly destroyed and around 120,000 people died, making it the deadliest earthquake in the history of Europe. Here is a fine group of 8 stereoviews of this disaster. VG. $75
Penn566. Geo. Barker, Niagara Falls, NY. The Johnstown Calamity. Desolation-The Club House. VG. $40
Penn567. Geo. Barker, Niagara Falls, NY. The Johnstown Calamity. The Bursted Dam. VG. $40
Penn568. Geo. Barker, Niagara Falls, NY. The Johnstown Calamity. Wreck at the Stone Bridge. VG. $50
Penn569. Geo. Barker, Niagara Falls, NY. The Johnstown Calamity. Main Street after the Flood. VG. $40
Penn571. Geo. Barker, Niagara Falls, NY. The Johnstown Calamity. General View of the Wrecked City. VG. $50
Penn574. Geo. Barker, Niagara Falls, NY. The Johnstown Calamity. Valley of the Conemaugh-From South Fork. VG. $40
Dis123. U&U. Johnstown Calamity–Wreck of the Day Express, P.R.R., Conemaugh, Pa. VG. $15
Dis124. U&U. 8211. Street kitchens jokingly named for famous hotels–after the earthquake, San Francisco. G. $10
Dis125. U&U. The great “Sink Hole (30 ft. deep) made by the terrible flood–Santa Fe Yards, Kansas City, Mo. G. $15
Dis126. Geo. Barker, Niagara Falls, NY. The Johnstown Calamity. Searching for Bodies and Clearing the Wreck. G $25
Dis127. Geo. Barker, Niagara Falls, NY. The Johnstown Calamity. Scene of the Fire at the Stone Bridge. G. $25
Dis128. Geo. Barker, Niagara Falls, NY. The Johnstown Calamity. Wreckage in Stony Creek. G. $25