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Disaster on the Sound: The Collision of the Steamboats Stonington and Narragansett

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Fuller Brush Tower Collapses – Today in History: March 31

Bursting of the Staffordville Reservoir – Today in History: March 27

Civic Center Roof Collapses – Today in History: January 18

“Appalling Calamity”: Loss of the Steamboat Lexington – Today in History: January 13, 1840

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The Day Four Trains Collided in East Thompson

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Firefighters Answer the Call in Greenwich

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The Hurricane of 1938 Rocks Connecticut

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Hurricane Gloria: “Storm of the Century”

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Guilford’s One-Man Fire Department

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The Steady Evolution of a Connecticut Family Business

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Hartford Circus Fire: “The Tent’s on Fire!” – Who Knew?

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A Night to Remember: When the Steamboat Took on the Railroad—and Lost

Aetna Helps Make Hartford “The Insurance Capital of the World”

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Frozen Reservoir Destroys Danbury – Today in History: January 31

The Surprising Prevalence of Earthquake Activity in Connecticut

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Colonel Augustus G. Hazard, Gunpowder Manufacturer – Who Knew?

Eighty-Five Hundred Souls: the 1918-1919 Flu Epidemic in Connecticut

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Byram River Flood – Today in History: October 15

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The Great Wallingford Tornado – Today in History: August 9

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    CTH Staff

  • Town(s):
    Wallingford

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The White Mountain Express Derails in Greenwich

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Bridgeport’s Catastrophic 1911 Train Wreck

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The Hartford Circus Fire – Today in History: July 6

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Greenwich Emergency Responders: On the Move Overtime

Aunt Polly and Its Preservation

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Learning about the Lusitania: How Hartford Heard the News

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The Collapse of the L’Ambiance Plaza

  • Writer:
    Patrick J. Mahoney

  • Town(s):
    Bridgeport

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The Thimble Islands – Little Islands with a Big History

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Steamboat Accident – Today in History: March 29

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The Blizzard of 1888 – Today in History: March 11

Waterbury Burns – Today in History: February 2

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G. Fox & Co. Destroyed by Fire – Today in History: January 29

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New Haven Coliseum Imploded – Today in History: January 20

The Flood That We Forget: October 15 and 16, 1955

The Steamboat New England: “The shock was dreadful” – Today in History: October 8

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The 1961 Hartford Hospital Fire

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The Great Hurricane of 1938 – Today in History: September 21

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Avon Industry: From Underground to Outerspace

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The Great Atlantic Hurricane Hits Connecticut

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    Patrick J. Mahoney

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Bucket Brigade to the Rescue – Today in History: September 12

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Torrington Recovers after the Flood of ‘55

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Eighteen-hundred-and-froze-to-death: 1816, The Year Without a Summer

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Horror on the Housatonic: The Railroad Disaster of August 1865

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Hurricanes Connie & Diane Deliver Double Hit – Who Knew?

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Fire Ravages Cos Cob School – Today in History: July 29

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The Greenwich Avenue Fires of 1908 and 1936 Sparked Upgrades to Town’s Emergency Services

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Deadly Fire at Gulliver’s – Today in History: June 30

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Misread Signal Leads to Deadly South Norwalk Train Wreck – Who Knew?

Hamilton Wrecks Aeroplane – Today in History: April 22

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Triangle Shirtwaist Fire: Connecticut Lessons from a Tragedy

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Today in History – Fales & Gray Explosion Underscores Need for a Hartford Hospital

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Fire and Ice: A Very Bad Week in 1914

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Park Central Hotel Boiler Explosion – Today in History: February 18

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Meriden Town Hall Burns Down – Today in History: February 14

Colt Armory Burns – Today in History: February 4

Six Cities Respond to 1902 Waterbury Fire – Who Knew?

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Almost a Tragedy: The Collapse of the Hartford Civic Center

The Tariffville Disaster – Today in History: January 15

Hurricane of 1938: Connecticut’s Worst Disaster

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The Hartford Circus Fire

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Hard Times: Governor Wilbur Cross and the Great Depression in Connecticut

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Fire at Wesleyan’s North College – Today in History: March 1

Mianus River Bridge Collapses – Today in History: June 28

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  • Town(s):
    Greenwich

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Waterbury Tornado – Today in History: May 24

An Orderly & Decent Government: Searching for the Common Good, 1965-Now

Video – When Disaster Struck: The Flood of 1936, Part I

Video – When Disaster Struck: The Flood of 1936, Part 2

Video – When Disaster Struck: King Blizzard

Blizzard of 1888 Devastates State

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Video – When Disaster Struck: The 1938 Hurricane, Part I

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The Plainville Town Hall Catches Fire

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Video – When Disaster Struck: The 1938 Hurricane, Part 3

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Video – When Disaster Struck Connecticut: The Flood of 1955

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Video – When Disaster Struck: The 1938 Hurricane, Part 2

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