Disasters and Catastrophes

in Jefferson County, NY

 * Watertown Fire of 1833


 * Watertown Fire of 1848


 * Watertown's Great Fire of 1849


 * Great Bend Flood of 1862


 * Watertown Flood of 1865


 * The Great Flood of 1869


 * Three Mile Bay Fire of 1887


 * Great Carthage Fire of 1884


 * Watertown Munitions Explosion, Christmas Eve, 1918


 * 8 Children Killed In Dimmick Street Artillery Shell Explosion


 * Blizzard of 1977


 * The Ice Storm of 1991


 * Blizzard of 1993


 * Microburst of 1995


 * The Ice Storm of 1998


 * Carthage Fire of 2002


 * Northeast Blackout of 2003


 * Court Street Fire of 2004

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