The Peshtigo Fire is considered the deadliest wildfire ... a fire was reported at the American Art Galleries, a four-story brownstone located at 7 East 22nd St. in the Flatiron District of New ...

Newman was built in Black River, Ohio, in 1855 and used in the lumber trade. In 1871, the great Peshtigo Fire would ravage northeastern Wisconsin, later becoming known as the deadliest wildfire in ...

Wisconsin archaeologists are crediting a man and his daughter with discovering the remains of what could be a ship that ran aground during the deadly Peshtigo Fire more than 150 years ago.

On the night of October 8, 1871, in Peshtigo, a lumber town about seven miles southwest of the Michigan-Wisconsin border, hundreds of people died: burned by fire, suffocating from smoke ...

PESHTIGO, Wis. (WLUK) -- It is believed a more than 152-year-old shipwreck has been found after being lost the night of the Great Peshtigo Fire and a father-daughter duo from Peshtigo are the ones ...

PESHTIGO, Wis. (WFRV) – Tuesday marks the 153rd anniversary of the Great Peshtigo Fire, the deadliest fire in U.S. history, which claimed between 1,200 and 2,500 lives.

Experts say they most likely discovered the George L. Newman, which sank during the Peshtigo fire in 1871. By Christine Hauser It began as a typical summer outing for Tim Wollak and his daughter ...

Newman, a 122-foot-long ship that was abandoned during the 1871 Peshtigo fire, one of the deadliest wildfires in U.S. history. The wreck’s location and data match those of the ship, the ...

Historical records show that it sank in 1871 after struggling to navigate through heavy smoke from the Peshtigo Fire, the deadliest forest fire in U.S. history. Until this year, the Newman had ...

The Peshtigo fire in Wisconsin started Oct. 8, 1871 and killed 1,152, according to the National Fire Protection Association, opens new tab (NFPA). At the time, Peshtigo was the permanent home to ...

Newman. The ship was hauling lumber from Little Suamico on the evening of Oct. 8, 1871, when it became enveloped in thick smoke from the Peshtigo Fire and ran aground on the southeast point of ...