Madison Tragedies
Tragedies that happened in the Madison area.
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2020
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2010s
2019
Aug 8 -
Man with 7 OWI convictions
2012
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Car Hits Family Having Picnic, Kills 7yo Boy
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Four Young People Die in Fitchburg Crash
2011
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Crash kills three in Cottage Grove
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McArthur kids
2010
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Three Young People killed in a Crash by Drunk Driver
2000s
2009
Tyrone Adair Murders Four
Two Girls Die When Boys Crash Stolen Car
2008
Three Die in Med Flight Crash
Three UW Students Die in Car Crash
Father Kills Mentally Handicapped Son, Then Himself
2007
Three People Electrocuted Outside Metro Bus
Four Die in Trailer from CO Poisoning
2005
Two Boaters Vanish on Mendota, One is Never Found
2004
Hanson-Thomas Car Crash Man reaching for cigarettes rear ends - 1 kid, 1 adult
Woman's Suicide Causes Two Others to Die
Quadriplegic Man Drowns Strapped to His Wheelchair
- Man
2003
Verona shooting
- 3 men
Gentry
- 2 teens
2002
Exposure to Algae Kills Teen
- teen
1990s
1999
Shaina Davenport Death
Olsen Family
Car Crash - 7 & 9yo kids
East Side Fire Kills Mother, Two Children
- 2 kids 1 woman
State owned plane (Oakdale)
1994
North Side Apartment Fire Kills Two 5 Year Old Boys
- 2 kids
1991
East High Girls Run Over by Epileptic Driver
- 2 teens
1990
Fire Kills Five Children
1980s
1989
Aaroen fire
- 2 kids
Car Crash Illinois - 4 Men
1988
Middleton car crash
- 1 teen 2 women, all Sisters
Four West High Students Die In Firey Crash
1985
1985-05-24 four teens car accident
1983
Ambulance Keys Stolen on Halloween, Man Dies
1980
Fire, Koshel/Kasper - 2 teens
Car-Bikes from Illinois
- 2 teens
1970s
1979
Three Young McFarland Children Drown in Construction Ditch
Two UW Football Players Die in Off Season
Two Teens Found Dead in Car After 6 Week Search
4 Die in Crash
- Hwy 113 & Cuba Valley Rd.
1977
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Family of Four Die in Crash
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1975
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4 Die in Waubesa Boat Accident
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1974
Windsor car crash
Lewis Double Suicide
1973
Allen Hall Fire Kills Three
1971
Five Young Girls Die in Westport Fire
6 Dead in Two Car Accident
1970
Fire Kills Two Children on East Side
1960s
1967
Otis Redding Plane Crash
Bodies of Nine Girls Arrive at Truax Field
Two Young Girls Killed by Car
1966
Three-Year-Old Killed by Elephant, 2nd death at Vilas Zoo
Two Boys Suffocate in Refrigerator
Strangls kids, hangs self
- 2 kids 1 woman
Car Crash Myres - 1 infant 1 teen 1 adult
1965
Lange drowning (Minn) - 1 kid 2 adults
Belcher
- 3 adults
1964
Car Crash Massey Family - 2 kids
1963
Drowning Trumpy Strudell
- 2 teens
1962
Gates-Orsburne Drown - 1 kid 2 adults
Plane Crash (Chippewa Falls)
- 5 Men
1961
Car Crash Bride Best Man
- 1 teen 1 adult
1960
Car Crash (Iowa) - 1 kid 2 adults
Car Crash Convertible - 2 teens
1950s
1955
Animals
1953
Crash Kuyk Walt - 2 teens
1952
Low flying plane
- 4 Adults
Four Die in Three Car Crash
Two Electrocuted
- 2 Adults
1950
DeGregory Stoudt Drowning
- 2 teens
1940s
1949
Dussling Furumo Drownings
- 2 kids
1948
Auto Accident
Fire Kills Mother and Three Children
1947
Car-Train Sefkar
- 3 kids
1945
Father and Son Overcome by Gas
1944
Mother Dies Saving 2yo Son in Fire
1940
Four Die as Taxi Hit by Train
1930s
1939
Oven Crashes Through Floor, Kills Two Firemen
1938
Two Young Boys Go Through Ice on Lake Mendota, Drown
1936
Four Men Drown in Lake Mendota
Three Kids Die When Sled is Hit by Car
1935
Boy Starts Fire With Matches, Dies With Grandmother
1934
Two Children Die in Shed Fire
1933
Father & Son Drown as Car Breaks Through Ice
Parents, Daughter Overcome by Gas
1932
Boy dies from polar bear attack, first death at Vilas Zoo
1931
Plane Crash at Madison Airport Kills Three
1930
Teen Tries to Save Brothers From Drowning, Two Die
1920s
1929
Mother Kills Herself, Toddler
Homemade Boat Goes Under, Five Men Drown
1928
Car Goes Through Lake Mendota Ice, Man & Bay Drown
Mother Tries to Save Daughter, Both Drown
1910s
1918
Flu Epidemic Shut Down City For Weeks, Many Die
1916
Woman Shoots Herself, Toddler
Strong Winds Blow Iceboat Into Open Water Three Men Drown
1900s
1905
Two Young Boys Drown After Going Through Lake Mendota Ice
1903
Iroquois Theater Fire Kills Hundreds, 5 Madisonians
Before 1900
1898
Explosian of a Boiler in North-Western Roundhouse Kills Three
1893
St. Regina Academy Fire Kills Three Young Girls
1886
Explosion of a Boiler in CM&StP Roundhouse Kills Three Men
1883
Capitol Collapses During Expansion, Six Men Die
1860
Fire on Shanty Hill Takes Five Lives