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Date Location Dead
1871, October 8 Peshtigo, Wisconsin (USA) 1,500
1918, October 12 Cloquet, Minnesota (USA) 559
1894, September 1 Hinckley, Minnesota (USA) 418
1894, July Wisconsin (USA) Over 300
1825, October Main and New Brunswick (USA) Over 160

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