List of disasters in the United States by death toll

Columns: Year | Type | Fatalities | Article | Location | Comments
1857 | Shipwreck | 400 | SS Central America , 1857 | Off the coast of Georgia | Fatalities estimated | 1860 | Accident - shipwreck | 400 | PS Lady Elgin | Chicago , Illinois | 1888 | Blizzard | 400 | Great Blizzard of 1888 | Northeastern United States | Fatalities estimated | 1937 | Flood | 385 | Ohio River flood of 1937 | Ohio , Kentucky , Indiana , Illinois | 1944 | Accident - explosion | 372 | USS Mount Hood | New Guinea | Ammunition ship explosion | 1907 | Accident - coal mine | 362 | Monongah mining disaster | Monongah , West Virginia | 1913 | Flood | 361 | Great Dayton Flood | Dayton , Ohio | Flood was created by a series of three winter storms that hit the region in March , 1913

Example questions:
Which location in the US was affected by a most recent disaster characterised as a severe snowstorm ? | What type of disaster hit the US state whose name originates from the Ojibwe word mishigamaa ? | In which year was the third most populous city in Alabama hit by the disaster ? | What type of disaster hit the US city with population slightly over 140000 people ? | How many people died in a disaster that hit the third most populous city in the USA ?

Answers:
Northeastern United States | Wildfire | 1865 | Flood | 400