I came across this compilation by such artists as The Birmingham Jug Band, Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie, Clarence Ashley (doing Naomi Wise), and United Steel Workers of Montreal. The songs cover the gamut from Tom Dooley to the Spanish Armada.
http://www.archive.org/details/MurderBalladsAndDisasterSongs
But if you're going to include disaster songs, you really should include Mighty Day:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsWUI0ZwJxA
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