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By December 9, the death count was 92; 57 people were in the hospital, with 11 of them in critical condition. [14] In the case of the 92nd death, the hospital attempted to save one boy's life with an artificial kidney, at the time the only such one available in Chicago. [15] The 93rd death, of a girl, occurred on December 22, 1958. [16]
Upon her death in Chicago on December 22, 1917, Cabrini was buried at her beloved West Park campus, as per her wishes. Her body was exhumed and divided in 1933 as part of her canonization process. The major portion was transferred to the chapel of Mother Cabrini High School in New York City, and now rests in the St. Frances Xavier Cabrini ...
A cold case from 1959 involving a missing 7-year-old came to a conclusion last week through DNA identification, decades after charges against the boy's adoptive parents were dropped for lack of ...
1893 – World's Columbian Exposition cold storage warehouse fire in Chicago, Illinois on July 10, killed 18. 1894 – Christmas Eve fire in Silver Lake, Oregon, on December 24, killed 43 people including 19 women and children. [4] 1895 – The Rotunda, University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Officials in in Wisconsin said DNA evidence has solved a more than 65-year-old cold case involving missing 7-year-old Michigan boy Markku Jutila, born as Chester Breiney.. The Ozaukee County ...
Mercy Home began accepting girls in 1987. Three years later, it was renamed Mercy Home for Boys and Girls. Mercy Home is composed of two separate campuses where abused and neglected children are cared for—the Boys' Campus, located in Chicago's West Loop area, and the Girls' Campus, located south, in Chicago's Morgan Park community.
Family demands answers in death of Chicago woman who was on hospital roof for over 6 hours. Saleen Martin, USA TODAY. Updated January 29, 2025 at 11:07 AM.
Amanda Smith (née Berry; January 23, 1837 – February 24, 1915) [1] was an American Methodist preacher and former slave who funded the former Amanda Smith Orphanage and Industrial Home for Abandoned and Destitute Colored Children outside Chicago.