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The Italian Hall disaster (sometimes referred to as the 1913 Massacre) was a tragedy that occurred on Wednesday, December 24, 1913, in Calumet, Michigan, United States.. Seventy-three people – mostly striking mine workers and their families – were crushed to death in a stampede when someone falsely shouted "fire" at a crowded Christmas
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Whiskey Au Go Go fire Fortitude Valley Fortitude Valley (Australia) Date 8 March 1973 ; 51 years ago (1973-03-08) Venue Whiskey Au Go Go Location Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, Australia Type Fire Cause Firebomb Deaths 15 Convicted James Richard Finch John Andrew Stuart The Whiskey Au Go Go fire was a fire that occurred at 2:08 am on Thursday 8 March 1973, in the Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub in ...
The St. Maries 1910 Fire Memorial, at St. Maries Cemetery in St. Maries, Idaho, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [ 1 ] A six-foot granite slab memorial, with a 19 by 13 inches (0.48 m × 0.33 m) United States Forest Service bronze plate, was erected in 1924.
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One of the victims, Frank Ries, was alerted about the fire shortly after it was detected after a hospital switchboard operator, Sister Anastasia Groesch, telephoned him to the hospital. He was called prior to the fire department and attempted to extinguish the fire by spraying a fire extinguisher down the laundry chute on each floor. [4]
Two of the victims were confirmed to be Singaporean. [46] Two victims were from India, living in Stamford, Connecticut. [47] Two of the victims were students at an elite Santa Cruz high school. [48] It is believed that the youngest was age 16 and the oldest were in their 60s, with a majority of the victims from Santa Cruz and the Bay Area. [49]