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The Hotel Vendome fire in the United States was the worst firefighting tragedy in Boston history. Nine firefighters were killed during the final stages of extinguishing a fire on June 17, 1972. The Hotel Vendome was on the southwest corner of the intersection of Commonwealth Avenue and Dartmouth Street, in the Back Bay area of Boston.
Hotel Vendome fire: June 17, 1972: 9 4] [2] Collins Block Fire (Syracuse, New York) ... Great Boston Fire of 1872: November 9, 1872: 8 1] 1975 Philadelphia Gulf ...
June 17 – Hotel Vendome fire in Boston, Massachusetts, killed nine firefighters. July 5 – Coldharbour Hospital fire in Sherborne , England, killed 30. August 18 – Nursing Home in Ris-Orangis, France , killed 12.
The Hotel Vendome Fire Memorial commemorates victims of the Hotel Vendome fire. It is installed along Boston's Commonwealth Avenue Mall, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. [1] [2] The work was designed by the artist Ted Clausen and landscape architect Peter White. [3] A group of firefighters originally proposed the memorial in 1982, but it was ...
In 2016, a federal report found the Boston Fire Department’s lack of training to fight wind-driven fires, inadequate staffing, and failure to adequately assess risk played a role in the blaze.
Ruins of the Great Boston Fire of 1872 Aftermath of the Grover Shoe Factory disaster (1905) Great Chelsea fire of 1908 Streetcar involved in the Summer Street Bridge disaster (1916) being raised from the river Wreckage of the Great Molasses Flood (1919) Damage from the 1953 Worcester tornado Andrea Doria sinking (1956) Wreckage of Eastern Air Lines Flight 375 (1960) Wreckage of the 1967 ...
June 17, 1972: Five would-be wiretappers arrested at Watergate Office Complex ... Nine firefighters were killed in a fire at the Hotel Vendome in Boston. [49] Born ...
1972 June 17: Hotel Vendome fire. Labor demonstration. [152] Maison Robert restaurant in business. [156] Boston Public Library Johnson building opens. [30] 1973 The Boston Caribbean Carnival, is founded (same year as New York City and Washington, D.C.)