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1904 – Great Fire of Toronto, April 19 fire that destroyed a large section of Downtown Toronto, Canada. 1905 – Watson Street Lodging House fire in Glasgow, Scotland on November 19, killed 39. [5] 1908 – Rhoads Opera House fire, Boyertown, Pennsylvania, killed 170. [6] 1908 – Parker Building, New York City, January 10.
1871 – The Urbana fire destroyed central Urbana, Illinois, on October 9. 1872 – Great Boston Fire of 1872, destroyed 776 buildings and killed at least 20 people. 1874 – Chicago Fire of 1874, July 14, was in some respects very similar to the 1871 fire, but was stopped by a new fire-proof wall. It destroyed 812 structures and killed 20 people.
2021 Rockton fire. On June 14, 2021, a maintenance accident at the Chemtool Incorporated manufacturing plant in Rockton, Illinois, United States, triggered a chemical fire that lasted four days and injured two emergency workers. [1][2] Portions of the village, located north of Rockford near the Illinois - Wisconsin state line, were subject to a ...
CHICAGO HEIGHTS, Ill. — Two fires destroyed six homes and displaced nine people in Chicago Heights overnight. The fires started just after 11 p.m. Tuesday near 15th Street and Lowe Avenue.
At least seven departments and 36 firefighters responded to a Savers Thrift Superstore in Fairview Heights Tuesday morning, where flames destroyed two tractor-trailers holding donated items.. The ...
warehouse 2022-12-1 "Magic in the Sky" warehouse blast Orlando, Florida: United States 4 deaths, 1 injury [19] warehouse 2023-02-19 Blitar fireworks explosion Blitar: Indonesia 4 deaths, 13 injuries [20] house 2023-07-29 Sungai Kolok fireworks disaster: Su-ngai Kolok: Thailand 10+ deaths, at least 118 injured [21] warehouse 2023-09-26 Qaraqosh ...
March 15, 1910 – The Chicago Vice Commission was organized by Chicago Mayor Carter Harrison Jr., to be able to bring an end to the Levee District brothels and panel houses. 1911 – A young Filippo Sacco ("Johnny Roselli"), immigrated to Boston, Massachusetts, from Italy, with his mother.
Like the fire that destroyed an old furniture factory in Stewartstown in the spring, ... A firefighter rolls up hoses at the scene on a giant warehouse fire July 15, 2024, three days after it ...