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The E2 nightclub stampede occurred on February 17, 2003, at the E2 nightclub above the Epitome restaurant at 2347 South Michigan Avenue in the South Loop neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, in which 21 people died and more than 50 were injured when panic ensued from the use of pepper spray by a security guard to break up a fight. The club's ...
Factory nightclub fire: Quito: Ecuador: 15 deaths, 35 injuries [11] nightclub 2008-09-21: Wuwang Club fire: Shenzhen: China: 43 deaths, 88 injuries: nightclub 2009-01-01: Santika Club fire: Bangkok: Thailand: 66 deaths, 222 injuries: nightclub 2009-01-29: Starmaker Fireworks Factory explosion: Trece Martires: Philippines: 8+ deaths, 70 ...
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CHICAGO -- It can be argued that the corner of Rush and Bellevue Streets on Chicago's Near North Side is one of the busiest corners in the world, packed as it is with some of the most popular ...
Club La Guajira fire: Caracas: Venezuela 2002 47: 28 Christmas decoration Bouncer delayed exit asking patrons not to leave without paying Utopía nightclub fire: Santiago de Surco, Lima: Peru 2002 29: 57 torch The Station nightclub fire: West Warwick, Rhode Island: United States 2003 100: 230 pyrotechnics acoustic foam Fourth-deadliest club ...
The first, second, and third floor balconies all collapsed into the basement below, carrying a total of approximately one hundred people among them. [3] Several people were also trapped in a basement stairwell. [2] Survivors helped to pull victims out from under the debris of the balconies, and rescue workers had to use chainsaws to free others ...
27 years ago, comedian Chris Farley’s life came to a tragic end.. The Wisconsin-born star was discovered dead in his Chicago apartment from an apparent drug overdose on Dec. 18, 1997. He was 33 ...
Rocco Salvatore Pranno (December 18, 1916 – July 1979) was an American mobster and member of the Chicago Outfit who operated on the city's West Side.. Born in Stone Park, Illinois, Pranno's criminal record stretched back to 1934 and included charges of armed robbery, extortion, murder and bombing.