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Deaths Injuries Origin Accelerant Notes Study Club fire: Detroit, Michigan: United States 1929 22: 50 undetermined; possibly a lit cigarette draperies, decorations [1] Prohibition-era speakeasy nightclub Rhythm Club fire: Natchez, Mississippi: United States 1940 209: 200 Spanish moss sprayed with Flit
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 Study Club fire killed 22 people and injured over 50 [1] in a Detroit, Michigan dance hall on September 20, 1929. [2] The club was located in the old theater district, at 65 East Vernor Highway, in Detroit. [3] [4] Until the fire, the Study Club operated as a speakeasy nightclub, where alcohol was being illegally sold during Prohibition ...
Madigan and McClain have pleaded not guilty to 23 counts of public corruption. Nightclub coming down Crews have begun tearing down an infamous building in Chicago where a nightclub.
City, county and state officials released crime statistics during a press conference Monday at Wayne County’s office in downtown Detroit. They said from Jan. 1 through Nov. 30 there were 228 ...
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168 others injured as a result of a nightclub fire. According to local authorities the fire began on stage after members of the band flared a pyrotechnic device that ignited flammable acoustic foam in the ceiling. Other reasons for the high death toll included the lack of emergency exits and the excessive number of people present. [83] 36
Three security guards are facing trial this week in the death of a man who was pinned to the ground during a fierce struggle more than 10 years ago at a suburban Detroit shopping mall. McKenzie ...