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Nanyehi (Cherokee: ᎾᏅᏰᎯ), known in English as Nancy Ward (c.1738 – c.1823), was a Beloved Woman and political leader of the Cherokee. She advocated for peaceful coexistence with European Americans and, late in life, spoke out for Cherokee retention of tribal hunting lands. She is credited with the introduction of dairy products to the ...
This is a list of high-rise building fires where the flames were seen to involve the façade. The original dataset used to create this list [ 1 ] was found by searching news reports and research literature 1990 to 2019, and it may be biased towards high-profile fires and English-speaking reporting.
1905 – Watson Street Lodging House fire in Glasgow, Scotland on November 19, killed 39. [6] 1908 – Rhoads Opera House fire, Boyertown, Pennsylvania, killed 170. [7] 1908 – Parker Building, New York City, January 10. 1908 – Collinwood school fire, in Collinwood, Ohio (soon absorbed by Cleveland), on March 4, killed 175.
An LA County fire department building also survived the flames. John Chapple for NY Post Burned homes are seen during the Palisades fire in the Malibu, in Los Angeles county, California, on ...
Other photos of the series show Bryant and Jones waiting for a turntable ladder and the moment of the fire escape's collapse with both victims on it. Published originally in the Boston Herald American , the photo was published in more than 100 newspapers and resulted in the adoption of new fire escape legislation in the United States.
Firefighters found the fire throughout a building that was about 40 feet long with four vendor booths inside. By about 10 a.m., FDNY considered the fire under control. There were no injuries at ...
A man found dead after his Laurel Canyon house was badly damaged in a fire Wednesday afternoon was a member of the prominent Rothschild banking family, neighbors said.
2005 February 27 – A meetinghouse in Rose, Idaho was burned by arsonists who piled up charred furniture at the front entrance and set the structure a fire. [87] 2005 September 7 – A meetinghouse under construction in North Las Vegas, Nevada was burned by arsonist's fire. The $3 million dollar building was a complete loss. [88] [89]