WHAT: City/Building Fire WHEN: March 26, 1912 WHERE: Bellows Falls, Vermont FATALITIES: Zero dead – three building and numerous businesses were destroyed What proved to
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Gulf Hotel Fire – September 7, 1943
Fifty-five men, many of them elderly and living off government relief, died in the early morning of September 7, 1943 in the worst hotel fire
The Terminal Hotel Fire – Atlanta, Georgia
WHAT: Hotel fire WHEN: May 16, 1938 around 3:00am WHERE: Atlanta, Georgia FATALITIES: 35 dead, as many as 15 injured On May 16, 1938 the most disastrous fire in Atlanta’s
The Burning of the Iroquois Hotel – Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
CITY IN RUINS WHAT: Hotel Fire WHEN: March 12, 1907 WHERE: Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan CASUALTIES: Zero. The hotel was totally destroyed While not a
The Newhall House Fire – Milwaukee, Wisconsin
WHAT: Hotel fire WHEN: January 10, 1883 WHERE: Milwaukee, Wisconsin FATALITIES: At least 74, maybe as many as 90 The Newhall House was built by a group led buy
Marlborough Hotel Fire – January 3, 1940
On the incredibly cold morning of January 3, 1940, just before dawn, a fire caused by a lit cigarette thrown down a garbage chute ravaged the
Kerns Hotel Fire – December 11, 1934
Around 5:30 a.m. on the morning of December 11, 1934 a fire broke out at the Kerns Hotel in Lansing, Michigan. The hotel, built
Stouffer’s Inn Fire – December 4, 1980
CITY IN RUINS WHAT: Hotel Fire WHEN: December 4, 1980 about 10:20am WHERE: Purchase, New York Casualties: 26 dead, 24 injured Intro from an AP article that
Golden Age Nursing Home Fire – November 23, 1963
CITY IN RUINS WHAT: Nursing home fire WHEN: November 23, 1963 approx. 4:50am WHERE: Norwalk, Ohio CASUALTIES: 63 dead, over 25 injured Largely forgotten due to the Assassination of