thegermankaiserreich says Here’s a link with another pic and info on the fire. https://literaryfictions.com/articles/the-iroquois-theatre-fire/
El_Scribello says Now it’s the Oriental Theater, same site, same façade. https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20131230/loop/iroquois-theater-fire-almost-forgotten-but-continues-haunt
Aberfrog says We had a fire like that in Vienna too (Ringstrassentheater Brand / Fire) where nearly 400 people died. One of the lasting consequences is that cause of that all doors in public buildings (also apartment buildings and so on) swing to the outside. And whenever I Am in a country which doesn’t have this rule it makes me uneasy.
farmphotog says The Chicago History Museum has the lamp that started the fire. This article has a photo of it. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-theater-blaze-killed-hundreds-forever-changed-way-we-approach-fire-safety-180969315/
thegermankaiserreich says
It was completed in 1903 in Chicago and burnt down the same year.
thegermankaiserreich says
Here’s a link with another pic and info on the fire.
https://literaryfictions.com/articles/the-iroquois-theatre-fire/
El_Scribello says
Now it’s the Oriental Theater, same site, same façade. https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20131230/loop/iroquois-theater-fire-almost-forgotten-but-continues-haunt
Aberfrog says
We had a fire like that in Vienna too (Ringstrassentheater Brand / Fire) where nearly 400 people died.
One of the lasting consequences is that cause of that all doors in public buildings (also apartment buildings and so on) swing to the outside.
And whenever I Am in a country which doesn’t have this rule it makes me uneasy.
farmphotog says
The Chicago History Museum has the lamp that started the fire. This article has a photo of it. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-theater-blaze-killed-hundreds-forever-changed-way-we-approach-fire-safety-180969315/