The Chicago Fire of 1874 had eerily similar origins to the Great Chicago Fire in 1871 albeit on a smaller scale hence it’s sometimes referred to as the “Little Chicago...
During the particularly dry summer of 1889, fires ravaged the northwest part of the U.S. Runaway flames damaged Spokane, Vancouver, and Seattle—all major cities in the Washington Territory. One of...
In an ironic twist of fate, the fourth deadliest nightclub fire in U.S. history was caught on videotape when tragedy ensued on February 20, 2003. A Rhode Island news crew...
Ironically Atlanta’s Winecoff Hotel touted itself in advertisements and on its stationery as being "absolutely fireproof." Instead of being immune to fire, the Winecoff Hotel is notorious for being...
The intended tropical paradise that was the Cocoanut Grove Nightclub was anything but on November 28, 1942....
The Great Chicago Fire, which occurred over 48 hours on October 8-10, 1871, is considered one of the most famous fires in U.S. history. Urban legend has spurred...
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Hartford circus fire leaves 168 dead and hundreds injured July 6, 1944, is known as “the day the clowns cried.” It was a hot day, around...
It was on May 28, 1977, that a fire took the lives of 165 people and injured over 200 others when it leveled a popular supper club in Southgate, KY....
One of French painter Claude Monet’s most famous works of art was destroyed on this day in 1958. A 1925 painting from the famous impressionist’s iconic Water Lilies series valued...
It took a mere 18 minutes for 146 garment workers to tragically die in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire on this day in 1911. The manmade catastrophe happened late on...