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		"Arise and Build!": Home ^Votes:0 A Centennial Commemoration of the 1895 Rotunda Fire The four images below represent the thematic threads of the electronic exhibit Click on an image to enter that area of the exhibit About the Electronic Exhibit About the Physical Exhibit Bibliography Credits Links to Related Resources on the World Wide Web [Library Home Page] [Special Collections' Home Page] [UVa Home Page] Copyright © 1995 by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia. Last Modified: Friday, 09-Nov-2007 15:03:30 EST URL: http://www.lib.virginia.edu /small/exhibits/rotunda/home.html This site has been visited 241543 times since October 6, 1995 Read More Go to Site


		American Experience \| Fatal Flood ^Votes:0 --> Airing September 14, 2005 on PBS check local listings --> watch the promo The Film & More \| Special Features \| Timeline \| Maps \| People & Events \| Teacher's Guide American Experience \| Feedback \| Search & Site Map \| Shop \| Subscribe \| Web Credits © New content 1999-2000 PBS Online / WGBH Read More Go to Site

		Andrea Doria-Tragedy and Rescue at Sea ^Votes:0 **I am sad to announce the passing of my brother, Anthony Grillo on October 21st, 2004. Please keep visiting, being patient with the hopeful continuation of his website. Sincerely, Vivian Grillo** The North Atlantic, like all oceans, is trackless and free, a no-man's body of water beset by storms and ice in the winter and storms and fog in the summer. This mighty ocean has been made safe for travel by the genius of man. Yet in his frailty man must take care, for despite all the electronic wonders devised through the years of scientific progress, periodically the sea take its toll. Alvin Moscow-Collision Course It was Wednesday, July 25th 1956. At 11:10pm on a dark and foggy night, two great ocean liners, T/N Andrea Doria and MV Stockholm , collided near Nantucket, Massachusetts. I was Read More Go to Site

		Cocoanut Grove fire ^Votes:0 Cocoanut Grove nightclub During the early days of World War II, a major fire struck the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston, Massachusetts. On the night of the fire, November 28, 1942, the club had approximately 1,000 occupants, many of whom were people preparing to go overseas on military duty. A lighted match used by an employee in changing a light bulb has been considered the possible cause for this tragic fire, which took 492 lives . Almost half of the occupants were killed, and many were seriously injured. Flammable decorations spread the fire rapidly. Men and women were reported to have clawed inhumanly in an effort to get out of the building. The two revolving doors at the main entrance had bodies stacked four and five deep after the fire was brought under control. Authorities estima Read More Go to Site

		CPL Chicago: 1903, December 30: Iroquois Theater Fire ^Votes:0 Compiled by Ellen O'Brien and Lyle Benedict, Reference Librarians in CPL's Municipal Reference Collection . 1903, December 30: Iroquois Theater Fire 112K 96K Source: Marshall Everett. "The Great Chicago Disaster: The Complete Story Told by the Survivors." D.B. McCurdy, 1904. Firemen helping the chorus girls out of the theater and diagram showing how people got out of the gallery. Chicago's most deadly fire occurred less than a month after the opening of the new, supposedly fireproof Iroquois Theater at 24-28 W. Randolph. It was standing room only for a holiday matinee of the popular musical "Mr. Blue Beard, Jr." Of the 1,900 people in the audience, mostly women and children, at least 600 perished. Among the 500 performers and backstage personnel, only the tightrope arti Read More Go to Site

		Eastland Memorial Society - Iroquois Theater Fire ^Votes:0 THE IROQUOIS THEATER FIRE THE IROQUOIS THEATER FIRE \| VICTIMS (A-K) \| VICTIMS (L-Z) \| GALLERY "The screams of the children for their mothers and mothers for their children I shall carry in my memory to my dying day." -- Frank Slosson, Secretary-Treasurer of the Bain Wagon Works, survivor. It is difficult to present the tragedy of Eastland disaster, within the historical perspective of the city of Chicago, without also bringing focus on the Iroquois Theatre Fire, as there are many similarities between these two catastrophes. In both cases, mostly women and children were killed in a situation that should have been filled with joy and celebration. Each tragedy killed their victims within minutes many from those trying desperately to avoid their own demise. And in both disasters, the families Read More Go to Site

		EyeWitness to History ^Votes:0 EyeWitness has a new location: eyewitnesstohistory.com You will transferred to our new site in a few seconds. Please bookmark the new location for future reference! Read More Go to Site

		HistoryBuff.com -- History Library -- The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire ^Votes:0 Subscribe to the FREE HistoryBuff.com Monthly Newsletter Trivia - Contests - More! Enter your email address in the blank below About HistoryBuff Help Support HistoryBuff.com Newspaper Collecting Nameplate Hall of Fame Online Newspaper Archives Reference Libraries Audio Library 16th-17th Century Baseball Coverage Bizarre News Circus Coverage Civil War Coverage Crime Coverage Engravers/Engravings Historic Events Inaugural Addresses Hoaxes in Newspapers Journalism Stamps Newsboys Newspaper Technology Old West Presidents Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Women in Journalism Library Search Engine Primary Source Material State Facts Interactive Quizzes Panoramas The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire By Paul Rosa NCSA Member #135 Send the author of this article an email At 4:45 pm the bell rang signaling that the Read More Go to Site

		Johnstown Flood National Memorial ^Votes:0 Johnstown Flood National Memorial Along with the Johnstown Flood Museum, the Flood Memorial tells the story of the 1889 flood that devastated Pennsylvania. This is known as one of the worst disasters in United States history. Over twenty two hundred people perished in the Flood. To learn more about the park or the story of the flood, please choose the links to the topics which interest you. Welcome Page The Dam The Club Colonel Unger Dam Building Start of Club Club Members Bibliography The Victims Your Story Park Resources NPS Homepage We encourage everyone who views this web site to travel to the place where this event began, the South Fork Dam. The Johnstown Flood National Memorial preserves the remains of this dam and works with many area partners in order to tell you this story. Use th Read More Go to Site

		Johnstown Flood of 1889 - Historic ^Votes:0 "A Roar Like Thunder..." On June 1,1889, Americans woke to the news that Johnstown, Pennsylvania had been devastated by the worst flood in the Nation's history. Over 2,200 were dead, with many more homeless. When the full story of the flood came to light, many believed that if this was a "natural" disaster, then surely man was an accomplice. Johnstown in 1889 was a steel company town of Germans and Welsh. With a population of 30,000, it was a growing and industrious community known for the quality of its steel. Founded in 1794, Johnstown began to prosper with the building of the Pennsylvania Mainline Canal in 1834 and the arrival of the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Cambria Iron Company in the 1850s. There was one small drawback to living in the city. Johnstown ha Read More Go to Site

		Ocean Liner Gazette Stockholm Article - Summer 1996 ^Votes:0 ON 25 JULY, 1956, NANTUCKET SOUND: THE COLLISION ABOARD STOCKHOLM More photographs at the end of the article (Aboard Queen Elizabeth 2 during the first leg of 1994's world cruise, your editor was fortunate enough to meet William Johnson, the Albert V. Danielsen Professor of Philosophy at Brandeis University; he is also the Canon Theological of the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine in New York City. But years ago, Bill Johnson was a crewman on board the Swedish-American liner Stockholm on that mist-shrouded night in Nantucket Sound when, eastbound, she struck Andrea Doria . Much has been written about events on board the Italian Line vessel that night but, conversely, very little of what happened aboard the other ship. In this 40th anniversary year of that epic collision, Bill Johns Read More Go to Site

		T R I A N G L E F A C T O R Y F I R E ^Votes:0 x x "> Presented by The Kheel Center , Catherwood Library , ILR School at Cornell . The Catherwood Library is a unit of the Cornell University Library . This website is a collaboration with UNITE! ©1998-2005, All Rights Reserved Copyright Notice Read More Go to Site

		The Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake ^Votes:0 USGS Home Contact USGS Search USGS Earthquake Hazards Program Skip to main content Home Earthquake Center Regional Information About Earthquakes Research & Monitoring Other Resources You are here : Home » Regional Information » Northern California » 1906 Earthquake » The Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake Introduction How Big was the Earthquake? 1906 Seismogram Casualties and Damage When will it Happen Again? What was Learned Scientifically from 1906 1906 Earthquake Photos Eyewitness Accounts Other Major Earthquakes in the SF Bay Area Learn More about Earthquakes Acknowledgements References The Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake 5:12 AM - April 18, 1906 San Francisco City Hall after the 1906 Earthquake. (from Steinbrugge Collection of the UC Berkeley Earthquake Engineering Research Cente Read More Go to Site

		The Great Chicago Fire and the Web of Memory: Welcome ^Votes:0 The Great Chicago Fire and the Web of Memory, a virtual exhibition Copyright © 1996 by the Chicago Historical Society and the Trustees of Northwestern University Last revised 10-8-96 Read More Go to Site

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