Fire at the Iroquois Theater – 1903

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The Iroquois Theater was bang up-to-date. Designed like a Paris opera house with a 19m (60 ft) high marble-walled lobby…

The Great Boston Fire – 1872

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Even today visitors to Boston can feel the waft of the city’s once evident superiority complex. In the 1870s it…

The Great Chicago Fire – 1871

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Chicago was born in a hurry to grow up, from a hamlet of 150 people in 1831 to a haphazard…

Mobile Magazine Explosion – 1865

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Mobile, Alabama had been a frontier town in French, British and Spanish hands before it became irrevocably American in 1813.…

The Burning of Atlanta – 1864

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It is taught at every military academy in the world, and engrained into the cultural memory of every American. General…

Heysel Stadium Disaster – 1985

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It was the final that everyone wanted - the Champions of England and current European Cup holders versus the Champions…

Bradford Valley Parade Stadium Fire – 1985

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By the spring of 1985 Bradford City looked like a football club that was finally going places. The ‘Bantams’, as…

Flight Air France 447 Crash – 2009

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On the evening of Sunday May 30 2009, Flight Air France 447 took off from Rio de Janeiro and skirted…

al-Salam Boccaccio 98 Fire – 2006

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Fire on board a ship throws up a unique set of problems. Water is usually the most convenient and effective…

The ‘Queen of the Sea’ Train Disaster – 2004

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Those who boarded the early train from Columbo on December 26 were heading south for an important Buddhist new-moon holiday.…