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Our Lady of the Angels School Site (Chicago, Illinois)

USA / Illinois / Oak Park / Chicago, Illinois / West Iowa Street, 3810
 place with historical importance, disaster site, Roman Catholic school, fire tragedy

This the replacement school for the original Our Lady of the Angels School, in which a tragic fire occurred near here on December 1, 1958, resulting in the death of 92 children and three nuns.

The Our Lady of the Angels School Fire broke out shortly before classes were to be dismissed on December 1, 1958, at the foot of a stairway of a Roman Catholic elementary and middle school in Chicago. A total of 92 students and 3 nuns lost their lives when smoke, heat, and fire cut off their normal means of escape through corridors and stairways. Many perished while jumping from second-floor windows. Another 100 were seriously injured.

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Coordinates:   41°53'51"N   87°43'19"W

Comments

  • Ziggy78
    the sign on the front of church (the building directly to the right of the school) has a white plastic sign over the old "our lady of the angels" sign that reads "new miracle temple" I think it is being leased by the catholic church.
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