Our Lady of the Angels School Site (Chicago, Illinois)
USA /
Illinois /
Oak Park /
Chicago, Illinois /
West Iowa Street, 3810
World
/ USA
/ Illinois
/ Oak Park
World / United States / Illinois
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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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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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_the_Angels_School_Fire
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Coordinates: 41°53'51"N 87°43'19"W
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