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Ambulance loaded with fire victims
Chicago's awful theater horror

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Title
Ambulance loaded with fire victims
Description
From text: "While the streets began to crowd for blocks around with weeping and heartbroken persons in mortal terror because of knowledge that loved ones had attended the performance, patrol wagons, ambulances and open wagons hurried the injured to hospitals. Before long they were called upon to perform the more grewsome [sic] task of removing the dead. In wagon loads the latter were carted away. Undertaking establishments both north, south and west of the river threw open their doors."
Date
1904  
Type
Photograph  
File Name
chicagosawfulthe00ever_0169.jp2
Source Page
http://www.archive.org/stream/chicagosawfulthe00ever#page/160/mode/2up
Link to the Full-Text
http://hdl.handle.net/10111/UIUCOCA:chicagosawfulthe00ever
Subject
  • Theaters  
  • Fires  
Coverage-Spatial
The Loop (Chicago, Ill.)  
Coverage-Temporal
1900-1909  
Publisher
  • University of Illinois at Chicago  
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Rights Description
Images in this collection were digitized through the University of Illinois Library's participation in the Open Content Alliance and may be used freely. Attribution to the University of Illinois is appreciated. High-resolution images can be downloaded from the Internet Archive at www.archive.org. For further information, contact dcc@library.uiuc.edu.
Book Title
Chicago's awful theater horror  
Author of the Book
Everett, Marshall, 1863-1939.  
Collection Title
Picture Chicago
Collection
Picture Chicago
TitleAmbulance loaded with fire victims
DescriptionFrom text: "While the streets began to crowd for blocks around with weeping and heartbroken persons in mortal terror because of knowledge that loved ones had attended the performance, patrol wagons, ambulances and open wagons hurried the injured to hospitals. Before long they were called upon to perform the more grewsome [sic] task of removing the dead. In wagon loads the latter were carted away. Undertaking establishments both north, south and west of the river threw open their doors."
Date1904  
TypePhotograph  
File Namechicagosawfulthe00ever_0169.jp2
Source Pagehttp://www.archive.org/stream/chicagosawfulthe00ever#page/160/mode/2up
Link to the Full-Texthttp://hdl.handle.net/10111/UIUCOCA:chicagosawfulthe00ever
Subject
  • Theaters  
  • Fires  
Coverage-SpatialThe Loop (Chicago, Ill.)  
Coverage-Temporal1900-1909  
Publisher
  • University of Illinois at Chicago  
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Rights DescriptionImages in this collection were digitized through the University of Illinois Library's participation in the Open Content Alliance and may be used freely. Attribution to the University of Illinois is appreciated. High-resolution images can be downloaded from the Internet Archive at www.archive.org. For further information, contact dcc@library.uiuc.edu.
Book TitleChicago's awful theater horror  
Author of the BookEverett, Marshall, 1863-1939.  
Collection TitlePicture Chicago
CollectionPicture Chicago

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