Panics

Colorado Springs, CO Street Car Panic, Aug 1909

Posted February 13th, 2009 by June

Several Injured In Street Car Panic

Fuse Blows Out, Causing A Wild Scramble

Miss Gustason of Denver and O. A. Aubrey of Manitou Attended by Physicians.  read more »

New York City, NY Lum's Chinese Restaurant Fire, Feb 1936

Posted January 17th, 2009 by Stu Beitler

PANIC BRINGS DEATH TO 5 IN CAFE.

STAMPEDE OF DANCERS IS BLAMED FOR N. Y. CITY RESTAURANT DEATHS.  read more »

Chicago, IL Dore School Fire Drill Panic, Jan 1898

Posted December 14th, 2008 by June

School Children In A Panic.

Incident of a Fire Drill at the Dore School, Chicago.  read more »

Paducah, KY Theatre Fire, July 1897

Posted December 9th, 2008 by Stu Beitler

MANY WERE INJURED.

PANIC FOLLOWS A FIRE IN A SUMMER THEATRE AT PADUCAH, KY.  read more »

Hunter's Point, Long Island, NY school fire and panic, Nov 1888

Posted November 27th, 2008 by Tim Taugher

RESULT OF AN ACCIDENTAL FIRE IN A HUNTER'S POINT SCHOOL.  read more »

Cincinnati, OH theatre panic, Feb 1876

Posted November 26th, 2008 by Tim Taugher

FATAL PANIC IN A THEATRE

A CINCINNATI SENSATION.

A TERRIBLE SCENE CAUSED BY A FALSE ALARM OF FIRE - SEVERAL PERSONS KILLED AND A NUMBER SERIOUSLY INJURED WHILE ENDEAVORING TO ESCAPE.  read more »

Fort Worth, TX Spring Palace Fire, May 1890

Posted November 18th, 2008 by Stu Beitler

VICTIMS OF A FIRE PANIC.

MANY PEOPLE INJURED BY THE BURNING OF THE SPRING PALACE.  read more »

Cincinnati, OH Printing Factory Disaster, May 1885

Posted October 16th, 2008 by Stu Beitler

BURNED AND CRUSHED.

HORRIBLE RESULTS OF A CONFLAGRATION IN A CINCINNATI PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT.

SEVENTEEN LIVES YIELDED UP AS A MONUMENT TO MAN'S CARELESSNESS.  read more »

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