Date Location Deaths 1835, Dec 16 New York City, 500 buildings destroyed n.a. 1871, Oct 8 Chicago, 17,000 buildings destroyed 250 1871, Oct 8 Forest fire, Peshtigo, Wisconsin, USA 1182 1872, Nov 9 Boston, USA, 800 buildings destroyed n.a. 1876, Dec 5 Theater, Brooklyn, New York, USA 295 1903, Dec 30 Iroquois Theater, Chicago, Illinois, USA 602 1908, Jan 13 Rhoads Theater, Boyertown, Penn., USA 170 1911, Mar 25 Triangle Shirtwaist factory, NYC, USA 146 1918, Apr 13 Norman, Oklahoma, state hospital 38 1923, May 17 School, Camden, South Carolina, USA 76 1930, Apr 21 Penitentiary, Columbus, Ohio, USA 320 1938, May 16 Terminal Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia, USA 35 1940, Apr 23 Dance hall, Natchez, Mississippi, USA 198 1943, Sep 7 Gulf Hotel, Houston, Texas, USA 55 1944, Jul 6 Ringling Circus, Hartford, Connecticut, USA 168 1946, Jun 5 LaSalle Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA 61 1946, Dec 7 Winecoff Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia, USA 119 1946, Dec 12 New York City ice plant, tenement 37 1950, Jan 7 Mercy Hospital, Davenport, Iowa, USA 41 1958, Dec 1 Parochial school, Chicago, Illinois, USA 95 1961, Jan 6 Thomas Hotel, San Francisco, Calif., USA 20 1961, Dec 8 Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut, USA 16 1963, Nov 18 Surfside Hotel, Atlantic City, NJ, USA 25 1963, Nov 23 Rest home, Fitchville, Ohio 63 1963, Dec 29 Roosevelt Hotel, Jacksonville, Florida, USA 22 1964, Dec 18 Nursing home, Foutaintown, Indiana, USA 20 1965, Aug 11-16 Watts riot fires, California, USA 30+ 1967, Feb 7 Restaurant, Montgomery, Alabama, USA 25 1967, July 16 State prison, Jay, Florida, USA 37 1970, Jan 9 Nursing home, Marietta, Ohio, USA 27 1973, Jun 24 Bar, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA 32 1974, Jun 30 Discotheque, Port Chester, New York, USA 24 1976, Oct 24 Social club, Bronx, New York, USA 25 1980, Nov 21 MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA 84 1990, Mar 25 Social club, Bronx, New York, USA 87 2001, Sept. 11 9/11 Tragedies 2,985
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							Every thirty seconds a fire breaks out in some city of the United States. Some of the most disastrous fires occur in the so-called fireproof buildings. "Little fires can be trod out easily, but being suffered, rivers cannot quench." — Shakespeare Any effective fire control MUST be an inside job. Automatic Sprinklers provide this control. Forty-three percent of business suffering a bad fire, never reopen — seven out of ten who do reopen fail within three years. Over Twelve Thousand people lost their lives as a result of fire in 1972. There is no record of a single death by fire, in a fully sprinklered building. Up until now, the best known fire protection is the Automatic Sprinkler. Substantial premium credit allowed by Fire Insurance Companies for Automatic Sprinkler Installations is bona fide proof of Automatic Sprinklers' worth.