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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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Fire Facts
  • 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.
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