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Iroquois Theatre Fire Kills Hundreds in Chicago
Chicago reports about 550 to 562 dead in a fire at the Iroquois Theatre as 86 identified and 92 injured. Officials and papers disagree on totals while bodies are moved to morgues and undertakers amid gas fumes and trampling. The blaze began during Mr Bluebeard after a broken electric wire and failed asbestos curtain. Comedian Eddie Foy ordered the curtain down, but it stuck, allowing flames to sweep the auditorium.
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