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Chicago fire deaths spark citywide memorials
A 1903 Chicago Troquois Theater fire killed about 600. The incident remains a pivotal event in U.S. urban safety history, cited alongside other year-end historical milestones.
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Amelia Jenks Bloomer
Troquois
Chicago
Sun Yat-sen
Republic of China
United Auto -Workers Union
Fisher Body
Flint
Mich
George I
Greece
Michael
Romania
United States
New York-area
LaGuardia