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Tragic Collinwood School Fire Kills Dozens in Cleveland Suburb
A furnace blaze gutted the two story Brick Collinwood school in Ohio, trapping hundreds of pupils and killing between 160 and 170, many crushed in a desperate stairway jam. Teachers and students, including Miss Catherine Weiler and Miss Laura Bodley, risked lives guiding others to safety while heroic rescues were attempted.
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Collinwood
Cleveland
Lake Shore
Herter
Helen
Catherine Weiler
Miss Weiler
Misa Weiler
Detroit
Toledo
Mary Ridgeway
Anna Roth
Gertrude Davis
Miss Pearl Lynn
John
Phillis _ of
Poplar Street
Phillis
Rolfe
Ohio
Harris
Johnson
Westropp
BH. Skinner
Collinwood Board of Trade