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Lest We Forget

Chicago's Awful Theater Horror

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By THE SURVIVORS AND RESCUERS

WITH INTRODUCTION BY BISHOP FALLOWS

Presenting a Vivid Picture, both by Pen and Camera, of One of the Greatest Fire Horrors of Modern Times.

Embracing a Flash-Light Sketch of the Holocaust, Detailed Narratives by Participants in the Horror, Heroic Work of Rescuers, Reports of the Building Experts as to the Responsibility for the Wholesale Slaughter of Women and Children, Memorable Fires of the Past, etc., etc.

PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED WITH VIEWS OF THE SCENE OF DEATH BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER THE FIRE

MEMORIAL PUBLISHING CO.

Copyright, 1904, by D. B. McCURDY

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HON. CARTER H. HARRISON, Mayor of Chicago.

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LEADING ACTRESS IN THE "BLUEBEARD, JR.," COMPANY. MISS BONNIE MAGINN.

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DOOR TO THE FIRE ESCAPE THAT COULD NOT BE OPENED; MANY DIED HERE.

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FRONT VIEW OF THE IROQUOIS THEATER.

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MEASURING THE EXIT WHERE HUNDREDS WERE KILLED AND BURNED.

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FIREMEN RESCUING THE LIVING.

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JEWELRY AND CLOTHING OF THE VICTIMS OF THE FIRE.

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IN FRONT OF THE THEATER; LAYING DEAD ON THE SIDEWALK.

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FRONT ROWS OF SEATS AND FRONT OF STAGE.

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RUINS ON THE STAGE.

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SKYLIGHT ON ROOF OF THEATER, WHICH WAS NAILED DOWN DURING THE FIRE.

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BACK PART OF THE THEATER WHILE THE FIRE RAGED.

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