Lest We Forget: Chicago's Awful Theater Horror

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INTRODUCTION.

MEMORIAL PRAYER.

MEMORIAL HYMN.

POEM BY A CHILD VICTIM.

VERDICT OF CORONER'S JURY.

CHAPTER I.

CHAPTER II.

CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER IV.

CHAPTER V.

CHAPTER VI.

CHAPTER VII.

CHAPTER VIII.

CHAPTER IX.

CHAPTER X.

CHAPTER XI.

CHAPTER XII.

CHAPTER XIII.

CHAPTER XIV.

CHAPTER XV.

CHAPTER XVI.

CHAPTER XVII.

CHAPTER XVIII.

CHAPTER XIX.

CHAPTER XX.

CHAPTER XXI.

CHAPTER XXII.

CHAPTER XXIII.

CHAPTER XXIV.

CHAPTER XXV.

CHAPTER XXVI.

IN FRONT OF THE THEATER AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE,
December 30th, 1903, 4 P.M.

"LEST WE FORGET"

Chicago's Awful Theater Horror

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

HON. CARTER H. HARRISON,
Mayor of Chicago.

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

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

FRONT VIEW OF THE IROQUOIS THEATER.

MEASURING THE EXIT WHERE HUNDREDS WERE KILLED AND BURNED.

FIREMEN RESCUING THE LIVING.

JEWELRY AND CLOTHING OF THE VICTIMS OF THE FIRE.

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

FRONT ROWS OF SEATS AND FRONT OF STAGE.

RUINS ON THE STAGE.

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

BACK PART OF THE THEATER
WHILE THE FIRE RAGED.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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