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Hogan, John F.; Burkholder, Alex A.
Idioma: inglés
Editorial: History Press, 2013
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- Título
- Fire Strikes the Chicago Stock Yards: A History of Flame and Folly in the Jungle
- Autor
- Hogan, John F.; Burkholder, Alex A.
- Editorial
- History Press
- Año de publicación
- 2013
- Estado
- Very Good
- Sobrecubierta
- No Jacket
- Encuadernación
- Paperback
- Idioma
- inglés
- ISBN 10
- 1609499077
- ISBN 13
- 9781609499075
- Peso del artículo
- 0,62 libras
Wade into the endless smoke of Chicagos Union Stock Yards,the site of nearly three hundred extra-alarm fires before its closure in 1971,including some of the most disastrous conflagrations of a city famous for fire.In 1910, twenty-one firemen and three civilians were killed in a blaze at abeef warehousethe largest death toll for an organized fire department in thenation prior to 9/11. The meatpackerswho ran the yards considered the constant threat of fire as part of the cost ofdoing business, shrugging it off with an, Its all right, were fullycovered. For the firefighters who were forced to plunge into the flames againand again, it was an entirely different matter.
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Alex Burkholder was an investigative news producer for WGN-TV/Radio. He is a founding member of the Fire Museum of Greater Chicago.
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