Dec. 30, 2021
The stretch of time between Christmas Day and New Year's typically is filled with festivities marking the holiday season. One will find people involved in all sorts of activities this time of year--meeting with friends and family, attending parties, dining at a favorite restaurant, or taking in a movie.
It was no different on Wednesday, Dec. 30, 1903. In Chicago’s bustling Loop, 1,900 people, including mothers and their children, gathered at the newly opened, “fireproof” Iroquois Theatre. The occasion was the matinee performance of Mr. Bluebeard, starring Eddie Foy.
But instead of memories of a holiday outing, the day ended with 602 dead and 250 injured after a spark from an onstage arc light ignited theater curtains. An asbestos curtain was dropped to smother the flames, but it snagged 10 feet above the stage. This failure caused toxic smoke and flames to spread throughout the auditorium. (It was later learned the curtain was made out of paper, so it wouldn’t have helped anyway. History.com, https://tinyl.io/5SBF)
Exits were concealed by drapery. Panicked theatergoers in the balcony were faced with locked accordion gates, which had been installed to prevent patrons from sneaking downstairs to more expensive seats.
In addition to locked gates and concealed exits, people had to contend with inward opening doors and dead ends.
History.com reports in its On This Day series that 27 of the theater’s 30 exits were locked. https://tinyl.io/5SB7 The practice of having ticketholders stand in the aisles to watch performances also proved deadly as they blocked people who were seated.
Stagehands tried in vain to squelch the fire. As cast members realized the danger they were in, they opened a stage door which let in a gust of wind which caused a backdraft, creating a ball of flame that rushed through the theater. A ballerina, harnessed to fly over the stage, was trapped in her rigging; she would not make it out alive. *Smithsonian
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Has anyone heard about the Iroquois Theater Fire in Chicago on December 30th, 1903? The 117th anniversary of the disaster is coming up and I feel like not enough people know about it. There is only 2 books dedicated to it that I could find. About 600 people died that day. A lot of them were children, and a lot of people were trampled to death. If anyone wants to research it and preserve the memory, I think all those people and their families would appreciate it.
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