CULTURETECHLENSIroquois Theatre fire
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Combined Graph record U-01633 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-E-0100. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
602 killed; theater safety reforms
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602 killed; theater safety reforms
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- https://guides.library.illinois.edu/c.php?g=348303&p=2346973 (verification source · master store)
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The Iroquois Theater Fire occurred in Chicago on December 30, 1903, during a sold-out performance of Mr. Bluebeard; at least 602 people were killed, many of them children (University of Illinois Fire Service Institute Library guide — university publication, tier 3).
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