The story
Built on the ashes of the Iroquois Theatre fire that killed 602 people, cries of victims still echo in Death Alley.
Everything that was here
- 1926–present · still open
James M. Nederlander TheatreTheater
Built on the ashes of the Iroquois Theatre fire that killed 602 people, cries of victims still echo in Death Alley.
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Iroquois Theatre (Site of Deadliest Single-Building Fire in U.S. History)Theater
Billed as 'absolutely fireproof,' this theater killed 602 people in a fire just five weeks after opening, still the deadliest single-building fire in American history.
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Iroquois TheatreTheater
Advertised as 'absolutely fireproof,' this opulent theater became the deadliest single-building fire in American history, killing 602 people in less than 15 minutes.
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