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MANY LEAP TO DEATH IN HYSTERIA AND PANIC FROM 23-STORY LaSALLE HOTEL
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Posted by Stu Beitler, an United Press article regarding the LaSalle Fire which is the worst hotel fire in Chicago's history. On 5 June 1946, a fire originated on the elevator shaft of the LaSalle Hotel killed 58 people.
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Author: Frances Leary, United Press
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Incident Summary: LaSalle Hotel Fire
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On June 5, 1946, Chicago Fire Department Battalion Chief Eugene T. Freemon, commander of the 1st Battalion, was fatally injured in the line of duty while fighting a 5-11 fire at the LaSalle Hotel, located at the intersection of LaSalle and Madison Streets in downtown Chicago. The worst hotel fire in Chicago history, sixty-one people died during the LaSalle Hotel Fire, thirty more were hospitalized, and more than two hundred others were injured.
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Author: Illinois Fire Service Institute
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Source: http://www.fsi.illinois.edu
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