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The building was an ice factory in its early days. In the summer of 1941 renovations began and the owner Hank Sophie converted it into a bowling alley, cashing-in on the bowling craze that began in mid-20th century America. It started life as a 12-lane pin-boy bowling alley and thrived throughout the 1940s and 1950s.
Beverly Hills Supper Club fire: Southgate, Kentucky: United States 1977 165: 200 possibly electrical carpeting, wooden paneling Third-worst club fire in American history Infinity Disco fire Manhattan, New York United States 1979 0 0 "Club Patrons Routed By Fire in Building". The New York Times. 15 February 1979: possibly arson
The Cocoanut Grove fire was a nightclub fire which took place in Boston, Massachusetts, on November 28, 1942, and resulted in the deaths of 492 people. It is the deadliest nightclub fire in history and the third-deadliest single-building fire (after the September 11 attacks and Iroquois Theatre fire ).
An aerial view of utility vehicles parked near beachfront homes destroyed in the Palisades Fire as wildfires cause damage and loss through the L.A. region on Jan. 13, 2025 in Malibu, California.
The E2 nightclub stampede occurred on February 17, 2003, at the E2 nightclub above the Epitome restaurant at 2347 South Michigan Avenue in the South Loop neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, in which 21 people died and more than 50 were injured when panic ensued from the use of pepper spray by a security guard to break up a fight.
The initial call about a fire at the site came in at 3:27 p.m., according to the report. The Bowling Green Police Department have closed off Veterans Memorial Lane between Church and Gordon ...
The Kinetic Playground was a short-lived nightclub located in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The club was opened on April 3, 1968, as the Electric Theater [1] by Aaron Russo and was located at 4812 N. Clark Street (NW corner of Clark and Lawrence).
Evacuation orders have been issued for residents who live in zones SDC-0236, SDC-0285, SDC-0286, SDC-0287, SDC-0288 and SDC-0289, according to a social media post by the San Diego Sheriff's Office.