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August 2 – Waldbaum's supermarket fire, Brooklyn, New York. Six New York City firefighters died when the roof collapsed, plunging 12 firefighters into the flames. [109] November 5 – A fire at the Younkers Department store at the Merle Hay Mall in Des Moines, Iowa, killed 10 store employees. The store was closed and rebuilt a year after the ...
1947 New York City smallpox outbreak: disease 2 [172] 1929 1929 Yankee Stadium stampede: mass unrest 2 [173] 1835 Great Fire of New York: fire 2 [174] 2020 2020 New York City Subway fire: rail 1 [175] 2019 2019 New York City helicopter crash aircraft 1 [176] 2007 2007 New York City steam explosion: explosion 1 [163] 1995 Williamsburg Bridge ...
The Town of Babylon is one of ten towns in Suffolk County, New York, United States. Its population was 218,223 as of the 2020 census. Its population was 218,223 as of the 2020 census. Parts of Jones Beach Island , Captree Island and Fire Island are in the southernmost part of the town.
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Then there was Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, the animal charged with lighting the match that set the innocent subway rider on fire — thus igniting a hellscape that feels like a metaphor for New York ...
Man, 37, killed in NYC apartment fire as woman, child rushed to hospital after blocked fire hydrants slow response: officials Steve Janoski, David Propper February 9, 2025 at 1:32 PM
On August 26, 1995 a fire broke out in the Clark Building of the 100-year-old Hotel St. George in Brooklyn, New York. The fire consumed 4 large buildings and required over 700 firefighters operating 110 apparatus to put out. It consisted of 16 alarms, the largest in Brooklyn's history. There were no casualties. [89]
Chicago June 5, 1946 61 Electrical fire likely Winecoff Hotel: 59 m [8] Atlanta: December 7, 1946 119 Deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history Ronan Point: 64 m [9] London United Kingdom: May 16, 1968 4 Gas explosion caused partial collapse of the highrise. 1 New York Plaza: 192 m [10] New York City United States: August 5, 1970