Author Archives: Tim Coleman

The Station Nightclub Fire, Part 3: Years After

Only three men involved in the Station nightclub fire are held legally responsible. But were there more to blame? Good comes out of darkness. Families and survivors band together to make sure the tragedy is never forgotten.

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The Station Nightclub Fire, Part 2: Seconds of Fire

In a matter of minutes, those still trapped inside the Station nightclub are on the verge of death. Can they still escape, or will they die trying?

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The Station Nightclub Fire, Part 1: Years Before

A small nightclub built in the late 1940s transforms over the years into a popular, local venue for live music and good evenings with friends until one fateful night it burns to the ground and claims one-hundred lives.

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The Cocoanut Grove Fire, Part 3: Phoenix of Paradise

With over four hundred people dead and dying at the Cocoanut Grove club, someone had to be to blamed. While investigators look for a cause, others work to make sure that the tropical paradise in Boston didn’t burn in vane.

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The Cocoanut Grove Fire, Part 2: Inferno in Paradise

Tony is a kid who works at The Grove. Stanley works there too. Jimmy and Clifford are both in the armed forces and in the paradise at 17 Piedmont Street before heading out to war. All four would be forever … Continue reading

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The Cocoanut Grove Fire, Part 1: Wartime Paradise

November, 1942. America is at war. Mobsters still have control and influence on city inspectors, allowing them to skate past regulations and requirements. Guys getting ready to ship out to the battlefield want to take their gals on one last … Continue reading

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The Von Duprin Game Changer, Part 2: Flight to Safety

Every minute of every day in America there are emergencies. Multiple times a day people have to get to safety in a hurry and locked doors could mean a death sentence to them. Every state in the country, and most … Continue reading

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The Von Duprin Game Changer, Part 1: The Power of Three

On December 30th 1903, thirty-three year old Carl Prinzler was in Chicago for business. With his business concluded, Carl found himself delayed in getting home. Deciding to pass the time, he planned on getting a ticket to see Klaw and … Continue reading

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Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, Part 3: Out Of Fashion, Into Compliance

As firefighters, police officers, and citizens who volunteered their efforts recovered bodies and lowered them to the ground below from the eighth, ninth, and tenth floors of the Asch building, people below were placing those bodies in to caskets and … Continue reading

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Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, Part 2: Escape or Die

William Shepherd walked down the cobblestone streets in Greenwich village on the afternoon of Saturday, March 25th, 1911. It was a trendy place that any young reporter for the united press should be on a weekend. With an inclusive crowd, … Continue reading

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