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How was Chicago's Iroquois Theatre advertised just five weeks before it burned with 602 deaths in December 1903?
The programme carried the phrase while the building lacked working sprinklers, alarms, and marked exits. The disaster drove adoption of outward-opening doors and panic bars.
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The Iroquois Theatre Fire of 30 December 1903, Which Killed 602 People in a Building Advertised as Absolutely Fireproof Five weeks after opening, Chicago's Iroquois Theatre — advertised as "absolutely fireproof" — burned during a matinee packed with women and children. Locked gates, inward-opening doors, and unfinished fire equipment killed 602 people in about twenty minutes, the deadliest single-building fire in US history.
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