Significant Fires and Emergencies in Illinois History

Significant Fires and Emergencies in Illinois History: Bibliography
1. The Great Chicago Fire (1871):
Bales, Richard F. The Great Chicago Fire and the Myth of Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow.
Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co., 2002.
Cromie, Robert. The Great Chicago Fire. Nashville: Rutledge Hill Press, 1994.
http://www.chicagohs.org/FIRE/
2. Chatsworth Train Wreck (1887):
Buford, Cary Clive. The Chatsworth Wreck: a Saga of Excursion Train Travel in the
American Midwest in the 1880s. Fairbury, Ill.: Blade Pub. Co., 1949.
Fliege, Stu. Tales and Trails of Illinois. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2002.
El Paso Story: The Centennial Book of El Paso, Illinois. sponsored by the El Paso
Library Board, 1954
3. World’s Columbian Exposition Fire (1893):
Appelbaum, Stanley. The Chicago World's Fair of 1893: a photographic record, photos
from the collections of the Avery Library of Columbia University and the Chicago
Historical Society. New York: Dover Publications, 1980.
Cowan, David. Great Chicago Fires: Historic Blazes that shaped a city. Chicago: Lake
Claremont Press, 2001.
Hashagen, Paul. “Chicago World’s Fair of 1893.” Firehouse. July 1993, p. 71-73.
Larson, Erik. The Devil in the White City. New York: Crown Publishers, 2003.
Chicago Daily Tribune. July 11, 1893.
4. Iroquois Theater Fire (1903):
Brandt, Nat. Chicago Death Trap: the Iroquois Theatre Fire of 1903. Carbondale:
Southern Illinois University Press, 2003.
Everett, Marshall. Chicago’s Awful Theater Horror. [s. l.]: Memorial Pub. Co., 1904.
Hatch, Anthony P. Tinderbox: the Iroquois Theater Disaster, 1903. Chicago: Academy
Chicago Publishers, 2003.
5. Cherry Mine Disaster (1909):
Tintori, Karen. Trapped: the 1909 Cherry Mine Disaster. New York: Atria Books,
2002.
http://guitarjourney.tripod.com/cherrycoalminedisaster/
6. Union Stockyards Fire (1910):
Cowan, David. Great Chicago Fires: Historic Blazes that shaped a city. Chicago: Lake
Claremont Press, 2001.
“Death of Horan to Bring Reform of Water System?” Chicago Daily Tribune (Dec. 23,
1910)
7. Eastland Disaster (1915):
Bonansinga, Jay R. The Sinking of the Eastland: America’s Forgotten Tragedy. New
York: Citadel Press/Kensington Pub., 2004.
Hilton, George Woodman. Eastland, Legacy of the Titanic. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford
University Press, 1995.
http://www.eastlanddisaster.org
http://memory.loc.gov
8. St. Anthony’s Hospital Fire (1949):
Lyons, Paul Robert. Fire in America! Boston: National Fire Protection Association,
1976.
TIME (magazine). April 18, 1949.
Chicago Daily Tribune. April 6, 1949.
Chicago Daily Sun-Times. April 6-8, 1949.
http://www.effinghamil.com/government/fire_dept/history.htm
http://www.stanthonyshospital.org/
9. Our Lady of the Angels School (1958):
Cowan, David and John Kuenster. To Sleep with the Angels: the Story of a Fire.
Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 1996.
Grosshandler, William Lytle, et al. Report of the Technical Investigation of the Station
Nightclub Fire, Volume II, 2005. National Institute of Standards and Technology,
Building and Fire Research Laboratory, 2005.
Lacey, Brett and Paul Valentine. Fire Prevention Applications. Oklahoma City: Fire
Protection Publications, 2005.
Santangelo, Mike, et al. The Greatest Firefighter Stories Never Told. Kansas City:
Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2002.
http://www.olafire.com/
10. McCormick Place Fire (1967):
Illinois Inspection and Rating Bureau. Report of Investigation of the McCormick Place
Fire of January 16, 1967. Chicago: Illinois Inspection and Rating Bureau, 1967.
Cowan, David. Great Chicago Fires: Historic Blazes that shaped a city. Chicago: Lake
Claremont Press, 2001.
11. Martin Luther King, Jr., Assassination Riots (1968):
Cowan, David. Great Chicago Fires: Historic Blazes that shaped a city. Chicago: Lake
Claremont Press, 2001.
Chicago Sun-Times (April 6, 1968)
Chicago Sun-Times (April 7, 1968)
“Many Stores Looted; Firemen Face Snipers” Chicago Tribune (April 6, 1968).
12. Crescent City Train Derailment (1970):
Hill, Irma M. Crescent City Remembers: Father's Day, June 21, 1970. Crescent City,
Ill.: Scheiwe's Print Shop, [1995].
13. Union Oil Company Refinery Fire (1984):
Davidson, Jean, and Henry Wood. “Oil tank blasts kill 6.” Chicago Tribune (July 24,
1984).
Ornberg, Richard. “A Preliminary Report of the Deadly Explosion that Caused $500
Million in Damage.” Firehouse (Oct. 1984): 74-76, 176.
Reardon, Patrick, and George Papajohn. “Death roars into refinery on ‘ball of fire.’”
Chicago Tribune (July 25, 1984).
Reardon, Patrick, and George Papajohn. “Refinery blasts blamed on tower crack.”
Chicago Tribune (July 27, 1984).
14. Illinois Bell Telephone Fire (1988):
Fire Investigation Report: Telephone Central Office, Hinsdale, Illinois, May 8, 1988.
Prepared by Michael S. Isner, Fire Protection Engineer, Fire Investigations
Division, National Fire Protection Association.
15. Chicago Freight Tunnel Flood (1992):
Moffat, Bruce. The Chicago Tunnel Story: Exploring the Railroad “Forty Feet Below.”
Chicago: Central Electric Railfans’ Association, 2002.
16. Cook County Administration Building Fire (2003):
Ciokajlo, Mickey, and Sabrina L. Miller. “6 die in Loop blaze.” Chicago Tribune
(October 18, 2003).

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