Cleveland Clinic fire of 1929

When

15 May 1929

Kind

Fire

Coordinates

41.50° N, 81.62° W

Description

major structure fire at Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio, on May 15, 1929

1929 fire in Cleveland, Ohio

A major structure fire occurred at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, on May 15, 1929. Nitrocellulose X-ray film ignited in a basement storage room, emitting a poisonous yellowish-brown gas which spread throughout much of the Clinic and subsequently exploded several times. The fire claimed 123 lives including that of one of the Clinic's founders, Dr. John Phillips.

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