What the records say
- When
- 10 Dec 1929
- Kind
- Fire
- Coordinates
- 40.71° N, 74.01° W
- Description
- multiple fatalities, New York City
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Pathé Studios fire
Multiple fatalities, New York City
The Pathé Studios fire of December 10, 1929, in New York City, killed 11 people and gutted the building. The fire coincided with the beginning of a larger retreat in film production in New York and New Jersey. It was the worst film-studio disaster in U.S. history.
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