Fire

Precious Blood Church fire

27 May 1875 · 42.20° N, 72.61° W

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When
27 May 1875
Kind
Fire
Coordinates
42.20° N, 72.61° W
Description
1875 church fire in Massachusetts

Precious Blood Church fire

1875 church fire in Massachusetts

Precious Blood Church of Holyoke, Massachusetts, burned on May 27, 1875, killing 78 people. There was a crush of people through the entrance at the back left and many people could not leave. It is one of the deadliest fires in American history, and was also known by newspapers domestic and foreign as "The Holyoke Disaster".

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