What the records say
- When
- 1940
- Kind
- Fire
- Coordinates
- 31.56° N, 91.40° W
- Description
- 1940 dance hall fire in Mississippi that killed 209
- Date from
- year in its Wikidata description
Rhythm Club fire
1940 dance hall fire in Mississippi that killed 209
The Rhythm Club fire was a fire in a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi on the night of April 23, 1940, which killed 209 Black Americans and severely injured many others. Hundreds of people were trapped inside the building. It is the fourth deadliest assembly and club fire in U.S. history.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Rhythm Club fire at a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi, United States, kills 198 people”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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