Precious Blood Church fire

Quand

27 mai 1875

Type

Incendie

Coordonnées

42.20° N, 72.61° W

Description

1875 church fire in Massachusetts

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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