December 2, 1958: 90 die in Chicago school fire

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Anybody like me who grew up in the 1950s in Chicago remembers the Our Lady of the Angels fire, and as terrible as it seemed when I was a kid, it’s even worse now that I’m a parent. I well remember the Chicago Tribune’s coverage of the blaze.

Here’s the Tribune’s look back at the tragedy.

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