Search Strategies & Selected Articles

The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America. You can further explore the topic of the "Iroquois Theater Fire" using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
Iroquois Theater, Iroquois Theatre, Chicago, Will Davis, Harry Powers, Mr. Bluebeard, Mr. Blue Beard, Mayor Carter Harrison, Jr., George Williams, William Musham, William McMullen, fire marshal, coroner’s jury, holocaust, asbestos curtain
It is important to use a specific date range if looking for articles for a particular event in order to narrow your results. To narrow your results for this topic, search between 1903 and 1905.

Selected Articles from Chronicling America

"Opening of the Iroquois"
The Indianapolis Journal (Indianapolis, IN), November 24, 1903, Page 3, Image 3, col. 3.
"Spectre of Death Broods Silently over Chicago"
The Tacoma Times (Tacoma, WA), December 31, 1903, Image 1, col. 1-6.
"Over Five Hundred Die In Fire"
New-York Tribune (New York, NY), December 31, 1903, Image 1, col. 2-6.
"Horrors of Holiday Holocaust in Chicago's Finest Theater"
The Minneapolis Journal (Minneapolis, MN), December 31, 1903, Image 1, col. 1-5.
"Greatest Horror of a Century"
The Plymouth Tribune (Plymouth, IN), January 7, 1904, Image 6, col. 1-7.
"Over 500 Fire Victims"
Highland Recorder (Monterey, VA), January 8, 1904, Image 1, col. 2-4.
"Harrison To Blame"
Chicago Eagle (Chicago, IL), January 9, 1904, Image 1, col. 1-7.
"Harrison Arrested: Chicago Mayor and Other Officials Held"
Evening Star (Washington, DC), January 26, 1904, Image 1, col. 6.
"Iroquois Theater Fire"
Arizona Republican (Phoenix, AZ), February 21, 1904, Image 1, col. 5.
"Should Obey The Law"
Chicago Eagle (Chicago, IL), March 5, 1904, Image 1, col. 6-7.
"Takes Warning From Iroquois Theater Fire"
The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA), June 8, 1904, Image 1, col. 7.
"Oppose Theater Opening"
Evening Star (Washington, DC), September 17, 1904, Image 1, col. 2.
"Iroquois Theater Opened"
The Pacific Commercial Advertiser (Honolulu, HI), September 20, 1904, Image 1, col. 5.
"Iroquois Disaster a Year Ago Today"
The Minneapolis Journal (Minneapolis, MN), December 30, 1904, Image 1, col. 2.
"The Iroquois is Reopened"
The Evening Statesman (Walla Walla, WA), December 30, 1904, Image 1, col. 6.
"The Iroquois Theater Fire"
The Big Stone Gap Post (Big Stone Gap, VA), January 5, 1905, Image 1, col. 3.

Iroquois Theater Fire: Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America