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1. Railroads have a saying: "Every rule is written in blood."

Wed Dec 3, 2025, 05:18 AM

9 hrs ago

Thanks for reminding me to make my annual post about the Chicago parochial school fire back in 1958.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_the_Angels_School_fire

I'll add Cocoanut Grove this year.

Edited: here's this year's post about the 1958 school fire.

Wed Dec 3, 2025: On Monday, December 1, 1958, a fire broke out at Our Lady of the Angels School in Chicago, Illinois.

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