June Fire History
I have been taking a break from everything lately and have neglected my site. I haven't found anything I can post about the history of June 19th, so I decided to post on the month of June as a whole. I am only posting things I haven't posted on before and ones I think may be a little obscure or otherwise unknown to most.
Here is the partial list so far in order of event:
June 8 1783 the Laki Volcanic System in Iceland began erupting setting off a chain reaction of volcanic eruptions & leaving a dusty haze creating massive food shortages & the death of 9,350 people (mostly due to starvation) by February 1784
June 20, 1877 fire in St John NB Canada killed 100
June 20 1919 Mayguez Theater Fire in San Juan kills 150
June 19 1932 Hailstones kill 200 in the Hunan Province in China
June 5 1946 fire at LaSalle Hotel in Chicago killed 61
June 26 1957 category 4 Hurricane Audrey swept through Texas & Louisiana leaving 390 dead secondary to 12 foot storm surges that moved inland as far as 25 miles.
June 23 1959 fire at Resort Hotel in Stalheim Norway killed 34
June 1 1965 coal mine explosion killed 236 near Fukuoka Japan
June 6 1972 coal mine explosion killed 427 in Wankie Rhodesia
June 19 1972 Hurricane Agnes kills 118 in New York and Florida
June 24 1973 bar fire in New Orleans killed 32
June 30 1974 Discotheque fire kills 24 in Port Chester New York
June 9 1977 fire in nightclub in Abidjan, Ivory Coast
June 26 1977 Jailhouse fire in Columbia Tennessee killed 42
June 19 1980 saw a battle between police & demonstrators in Capetown leaving 34 dead
June 7 1997 Temple fire in Thanjavur India killed over 60
June 13 1997 movie theater fire in New Dehli India kills 60
June 30 1999 camp dormitory fire killed 23 in Hwasung South Korea
June 23 2000 hotel fire killed 15 in Queensland Australia
In doing the research for this post I learned a few facts on some of these events that I may post on in the future. If you have photos or information on any of these please feel free to contact me, I would love to include more.
The events I post on are generally ones that make widespread news and result in massive monetary and life loss. There are millions of events throughout history that effect the lives of people that make little or no great effect to the world as a whole but inflict terrible loss to the people effected. My site does not intend to show deminished respect to those people, only to highlight the highly technical and lengthy response of fire and emergency responders.
Here is the partial list so far in order of event:
June 8 1783 the Laki Volcanic System in Iceland began erupting setting off a chain reaction of volcanic eruptions & leaving a dusty haze creating massive food shortages & the death of 9,350 people (mostly due to starvation) by February 1784
June 20, 1877 fire in St John NB Canada killed 100
June 20 1919 Mayguez Theater Fire in San Juan kills 150
June 19 1932 Hailstones kill 200 in the Hunan Province in China
June 5 1946 fire at LaSalle Hotel in Chicago killed 61
June 26 1957 category 4 Hurricane Audrey swept through Texas & Louisiana leaving 390 dead secondary to 12 foot storm surges that moved inland as far as 25 miles.
June 23 1959 fire at Resort Hotel in Stalheim Norway killed 34
June 1 1965 coal mine explosion killed 236 near Fukuoka Japan
June 6 1972 coal mine explosion killed 427 in Wankie Rhodesia
June 19 1972 Hurricane Agnes kills 118 in New York and Florida
June 24 1973 bar fire in New Orleans killed 32
June 30 1974 Discotheque fire kills 24 in Port Chester New York
June 9 1977 fire in nightclub in Abidjan, Ivory Coast
June 26 1977 Jailhouse fire in Columbia Tennessee killed 42
June 19 1980 saw a battle between police & demonstrators in Capetown leaving 34 dead
June 7 1997 Temple fire in Thanjavur India killed over 60
June 13 1997 movie theater fire in New Dehli India kills 60
June 30 1999 camp dormitory fire killed 23 in Hwasung South Korea
June 23 2000 hotel fire killed 15 in Queensland Australia
In doing the research for this post I learned a few facts on some of these events that I may post on in the future. If you have photos or information on any of these please feel free to contact me, I would love to include more.
The events I post on are generally ones that make widespread news and result in massive monetary and life loss. There are millions of events throughout history that effect the lives of people that make little or no great effect to the world as a whole but inflict terrible loss to the people effected. My site does not intend to show deminished respect to those people, only to highlight the highly technical and lengthy response of fire and emergency responders.
posted by South West Virginia Fire Investigators Association at 9:21 AM
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