Until today, I was unaware of the tragic Iroquois Theater fire. I’m working on typing my Great Great Great Grandmother Louisa Hall-Cluts’s diary and came across this entry from 1903:
“On December 30th there was a terrible disaster of fire at the Iroquois theater, Chicago. Cousin William Hoyt’s daughter, Mrs. Ernelie Fox with her three children all perished in the disaster. Mr Fox has since died. So that family are all gone. The funeral of the four fine victims were held at the Graceland Chapel. Cousin William and wife came from their winter home in Green Cove Springs, Florida to attend the funeral of their only daughter. Such a dreadful blow! Nearly 600 people were lost in that fire. Cousin Lottie, Aunt Lydia and Robert Bennett wrote me about it. I could hardly sleep nights thinking about it.
There are so many terrible sorrows in life that come to many of us that almost crush."
Until today, I was unaware of the tragic Iroquois Theater fire. I’m working on typing my Great Great Great Grandmother Louisa Hall-Cluts’s diary and came across this entry from 1903:
“On December 30th there was a terrible disaster of fire at the Iroquois theater, Chicago. Cousin William Hoyt’s daughter, Mrs. Ernelie Fox with her three children all perished in the disaster. Mr Fox has since died. So that family are all gone. The funeral of the four fine victims were held at the Graceland Chapel. Cousin William and wife came from their winter home in Green Cove Springs, Florida to attend the funeral of their only daughter. Such a dreadful blow! Nearly 600 people were lost in that fire. Cousin Lottie, Aunt Lydia and Robert Bennett wrote me about it. I could hardly sleep nights thinking about it.
There are so many terrible sorrows in life that come to many of us that almost crush."