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It was 75 years ago that over 200 people died in a Natchez nighclub fire.
Posted on 8/16/15 at 12:22 pm
Posted on 8/16/15 at 12:22 pm
No mention of it in the media but I came across these headlines while digging through newspapers yesterday.
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Posted on 8/16/15 at 12:25 pm to prplhze2000
"Blaze traps 300 negroes"..accidental?
Posted on 8/16/15 at 12:26 pm to SEClint
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Mississippi
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300 negros
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Night Club Fire
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Accidental
This post was edited on 8/16/15 at 12:28 pm
Posted on 8/16/15 at 12:27 pm to prplhze2000
Posted on 8/16/15 at 12:28 pm to prplhze2000
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Blaze traps 300 negros, turns rhythm night club into horrible holocaust
Best article title ever.
Posted on 8/16/15 at 12:29 pm to brass2mouth
It is sorta brutal. Sounds like a tagline from an old exploitation film poster.
Posted on 8/16/15 at 12:30 pm to prplhze2000
WOW that is horrible. I learned something today.
Posted on 8/16/15 at 12:30 pm to prplhze2000
It's getting hot in hur.
Posted on 8/16/15 at 12:31 pm to brass2mouth
The Jackson Daily News was a pretty racist paper.
The nightclub owner boarded up the windows so no one could watch from outside or sneak in. Same reason he padlocked the back door. Allegations were made the white police chief took bribes to allow him to do it.
Then the roof was metal and covered with spanish moss intentionally put on the roof. It was sprayed with a chemical to keep the bugs away or kill them.
Band was nationally known. Walter Barnes.
The nightclub owner boarded up the windows so no one could watch from outside or sneak in. Same reason he padlocked the back door. Allegations were made the white police chief took bribes to allow him to do it.
Then the roof was metal and covered with spanish moss intentionally put on the roof. It was sprayed with a chemical to keep the bugs away or kill them.
Band was nationally known. Walter Barnes.
Posted on 8/16/15 at 12:31 pm to Lsupimp
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I learned something today.
That you don't want to diaf?
Posted on 8/16/15 at 12:32 pm to prplhze2000
I'm piqued by the usage of the term holocaust in 1940
Seems it wouldn't yet be part of American vernacular
Seems it wouldn't yet be part of American vernacular
Posted on 8/16/15 at 12:33 pm to Makinbacon
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It's getting hot in hur.
Posted on 8/16/15 at 12:34 pm to Swoopin
That is still the second largest nightclub disaster in American history. Newspaper writers were much more colorful back then. Holocaust didn't have the same connotation it does now.
Posted on 8/16/15 at 12:34 pm to Swoopin
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I'm piqued by the usage of the term holocaust in 1940
Seems it wouldn't yet be part of American vernacular
I caught that too. Seemed a bit odd.
Posted on 8/16/15 at 12:35 pm to prplhze2000
I thought I remember looking into origins of the word holocaust and didn't see much before hitler and gang came along
This post was edited on 8/16/15 at 12:36 pm
Posted on 8/16/15 at 12:36 pm to Swoopin
That newspaper would use words such as "Solons" to refer to leaders and "quiz" to refer to investigation.
Posted on 8/16/15 at 12:37 pm to prplhze2000
That article is very descriptive.
Posted on 8/16/15 at 12:39 pm to Swoopin
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I thought I remember looking into origins of the word holocaust and didn't see much before hitler and gang came along This post was edited on 8/16 at 12:36 pm
It has something to do with mass purging by fire, IIRC
Posted on 8/16/15 at 12:40 pm to prplhze2000
Reading the article........just how careless can someone be when lighting a cigarette to catch the building on fire?
Posted on 8/16/15 at 12:42 pm to G Vice
spanish moss and chemicals.
This tragedy is the reason why Fire Marshalls raise hell over concerts and why the fire escape laws for clubs are written the way they are.
This tragedy is the reason why Fire Marshalls raise hell over concerts and why the fire escape laws for clubs are written the way they are.
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