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Melissa Hinnen's avatar

What a tragic story and beautiful retelling through the eyes of your characters. Our family lore includes the Iroquois Theatre fire in Chicago. My great grandmother “Madeline Dupont” was a dancer in the wings when the fire broke out and managed to escape. She was born in Brooklyn on 19th street.

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Thalia Toha's avatar

Kathleen- It's interesting that the description is "stationary temperature." I'm not sure if I've ever heard it put in such a way (nor have ever read it written that way). Odd how linguistics evolve and choose to drop certain phrases. I've always been curious about this fire, so this is a refreshing read. Hope you're well this week? Cheers, -Thalia

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Jody's avatar

Beautiful, Kathleen.

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