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	Gulliver's Discotheque Fire , New York
		The fire in Rhode Island was the nation's deadliest in a quarter-century and the worst in the history of rock 'n' roll.
		Fire extinguishers were placed in crucial locations, and a fire alarm was connected to a fire station.
		He says he was struck by the similarities between the Beverly Hills club fire and the Cocoanut Grove fire, even though the latter happened 35 years earlier and supposedly had educated clubs on how to avoid a future catastrophe.
	www.iklimnet.com /hotelfires/clubfirecase7.html (2060 words)

	Beverly Hills Supper Club fire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		When the fire broke out comedian team Teter and McDonald were performing on stage in the Cabaret Room and singer John Davidson, the scheduled headliner, was in the dressing room preparing for his show.
		Fire experts agreed that the death toll would have been much higher without the timely warning, given while there was no evidence of smoke in the Cabaret Room even though heavy smoke and flames had erupted in the Zebra Room.
		They took great pride in a graceful spiral staircase at their club, unaware that it did not meet codes requiring that the staircase be enclosed with fire doors on each level of the building.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Beverly_Hills_Supper_Club (1053 words)

	The Station nightclub fire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The beginnings of the fire were caught on videotape by cameraman Brian Butler for WPRI-TV of Providence, for a planned piece on nightclub safety being reported by Jeff Derderian, a WPRI news reporter who is also a part-owner of The Station.
		It was the deadliest fire in the United States since the 1977 Southgate, Kentucky, Beverly Hills Supper Club fire that claimed 165 lives.
		The Station fire exceeded the death toll of 87 in the March 25, 1990, Happyland Fire in the Bronx, New York City.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Station_nightclub_fire (821 words)

	Kings on the Road National RV Club Newsletters
		After our meal, an over the hill and through the valley tour of the country side visited four historical places.
		Local club dues are $10.00 per year and are due in the spring.
		Thanks to our local club sponsor, Kamper’s Supply, for their support and participation in the local and national events.
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	The Beverly Hills Fire - The Cincinnati Enquirer
		The Beverly Hills Fire - The Cincinnati Enquirer
		The fire at the Beverly Hills Supper Club was a night of horror and heroism, of unspeakable carnage and unshakeable courage.
		These are the names of the 165 people who lost their lives because of the fire at the Beverly Hills Supper Club on the night of May 28, 1977.
	www.enquirer.com /beverlyhills/index2.html (434 words)

	@ The Post - The Beverly Hills Supper Club Fire
		Cincinnati lawyer Stan Chesley uses a seat cushion from the Beverly Hills Supper Club to demonstrate how toxins from the pillow contributed to the deaths of 165 people nearly 20 years ago.
		The official investigations into what caused the fire at the Beverly Hills Supper Club were inconclusive, but the factor most often cited is aluminum wiring.
		Patrons from the night club strolled down the long driveway with drinks in their hands.
	www.cincypost.com /bhfire (543 words)

	USATODAY.com - Disasters at clubs repeat tragic history (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The fire in Rhode Island was the nation's deadliest in a quarter-century and the worst in the history of rock 'n' roll.
		Fire extinguishers were placed in crucial locations, and a fire alarm was connected to a fire station.
		He says he was struck by the similarities between the Beverly Hills club fire and the Cocoanut Grove fire, even though the latter happened 35 years earlier and supposedly had educated clubs on how to avoid a future catastrophe.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2003-02-23-nightclubs-usat_x.htm (2141 words)

	Beverly Hills blaze still resonates
		“Beverly Hills was the first time there was a class action, or a procedural tool where you put all the cases together,” Mr.
		Chesley said that was the only way he could obtain a federal court order preventing the state from immediately tearing down the supper club, and destroying valuable evidence on deficient wiring, toxic furnishings and faulty inspections.
		“At the 20th anniversary observance (of the fire), a young woman told me that she and her five brothers and sisters were able to go through college and keep the family together as a result of the awards in the Beverly Hills case,” Mr.
	www.enquirer.com /editions/2002/05/26/loc_beverly_hills_blaze.html (690 words)

	A Burning Question \| MetaFilter (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The recent Great White nightclub tragedy has made it imperative to study previous deadly fires in public buidlings, such as the Iroquois Theater, the Cocoanut Grove, the Beverly Hills Supper Club, the Natchez Rhythm Club, the Happy Land Social Club, and the 1944 Hartford circus fire.
		Seat cushions were blamed for many of the deaths in the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire and foam soundproofing may have played an equally deadly role in spewing toxic fumes in the West Warwick fire.
		When fires are in the news, as the recent tragic fire in Rhode Island, one of the sources that I turn to for news and an insider's perspective is firehouse.com.
	www.metafilter.com /mefi/24081 (897 words)

	FIRE SAFETY AND CODE ISSUES IN PUBLIC VENUES (Site not responding. Last check: )
		But in the past quarter-century, the Station fire ranks as the 2nd worst - exceeded only by the flames which consumed 165 lives in Kentucky's Beverly Hills Supper Club fire of 1977.
		The Station tragedy was overall the 4th worst in entertainment fire casualty numbers in the United States, and the worst as far as number of deaths associated with a "rock & roll" type of event or establishment.
		Some jurisdictions and insurance underwriters require fire suppression equipment be installed in public venues and be certified annually and tagged accordingly.
	www.radiationroom.com /rrsn/articles/fire.htm (1409 words)

	Fires and Explosions
		Whether you're talking about forest fires or kitchen fires, factory explosions or arson, when fires get out of control, the damage can be devastating.
		fire and ensuing stampede in main tent of Ringling Brothers Circus killed 168 and injured 487.
		fire in upper stories of bank building killed 189 people, many of whom leaped to their deaths.
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		Most notable have been the fire at the Cocoanut Grove in Boston, Massachusetts and the Beverly Hills Supper Club in Southgate,Kentucky.
		The large loss of life in both of these fires was due in part to inadequate exits.
		Section 1203 of the Indiana Fire Code states, "Obstructions, including storage, shall not be placed in the required width of a means of egress, except projections as allowed by the Building Code.
	www.purdue.edu /physicalfacilities/fireprotection/exit.htm (256 words)

	WCPO.com - The Web site of WCPO-TV in Cincinnati, Ohio (Site not responding. Last check: )
		On this date the lives of 165 people were snuffed out as the fire raged through the Beverly Hills Supper Club in Southgate.
		And also as a result of the fire, the legal system was introduced to the concept of "class action" lawsuits by local attorney Stan Chesley.
		Chesley recalled how he had to secure a court order to prevent demolition of the supper club so that his legal team would have time to gather evidence for the trial.
	www.wcpo.com /news/2002/local/05/28/bevhills.html (646 words)

	Fires and Explosions
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	BWC Div. of Safety & Hygiene Library - Fire Safety Videos
		Emphasizes the importance of reading the labels on fire extinguishers before attempting to use them so that the correct type is used on the fire.
		Discusses the four elements of fire, the classes of fire and the proper use of the various types of fire extinguishers.
		Demonstrates causes of industrial fires, prevention through safe work practices, classes of fires, fire extinguisher use, and fire emergency procedures and first aid.
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	Beverly Hills Supper Club Fire - Supper BR (Site not responding. Last check: )
		… The fire at the Beverly Hills Supper Club was a night of horror and heroism, of unspeakable carnage and unshakeable courage.
		Reconstruction of a Tragedy: The Beverly Hills Supper Club Fire …
		Beverly Hills Supper Club fire Beverly Hills Supper Club Fire occurred at the Beverly Hills Supper Club, located in Southgate, Kentucky.
	supper.br.com /beverly-hills-supper-club-fire.html (645 words)

	AIArchitect, Sept. 23, 2002 - A U.Ky. professor asks in studio: "How does this design meet code?" (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Because the Beverly Hills Supper Club was a collection of additions over the years, both the application of the code in the "big picture" as well as the application of common sense intuitive fire safety measures had received insufficient attention.
		In the late 1970s, I was asked to help formulate and become the deputy commissioner, and later the commissioner, of a regulatory agency in Kentucky that sought to eliminate the conditions that in part led to the supper club fire.
		It isn't pleasant talking about the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire, where about 50 people were pushed into one doorway and were asphyxiated by smoke in the impassable crush long before the fire reached their location.
	www.aia.org /aiarchitect/thisweek02/tw0920/0920tw4groves.htm (1427 words)

	American Metal Market: Aluminum wire seen factor in Ky. fire - Beverly Hills Supper Club's accident (Site not responding. Last check: )
		An attorney for the plaintiffs, including the families of 165 victims of the fire at the Beverly Hills Supper Club in Southgate, Ky., said the court must now determine "if there was a concerted activity" between 28 wire and device manufacturers.
		The jury, announcing its verdict Monday, stated that "the connection of old technology aluminum wire to an old technology binding head screw device in the cubby hole area of the north wall of the Zebra Room was a substantial factor causing the fire at the Beverly Hills Supper Club on May 28, 1977.
		The ruling reversed an earlier decision by a federal jury on Feb. 20, 1980 that the wire was not the cause of the fire at the supper club.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3MKT/is_v93/ai_3859679 (645 words)

	Night Club Tragedies Point To Exit Doors (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The tragic Rhode Island night club fire Thursday night, which left at least 95 people dead and more than 180 others injured, brings back frightening memories for people in the Tri-state -- especially those who have strong memories of the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire decades ago.
		Thursday night's tragedy was the second night club tragedy in less than a week.
		This week's tragedies are also making many Tri-state club owners take a second look at the safety of their own establishments.
	www.wcpo.com /news/2003/local/02/21/niteclubs.html (583 words)

	Tragedies force nationwide rethink of fire, safety codes \| csmonitor.com
		Last week's twin nightclub tragedies have prompted one of the biggest nationwide reexaminations of fire codes since 1977, when the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire in Southgate, Ky., killed 164 people.
		So far, the issues that have arisen in the stampede at Chicago's E2 nightclub and the fire at The Station are familiar ones.
		Clubs that flout rules should be shut down just like restaurants with too many cockroaches in them, he says.
	www.csmonitor.com /2003/0228/p02s01-ussc.htm (678 words)

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		Richard Riesenberg, the retired Southgate fire chief who was in charge of the fire scene 20 years ago, recalled that his first truck arrived at 9:04 p.m.
		The memorial service was organized by Wayne Dammert, 61, a banquet captain at the supper club who himself saved more than 100 people that night.
		The interdenominational service included a song by Kay Barksdale, who survived the fire, and remembrances by many key people associated with the fire, including former Gov. Julian Carroll; former Southgate mayor Ken Paul; Stan Chesley, who represented the fire victims in court; and Rev. John Kroger, one of the first priests on the scene.
	www.kypost.com /news/1997/bhmemk052997.html (544 words)

	List of historic fires - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Before the 20th century, fires were a major hazard to urban areas and the cause of massive amounts of damage to cities.
		See forest fire for a list of some of the most severe recorded forest fires.
		1871 - Peshtigo Fire - Peshtigo, Wisconsin destroyed in a firestorm
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		During his Saturday night show there was a fire that burned the club to the the ground.
		I cannot say that I've ever been a fan of John Davidson as his music/act seemed to be geared for a different generation than mine.
		Back when the fire occurred I remember thinking that John Davidson most likely got star treatment and was rushed out of the building while others died.
	www.johndavidson.com /forum/show.php?topic=20050225230836 (373 words)

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		In a fire event, the cable jacketing and the insulation can burn and create large amounts of toxic smoke.
		Studies of fire Fighters of the 1975 New York Telephone Fire and Survivors of the 1977 Beverly hills Supper Club Fire 1981
	www.hhrobertson.com /ls_techreports.cfm (218 words)

	Focus Rhode Island (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Beverly Hills Supper Club fire in Kentucky killed 165 people in 1977 and has much in common with The Station Nightclub fire last month.
		Litigation from the Kentucky fire named over 1200 defendants in lawsuits that won $50 million in settlements.
		We talk with Stan Chesley, the lawyer for the plaintiffs, and Richard Lawson, author of the book "Beverly Hills: the Anatomy of a Nightclub Fire," about parallels with The Station Nightclub fire in West Warwick.
	www.wrni.org /focusrhodeisland/archives/031403.shtml (244 words)

	Restaurant/ Discotheque Fires
		The 200 feet long building was constructed in 1914 and rebuilt in 1928; 6 people died due to smoke inhalation; according to the coroner's report the following factors contributed to the incident: aged facility, ignorance, neglect, and carelessness.
		Netherlands, near Amsterdam, town of Volendam: Fire in a Dance Hall; ten people are dead and about 130 injured after fire swept through a cafe packed with teenagers.
		The fire started shortly after midnight as about 700 people were heralding the new year at the bar/cafe complex "Het Hemeltje" (Little Heaven) inside a row of old wooden houses in Volendam, a picturesque fishing village with 18,000 residents about 20 kilometres (13 miles) northeast of Amsterdam.
	www.emergency-management.net /disco_fire.htm (725 words)

	bhmem052 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Snow Wednesday attended the 20th anniversary memorial of the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire at St. Mary's Church because he hadn't seen some of his co-workers since the blaze of May 28, 1977, claimed 165 lives.
		Richard Riesenberg, the retired Southgate fire chief who was in charge of the fire scene 20 years ago, implored the 600 people in attendance Wednesday to follow personal safety guidelines and have smoke alarms and fire extinguishers in their own homes.
		In photo, during a 20th-anniversary memorial service Wednesday for the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire, Julian Caroll, Kentucky governor when the supper club burned, wiped away tears.
	www.cincypost.com /news/1997/bhmem052997.html (332 words)

	contexts
		After all, the reason we think itís wrong to yell ìfireî in a crowded theateróeven if the theater is on fireóis our assumption that the ensuing panic would cause more death than the fire itself.
		The supper club case recalls the fire-in-the-theater concept in which panic supposedly causes more deaths than the failure to escape in time.
		When the clubís personnel, having discovered fire in the building, started telling customers to leave, a handful of people went to the front entrance while the others started filing calmly out of the other exits.
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	Amazon.com: The Winecoff Fire: The Untold Story of America's Deadliest Hotel Fire: Books: Sam Heys,Allen B. Goodwin (Site not responding. Last check: )
		During the Winecoff Fire, Newton Elmer Pittman, my grandfather (who was a Fireman) was taken to the hospital 3 different times for smoke inhalation.
		The first time, he left the hospital AMA to return to the fire, the second time the hospital kept his boots and the 3rd time, the hospital kept his clothing and undergarments.
		Perhaps it was because the details of the fire were so gripping that is was almost a letdown once the story line switched to the attempt to solve the mystery of the fire's origin.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1563520699?v=glance (1305 words)

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