History of Chicago and south branches of the Chicago River, which flows through the city's downtown. The three white stripes represent the North, West and South sides of the city, Lake Michigan being the east side. The most famous and serious disaster was the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. On December 30, 1903 the "absolutely fireproof", five-week-old Iroquois Theater was engulfed by fire. The fire lasted less than thirty minutes; 602 people died as a result of being burned, asphyxiated, or trampled. The S.S. "Eastland" was a cruise ship based in Chicago and used for tours. On 24 July 1915—a calm, sunny day—the
Koreans in Chicago the non-students stayed in Chicago. There were almost no Koreans who arrived in Chicago from 1945 to 1950. In the late 1950s there were several dozen South Korean families in Chicago. In 1960 Chicago had 500 Koreans. The number of Koreans in Chicago increased after 1960, and between 1962 and 1972 the Korean population increased by twenty-fold due to revisions in immigration policies. The numbers of Koreans increased after the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 passed. In 1968 there were 2,000 Koreans. In 1970 there were 4,000 Koreans. In 1972 there were 10,000 Koreans. Students were a large group