Iroquois Theatre fire Iroquois Theatre fire The Iroquois Theatre fire happened on December 30, 1903, in Chicago, Illinois. It was the deadliest theater fire and the deadliest single-building fire in United States history. At least 602 people died as a result of the fire, but not all the deaths were reported, as some of the bodies were removed from the scene. The Iroquois Theatre was at 24–28 West Randolph Street, between State Street and Dearborn Street, in Chicago. The syndicate that bankrolled its construction chose the location specifically to attract women on day trips from out of town who, it was thought, would
To Die in Mexico To Die in Mexico To Die in Mexico: Dispatches from Inside the Drug War is a book by John Gibler published in 2011. This is the second book by Gibler following his 2009 publication of . The work combines reporting and discussion with people involved with and affected by Mexico's drug war. "To Die in Mexico" includes stories of kidnapped Mexican journalists, family members of people killed in conflict, etc. The idea to write "To Die in Mexico" came to Gibler after his experiences of covering the Zapatistas during 2006. When the Zapatistas issued the Sixth Declaration of the Lacandon