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
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