Fire at Brooklyn Theater kills nearly three hundred, injures others

Sunday, December 5 The 339th day of the year 26 days left Today in history A fire at the Brooklyn Theater in New York kills nearly 300 people and injures hundreds more on December 5, 1876. Some victims perished from a combination of burns and smoke inhalation; others were trampled to death in the general panic that ensued. The play The Two O...

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