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S3 Ep7: The "Fireproof" Theatre: Tragedy at the Iroquois
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Chicago's state-of-the-art Iroquois Theatre was supposed to be a jewel in the rapidly expanding American arts scene of the early twentieth century. But in an emergency, a combination of disaster management, design flaws, and construction shortcuts proved to be a deadly combination.
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