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In the late 1800s, women used to dry their hair by attaching a hose to the back of a vacuum cleaner!
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When things go wrong > Fires
On 13th January, 1883, A circus fire in Poland killed 430 people... Read more »
On 15th June, 1904, The General Slocum steamship sank, killing 1,021 people... Read more »
On 25th March, 1911, The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in N.Y.C. killed 146 employees... Read more »
On 19th January, 1917, An explosion of TNT occurred at an ammunitions factory in Silvertown, England... Read more »
On 26th February, 1918, A fire at the Happy Valley Horse Racing Track in Hong Kong killed close to 600 people... Read more »
On 9th January, 1927, A fire at the Laurier Palace Theatre in Canada killed 78 children... Read more »
On 21st April, 1930, The Ohio State Penitantiary fire killed more than 320 inmates... Read more »
On 27th January, 1967, A fire on the Apollo 1 space mission killed the 3 astronauts onboard... Read more »
On 21st November, 1980, The MGM Grand Hotel and Casino fire claimed 85 lives... Read more »
On 10th May, 1993, What may have been the world’s worst industrial fire claimed 188 lives.... Read more »
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