| Abstract | Some major fires in Kansas City:
1. Convention Hall--April 4, 1900;
2. Kansas City, Kansas Chamber of Commerce Building turned into boarding house--October 25, 1906, killing 16;
3. Apartment fire at 18th and Tracy--1924, killing 16;
4. Fire & explosion at Bell and Southwest Boulevard--1951, killing 6;
5. 31st Street and Southwest Boulevard--August 18, 1959, killing 6;
6. Apartment fire at 40th and McGee Streets--June 3, 1969, killing 12;
7. Coates House fire--January 28, 1978, killing 20. |
