- Author
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Fire Journal
- Title
- Collapse of the Hotel Vendome: Nine Fire Fighters Killed.
- Journal
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Fire Journal,
Vol. 67,
No. 1,
35-41,
January 1973
- Keywords
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hotels
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building collapse
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fire fighters
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death
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fire investigations
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rescue
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structural members
- Identifiers
- Hotel Vendome, Boston, Massachusettes, June 17, 1972; extensive renovation; five floors of the southeast corner of the building gave way; structural weaknesses resulting from building alterations as contributing factors in the collapse