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Author
Fire Journal
Title
Collapse of the Hotel Vendome: Nine Fire Fighters Killed.
Journal
Fire Journal, Vol. 67, No. 1, 35-41, January 1973
Keywords
hotels | building collapse | fire fighters | death | fire investigations | rescue | 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