Chicago on Friday remembered those lost in one of the deadliest fires in the city's history. Friday marked 65 years since the fire at the Our Lady of the Angels Catholic School, at 909 N.

Dense smoke rolls from Our Lady of the Angels grade school at 909 N. Avers Ave. on Dec. 1, 1958, in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood. Parents watch as firefighters battle a fire and pull ...

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AP Share Sixty-four years ago this week, 92 children and three of their teachers died in the Our Lady of the Angels School fire on Chicago’s West Side. The anniversary of that tragedy takes me ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A new set of sprinklers was unveiled Wednesday at the site of the Our Lady of Angels School fire, where 92 students and three nuns were killed in 1958. The tragedy occurred on ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Constance Piscopo, a mother who had three of her children in school during the 1958 Our Lady of Angels fire, one who died, attends a ceremony at Queen of ...

On December 1, 1958, a devastating fire swept through Our Lady of the Angels school in Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood, killing 92 children and three nuns. Survivors, their families ...

A survivor of the tragic Our Lady of the Angels school fire in Chicago recalls it. Irene Mordarski, a survivor of the tragic 1958 Our Lady of the Angels school fire that claimed 92 children and 3 ...

This was counter to the Chicago Fire Department rule book ... We pulled up near the southeast corner of Our Lady of the Angels School, a two-story, U-shaped building with a brick exterior and ...

Alex Burkholder reflects on the tragic fire that took the lives of 92 students and three nuns in Chicago on Dec. 1, 1958. It was a cold afternoon in Chicago on Monday, Dec. 1, 1958. It was about ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Saturday marked 60 years since 92 students and three nuns were killed in a fire at the Our Lady of the Angels school on Chicago's West Side. The victims were remembered at church ...