The Collinwood Tragedy: The Story of the Worst School Fire in American History

by James Jessen Badal

A devastating loss of life and a community's response

March 4, 1908, was an ordinary morning in Collinwood, Ohio, a village about ten miles outside of Cleveland. Children at Lakeview Elementary School were at work on their lessons when fifth-grader Emma Neibert noticed wisps of smoke, a discovery that led to a panicked stampede inside the school--the chaos of nine teachers trying to control and then save pupils in overcrowded...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1606353918
• ISBN13: 9781606353912
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Kent State University Press
• Length: 162 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"