THE people

Melissa J. Crocker

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

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Victim
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DATE OF DEATH:
December 30, 1903
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MAIDEN NAME:
Crocker
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AT THE TIME OF the fire

ROLE:
Audience Member
KNOWN ADDRESS:
3730 Lake Avenue
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 Chicago
 Illinois
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MARITAL STATUS:
Single
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ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION:
Oakland School
ORGANIZATIONAL ROLE:
Teacher

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A teacher for 17 years before coming to Chicago from Princeton IL. Attended the theatre with her friend Mrs. L. H. Pierce and little girl of Plainville MI.  All were lost. (The Great Chicago Theater Disaster)

CITATION:

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) · 1 Jan 1904, Fri · Page 2
Everett, M. (1904).
The Great Chicago Theater Disaster. Chicago: Publishers Union of America, p 357

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

Karl Sup. Iroquois Theatre Fire Historical Society

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