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Sarah Day

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

DATE OF BIRTH:
DATE OF DEATH:
December 30, 1903
GENDER:
F
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ETHNICITY:
KNOWN ADDRESS:
 Chicago 
 IL
RELATED TO:

AT THE TIME OF the fire

AGE:
55
MARITAL STATUS:
Married
ROLE:
Theatre Staff
ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION:
Iroquois Theatre
ORGANIZATIONAL ROLE:

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Fifty-five-year-old Sarah Day (1848-1903) from Martinsburg, OH, described in some newspapers as a nurse and others as a maid. Absent reports of a family member in poor health or young children, she may have been more housekeeper than nurse.  One newspaper reported that she was "colored."  Her body was found on the stairs in the Iroquois lobby and carried out by police officer Albert F. Simsrott.

CITATION:

McCurdy, p 332
https://www.iroquoistheater.com/10-died-at-iroquois-theater-battenfield-dodd-owens-murray.php

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Karl Sup, Judy Cooke

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