THE people

Mary Herish

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

DATE OF BIRTH:
DATE OF DEATH:
December 30, 1903
GENDER:
F
OTHER KNOWN NAMES:
MAIDEN NAME:
Herish
ETHNICITY:
KNOWN ADDRESS:
710 S Halsted St 
 Chicago 
 IL
RELATED TO:

AT THE TIME OF the fire

AGE:
18
MARITAL STATUS:
Single
ROLE:
Audience Member
ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION:
ORGANIZATIONAL ROLE:

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A Russian girl, only 18 years of age. She was one of only three or four of that nationality to lose her life in the disaster. McCurdy, p373.

CITATION:

McCurdy, D. B. (1904). Lest We Forget: Chicago's Awful Theater Horror. Chicago: Memorial Publishing Company, accessed https://www.gutenberg.org/files/39280/39280-h/39280-h.htm, p373

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Iroquois Theatre Fire Historical Society

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