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Jennie McAbe Michel

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

DATE OF BIRTH:
DATE OF DEATH:
GENDER:
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OTHER KNOWN NAMES:
Mrs. R. S. Michel*
ETHNICITY:
KNOWN ADDRESS:
689 N Robey street 
 Chicago 
 IL
RELATED TO:

Ralph S Michel MD, husband
Ruth and Louise Michel, step-daughters

AT THE TIME OF the fire

AGE:
32
MARITAL STATUS:
ROLE:
Audience Member
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Mrs. R. S. Michel was in the second balcony with her two daughters, Ruth and Louise.  Louise reached the fire escape and was knocked from it to the one below by a man who was trying to escape.  She was burned about the face and eyes and one of her heels was torn partly off.  For seven weeks, she was compelled to walk with crutches.  Ruth Michel dropped 30 feet from a fire escape to the ground and was not injured.  She [Mrs. Michel] leaped from the fire escape and was bruised so badly she did not recover for several weeks. Chicago Tribune

Jennie McAbe married Ralph S Michel on October 2, 1906 in Chicago IL.  Cook County, Illinois, U.S., Marriages Index, 1871-1920

CITATION:

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) Sat, Feb 16, 1907 Page 5
Ancestry.com. Cook County, Illinois, U.S., Marriages Index, 1871-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

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