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Dora L Reynolds

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

DATE OF BIRTH:
DATE OF DEATH:
December 30, 1903
GENDER:
F
OTHER KNOWN NAMES:
Dora Raynolds*
MAIDEN NAME:
Reynolds
ETHNICITY:
KNOWN ADDRESS:
421 E 45th st 
 Chicago 
 IL
RELATED TO:

J J Reynolds

Ruth Stratman, Cousin

AT THE TIME OF the fire

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

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CEMETERY:
MORGUE:
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Dora attended the fateful matinee in company with her mother and her cousin Ruth Stratman of Dodgeville Wisconsin.  Both the girls were burned to death.  Mrs. Reynolds being the first to cross the plank to the university building. (McCurdy, p349)

 

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, p 349;
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) · 1 Jan 1904, Fri · Page 6
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) Sat, May 20, 1905 ·Page 4

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Judy Cooke, Iroquois Theatre Fire Historical Society

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