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One of the first pictures to be taken after the disaster occurred at the Cleveland Clinic on May 15, 1929 at 11:30 am is captured here. Ladders were erected all around the building in an attempt to rescue any victims that were able to survive the deadly fumes. A massive group of on-lookers blocked the area for five blocks in every direction. <br /><br /> <br /><br /> Image courtesy of Cleveland State University. Michael Schwartz Library. Special Collections.

Wednesday, May 15, 1929 was just another busy day at the Cleveland Clinic located on East 93rd and Euclid Avenue. A steamfitter had arrived early that morning to repair a leaky steam pipe in the sub-basement, which had been converted into a storage…

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Lakeview Elementary School stood on E. 152nd Street in Collinwood. Before it burned down 366 children attended the school. Less than 200 survived the fire. <br /><br /> <br /><br /> Image Courtesy of Cleveland State University. Michael Schwartz Library. Special Collections.

On 4 March 1908, a tragedy occurred that prompted changes in school safety across the United States. About nine o'clock in the morning on March 4, 1908, nine-year-old Niles Thompson jumped out of a window at Lakeview Elementary to escape a fire that…

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The Cuyahoga River on fire in 1948.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Image courtesy of Cleveland State Library Special Collections

The story of the Cuyahoga River fire of 1969 - the event that sparked pop songs, lit the imagination of an entire nation, and badly tarnished a city's reputation - is built more on myths than reality. Yes, an oil slick on the Cuyahoga River -…

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