Tag: April 1949
50+ Die in Hospital Fire, Effingham IL, 1949
In a senseless tragedy that will haunt the small town of Effingham, Illinois, for years to come, more than 50 people perished in a devastating hospital fire that raged through St. Anthony’s Hospital in the early hours of April 5, 1949. The inferno claimed the lives of eight newborn infants, leaving their families to pick…
