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Italian Hall disaster
Italian Hall, aka Società Mutua Beneficenza Italiana of Calumet
DateDecember 24, 1913
LocationItalian Hall, Calumet, Michigan, U.S.
Coordinates47°14′54″N 88°27′19″W / 47.2484°N 88.4553°W / 47.2484; -88.4553
Deaths73

The Italian Hall disaster (sometimes referred to as the 1913 Massacre) was a tragedy that occurred on Wednesday, December 24, 1913, in Calumet, Michigan, United States. Seventy-three people – mostly striking mine workers and their families – were crushed to death in a stampede when someone falsely shouted "fire" at a crowded Christmas party.[a]

  1. ^ "The Italian Hall Disaster, Calumet, Michigan". Genealogia.fi. Archived from the original on November 4, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2011.


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