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</span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">42.35139°N 71.06194°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">42.35139; -71.06194</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Deaths</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left;">44</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Accused</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left;">12</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Charges</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left;">Manslaughter and <a href="/wiki/Maintaining_a_common_nuisance" title="Maintaining a common nuisance">maintaining a common nuisance</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Verdict</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left;">Not Guilty</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>The Pickwick Club collapse</b> occurred in <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>, Massachusetts United States on July 4, 1925. It killed 44 people, making it the <a href="/wiki/List_of_disasters_in_Massachusetts_by_death_toll" title="List of disasters in Massachusetts by death toll">deadliest building collapse in Boston's history</a> and the second deadliest accident in Boston (behind the <a href="/wiki/Summer_Street_Bridge_disaster" title="Summer Street Bridge disaster">Summer Street Bridge disaster</a>) at that time.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pickwick_Club_collapse&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Pickwick Club was located in the former Hotel Dreyfus on Beach Street in downtown Boston.<sup id="cite_ref-July_4_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-July_4-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The building was owned by the estate of Arthur R. Rosenthal and managed by Nathan Ginsburg. Ginsburg leased the property to the Schulte Company, which sublet it to Hyman Bloomberg who in turn sublet part of it to the Barry brothers, who ran the Pickwick Club.<sup id="cite_ref-Slowly_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Slowly-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Pickwick Club opened in December 1924 and was managed by Timothy and Daniel Barry. During its first months of operation, the club was located on the first floor, the site of the former Cafe Dreyfus. In March 1925 it moved to the second floor to make room for Greenwich Village Club, a cafe that closed after a couple of months.<sup id="cite_ref-Harris_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harris-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Pickwick Club closed for a couple of weeks following an April 13, 1925 fire that occurred in another part of the building. Fire Chief Daniel F. Sennott believed that the building was not badly damaged and building inspector James J. Hendrick declared the building to be safe.<sup id="cite_ref-Slowly_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Slowly-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Timothy Barry had connections to the city's political, newspaper, and legal circles, however the club instead attracted a seedy crowd and gained a reputation as a social center for members of the criminal underworld. The club attempted to remove the criminal element by only allowing those with membership cards to enter, however the management's leniency in issuing cards created the opposite effect. During its brief history, the club was the site of a stabbing and more than one liquor raid. Although there was reportedly liquor on the premises, there were no charges ever made against management.<sup id="cite_ref-Harris_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harris-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Collapse">Collapse</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pickwick_Club_collapse&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Collapse"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On July 3, 1925, the club hosted about 200 patrons for a before-the-Fourth dance.<sup id="cite_ref-July_4_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-July_4-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-July_5_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-July_5-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The event was to last until 4 am the following day. Around 3:30 am there were about 50 to 60 couples dancing when the ceiling above the dance floor collapsed.<sup id="cite_ref-July_4_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-July_4-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-July_5_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-July_5-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the ceiling fell, a wall collapsed and destroyed the entire interior of the building. Those who remained on the dance floor were then thrown down to the ground floor. Some patrons were able to escape through windows, down ladders raised by members of the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Fire_Department" title="Boston Fire Department">Boston Fire Department</a>, or through the next building. Members of the BFD and the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Police_Department" title="Boston Police Department">Boston Police Department</a>, as well as ambulances from the <a href="/wiki/Boston_City_Hospital" title="Boston City Hospital">Boston City Hospital</a>, Haymarket Relief Hospital, and the BPD quickly rushed to the scene. Emergency personnel reported that all but the first floor had collapsed and estimated that over forty people were trapped under debris.<sup id="cite_ref-July_4_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-July_4-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All of the bodies were removed by 12:30 pm on July 6 and the death toll was established at 43.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On July 9, an additional victim died in the hospital, which brought the final death toll to 44.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legal_proceedings">Legal proceedings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pickwick_Club_collapse&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Legal proceedings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The grand jury investigation began on July 6, 1925.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After 70 hours of deliberation during which 86 witnesses were called, the grand jury indicted nine men for manslaughter, three for manslaughter and maintaining a common nuisance, and one for maintaining a common nuisance.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Those indicted were: </p> <ul><li>James J. Hendrick, city building inspector (manslaughter).</li> <li>Edward W. Roemer, supervisor of construction for the city building department (manslaughter).</li> <li>John L. Pultz, contractor for a garage being constructed on an adjacent lot (manslaughter).</li> <li>John M. Tobin, Pultz's superintendent (manslaughter).</li> <li>Lawrence L. Perkins, Pultz's foreman (manslaughter).</li> <li>Harry M. Haven, architect who drew up the plans for the garage to be erected on the adjoining lot (manslaughter).</li> <li>Nathan Fritz, contractor who made repairs on the club building after the fire (manslaughter).</li> <li>George C. Funk, architect of the repair job (manslaughter).</li> <li>Timothy J. Barry, alleged proprietor of the Pickwick club (manslaughter and maintaining a common nuisance).</li> <li>Daniel Barry, Timothy Barry's brother and alleged treasurer of the club (maintaining a common nuisance).</li> <li>Nathan Ginsburg, co-administrator of the estate of Arthur R. Rosenthal, which owned the building (maintaining a common nuisance).</li> <li>Hyman Bloomberg, sublessee of the property where the club was located (manslaughter and maintaining a common nuisance).</li></ul> <p>All 12 defendants were tried together. Judge Henry T. Lummus presided over the trial. <sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Assistant district attorney George Alpert was the lead prosecutor. <a href="/wiki/Joseph_F._O%27Connell" title="Joseph F. O'Connell">Joseph F. O'Connell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Daniel_J._Gallagher" title="Daniel J. Gallagher">Daniel J. Gallagher</a>, Francis Murray, Albert W. Hurwitz, John P. Feeney, Elisha Greenhood, Thomas N. Creed, and Charles Fay represented the defendants.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Guy C. Emerson, an engineer asked by Suffolk County District Attorney <a href="/wiki/Thomas_C._O%27Brien" title="Thomas C. O'Brien">Thomas C. O'Brien</a> to investigate the cause of the collapse, testified that the building fell "due to a failure of the concrete piers under the foundation" and "due to a lack of lateral bracing on their easterly side".<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The prosecution had a second engineer, John O. DeWolf, who concurred with Emerson's findings and stated that the lack of bracing to the wall caused the collapse.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/George_Washington_Goethals" title="George Washington Goethals">George Washington Goethals</a>, an engineer best known for supervising the construction of the <a href="/wiki/Panama_Canal" title="Panama Canal">Panama Canal</a>, testified for Hendrick. According to Goethals, the cause of the collapse was the failure of Pier 2 to support the load it was supposed to bear, calling it "the rottenest piece of concrete I ever saw". He contended that lateral bracing would not have prevented the collapse.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Edwin K. MacNutt, a chemist at the <a href="/wiki/Watertown_Arsenal" title="Watertown Arsenal">Watertown Arsenal</a>, testified that analysis of the concrete in Pier 2 showed no bonding between the cement and gravel, which would render the pier unable to hold its load. This would in turn bring extra weight on the other piers and bring down the wall.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On August 7, 1925, Judge Lummus ordered a <a href="/wiki/Directed_verdict" class="mw-redirect" title="Directed verdict">directed verdict</a> of not guilty for 10 of the 12 defendants.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The trial ended on August 12, 1925 and after a half-hour of deliberation, the two remaining defendants, Hendrick and Perkins, were found not guilty. Following the verdict, Lummus stated that he concurred with the jury and there never was sufficient evidence these defendants had been willfully, recklessly or wantonly negligent”.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pickwick_Club_collapse&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_disasters_in_Massachusetts_by_death_toll" title="List of disasters in Massachusetts by death toll">List of disasters in Massachusetts by death toll</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pickwick_Club_collapse&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation news cs1">"Is Next to Largest Disaster in History of Greater Boston". <i>The Boston Daily Globe</i>. July 6, 1925.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Boston+Daily+Globe&rft.atitle=Is+Next+to+Largest+Disaster+in+History+of+Greater+Boston&rft.date=1925-07-06&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APickwick+Club+collapse" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-July_4-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-July_4_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-July_4_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-July_4_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-July_4_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">"Hundreds May Be Dead in Pickwick Club Crash". <i>The Boston Daily Globe</i>. 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href="/wiki/Club_Cinq-Sept_fire" title="Club Cinq-Sept fire">Club Cinq-Sept fire</a></li> <li>1972 <a href="/wiki/Sennichi_Department_Store_Building_fire" title="Sennichi Department Store Building fire">Play Town Club fire</a></li> <li>1973 <a href="/wiki/Summerland_disaster" title="Summerland disaster">Summerland disaster</a></li> <li>1977 <a href="/wiki/Beverly_Hills_Supper_Club_fire" title="Beverly Hills Supper Club fire">Beverly Hills Supper Club fire</a></li> <li>1981 <a href="/wiki/Stardust_fire" title="Stardust fire">Stardust fire</a></li> <li>1983 <a href="/wiki/Alcal%C3%A1_20_nightclub_fire" title="Alcalá 20 nightclub fire">Alcalá 20 nightclub fire</a></li> <li>1993 <a href="/wiki/Kheyvis_fire" title="Kheyvis fire">Kheyvis fire</a></li> <li>1996 <a href="/wiki/Ozone_Disco_fire" title="Ozone Disco fire">Ozone Disco fire</a></li> <li>2000 <a href="/wiki/Luoyang_Christmas_fire" title="Luoyang Christmas fire">Luoyang Christmas fire</a></li> <li>2001 <a href="/wiki/Volendam_New_Year%27s_fire" title="Volendam New Year's fire">Volendam New Year's fire</a></li> <li>2001 <a href="/wiki/Canec%C3%A3o_Mineiro_nightclub_fire" title="Canecão Mineiro nightclub fire">Canecão Mineiro nightclub fire</a></li> <li>2002 <a href="/wiki/Utop%C3%ADa_nightclub_fire" title="Utopía nightclub fire">Utopía nightclub fire</a></li> <li>2003 <a href="/wiki/The_Station_nightclub_fire" title="The Station nightclub fire">The Station nightclub fire</a></li> <li>2004 <a href="/wiki/Rep%C3%BAblica_Croma%C3%B1%C3%B3n_nightclub_fire" class="mw-redirect" title="República Cromañón nightclub fire">República Cromañón nightclub fire</a></li> <li>2008 <a href="/wiki/Wuwang_Club_fire" title="Wuwang Club fire">Wuwang Club fire</a></li> <li>2009 <a href="/wiki/Santika_Club_fire" title="Santika Club fire">Santika Club fire</a></li> <li>2009 <a href="/wiki/Lame_Horse_fire" title="Lame Horse fire">Lame Horse fire</a></li> <li>2012 <a href="/wiki/2012_Sighetu_Marma%C8%9Biei_explosions" title="2012 Sighetu Marmației explosions">Sighetu Marmației explosions</a></li> <li>2013 <a href="/wiki/Kiss_nightclub_fire" title="Kiss nightclub fire">Kiss nightclub fire</a></li> <li>2015 <a href="/wiki/2015_New_Taipei_water_park_fire" title="2015 New Taipei water park fire">New Taipei water park fire</a></li> <li>2015 <a href="/wiki/Colectiv_nightclub_fire" title="Colectiv nightclub fire">Colectiv nightclub fire</a></li> <li>2016 <a href="/wiki/Ghost_Ship_warehouse_fire" title="Ghost Ship warehouse fire">Ghost Ship warehouse fire</a></li> <li>2022 <a href="/wiki/Yaound%C3%A9_nightclub_fire" class="mw-redirect" title="Yaoundé nightclub fire">Yaoundé nightclub fire</a></li> <li>2022 <a href="/wiki/Mountain_B_nightclub_fire" title="Mountain B nightclub fire">Mountain B nightclub fire</a></li> <li>2022 <a href="/wiki/2022_Binh_Duong_karaoke_bar_fire" title="2022 Binh Duong karaoke bar fire">Binh Duong karaoke bar fire</a></li> <li>2022 <a href="/wiki/Kostroma_caf%C3%A9_fire" title="Kostroma café fire">Kostroma café fire</a></li> <li>2022 <a href="/wiki/Poipet_casino_hotel_fire" title="Poipet casino hotel fire">Poipet casino hotel fire</a></li> <li>2023 <a href="/wiki/Fonda_Milagros_nightclub_fire" title="Fonda Milagros nightclub fire">Fonda Milagros nightclub fire</a></li> <li>2024 <a href="/wiki/Gayrettepe_nightclub_fire" title="Gayrettepe nightclub fire">Gayrettepe nightclub fire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_fatal_crowd_crushes" title="List of fatal crowd crushes">Crowd crushes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>2000 <a href="/wiki/Throb_nightclub_disaster" title="Throb nightclub disaster">Throb nightclub disaster</a></li> <li>2003 <a href="/wiki/2003_E2_nightclub_stampede" title="2003 E2 nightclub stampede">E2 nightclub crush</a></li> <li>2018 <a href="/wiki/El_Para%C3%ADso_stampede" title="El Paraíso stampede">El Paraíso stampede</a></li> <li>2018 <a href="/wiki/Corinaldo_stampede" title="Corinaldo stampede">Corinaldo stampede</a></li> <li>2020 <a href="/wiki/Los_Olivos_stampede" title="Los Olivos stampede">Los Olivos stampede</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Attacks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1972 <a href="/wiki/Blue_Bird_Caf%C3%A9_fire" title="Blue Bird Café fire">Blue Bird Café fire</a></li> <li>1973 <a href="/wiki/Whiskey_Au_Go_Go_fire" title="Whiskey Au Go Go fire">Whiskey Au Go Go fire</a></li> <li>1973 <a href="/wiki/UpStairs_Lounge_arson_attack" title="UpStairs Lounge arson attack">UpStairs Lounge arson attack</a></li> <li>1974 <a href="/wiki/Gulliver%27s_nightclub_fire" title="Gulliver's nightclub fire">Gulliver's nightclub fire</a></li> <li>1975 <a href="/wiki/Gargantua_bar_attack" title="Gargantua bar attack">Gargantua bar attack</a></li> <li>1976 <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rican_Social_Club_fire" title="Puerto Rican Social Club fire">Puerto Rican Social Club fire</a></li> <li>1980 <a href="/wiki/Denmark_Place_fire" title="Denmark Place fire">Denmark Place fire</a></li> <li>1982 <a href="/wiki/Droppin_Well_bombing" title="Droppin Well bombing">Droppin Well bombing</a></li> <li>1984 <a href="/wiki/1984_Dallas_nightclub_shooting" title="1984 Dallas nightclub shooting">Dallas nightclub shooting</a></li> <li>1986 <a href="/wiki/West_Berlin_discotheque_bombing" title="West Berlin discotheque bombing">West Berlin discotheque bombing</a></li> <li>1990 <a href="/wiki/Happy_Land_fire" title="Happy Land fire">Happy Land fire</a></li> <li>1997 <a href="/wiki/Otherside_Lounge_bombing" title="Otherside Lounge bombing">Otherside Lounge bombing</a></li> <li>1998 <a href="/wiki/Gothenburg_discoth%C3%A8que_fire" title="Gothenburg discothèque fire">Gothenburg discothèque fire</a></li> <li>1998 <a href="/wiki/Panda_Bar_massacre" title="Panda Bar massacre">Panda Bar massacre</a></li> <li>2001 <a href="/wiki/Dolphinarium_discotheque_massacre" title="Dolphinarium discotheque massacre">Dolphinarium discotheque massacre</a></li> <li>2001 <a href="/wiki/Myojo_56_building_fire" title="Myojo 56 building fire">Myojo 56 building fire</a></li> <li>2002 <a href="/wiki/2002_Bali_bombings" title="2002 Bali bombings">Bali bombings</a></li> <li>2004 <a href="/wiki/Columbus_nightclub_shooting" title="Columbus nightclub shooting">Columbus nightclub shooting</a></li> <li>2005 <a href="/wiki/Stage_Club_bombing" title="Stage Club bombing">Stage Club bombing</a></li> <li>2006 <a href="/wiki/Arua_nightclub_shooting" title="Arua nightclub shooting">Arua nightclub shooting</a></li> <li>2007 <a href="/wiki/2007_London_car_bombs" title="2007 London car bombs">London car bombs</a></li> <li>2011 <a 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