The Gillingham Fair Disaster | A Short Documentary | Fascinating Horror
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- Опубліковано 1 чер 2024
- "On the 11th of July 1929 crowds gathered in Gillingham Park in Gillingham, England..."
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro
00:43 - Background
03:47 - The Gillingham Fair Disaster
08:13 - The Aftermath
MUSIC:
► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory
SOURCES:
► "The 'Fireman's Wedding' Tragedy" by Michael Geelan, from "Fifty Great Disasters and Tragedies that Shocked the World, published by Odhams Press LTD, 1939. Available via: oreald.com/b12/ch39.html
► "Gillingham Fire Disaster" published by the Royal Navy Volunteer Cadet Corps, October 2016. Link: volunteercadetcorps.org/royal...
► "Gillingham Park Firemen's Wedding tragedy anniversary" by Peter Cook, published by Kent Online, July 2019. Link: www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/n...
► The Gillingham Park Fete Tragedy website, published by Lori Oschefski. Link: firemanswedding.weebly.com/
► "Memorial wanted for 15 deaths in 1929 Gillingham fire" published by BBC News, October 2010. Link: news.bbc.co.uk/local/kent/hi/p...
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Just generally a bad idea to set fire to something with kids inside.
*now* you tell me…
Just generally a bad idea to set fire to something with ANYONE inside.
tbf the fire wasn't supposed to be started until after they'd left it.
Thank you now i know
Do you think? Is it ok if they're adults?
It’s amazing how certain activities that were considered “fun” and “entertaining” back in those days are now viewed by us as “who thought this was a good idea?!” Rest in peace to all lost 💐
Crazy huh
Check out his video on staged locomotive collisions for entertainment.
@@hopsiepike I saw that one a while back, interestingly enough that was coming to mind along with how they conducted track racing in the 1950s (before they called it NASCAR)
Steamboat racing wasn't a good idea either especially given how poorly made those boilers were back then
Lawn darts...lol
This is really spooky but I found out today a friend died just before Christmas and he had a loose link to this. He told me that many years ago him and his wife found an old man in a distressed state in Gillingham. He was walking in circles screaming "they are all burning!" The took him in and comforted him and found out that he had witnessed this when he was younger.
oh my goodness
How sad.
Just the idea of letting humans into the upper floors of a timber building stacked with the first floor stacked with parafin and woodchips is utterly insane. That's not just lax safety standards, this contraption was outright designed to kill.
Now on any live fire training, it’s (almost) always done in a concrete and steel building, with not only the training lines charged, but two charged backup lines (from a different engine) and rescue crews.
Building a wood frame tower, covered in canvas, and filled stem to stern with highly flammable materials ought to have bankrupted the town in settlements.
Now we are prohibited from operating in a training building above active fire, and no hazmat is to be used at all, and stock fuel is kept offsite until the burn.
Though it must be said, it has a better safety rating than taking a ride in a spaceX rocket.
@@rafetizerSpaceX's Falcon 9 currently has like 260 consecutive successful flights. That's almost *twice* the _total_ number of Space Shuttle flights. And we blew up two of those. It is, objectively, one of the most reliable rockets ever made.
Elon Musk is definitely still a dipshit though, if that's all you meant.
@@rafetizer Elon Musk lives rent free in your salty little brain
@@ryanparker4996 well of course, its not like he actually pays his rent.
This one hit me hard. The part about the guy who jumped with two kids and all three of them perished anyway is ... heartbreaking.
Same
There are 8 Billion people on Planet Earth and every one of them has their own Sob Story.
@@joekulik999yeah it's funny what people pick and choose to be upset about.
Such edgelords, the last two commenters.
@@joekulik999what’s yours?
The treatment of burns really improved in the 1940s, so it makes you wonder how many victims might have survived if this had taken place only 15 or 20 years later
Yes as was plastic surgery.
I'm betting that the discovery of antibiotics was instrumental in the advanced in the 40s too
They said 13 of the 15 perished on the spot, but the two that did make it to the hospital would have had a much better chance now for sure.
@@scrappydoo7887Crazy how warped my perception of time was growing up. Not only were antibiotics not available until the 40s but plate tectonic theory wasn’t the accepted standards until the 60s!
@@scrappydoo7887 If I remember correctly, the first use of antibiotics to treat civilians was in 1944 after a fire at nightclub in Boston, MA. Before antibiotics were only used to treat soldiers in WWII
Fascinating Horror brought this up in their video on the Cocoanut Grove fire! There were so many burn victims in that fire that it forced a revolution in the treatment of burns, enabling old and ineffective treatments to be discarded in favor of new ones. It's a shame that it took such a terrible event and the loss of hundreds of lives to cause it, but many more people have been saved since because of it.
When I got to the part mentioning how they were going to produce a "flickering effect" using real flames I said aloud, "Oh, that is a bad idea."
My goodness how clever!!!
also having the stuff in the first floor ( parafin wax and wood chips) was kinda dumb too parafin wax melts and burns ( like a candle but imagine a bunch of them spreading flames everywhere )
Not to discredit his bravery and resolution while facing death, Lennard Wynn's lack of complaint was probably aided by his severe burns. At a certain point, a person will no longer hurt because their nerves have literally burned away.
Third-degree burns, also known as full thickness burns.
I learned this after having a serious burn on my foot. The nurse said having pain was a good thing. Mind you, I didn't appreciate the silver lining at that moment 😂
yep., got a deep fryer burn on one forearm when an idiot coworker dropped a basket of fries instead of gently lowering it in. hurt like hell for about 5 seconds, then stopped. soon as I got to the sink and ran cold water on it, the burnt piece slid right off my arm and landed in the sink, nerves and all.@@annatrusty6137
"Make that Extra Crispy, please !!!"
I lived in the Gillingham area from 1977 to 1999 and had never heard of this tragedy. I'm glad that a memorial has now been erected.
It’s rather the whole point of this channel. Uncomfortable memories tend to be never brought up again, and soon forgotten.
An unimaginably sad and horrific tragedy told by the absolute best narrator I have ever listened to. I look forward to Tuesdays just to hear his voice. I'd happily listen to this man read the dictionary.
I live here now and many people put poppies on it, assuming it to be a war memorial. There really isn't much knowledge, and I couldn't quite get my head around what had actually happened until I did some research. The entire idea being somewhat strange to modern minds. So it is really good that there is an up to date video about it. There are a few web sites, one I believe done by relations of the dead. I have only lived here 5 years but many people who were born here have no idea about this tragic accident.
I walked through Gillingham Park earlier, and had no idea something so devastating happened almost a hundred years ago
I think there's a memorial somewhere in the park. Worth a visit! I've lived in Medway my whole life and I only knew about this because local history is a special interest of mine but it is sad to think most people don't know about this disaster and I'm glad to see a video on it, especially from a bigger channel
There’s a metal memorial just inside one of the entrances. It’s right near the children’s play park. Didn’t know about this till a few years ago and I’ve lived in Gillingham for 36 years!
@@beccadootdadoo The memorial is by the gate opposite Pembroke House - I think there's a smaller plaque there that wasn't shown in this video, too.
Hey fellow medwayite!
There's a memorial plaque in front of the middle entrance on park avenue (not the corner with the transformer by the play area, the next one along).
You missed the memorial??
This went from "Oh what a cute idea" to "oh god this is going to go so wrong" so quickly.
As a side note, I'm sure you've heard this before, but you're one of my favorite "disaster" UA-camrs. You don't sensationalize, you don't inject drama, you don't make it spectacle or a horror show. Concise, informative, well-researched. You lay it out, set the scene, lay out the failures that will happen, walk through the tragedy and the aftermath, always even-keeled and respectful, somehow maintaining an even emotionally steady tone while never forgetting the tragedy and victims. It sounds a touch weird to say I look forward to another video about a tragedy I've never heard of, but it's the truth. Thank you for continuing to be one of UA-cam's best creators.
The fact that you dedicated almost 10% of the video to the victims names shows how you really are one of the best content creators on this platform. 💖
Agreed. 👍
The saddest thing is that most of those boy's families - their parents, siblings - will almost inevitably have been there to watch the fun show and would therefore have seen them screaming for help, then burned to death...
It is scary and amazing how fast dry lumber and canvas can go up in flames. I had never heard of this horrific event before, always interesting topics on this channel.
I remember a big top circus tent went up in flames because of parafin wax.
"Hartford circus fire"
@@mondenkindqueen The Hartford, CT circus fire of 1944.
Fabric encased in paraffin; a giant candle.
@@mondenkindqueen. Barnum & Bailey Circus Fire in Hartford, CT in 1944
Incredible how much damage the fire caused in only 5 minutes even when there was already fire fighters on standby there really wasn't much more that they could have done unfortunately
@@realityreviews2314 I thought they sprayed fires with high-pressure water hoses to treat its hysteria.
There are videos on the net of demonstrations what happens if a Christmas tree catches fire from a candle. The whole living room is on fire in less than, I believe, 90 seconds...
usually those videoes show when a room reaches flashpoint which is when the air temp is hot enough to catch everything in the room on fire .
Thank you for reading the names of those who perished. I’m sure that they have been all but forgotten.
Not anymore. We remember now, don't we?
Yes, thank you. I have always been touched by the fact that you read the names of the lost on your channel whenever it's feasible to do so. It's even better when you show the photographs as you did in this video. It helps us remember that we are talking about people, not numbers. Human lives should never become another statistic.
14 lives in just 5 minutes is such an utterly devastating amount of loss in such a brief moment.
To put it into perspective, each minute that passed claimed the life of about three people.
it is scary that 15 lives were lost just in the span of 5 minutes of the fire breaking out, RIP to the 15 victims, they will not be forgotten.
Had you heard of this before seeing the upload?
Sounds like they *were* pretty much forgotten until a descendant pushed for a memorial on the site. 🤷
I'm sure the 15 lives will be forgotten in several decades. How many of us know about the disaster?
Having lived in Gillingham almost all my life, I was genuinely unaware of this tragedy.. I will definitely have to go visit this memorial somepoint.
It's like this anecdote where the clown tries to warn the audience that there is a fire but the crowd believes it's part of the act. I wonder if life immitates art here or the other way around...
How could this possibly have been considered a good idea at any point?
In fact, even so "few" years ago, the life of a kid was waaay less valued than today standards will make us to believe.
Now the clow crowd will tear me apart, but you can check if interested.
One of the reasons to have so much kids was to improve the chances of one getting to adult. Like you can see today in some poor countries, where they are not even named until they have one or two years to not get so attached.
There, on those days, you could sell your kid to work in a farm never to be seen again maybe when it reached adulthood and came back after finish the contract because age.
Or the army could appear and get all the boys, maybe leaving one to work, more because the food was needed also, not because sentiments.
And lot more.
They could even be there without the parents knowing, maybe more attached to the association than their own parents.
@@xiro6 Monty Python’s “I’ve decided to sell you all for scientific research” wasn’t that terribly exaggerated.
@@xiro6 Sad. But I don't think they reasoned that way when arranging the fete. The question is how they did think when it came to the arrangements.. Surely not "well, it's very dangerous, but that's the risk we have to take". I think it was something like today's people when they handle big fireworks: "I know what I'm doing" and "We have all these fire fighters here, so there is no risk". But they probably hadn't had any safety drills or thoughts about what they would do if the whole thing started to burn. They had decided that it just couldn't happen. A bit like the people that made the decision to put just 20 life boats on the Titanic when there should have been 40... 🙄
I believe it was initially meant to have been smoke and a few flames, but for some reason it was set alight immediately. The cause was never found. It was a routine performed at many Summer fairs, and events in local parks like this were very common. All safety regulations are written in blood, so they say. I know it sounds crazy to us, but they assumed everyone would follow their instructions so it was safe enough.
This was interesting, very sad
But we can see why we have so many fire laws in place now, even with materials.
Right. As we see on this channel all too often, the rules and regulations are written in blood.
Not sure if any of the fire laws would gave prevented this though, it was an explained accident in a risky stunt.
@@chatteyj For a personal venture, sure. But now a days with what many consider to be "frivolous" loawsuits in a private or commercial context, I have to say would prevent any body from organizing a stunt like this. By mechanism of deterrent. I can't think of a company or other body today that would dare do something like this. Not out of consideration for humanlife but because of the monetary consequences.
Oof. This one really got to me. After each story of someone jumping down I thought "whew. At least they survived," only to learn their fate in the next sentence. Hearing individual stories always hits different.
As you were reading it, I thought “oh no, they didn’t…did they?”
But, yes they did.
They piled a lot of flammable wood and sheets on top of a load of explosive chemicals and were ready to light it once they put the children inside.
Paraffin isn't explosive actually, it is quite stable. It is very flammable, but that is different.
Fire is a wild creature. No matter how well planned and staffed events like these are, you just never know when fire is going to rage out of control.
Canvas, lumber, smoke bombs, torches, kids inside, paraffin and wood chips at the base - every step leading up to the tragedy just got worse & worse. And did I count correctly when you were reading the names & ages of the deceased? Did none of the sea scouts in the tower survive? This is one of the sadder events you have covered, and as always your calm, respectful, just-the-facts presentation with no sensationalism is appreciated.
Google it, there are some web sites about it, including the most thorough which I believe is done by the same people who set up the memorial and cleared the overgrown graves.
Also recommend another sad tragedy in the neighboring town of chatham. Fog descended down as the local cadets were doing a parade and sadly a double decker bus ran into them.
Heartbreaking.
Thanks for telling this story, not many locals even know about this disaster. Will share.
Oh yes, I saw that on The Ravens Eye channel a while back. Only I don't think it was a 'parade', they were just going to see a boxing match.
@@horrortackleharryno. No boxing involved haha
@@horrortackleharryI take that back. They were marching to a boxing tournament
@realityreviews2314 yes without any decent light bearers at the end or start of the march. And yes it's as bad as it sounds.
No yellow Hi Vis safety vests?
I was not aware of this disaster, but in 1951 and also in Gillingham 24 cadets were killed when they were walking on a poor lit road and were run over by a bus.
I've heard of that, was totally avoidable also. Makes you wonder if the people of Gillingham don't like kids very much?! Or are just plain stupid!
ua-cam.com/video/HwpWWW1c-5I/v-deo.html
The Raven's Eye covered it last year. Definitely worth watching.
Bloody hell! Never thought I'd see this on here! This is in my hometown. The park is rather nice, the council has put up a memorial plaque for this disaster!
I lived only a hundred yards from that park for many years. The circular walk is worth taking, the trees are huge and fully-grown now.
The bandstand is now gone, due to vandalism outstripping repairs, and right next door to the park is the local council / town hall.
It's also worth looking up 'Jezreel's Tower', which stood only fifty yards away, it's a fascinating story in itself.
The streets around there are quality middle-class Victorian and shortly after housing, well worth seeing; tree-lined avenues, everything.
That Jezreel Tower is seriously weird....thanks for the reference!
It is a beautiful area and quite expensive properties. The mature trees form a lovely canopy for a dog walk at all times of the year. British parks aren't what they used to be, I remember floral clocks and row upon row of annual flowers. Every town did this. It is still a lovely park, but the Council offices are now an old folk's home. I believe under it there is a vast air raid shelter, so I have read! I ought to read more about Jezreels, its a shame that building was demolished.
I absolutely love the respect you give by naming each victim, even though they're a long time gone.❤
Safety standards were non-existent in those days. Sadly it takes tragedies like this to provoke change. Governments are notoriously reactive though.
There is a saying 'Regulations are written in blood'...
The conceit of the modern is hilarious. While safety rules do expand over time, they weren't "non-existent" in the 20th century. Ancient Egypt and Rome had building codes concerning structural integrity and even plumbing, for example. The Steamboat Act of 1852 established licensing, safety standards, and inspection requirements for boilers on steamships. Fire codes were huge in the 19th century, pushed by fire insurance companies, when buildings were typically made of wood and built one next to the other.
@@rothbj1 so many in government are trying to relax, or remove, regulations that keep us all safe.
Common sense is usually the only "safety standard" necessary.
@@aliensoup2420 🏆
As a firefighter myself it’s a frightening thought that a simple training exercise could go horribly wrong just like that.
I think, this really shows the limitations of firefighting and why prevention is so important...
@@stanislavkostarnov2157 i can tell you fire prevention at least by me is working very well, when my father started 38 years ago they had over 20 fires in our community annually now we barely get 5 fires a year it’s mostly motor vehicle accidents or automatic fire alarms or EMS runs
For sure! though I'd imagine the technology from the 20s was half of what it is now@@stanislavkostarnov2157
There must have been profound guilt and grief among the surviving firemen, awful to know your colleagues have passed, but you always knew it was a dangerous job - but children. You would feel terrible.
Is one thing to have a training exercise, whole other ball of wax (pardon the pun) to have non-firefighting participants taking part in the training.
I can’t imagine the grief of those families who lost someone in that, especially the loss of their children. What a terrible price to pay for an ill thought out fire demonstration 😢
Thank you for tell people about the tragedy of the fireman wedding disaster.they is one more disaster in gillingham 24 young Marine aka gillingham bus disaster of 1951
I use to live in gillingham and I have seen the grave of the unfortunate souls who loss that live and well done for say gillingham correctly 👏 👍 and again thank you
How horrific. I wanted to send my gratitude and deep appreciation for all of your hard work and dedication in ringing these stories to us. Though they are at times difficult to hear they are still worth hearing and sharing as these are stories that should be shared so that we do not repeat history.
Truly horrible and tragic! Any time I learn of young lives being cut short it makes the disaster that much worse, IMHO!
this is where i was born and raised and ive never heard of this
I've found that people of previous generations didn't speak on things like this because the event(s) were too traumatic; the stories not told get forgotten very quickly. My gran lived through the "Spanish" influenza pandemic, but I never heard her speak a word about it. It was too awful.
My favorite channel of this type!! Superbly sourced, wonderfully produced, and delivered with reverence to the victims. Thank you very much!
Well told, as usual. I especially appreciate that you take the time to read the names of every victim in the stories you tell. I painfully listen to each one out of respect.
I find myself almost unable to.
Thank you for reading those names. This might have happened nearly fifty years before my birth, but my heart aches for those who died.
Thanks, FH, for bringing these tragedies to light. Living an ocean away I would probably have never known. Keep up the good work sir.
Could you do the 1951 Gillingham bus disaster?
I was going to comment much the same, I think it’s a good candidate for this channel. Meanwhile The Raven’s Eye did a good video on it ua-cam.com/video/HwpWWW1c-5I/v-deo.htmlsi=XlbWJNknWkWG0EZV
I just love this channel. the music is awesome, I love the narrator and his accent. And it is easy to follow the stories. I hope we all learnt a lesson from this story; Don't set things on fire if there's people there. Even if it is for educational purpose....
Ditto!
I’m a firefighter myself, they outlawed at least in the U.S. many many years ago using people as simulated victims we are also no longer allowed to use real firefighters to simulate a downed firefighter we have to use a dummy wearing full firefighter gear and equipment which is best for safety of everyone involved.
A fête worse than death
Thank you for the smile. It might be gallows humour but it is gratefully received. I’m not normally affected by these stories but this one made me cry.
Worse…
I live in nearby Rainham & have visited that park very often over the years. I became aware of this tragedy by reading a plaque situated in the park a few years ago. Thankyou for your article giving detail to an incident remembered hitherto only anecdotally.
Hmm. The town I live next to was named after this Rainham. But here we spell it Raynham
The desrciption of the setup is like an instruction manual for disaster. Put highly flammable materials at the bottom of a multi story structure, throw in some children, cover with fabric and then wave incediary devices around. Absolutely insane that the fire brigade suggested this!
We appreciate how well you articulate your own insights. Keep up the good work.
Interesting video, glad you are digging out lesser know events, the same well know incidents seem to get covered over and again on youtube.
This may be the saddest episode I have seen yet. Those poor boys, and the terrible result of a dangerous entertainment. A tragedy for all involved.
We still do mock fire training in the Navy in the US, I have walked through a burning building, and I just assumed it was safe because it's for training. Now I'm not so sure what i believe anymore 😮
Just no words really. Only sorrow for all involved. I really do love the way you sensitively memorialise those who passed and keep the humanity in each of your recounts. It's never just an event when you tell it; you connect us to the people. Thank you. xxx
THANK YOU for covering this event that happened in my hometown and making more people aware of it.
RIP, all them as died. bloody horrible tragedy, that.
For all the troubles in the world, at least the sorts of disasters on this channel are much less common today.
Never expected to see Gills on this channel but crazy how this story is basically unheard of here! Thank you for posting
So many incidents at amusement parks that could be covered you would never run out of material
Tragedies that happen when people were present for fun especially hurt. I don't know why. Apart from that, it's amazing how many lives were destroyed in the space of just five minutes.
The narrator has probably the perfect voice & delivery for documentaries on these tragic events. What can be learned from this is that fire is still our t most dangerous & unpredictable force to deal with, something not to be played with.
I'm about 10 minutes away from Gillingham and I had no idea that this had happened at all. Interesting video, thank you for the insight.
Being burned to death has to be the most horrific way to die. I can’t imagine the pain felt by their parents as they watched this.
I can imagine why such demonstrations were so popular though. When I lived in Japan, I would sometimes go to the Costco in Kawasaki and it's right next to the local fire station. When they were running drills, I would just sit outside the store and watch because it was so cool.
Back then assessing risk was different to today. Its only through disasters like this that we have become more risk adverse. However complacency has now become a risk in itself. How many times have we scoffed at health and safety. These rules that are in place today stand partly on the graves of the fallen. This is such a sad story and such a waste of young peoples lives.
Regulations written in blood…
Disasters like this one Quintinshill ,Titanic, Summerland & Kings Cross Tube station. The consequences of rules being inadequate, disregarded or lax enforcement of existing rules.
I have watched every video on this channel but this one brought me to tears. The fact it was so many children and adults that came together to demonstrate safety just to lose their lives. Horrifying. I hope they are resting in peace.
You're amazing. Again naming each one, as you did in a previous video, makes a point on how precious and dignified life is, even for those spirits who have been long gone. It deeply touches me every time. Love your work. Thank you for your outstanding spirit.
What a tragic story. Thank you for this video.
I live in Chatham the town next to Gillingham . I still had very elderly patients years ago that witnessed this tragedy
This is quickly becoming one of my favorite channels
I live here. It’s a sad piece of history 😢
I'd not heard of this. Very interesting. Thanks for upload.
Firefighting is not a spectacle, it's a serious protocol for the purpose of saving lives.
This honestly wasn't too long after firefighting was a damn business. Look up the history of fire brigades and try to argue privatizing services is a good idea today
I've lived in Medway all my life and can't recall ever hearing about this. Thanks. 👍
Thank you for taking the care to give the names of all victims.
Q: Has the Ghostship Wearhouse Fire in Oakland Ca ever been covered?
Some of the things they did years ago makes me wonder who were the people who thought this was a good idea every year?
Years could go by without incident so probably nobody thought much of it. It's only with hindsight after something *does* happen that you tend to say that.
I grew up just down the road from Gillingham and I have never heard of this before. Amazing and tragic.
It’s a great deed you guys do by telling these stories of disasters that happened to help ensure that they won’t be forgotten. 🙏🏼
I lived in Gillingham for seven years and did not know this story, thank you for sharing it 🙏
I read about the Gillingham disaster in a book owned by my Grandad.
The book was part of a series and was called: "Fifty Disasters That Shook The World."
By the 1960s, when I read about it, it had slipped from collective memory.
I found it shocking and I have always remembered reading the account in that book.
It beggars belief that the potential fire risk wasn't considered before the fundraiser was created.
The impact must have been devastating on all the families that lost loved ones.
I was listening to you and thinking how horrible it must have been for them and then you listed them one by one. The respect shown for the loss of all these people, so many youths, touched my heart, thank you.
My first knowledge of this tragedy came at the age of about 15 when I read a 1930's book called, "Fifty Great Disasters and Tragedies that shocked the World". Your video has refreshed my memory.
...in five minutes....damn. RIP and condolences.
Yeah, when you said canvas and flames, I knew this was more than likely end in disaster.
I knew it was gonna end In disaster when it was posted by a channel that exclusively documents disasters.
Also, it being uploaded to "Fascinating Horror" is a dead giveaway.
@@lenshibo yeah those things happen
@@ingridfong-daley5899 fascinating horror that's the title I could give to the musical South Pacific.
@lenshibo
He does document some disasters that ended with minimal to zero loss of life or injury because due procedure was followed, or just due to some miracle. But sadly these are few and far between in reality, so they aren't much of this channel's content either.
As always, your impeccable research, neutral but empathetic commentary and calm, even delivery made this view into a past horror informative and compelling, even given the horrible circumstances. Thank you. I appreciate your work.
Class job as always covering these tragedies.
This is very similar to the Aggie Bonfire Collapse in 1999. The lesson of the day is don't start outlandish, simulated, fake fires with wooden structures.
That's some old Top Gear irony
No! We set bonfires along the river on Christmas Eve to help Papa Noel find the children’s houses here in Louisiana. It’s an ancient tradition for so many families. We have people come from all over to watch. The bonfires are built into different types of structures. It is all regulated and your bonfire must be approved by the safety board.
Wasn’t that caused by the collapsing wood, not an actual fire?
@@lolcatz88yes it was still being constructed when it collapsed
I think he did a video on that.
Reminds me of the Chicago World's Fair: Cold Storage Fire
Off topic from the video, I just wanted to say that we appreciate your hard work to give us amazing, quality content so much! I've been following for years, and I've never been uninterested in any of your videos! Thank you much!
Another fascinating story as always. RIP to all those affected. Thank you. Shows you how fast fire can take hold.
Unbelievable!
You always present your documentaries so well.
Excellent research - very moving. Thank you.
My late husband lived there in his childhood. Never heard of this tragedy. I’m glad they finally put up a memorial.💔🙏🏻✨♥️
95 years later and the dead are not forgotten - that´s somehow touching! Thank you!
I always enjoy listening to your videos while at work, keep at it, brother.
my grandparents were there, they lived in barnsole rd nearby, the screams of the relatives were so bad my nan ran away, they never went to the park again, too upsetting, the park was very popular with everyone, carnivals, may fairs etc, but nan wouldn't go
Quit lyin
@@teaguejelinek4038 why would i lie about that? I was born next door in Chatham myself in 1958
Great video, as always. I hope you have help researching and putting together videos. I can imagine it could get very depressing to be constantly studying tragedies. Take care of yourself!
Thanks for covering this story.
I am so glad you finally covered this.
This channel is great...many things that I'd have never known without the research of Fascinating Horror.
Huge respect for the reading of names
A sad time for certain. Thank you for the description.