Golden Age Nursing Home fire
1963 fires in the United States1963 in OhioFires in OhioHuron County, OhioNovember 1963 in the United States ... and 3 more
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The Golden Age Nursing Home fire took place soon after 4:45 am on November 23, 1963, a mile north of Fitchville, Ohio, United States, killing 63 residents. The news of the fire was overshadowed by the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, which had occurred in Dallas, Texas on the previous day (November 22). The fire was the United States' deadliest blaze since the December 1958 fire at Chicago's Our Lady of the Angels School that killed 95 people. It also marked the second fire in less than a week involving the elderly, following the November 18 disaster that claimed 25 people at the Surfside Hotel in Atlantic City.
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SR 13, Fitchville Township
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SR 13
Fitchville Township
Ohio, United States
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