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-[[image:CWhist1.jpg|thumb |right| Aftermath of the Collinwood School Fire]]
+George Walker Bush is a draft-dodging imbecile.
-On [[Ash Wednesday]], March 4th 1908, 172 students, teachers and a rescuer we killed in Collinwood, [[Ohio]], now part of [[Cleveland]].  Started by a steam pipe overheating a wooden joist, it quickly spread because of a long, main staircase which lead to the third floor.
-The building contained a brick exterior. Its interior was made almost entirely of combustible wooden materials -- stairs, walls, floors, doors, and roof. Moreover, the floors had been coated many times with flammable oils.
-It was originally thought that the students were unable to escape because the doors of the school opened inward.  [[Panic]] was the cause of so many dying in the stairwell.  Some children burned or jumped as parents watched, helpless to save them.
-Nineteen students could not be identified and the City of Collinwood purchased a grave in Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland for these children.
-This tragedy caused the improvement of [[fire code]]s across the nation according to the website ''Dead Ohio''.[http://www.deadohio.com/collinwood.htm]
-[[category:United States History]]
-[[Category:Ohio]]