Category |
Total |
Girls |
Boys |
Number of children killed as a result of OLA fire |
92 |
56 |
36 |
Number of children killed on 12/1/58 as a result of OLA fire |
87 |
54 |
33 |
Number of children age 8 killed as a result of OLA fire |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Number of children age 9 killed as a result of OLA fire |
25 |
14 |
11 |
Number of children age 10 killed as a result of OLA fire |
26 |
14 |
12 |
Number of children age 11 killed as a result of OLA fire |
4 |
2 |
2 |
Number of children age 12 killed as a result of OLA fire |
12 |
10 |
2 |
Number of children age 13 killed as a result of OLA fire |
18 |
12 |
6 |
Number of children age 14 killed as a result of OLA fire |
5 |
2 |
3 |
Number of children age 15 killed as a result of OLA fire |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Number of children in Room 208 killed as a result of OLA fire |
12 |
9 |
3 |
Number of children in Room 209 killed as a result of OLA fire |
2 |
2 |
0 |
Number of children in Room 210 killed as a result of OLA fire |
27 |
16 |
11 |
Number of children in Room 211 killed as a result of OLA fire |
24 |
14 |
10 |
Number of children in Room 212 killed as a result of OLA fire |
27 |
15 |
12 |
Number of children in grade 1 killed as a result of OLA fire |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Number of children in grade 2 killed as a result of OLA fire |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Number of children in grade 3 killed as a result of OLA fire |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Number of children in grade 4 killed as a result of OLA fire |
27 |
16 |
11 |
Number of children in grade 5 killed as a result of OLA fire |
27 |
15 |
12 |
Number of children in grade 6 killed as a result of OLA fire |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Number of children in grade 7 killed as a result of OLA fire |
12 |
9 |
3 |
Number of children in grade 8 killed as a result of OLA fire |
26 |
16 |
10 |
Number of children who died enroute to hospitals or soon after arrival |
22 |
|
|
Number of children transferred directly to the morgue |
65 |
|
|
Number of teachers (nuns) killed as a result of OLA fire |
3 |
|
|
Age of oldest teacher killed as a result of OLA fire |
44 |
|
|
Age of youngest teacher killed as a result of OLA fire |
27 |
|
|
Age of oldest student killed as a result of OLA fire |
15 |
|
|
Age of youngest student killed as a result of OLA fire |
8 |
|
|
Number of students enrolled at OLA on 12/1/58 |
1635 |
|
|
Approximate students in main (fire) school building on 12/1/58 |
1200 |
|
|
Number of teaching nuns on faculty |
20 |
|
|
Number of lay teachers on faculty |
9 |
|
|
Number of students in north wing classrooms |
569 |
|
|
Number of students in north wing, second floor classrooms |
329 |
|
|
Approximate students rescued by firemen |
160 |
|
|
Approximate students in north wing who survived by jumping from a window |
35 |
|
|
Classrooms in north wing, second floor |
6 |
|
|
Classrooms in north wing, second floor with no fatalities |
1 |
|
|
Approximate time of start of fire |
2:15 pm |
|
|
Approximate time smoke was first noticed in the second floor corridor |
2:30 pm |
|
|
Approximate time of discovery of fire by those in second floor classrooms |
2:30 pm |
|
|
Approximate time second floor corridor became impassable |
2:38 pm |
|
|
Approximate time of janitor's discovery of fire |
2:38 pm? |
|
|
Time of first call to fire department |
2:41:30 pm |
|
|
Number of phone calls to Chicago Fire Department by 2:44 pm reporting the fire |
16 |
|
|
Number of phone calls reporting address of rectory or church instead of school |
6 |
|
|
Number of phone calls from within the school reporting the fire |
0 |
|
|
Approximate time fire alarm sounded throughout the school |
2:42 pm |
|
|
Approximate time of candy store proprietor's call to fire department |
2:43 pm |
|
|
Approximate time of arrival of first fire department units |
2:44 pm |
|
|
Approximate time second (box) alarm was transmitted |
2:47 pm |
|
|
Approximate time 5-11 alarm was transmitted |
2:57 pm |
|
|
Approximate number of fire fighting vehicles responding to fire |
43 |
|
|
Approximate number of firemen responding to fire |
200 |
|
|
Approximate number of police squadrols responding to fire |
70 |
|
|
Approximate time of collapse of roof of north wing |
2:55 pm |
|
|
Approximate time fire fully under control |
4:19 pm |
|
|
Approximate time fire fully extinguished |
4:30 pm |
|
|
Approximate time first body removed from school |
3:30 pm |
|
|
Approximate time last body removed from school |
6:00 pm |
|
|
Approximate number of students injured as a result of OLA fire |
100 |
|
|
Approximate number of students seriously injured as a result of OLA fire |
77 |
|
|
Number of firefighters hospitalized with injuries as a result of OLA fire |
4 |
|
|
Number of teaching nuns injured as a result of the OLA fire |
3 |
|
|
Approximate distance from school to the nearest fire box (alarm) |
1.5 blks |
|
|
Appriximate distance from school to the nearest firehouse |
5 blks |
|
|
Appriximate driving distance from school to the nearest hospital (St. Anne's) |
1.2 mi |
|
|
Appriximate air distance from school to the nearest hospital (St. Anne's) |
.95 mi |
|
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Date final victim, William Edington, secumbed to burn injuries |
8/9/59 |
|
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Date new OLA school opened |
9/7/60 |
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List of victims by classroom, with map
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