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Divers tell of deadly 1909 crib fire
It was an unusually warm January day when workers at Mount Greenwood Cemetery lowered dozens of caskets into a mass grave as deep and wide as a basement.
More than 50 men perished in a mysterious 1909 fire that swept through a water-intake crib a mile off the shores of Lake Michigan near 71st Street. The men were living and working on the lake to build a tunnel under Lake Michigan.
The tunnel would supply Chicago's growing South Side with fresh drinking water.
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Divers tell of deadly 1909 crib fire :: The SouthtownStar :: News
8 hours ago by BY KRISTEN McQUEARY Staff writer More than 50 men perished in a mysterious 1909 fire that swept through a water-intake crib a mile off the shores of Lake Michigan near 71st Street. The men were living and working on the lake to build a tunnel under Lake Michigan. ...The SouthtownStar :: News :: - http://www.southtownstar.com/news/
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