Biblography

Proposal Bibliography

800-590-5530, Certified Flameproofing. “Learning from History: Winecoff Hotel Fire, Atlanta, GA.” Certified Fireproofing (blog), August 1, 2018. Accessed October 22, 2024. https://certifiedflameproofing.com/blog/17-learning-from-history-winecoff-hotel-fire-atlanta-ga.

This provides a pretty good summary of the events that unfolded, Mentions the fire started being started by a small cigarette.

Butler, Brian. “Fighting Fires in Hotels and Motels: There Are Some Differences!” Fire Engineering 172, no. 1 (2019): 47-52. Academic Search Complete.

Shows some context on how hotel fires are fought as a firefighter.

“Chicago Hotel Fire (1946).” Video. YouTube. Posted by British Pathé, April 13, 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vyqcc1dPJ8.

It shows pictures of the fire during the time.

Clay, Erin. “Winecoff Hotel Fire Memorial Remembers Four Students from Rome.” When in Rome, GA (blog), October 17, 2023. Accessed October 22, 2024. https://wheninromega.com/winecoff-hotel-fire-memorial-remembers-four-students-from-rome/.

Memorial on students that died in the fire

Ellis Hotel. “Ellis Hotel History.” Ellis Hotel. Accessed October 22, 2024. https://www.ellishotel.com/about-us/history.

Ellis Hotel is the new Winecoff hotel, This article has the dates to when the building was made, before world war one. This would be a good context for the project.

Goodman, Allen B. “Winecoff.org the Companion Website for the Book: The Winecoff Fire: The Untold Story of America’s Deadliest Hotel Fire.” Winecoff.org. Last modified December 6, 2006. Accessed October 22, 2024. http://www.winecoff.org/2006/12/sixty-years-ago.html.

This is a good website when it comes to having up-to-date info when it comes to the Winecoff fire, the most recent article was made on October 5, 2024!

Grossman, Ron. “Fire at the LaSalle Hotel in 1946 Exposed Safety Hazards.” Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL), June 5, 2016. Accessed October 22, 2024. https://www.chicagotribune.com/2016/06/05/fire-at-the-lasalle-hotel-in-1946-exposed-safety-hazards/#:~:text=%E2%80%9Cthe%20most%20comfortable%2C%20modern%20and%20safest%20hotel%20west%20of%20New%20York%20City.%E2%80%9D.

Showed the delay of the firefighters, going into more detail in the Lasalle hotel fire I really enjoy the more personal accounts on being in the fire and how they dealt with it.

Heys, Sam, and Allen B. Goodwin. The Winecoff Fire : the Untold Story of America’s Deadliest Hotel Fire. Atlanta, Ga.: Longstreet Press, 1993.

This is the Winecoff hotel book, I will rely on this when it comes to writing the Winecoff hotel fire.

“Learning from History – La Salle Hotel.” Video, 2:50. YouTube. Posted by Ifsta, March 25, 2015. Accessed October 11, 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlpB3_fz9Bo.

Talks the flaws in the fire department and even parts of the hotel, even if it was a short it was there was enough facts of the fire to get things started

“Memorial Monday — LaSalle Hotel Fire Kills 60 Civilians and 1 Firefighter in Chicago.” Video, 4:51. YouTube. Posted by Nffftv, June 24, 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-OSY3PNC7Q.

This talks about the LaSalle hotel fire, it has so much text talking about some changes made during the fire.

Niemczak, Peter, and Anna Stefańska. “Why Do Chicago Buildings Not Retrofit?” Acta Scientiarum Polonorum. Architectura 22 (January 9, 2024): 159-70. https://doi.org/10.22630/aspa.2023.22.16.

This helps a lot when it comes to why the Lasalle hotel fire didn’t have renovations and this logic could be applied to the Winecoff, both old large buildings that couldn’t get remodeled.

Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES. “BUILDING FIRE LAW in FORCE in GEORGIA: NEW SAFETY CODE, SETTING up STRICT LICENSING, IS RESULT of WINECOFF HOTEL TRAGEDY.” New York Times (1923-) (New York, N.Y.), 1947, 50. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times (108036658).

This was one of the articles detailing the safety codes the Winecoff Hotel made.

———. “15 Dead, 22 Missing as Fire Sweeps Hotel at Dubuque: Blaze Parallels That at LaSalle in Chicago, Starting off Lobby Soon after Midinight –30 Saved, 2 Die in Leaps to Nets 15 PERISH in FIRE at DUBUQUE HOTEL Misses Net in Leap Concentrate on Rescues.” New York Times (1923-) (New York, N.Y.), 1946, 1. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times (107720992).

A primary source for the LaSalle Hotel Fire. Shows what the fire fighters did in the fire

The Washington Post (1923-1954) (Washington, D.C.). “5 Probes Set in Chicago Hotel Fire Killing 58: Flash Blaze Sweeps 3 Floors of La Salle; Some Leap to Death; 200 Are Injured FIRE.” 1946, 1. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Washington Post (151840393).

Another primary source for the Lasalle Hotel Fire. Tells what happened after the fire and the codes that were implemented

The Washington Post (1923-1954) (Washington, D.C.). “Guests Dive to Death in Predawn; 100 Injured: 15-Story Winecoff Is Trap of Horror; Origin Is Mystery; Rescue Efforts Vain FIRE.” 1946, 2. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Washington Post (151832109).

A good primary source for the Winecoff Hotel Fire.

Final Bibliography

Bibliography

Building Code Recommended by the National Board of Fire Underwriters, New York. 4th ed. New York, NY: National Board of Fire Underwriters, 1915.

Butler, Brian. “Fighting Fires in Hotels and Motels: There Are Some Differences!” Fire Engineering 172, no. 1 (2019): 47-52.

Chicago Examiner “Opening of the New Hotel LaSalle.” September 9, 1909. Accessed November 11, 2024. https://cdm16818.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/examiner/id/5460/rec/3.

“Chicago Hotel Fire (1946).” Video. YouTube. Posted by British Pathé, April 13, 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vyqcc1dPJ8.

Clay, Erin. “Winecoff Hotel Fire Memorial Remembers Four Students from Rome.” When in Rome, GA (blog), October 17, 2023. Accessed October 22, 2024. https://wheninromega.com/winecoff-hotel-fire-memorial-remembers-four-students-from-rome/.

Ellis Hotel. “Ellis Hotel History.” Ellis Hotel. Accessed October 22, 2024. https://www.ellishotel.com/about-us/history.

New York Times, “Fire Escapes Held Limited in Value: Building Officials. Citing Blaze in Winecoff Hotel, Advocate Interior Secondary Egress.” March 1947. https://umw.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/historical-newspapers/fire-escapes-held-limited-value/docview/107788827/se-2.

Washington Post,”‘Fireproof’ Meaning Explained.” February, 16, 1947. https://umw.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/historical-newspapers/fireproof-meaning-explained/docview/151930180/se-2.

Washington Post “Guests Dive to Death in Predawn; 100 Injured: 15-Story Winecoff is Trap of Horror; Origin is Mystery; Rescue Efforts Vain FIRE.” (1923-1954), Dec 08, 1946. https://umw.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/historical-newspapers/guests-dive-death-predawn-100-injured/docview/151832109/se-2.

Heys, Sam, and Allen B. Goodwin. The Winecoff Fire: The Untold Story of America’s Deadliest Hotel Fire. Atlanta, Ga.: Longstreet Press, 1993.

Hodes, Barnet, ed. Chapters of the Municipal Code of Chicago Relating to Buildings. Chicago, IL: Chicago: Lawyers Co-operative Pub., 1937.

“Hotel Fires.” LIFE, January 13, 1947, 33-36. Accessed January 13, 1947. https://books.google.com/books?id=TEoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA34#v=onepage&q=isbn%20%20&f=false.

Hotel Winecoff. Illustration. Accessed November 29, 2024. http://www.winecoff.org/search?q=fireproof%27.

Hotel Winecoff. Illustration. Accessed November 10, 2024. https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWS1g3CwDTrPRD7VV_hG4xp0b0J8A28Pb0q_3PLGPHZXFFbe_oQGyVSGSXHnKkL04nClC52qdodaZKNn-_yXOdkEg9uTIqVxzD38yZrWTvDeQr5OT8eOYZwddU5Rxdwj5YJBa2/s1600/Winecoff+Stationery.jpg.

“Learning from History – La Salle Hotel.” Video, 2:50. YouTube. Posted by Ifsta, March 25, 2015. Accessed October 11, 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlpB3_fz9Bo.

Los Angeles Times “Worst Hotel Fire Kills 114 in Atlanta: Guests Leap to Death; 100 Injured.” 1946, 1. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Los Angeles Times (165743812).

New York Times, Louther S. Horne Special to the New York Times. “58 Die in Chicago Hotel Fire; 200 Hurt by Flames, Smoke: Panic Sweeps 22-Story LaSalle–most of Victims Suffocated–Many Jump into Nets Or are Rescued by Ladders 58 Scores Saved by Ladders Surmise on Origin Unconscious nearly Hour.” New York Times (1923-), Jun 06, 1946. https://umw.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/historical-newspapers/58-die-chicago-hotel-fire-200-hurt-flames-smoke/docview/107688221/se-2.

Manning, Bill. “Grandfather Clauses Are Like Old Shoes.” Fire Engineering 156, no. 7 (July 1, 2003): 8. https://research-ebsco-com.umw.idm.oclc.org/linkprocessor/plink?id=120a3261-c37d-368f-9002-226c4ab46725.

May, Bill. “December 1946: The Winecoff Hotel Fire: An “Awful Fire.”” Firehouse, 12, 2006, 72-74, https://umw.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/magazines/december-1946-winecoff-hotel-fire-awful/docview/229618526/se-2.

“Memorial Monday — LaSalle Hotel Fire Kills 60 Civilians and 1 Firefighter in Chicago.” Video, 4:51. YouTube. Posted by Nffftv, June 24, 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-OSY3PNC7Q.

Moskowitz, Daniel B. “Atlanta, Burning.” American History 55, no. 2 (June 1, 2020): 50–59 https://research-ebsco-com.umw.idm.oclc.org/c/mcjyvo/viewer/html/cetdusjyrv

National Park Service. “Winecoff Hotel Fire.” NPGallery, accessed November 9, 2024. https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/be9da123-7c33-46ca-8fca-c494383ef6dd.

Niemczak, Peter, and Anna Stefańska. “Why Do Chicago Buildings Not Retrofit?” Acta Scientiarum Polonorum. Architectura 22 (January 9, 2024): 159-70. https://doi.org/10.22630/aspa.2023.22.16.

Robinson, Kathleen. “Chicago’s LaSalle Hotel Fire.” NFPA Journal 107, no. 3 (2013): 128. SciTech Premium Collection (1365239971).

Special to the New York Times. “15 Dead, 22 Missing as Fire Sweeps Hotel at Dubuque: Blaze Parallels that at LaSalle in Chicago, Starting Off Lobby Soon After Midinight –30 Saved, 2 Die in Leaps to Nets 15 Perish an Fire at Dubuque Hotel Misses Net in Leap Concentrate on Rescues.”Jun 10, 1946. https://umw.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/historical-newspapers/15-dead-22-missing-as-fire-sweeps-hotel-at/docview/107720992/se-2.

Special to the New York Times. “Building Fire Law in Force in Georgia: New Safety Code, Setting Up Strict Licensing, is Result of Winecoff Hotel Tragedy.” New York Times, Dec 08, 1947. https://umw.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/historical-newspapers/building-fire-law-force-georgia/docview/108036658/se-2.

Special to the New York Times Associated, Press Wirephotos. “127 Killed by Fire in Atlanta Hotel; Many Die in Leaps: The Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta as it Burned Early Yesterday Morning.” New York Times, Dec 08, 1946. https://umw.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/historical-newspapers/127-killed-fire-atlanta-hotel-many-die-leaps/docview/107563857/se-2.

Spignesi, Stephen J. Catastophe!: The 100 Greatest Disasters of All Time. New York: Citadel Press, Kensington Pub., 2004.

Tolman, Edgar Bronson. Revised Municipal Code of Chicago of 1905. Chicago, IL: Forgotten Books , 2022.

The Washington Post “5 Probes Set in Chicago Hotel Fire Killing 58: Flash Blaze Sweeps 3 Floors of La Salle; Some Leap to Death; 200 Are Injured Fire.” 1946, 1. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Washington Post (151840393).

Webster, Maurice. “What Is ‘Fireproof’?” The Atlantic, October 1946. Accessed November 11, 2024. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1946/10/what-is-fireproof/656879/.