Chicago has been the site of several infamous disasters: The Chicago Fire in 1871, the capsizing of the Eastland in 1915. But perhaps the most heart-breaking of them all was the Iroquois Theatre Fire of 1903. Promoted as “absolutely fireproof,” the opening of the Iroquois Theatre on Randolph Street in the Loop was very much anticipated. Newspapers contained breathless accounts of the “the largest, handsomest, and most complete theatre in Chicago, if not America.” […]