Debris covered charred desks in this photo of a classroom in Our Lady of the Angels School. The Dec.1, 1958, fire at school killed 92 students and three BVM teaching sisters. Remembrance services were held throughout the archdiocese the weekend of Nov. 30 to mark the 50th anniversary of the tragic fire. (Catholic New World file photo)
More than 7,000 people packed Northwest Armory for the children’s requiem Mass in which then-Archbishop Albert Meyer officiated. Twenty-seven white coffins were lined up before a temporary altar. Individual funerals were held at a later date.
Photo: Catholic New World file photo