#31DaysOfGraves

The Collinwood School fire in 1908 killed 172 students and two teachers. It led to requirements for schools to have multiple exits. A monument in Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland remembers victims of the fire. Day 20: Fire #31DaysOfGraves

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Day 20: Fire The tombstone of Cortland Hempstead, engineer on the steamboat Lexington, which caught fire and killed most of its 140 passengers in January 1840. #31DaysofGraves #greenwood

Perhaps somewhat tenuous for the #fire prompt of #31DaysOfGraves - but I think of the fiery red poppies & red sandstone. 🥀 This is a memorial in Ancrum, a village in the Scottish Borders, commemorating the men who lost their lives during WW1 1914-1918 (aka "The Great War"). #LestWeForget #Scotland

Day 20 of #31daysofgraves: Fire. The inverted torch (the "snuffing out of life") was a common motif in 19th c US cemeteries. The example on the left is from Vine Lake Cemetery in Medfield, Massachusetts. I would argue the motif on the right, from Assistens Kirkegård in Copenhagen, is a similar take.

#31DaysOfGraves #Air Driving along this country road you wouldn't expect to see a memorial. If you stop and look over the fence, you will. The story behind it is at www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I am very sorry 😔 Would be the company of #31DaysOfGraves fellows be of some comfort? So many different people from Canada, US, UK, Ireland, France, Spain and Germany. And always first from Australia and New Zealand - all standing together at the graves.

#31DaysOfGraves Latha 20: Teine /Fire. Dathan nan duilleagan mar lasraichean. Fiery autumn colours. Maxton Kirkyard, Crìochan na h-Alba. #Gàidhlig

66_ Sacramental de San José y San Lorenzo (Madrid – Spain) #31DaysofGraves Day 20: Fire #tombtober #modernismfont #typelovers #typography #lettercutters #marble #stoneengraving #stonecarving #heritage #cemetery #grave #memorial #epitaph

🪦 #31DaysOfGraves — Day 21: Air Dorothy Hawthorn learned to fly at Archerfield in 1936. During World War Two, she served as a training officer in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, based in Malvern, Victoria. Learn more about Dorothy's many achievements: www.fotc.au/research/dor...