1977 Beverly Hills S C Fire
1977 Beverly Hills S C Fire
1977 Beverly Hills S C Fire
Brief History Of
May 28, 1977— Beverly Hills Supper Club,
Southgate, KY, —Tragedy
May 28, 1977
Brief History
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Taken about 9:15 o the night of the fire, the light area is
lights, not the fire. Firefighters are already on the scene.
This is about 10:30, and the fire has spread throughout the
building. One hour later, the building was on the verge of Taken about 9:35. Fire has burned thru the roof, ventilating
collapse, and the firemen were ordered out of the building. the fire, and producing less smoke.
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May 30, 1977, The Courier-Journal
May 30, 1977, The Courier-Journal
May 30, 1977, The Courier-Journal
The roof collapsed
on the Beverly Hills
Supper Club in
Saturday night's
fire, trapping many
inside. Most vic-
tims were in the
Cabaret Room,
bottom left.
Cabaret Room
May 30, 1977, The Courier-Journal
May 30, 1977, The Courier-Journal
May 30, 1977, The Courier-Journal
May 30, 1977, The Courier-Journal
Kentucky State Police stand watch over the remains of the Beverly Hills Supper Club
while rescue workers rest in back of the club’s burned out shell.
May 30, 1977, The Courier-Journal
Photos—Keith Williams
Kentucky Gov. Julian Carroll could only sit and wait while firemen
removed the bodies of victims of the nightclub blaze.
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May 24, 2007, http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-05-24-supper-club-fire_N.htm#
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May 27, 2007, The Courier-Journal—
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Firefighters pulled a body from the rubble of the Beverly Rescue teams brought out the last of the bodies from the Bev-
Hills Supper Club fire. erly Hills Supper Club fire before ending for the night.
June 2, 1977: Workers sifted through the rubble after the fire.
Former Beverly Hills Supper Club employees Wayne Dammert, left, and David Brock survived the May 28, 1977, fire.
Atop the hill where the club sat in Southgate, Ky., Dammert has erected a 25-foot cross. "This is where the people
died," he said. (By David R. Lutman, Special to The Courier-Journal)
2007
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Rick Dammert throws up a line to help secure the 25-foot cross that he and others put up at the site of the
Beverly Hills Supper Club in Southgate, Ky., on April 21, 2007. His father, Wayne, was working as a
manager at the club on May 28, 1977. A fire that night killed 165 people.
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Rick Dammert throws up a line to help secure the 25-foot cross that he and others put up at the site of the
Beverly Hills Supper Club in Southgate, Ky., on April 21, 2007. His father, Wayne, was working as a
manager at the club on May 28, 1977. A fire that night killed 165 people.
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Firefighters removing bodies after the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire,
May 1977.
Firefighters remove a body from the rubble of the Beverly Rescue teams bringing out the last of the bodies from the
Hills Supper Club fire. Beverly Hills Supper Club fire - May, 1977
An aerial view of the Beverly Hills Supper Club reveals unclaimed cars and the gutted building - May,
1977.
The interior of the Beverly Hills Supper Club after the fire.
The 1977 sale of items salvaged from the Beverly Hills Sup-
per Club after the fire.
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