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George Goodwin Dies at 97
Winecoff fire eyewitness, Atlanta Journal reporter George Goodwin, died peacefully at his Atlanta home early this morning. At his side was his beloved grandson, Warren Goodwin. Biography here.
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Dorothy Kiker Smith
This newly acquired photo shows Dorothy Smith of Fitzgerald, Georgia who perished along with her three children in the Winecoff Hotel fire. They were traveling in a party of seven of whom only one...
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Jane Wallace Photos Acquired
Jane Wallace survived the 1946 Winecoff Hotel fireJane Wallace was 24, a nurse, and in Atlanta's Winecoff Hotel to meet her husband, Byron, for a last attempt to save their marriage. It must not have...
View ArticleWinecoff Fire Now A Story of Atlanta
Filmmaker, Lance Russell, has created a series of brief videos called Stories of Atlanta for the SaportaReport, a business news website based in Atlanta. The Winecoff fire is the topic of a recent...
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Sixty-Ninth Anniversary Article
Writing for the Rome News-Tribune, Blake Doss has written an article remembering the four boys from Rome, Georgia who perished in the 1946 Winecoff Hotel Fire. His article is here.
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New Book To Honor Fire's Victims
Chet WallacePhoto By Donna Thatch Goodrich If you've appreciated Winecoff.Org's Remembrance Page, you'll love the new book now planned to honor the 119 victims of the Winecoff fire.Since 2011, writer...
View ArticleBroken Hero
A new Winecoff Fire Readers' Mail entry details the lifetime of struggles one Winecoff firefighter suffered after the morning's heroic work. Read Broken Herohere.
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Winecoff Firefighter Raymond McGill
Retired Chief of Training Raymond McGill in 2011 - photo by Donna BowmanOne of two living Winecoff firefighters is Raymond McGill. He is ninety-nine years old.On the Winecoff Hotel fire scene, McGill...
View ArticleSeventieth Anniversary Commemoration Ahead
The non-profit group Heritage Sandy Springs will host a Winecoff Fire 70th Anniversary Commemoration on Tuesday December 6, 2016 at 6:30 p.m. as part of their Titles @ Twilight authors series....
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YMCA Youth Assembly Marks 70th Anniversary of The Winecoff Fire
Sue Broome, 16, perished in the Winecoff fire. Her great nephew and niece, Colton, 16, and Jarrett Broome, 14, attended the YMCA Youth Assembly luncheon November 14th. Clear-eyed young people in their...
View ArticleHeys & Goodwin To Speak Decenber 6th
The non-profit group Heritage Sandy Springs will host a Winecoff Fire 70th Anniversary Commemoration on Tuesday December 6, 2016 at 6:30 p.m. as part of their Titles @ Twilight authors series....
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Winecoff Fire 70th Anniversary Commemoration
Against all odds, Dr. Robert Cox, 73, and Richard Hamil, 79, survived the Winecoff Hotel fire 70 years agoMany whose lives were touched by the Winecoff fire gathered to commemorate the fire's 70th...
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Luncheon Honors Winecoff Fire Victims
A commemorative luncheon was held at the Ellis Hotel Wednesday marking the 70th anniversary of the Winecoff fire. The Atlanta tragedy inspired the fire safety codes the world relies on.
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Winecoff Hotel Photo 1918
Peachtree Street 1918 (click to enlarge)The Atlanta History Center has shared on Facebook and Instagram this 1918 photo of Atlanta's Peachtree Street. It shows the Winecoff Hotel's south side and...
View ArticleAnd Then There Was One
A hero has passed. The Atlanta Fire Rescue Department's retired Chief of Training Raymond McGill passed away today. A hero of the Winecoff fire and a mentor to hundreds of Atlanta firefighters, Raymond...
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Youth Assembly Ribbon Discovered
YMCA Advisor's RibbonCarlos HamilWinecoff fire survivor Richard Hamil recently discovered his father's YMCA advisor's ribbon. Carlos Hamil was the faculty advisor for the eight member 1946 YMCA Youth...
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Celebrating Ten Years of Usefulness
The Ellis Hotel Opened In 2007Abandoned for twenty-six years, the old Winecoff Hotel building was a silent stain of urban blight on Atlanta's most famous street. And then at last, the sun rose on a new...
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And Then There Were None
Chief R. B. Sprayberry, Chet Wallace & Allen B. Goodwin in 2015The last living Winecoff fire firefighter has died: R. B. Sprayberry, 95. A career Atlanta firefighter, he rose to become chief of the...
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Stories of the Winecoff Fire
Winecoff Fire co-authors Sam Heys and Allen B. Goodwin are pleased to commend to readers a new book by Chet Wallace: Stories of the Winecoff Fire.First inspired by The Winecoff Fire: The Untold Story...
View ArticleWABE-FM Radio Segment Ahead
WABE-FM 90.1 radio has rescheduled its story on the 1946 Winecoff Hotel fire to air tomorrow, Wednesday December 12th, at 5:44 p.m.
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