Fire
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(Originally posted February 24, 2017) In the early hours of 24 February 1943, a fire broke out in the basement laundry of St. Joseph’s Orphanage & Industrial School run by the enclosed order of Poor Clare nuns in Main St., Cavan town. The fire very quickly turned into an inferno. The alarm was raised by
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The song tells the story of a recording session in Montreux, Switzerland, that didn’t go as planned. At the time, Deep Purple had traveled to the lakeside town to record their sixth album, Machine Head, at the Montreux Casino. The venue was not only a renowned concert hall but also the main location for the
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(Originally posted February 24,2017) In the early hours of 24 February in 1943 fire broke out in the basement laundry of St. Joseph’s Orphanage & Industrial School run by the enclosed order of Poor Clare nuns in Main St., Cavan town. The fire very quickly turned into an inferno. The alarm was raised by horrified
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Today marks the 76th Anniversary of the Second Great Fire of London. On 29 December 1940 around 100,000 bombs fell in just a few hours, causing a firestorm across most of the City’s square mile up to Islington. 14 fire fighters were to lose their lives that night, with over 250 injured. The largest continuous
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