Firefighters still recall explosion of home in 1978
- Publication
- Wilmette Life, 24 Mar 2005, p. 7
Description
- Media Type
- Newspaper
- Item Type
- Articles
- Notes
- St. Patrick's Day marks the anniversary of a 1978 explosion at 1221 Cleveland Ave. George Murray Yule had an illegal fireworks factory in the basement of his home. The house was destroyed and Yule died two weeks later of burns and injuries suffered.
- Date of Publication
- 24 Mar 2005
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Graf, Randy ; Fragassi, John ; Leary, John ; Pankowski, George ; Yule, George ; Zich, Steve
- Local identifier
- Wilmette.News.275849
- Language of Item
- English
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