The 1913 Church Street Tenement Collapse

At 8.45pm on Tuesday 2nd September 1913, while hundreds of local people were attending a show in Father Mathew Hall on Church Street, a terrible rumbling was heard across the district. Described by those attending the show as ‘resembling a cannon’s roar’, it was the signal for a terrible tragedy that was to strike this small and tightly knit inner city community. Within minutes the street was enveloped in a thick cloud of smoke and the debris of two collapsed tenement houses was strewn across the street. As panicked crowds rushed from Fr. Mathew Hall, the cries and groans of young and old could be heard from beneath the rubble of 66 and 67 Church Street. Fire brigades from Dorset Street and Tara Street stations rushed to the scene; with two ambulances, a fire escape and motor car attending. Fifty Dublin Corporation workers were summoned to assist in the rescue. <a href="https://medium.com/@stewreddin/the-1913-church-street-tenement-collapse-d74b3021fe2">Visit Now</a>