PRESIDENT LINCOLN’S DEATH LEADS THE LIST OF HEARTBREAKING MOMENTS IN THE LATEST ILLINOIS TOP 200 POLL. (two stories, same lead).

 

LINCOLN WAS KILLED IN WASHINGTON D-C BUT THE LOSS HIT ILLINOIS HARD SAYS ABRAHAM LINCOLN PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY SPOKESPERSON CHRIS WILLS. OTHER HEARTBREAKING MOMENTS INCLUDE THE CHICAGO FIRE IN 1871, THREE OF THE WORST MINING DISASTERS IN U-S HISTORY…AND THE 1993 FLOOD.

 

 

 

THE CHICAGO RIOTS, EFFINGHAM HOSPITAL FIRE AND THE TYLENOL MURDERS WERE ALSO ON THE LIST. VOTE NOW IN THE NEXT CATEGORY, TOP ILLINOIS MUSICIANS AT: ILLINOIS TOP 200 DOT COM.