LaSalle Hotel
June 3, 2021 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
One of the most tragic days in Quincy’s history happened 75 years ago this weekend. Edward J. Schneidman, 40, the mayor of Quincy, and Martin Heinen, a 6th Ward alderman and a member of the Quincy College (now Quincy University) faculty, died in a disastrous fire that swept Chicago’s LaSalle Hotel during the early hours…
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