April 2003 stories
04/30/2003
Great White performs first show since fire
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. - After paying tribute to their late guitarist and announcing plans for a summer concert tour, two members of the rock band Great White delivered their first public performance since a fire killed 99 people at their last concert in Rhode Island.
Great White to launch benefit tour
LOS ANGELES -- The band Great White will launch a 55-city benefit tour for victims of The Station nightclub fire. The band's lawyer made the announcement last night, just before the band performed a benefit concert in memory of lead guitarist Ty...
Briefs due May 23 in challenge of workers' comp fine
Updated 1 p.m.
PROVIDENCE -- Attorneys for The Station nightclub owners have three weeks to prepare briefs explaining why they believe a fine of more than $1 million for the owners' failure to carry workers' compensation insurance was inappropriate.
Update on the fire victims
HOSPITALIZED
Joseph DiBona, Mass. General, serious condition.
Help, memorial services, benefits
Donations to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund should be sent to the Rhode Island Foundation. Checks should be made payable to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund, c/o Rhode Island Foundation, One Union Station, Providence, RI 02903. Please ...
04/29/2003
Safety agency weighs plan to require fire sprinklers
A national fire prevention group, prompted by the many factors that made The Station fire such a disaster, is considering national model fire code changes that would call for automatic sprinklers in every nightclub regardless of size.
National fire code proposal
These are the national fire code changes that will soon be considered by the Standards Council of the National Fire Protection Association, the Quincy, Mass.-based organization that studies fires and adopts model national fire codes:
Safety recommendations
A legislative commission in Rhode Island is studying ways to upgrade the state's fire-safety laws. In many states, including Rhode Island, fire experts turn to the National Fire Protection Association for guidance. The national association released...
Band's reunion in L.A. leaves some outraged
Members of the rock band Great White will gather in Los Angeles tonight, reuniting 68 days after The Station fire to raise money and remember their dead guitarist.
Update on the fire victims
HOSPITALIZED
Help, memorial services, benefits
Donations to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund should be sent to the Rhode Island Foundation. Checks should be made payable to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund, c/o Rhode Island Foundation, One Union Station, Providence, RI 02903. Please ...
04/28/2003
Looking for a regular place
Honey, snap out of it!
California benefit to star two members of Great White
Members of the band Great White will play together tomorrow for the first time since their Feb. 20 show began with a burst of pyrotechnics, sparking a blaze that killed 99 people at The Station nightclub in West Warwick.
Update on the fire victims
HOSPITALIZED
Help, memorial services, benefits
Donations to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund
should be sent to the Rhode Island Foundation. Checks should be made payable to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund, c/o Rhode Island Foundation, One Union Station, Providence, RI 02903. Please ...
04/27/2003
Healing slow, painful for Station victims
Adrian Krasinskas knows what he can tolerate, and when, and keeps to his own schedule.
'My heart just broke for these badly burned patients'
As blackened victims from The Station fire filled the Kent Hospital emergency department, Dr. Candace L. Dyer worked swiftly to check their airways, assess their injuries, stitch up their cuts and give them medications.
Help, memorial services, benefits
Donations to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund should be sent to the Rhode Island Foundation. Checks should be made payable to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund, c/o Rhode Island Foundation, One Union Station, Providence, RI 02903. Please ...
Update on fire victims
This is a list of people still hospitalized who were injured in the fire at The Station. The list was compiled from information supplied by the Rhode Island Department of Health, the hospitals, relatives and friends of the victims.
04/26/2003
Update on fire victims
This is a list of people still hospitalized who were injured in the fire at The Station. The list was compiled from information supplied by the Rhode Island Department of Health, the hospitals, relatives and friends of the victims.
Help, memorial services, benefits
Donations to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund should be sent to the Rhode Island Foundation. Checks should be made payable to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund, c/o Rhode Island Foundation, One Union Station, Providence, RI 02903. Please ...
04/25/2003
Sprinkler system costs concern business owners
PROVIDENCE -- Mandatory sprinklers wouldn't be the first hardship for Keith Papa's Greenwood Inn, but they could be the last.
Workers' comp insurance chaos
PROVIDENCE -- State investigators have identified 517 nightclubs, restaurants, bars, taverns, social halls and other venues that serve liquor for which they can find no record of the required workers' compensation insurance.
Lawyers for fire victims spar over jurisdiction
"[Steven A.] Minicucci is sour grapes. I think he's disappointed he didn't get all the publicity that I did."
Update on fire victims
This is a list of people still hospitalized who were injured in the fire at The Station. The list was compiled from information supplied by the Rhode Island Department of Health, the hospitals, relatives and friends of the victims.
Help, memorial services, benefits
Donations to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund should be sent to the Rhode Island Foundation. Checks should be made payable to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund, c/o Rhode Island Foundation, One Union Station, Providence, RI 02903. Please ...
04/24/2003
White House rejects appeal for disaster declaration
PROVIDENCE -- President Bush has again turned down Governor Carcieri's appeal for a disaster declaration for The Station nightclub fire, and for aid through the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Fire commission to hear sprinkler testimony
PROVIDENCE -- The special legislative commission studying fire safety will hear tonight from experts in finance and insurance, who will speak about the financial benefits of fire sprinklers and programs to help pay for them.
Station property owner files own suit
PROVIDENCE -- The day after it was sued in federal court, the real estate partnership that owns The Station nightclub property filed its own lawsuit against the club's operators and five insurance companies.
Concerts benefit fire victims
Rhode Island's music community is reaching out to help the victims and families of The Station fire. Benefit shows are continuing to be held, and LIVE is carrying a schedule of each weekend's events. Here are this weekend's:
Update on fire victims
This is a list of people still hospitalized who were injured in the fire at The Station. The list was compiled from information supplied by the Rhode Island Department of Health, the hospitals, relatives and friends of the victims.
Help, memorial services, benefits
Donations to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund should be sent to the Rhode Island Foundation. Checks should be made payable to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund, c/o Rhode Island Foundation, One Union Station, Providence, RI 02903. Please ...
04/23/2003
FEMA again denies request for disaster relief
POSTED 7:20 p.m. ET
PROVIDENCE -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency has again denied Governor Carcieri's request for disaster relief in the wake of a deadly nightclub fire in West Warwick.
Triton Realty sues club operators, insurance companies
POSTED 7:40 p.m.
PROVIDENCE -- The day after it was named in a federal lawsuit, the real estate partnership that owns The Station nightclub property filed its own lawsuit against the club's operators and five insurance companies.
At PPAC, a positive spirit
PROVIDENCE -- Last night marked the first time Walter Castle Jr. ventured to a crowded concert space since Feb. 20, as he ran through flames and toxic smoke to escape the Station fire.
Lawyer files suit in federal court
"I'm suing everybody, everybody I know as a potential defendant."
List of victims
This is a partial list of people involved in the fire at The Station. The list was compiled from information supplied by the Rhode Island Department of Health, the hospitals, relatives and friends of the victims.
Help, memorial services, benefits
Donations to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund should be sent to the Rhode Island Foundation. Checks should be made payable to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund, c/o Rhode Island Foundation, One Union Station, Providence, RI 02903. Please ...
04/22/2003
First federal lawsuit in Station fire case includes state as defendant
POSTED 11:50 a.m. ET
PROVIDENCE -- The state of Rhode Island and 23 other defendants were named in a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court here today on behalf of two persons injured and a man killed in The Station nightclub fire.
Fire fundraiser at PPAC tonight
Updated 12 p.m. Tonight at the Providence Performing Arts Center, around 20 musical acts will come together for "A Night of Healing," a show to benefit the Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund.
Tragedy inspires Conn. to consider fire-code bill
Connecticut's local fire marshals could immediately close buildings where indoor pyrotechnics are a danger, and people who refuse such orders would face $200 to $1,000 fines and up to six months in prison, under a bill awaiting action in the state...
Update on the victims
HOSPITALIZED
Help, memorial services, benefits
Donations to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund
should be sent to the Rhode Island Foundation. Checks should be made payable to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund, c/o Rhode Island Foundation, One Union Station, Providence, RI 02903. Please ...
04/21/2003
First death benefit paid in workers' comp claim
PROVIDENCE -- The first workers' compensation death benefit has quietly been paid to the father of a 32-year-old man who died while working at The Station the night the club in West Warwick burned to the ground.
A partial list of victims
This is a partial list of people involved in the fire at The Station. The list was compiled from information supplied by the Rhode Island Department of Health, the hospitals, relatives and friends of the victims.
Help, memorial services, benefits
Donations to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund
may now be sent to the Rhode Island Foundation. Checks should be made payable to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund, c/o Rhode Island Foundation, One Union Station, Providence, RI 02903....
04/20/2003
THE STATION: Two brothers and a legacy of death
Michael Derderian sat quietly at the edge of the table and stared straight ahead. He didn't speak. He didn't cry. He just sat there.
Wide mix of acts
While co-organizer Ken Botelho said that the roster and order of acts was still fluid, the acts for "A Night of Healing," at press time, are:
List of victims
This is a partial list of people involved in the fire at The Station. The list was compiled from information supplied by the Rhode Island Department of Health, the hospitals, relatives and friends of the victims.
04/19/2003
Businesses worry about excessive regulation
PROVIDENCE -- Don't have a "knee-jerk reaction." Don't adopt "one-size-fits-all" solutions. And don't put people out of business.
Fire evidence to be stored in Cranston
PROVIDENCE -- A 4,000-square-foot warehouse at 225 Macklin St., Cranston, will be used to store the evidence that private lawyers have collected from the charred site of The Station nightclub, according to a lease agreement approved yesterday by...
List of victims
This is a partial list of people involved in the fire at The Station. The list was compiled from information supplied by the Rhode Island Department of Health, the hospitals, relatives and friends of the victims.
Help, memorial services, benefits
Donations to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund may now be sent to the Rhode Island Foundation. Checks should be made payable to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund, c/o Rhode Island Foundation, One Union Station, Providence, RI 02903.
04/18/2003
Link between alcohol, deaths may influence law revisions
PROVIDENCE -- People impaired by alcohol die in fires at nearly four times the rate of sober people -- a statistic likely to affect the state's overhaul of fire regulations, a key legislator has said.
In West Warwick, they laugh, sing and pause to remember
WEST WARWICK -- A small-town heartbreak calls for the tolling of bells on white-steepled churches and a moment of silence at the St. Patrick's Day parade. It also calls for a ham raffle, a spaghetti dinner at the bowling alley, and an electrician moonlighting as a karaoke-singing Elvis.
Evidence storage to be relocated
PROVIDENCE -- A glitch has arisen with the lease for the West Warwick warehouse that private lawyers were going to use to store evidence collected from the charred ruins of The Station nightclub.
List of victims
This is a partial list of people involved in the fire at The Station. The list was compiled from information supplied by the Rhode Island Department of Health, the hospitals, relatives and friends of the victims.
Help, memorial services, benefits
Donations to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund may now be sent to the Rhode Island Foundation. Checks should be made payable to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund, c/o Rhode Island Foundation, One Union Station, Providence, RI 02903.
Weekend events will benefit The Station relief fund
"Operation Station," a day-long family event featuring everything from karate to ballet, will be held Saturday at the Rhode Island Indoor Sports Center, 170 Jefferson Blvd., Warwick, to benefit The Station Night Club Relief Fund.
04/17/2003
New building found to store Station evidence
Posted 5 p.m. PROVIDENCE -- A glitch has arisen with the lease for the West Warwick warehouse that private lawyers were going to use to store evidence collected from the charred ruins of The Station nightclub.
R.I. inspectors find more than 300 buildings like Station
PROVIDENCE -- A statewide inspection blitz has so far identified more than 300 places of assembly that share three key elements with The Station nightclub: a liquor license, wood-framed "combustible" construction and no sprinklers.
Lung Association to screen fire victims
Some patrons of The Station nightclub who escaped the fire presumably unscathed could still develop respiratory problems, the American Lung Association of Rhode Island says, and it has launched an effort to identify and track them.
Concerts benefit fire victims
Rhode Island's music community is reaching out to help the victims and families of The Station fire. Benefit shows are continuing to be held, and LIVE is carrying a schedule of each weekend's events. Here are this weekend's:
List of victims
This is a partial list of people involved in the fire at The Station. The list was compiled from information supplied by the Rhode Island Department of Health, the hospitals, relatives and friends of the victims.
Help, memorial services, benefits
Donations to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund may now be sent to the Rhode Island Foundation. Checks should be made payable to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund, c/o Rhode Island Foundation, One Union Station, Providence, RI 02903.
04/16/2003
Safety checks slow down
PROVIDENCE -- The inspection blitz that Governor Carcieri ordered after The Station nightclub disaster has flagged thousands of code violations in more than 700 places of assembly, though the pace of inspections has recently slowed.
A partial list of victims
This is a partial list of people involved in the fire at The Station. The list was compiled from information supplied by the Rhode Island Department of Health, the hospitals, relatives and frinds of the victims.
Help, memorial services, benefits
Donations to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund
may now be sent to the Rhode Island Foundation. Checks should be made payable to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund, c/o Rhode Island Foundation, One Union Station, Providence, RI 02903.
04/15/2003
Is R.I. ready for fiery stunt?
PROVIDENCE -- In a lamentable case of bad timing, the circus comes to town this month trumpeting a fiery new act. And that has promoters nervous.
Evidence storage approved
PROVIDENCE -- A 9,000-square-foot warehouse in West Warwick will be used to store all the evidence that private lawyers have collected from the charred site of the fire at The Station nightclub, according to a lease agreement approved yesterday by ...
Hearing set on Station appeal
PROVIDENCE -- The Rhode Island Workers' Compensation Court will hold a hearing April 30 on The Station owners' appeal of a $1.06-million penalty for failing to carry the mandatory workers' compensation insurance.
$529,000 for R.I. fire trimmed from federal bill
WASHINGTON -- A $529,000 appropriation to help pay for the aftermath of the West Warwick nightclub fire was a casualty in the final bargaining over the $79-billion spending package for the war in Iraq.
A partial list of victims
This is a partial list of people involved in the fire at The Station. The list was compiled from information supplied by the Rhode Island Department of Health, the hospitals, relatives and friends of the victims.
Help, memorial services, benefits
Donations to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund may now be sent to the Rhode Island Foundation. Checks should be made payable to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund, c/o Rhode Island Foundation, One Union Station, Providence, RI 02903.
04/14/2003
Town examines how nightclub fire site should be used
POSTED: 5:30 p.m. PROVIDENCE - - The town of West Warwick is asking people directly affected by The Station nightclub fire to decide if the site of the deadly blaze should be turned into a memorial, despite its value in potential civil lawsuits.
Congress cuts Station fire funding from supplemental spending bill
POSTED: 4:50 p.m. WASHINGTON - - Funding to cover expenses related to The Station nightclub fire was stripped from the $78.5 billion wartime supplemental spending bill that passed the House and Senate last weekend.
Judge rules evidence from The Station will be stored in warehouse
POSTED 11:10 AM PROVIDENCE - - A warehouse in West Warwick will be used to store evidence civil attorneys have collected from the site of The Station nightclub fire, according to a ruling today in Superior Court.
Haunted by guilt, a fire survivor learns about a happy ending
It was the kind of night that could make a person question his character. After the fire, Jon Brennan wondered whether he had hurt someone during his struggle to live.
State catches up on fire inspections of nursing homes
PROVIDENCE -- In the wake of The Station fire, state officials had said fire inspections were lagging at nursing homes and other health-care facilities.
A partial list of victims
This is a partial list of people involved in the fire at The Station. The list was compiled from information supplied by the Rhode Island Department of Health, the hospitals, relatives and friends of the victims.
Help, memorial services, benefits
Donations to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund
may now be sent to the Rhode Island Foundation. Checks should be made payable to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund, c/o Rhode Island Foundation, One Union Station, Providence, RI 02903.
04/13/2003
Saving lives at the open gates of hell
WEST WARWICK -- Patrolman Stephen Vannini walked through the front doors of The Station nightclub, envious of his friend.
List of victims
This is a partial list of people involved in the fire at The Station. The list was compiled from information supplied by the Rhode Island Department of Health, the hospitals, relatives and friends of the victims.
Help, memorial services, benefits
Donations to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund may now be sent to the Rhode Island Foundation. Checks should be made payable to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund, c/o Rhode Island Foundation, One Union Station, Providence, RI 02903.
04/12/2003
Surgeons finish a marathon of skin grafts
PROVIDENCE -- Rhode Island Hospital surgeons on Wednesday performed the last of 41 skin-graft surgeries on victims of The Station fire, a milestone in an unprecedented medical journey for hospital and patients alike.
Nightclub's lack of sprinklers shows hole in code enforcement
The West Warwick nightclub fire has exposed a blind spot in the enforcement of the state's building code -- a blind spot that, according to the state's top building official, allowed The Station and other nightclubs to operate without sprinklers for ...
Tickets available for survivors, families
The Rhode Island Foundation and Comcast New England will provide free tickets to survivors and immediate family members of victims of the The Station nightclub fire to a benefit concert on April 22 at the Providence Performing Arts Center.
List of victims
This is a partial list of people involved in the fire at The Station. The list was compiled from information supplied by the Rhode Island Department of Health, the hospitals, relatives and friends of the victims.
Help, memorial services, benefits
Donations to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund may now be sent to the Rhode Island Foundation. Checks should be made payable to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund, c/o Rhode Island Foundation, One Union Station, Providence, RI 02903.
04/11/2003
Eerie scenario posed in '80s fireworks license exam
A nearly 20-year-old state pyrotechnics competency test warns with chilling foresight of possible manslaughter charges against the "club manager," the "band leader" and the "pyrotechnician" involved in any fatal fireworks disaster in a nightclub.
Rhode Island's former pyrotechnics exam
This multiple-choice test, administered by the state fire marshal's office, was recently retired. Although it dates back to at least 1985, one question (No. 18) poses a hypothetical disaster that almost perfectly describes The Station fire on Feb. 20, 2003.
Recovered cell phone's final call: 911
As The Station nightclub burned, some patrons were trapped in the bathroom. At least one of them called for help on her cell phone.
Help, memorial services, benefits
Donations to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund may now be sent to the Rhode Island Foundation. Checks should be made payable to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund, c/o Rhode Island Foundation, One Union Station, Providence, RI 02903.
Status of hospitalized victims
Status of hospitalized victims
04/10/2003
$1.06 million insurance penalty ordered
UPDATED 5:40 p.m. ET
PROVIDENCE -- The state Department of Labor and Training yesterday ordered The Station's owners to pay the maximum $1.06 million penalty for failing to carry the mandatory workers' compensation insurance and referred the case to the state attorney ...
Concerts benefit fire victims
Rhode Island's music community is reaching out to help the victims and families of The Station fire. Benefit shows are continuing to be held, and LIVE is carrying a schedule of each weekend's events. Here are this weekend's:
List of victims
This is a partial list of people involved in the fire at The Station. The list was compiled from information supplied by the Rhode Island Department of Health, the hospitals, relatives and friends of the victims.
Help, memorial services, benefits
Donations to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund may now be sent to the Rhode Island Foundation. Checks should be made payable to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund, c/o Rhode Island Foundation, One Union Station, Providence, RI 02903.
04/09/2003
Contract found at site lists capacity of 550
Private investigators combing through the ruins of The Station nightclub in West Warwick have recovered part of an unsigned contract between the club's owners and the band whose pyrotechnics set off the deadly fire.
State urges $1-million fine for owners
There are other cases where employers went without insurance for decades and they didn't even get a tenth of the maximum [fine].Jeffrey B. Pine
'Grandfather' clauses assailed
PROVIDENCE -- Places of assembly would lose "grandfather" exemptions from the fire code, and many would be compelled to install sprinklers under a bill endorsed yesterday by the House Corporations Committee.
State leases office near courthouse for fire investigators
PROVIDENCE --
A partial list of victims
This is a partial list of people involved in the fire at The Station. The list was compiled from information supplied by the Rhode Island Department of Health, the hospitals, relatives and friends of the victims.
Help, memorial services, benefits
Donations to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund
may now be sent to the Rhode Island Foundation. Checks should be made payable to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund, c/o Rhode Island Foundation, One Union Station, Providence, RI 02903.
04/08/2003
State House ceremony lauds victims, survivors
PROVIDENCE -- For Carol Shute, it was June 9, 2000.
A partial list of victims
This is a partial list of people involved in the fire at The Station. The list was compiled from information supplied by the Rhode Island Department of Health, the hospitals, relatives, and friends of the victims.
Help, memorial services, benefits
Donations to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund
may now be sent to the Rhode Island Foundation. Checks should be made payable to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund, c/o Rhode Island Foundation, One Union Station, Providence, RI 02903.
04/07/2003
Legislative fire safety commission postpones recommendations
PROVIDENCE -- Political momentum to toughen safety laws generally lasts about 90 days after a disaster before the public's attention wanders elsewhere, and the will to make hard changes evaporates, according to a federal fire official.
National forensic fire expert culls clues from Station ashes
WEST WARWICK -- John DeHaan gently scraped the edge of his shovel across a footstep-sized area of what had been the dance floor of The Station nightclub.
A partial list of victims
This is a partial list of people involved in the fire at The Station. The list was compiled from information supplied by the Rhode Island Department of Health, the hospitals, relatives and friends of the victims.
Help, memorial services, benefits
Donations to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund
may now be sent to the Rhode Island Foundation. Checks should be made payable to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund, c/o Rhode Island Foundation, One Union Station, Providence, RI 02903.
A partial list of victims
This is a partial list of people involved in the fire at The Station. The list was compiled from information supplied by the Rhode Island Department of Health, the hospitals, relatives and friends of the victims.
Help, memorial services, benefits
Donations to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund
may now be sent to the Rhode Island Foundation. Checks should be made payable to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund, c/o Rhode Island Foundation, One Union Station, Providence, RI 02903.
04/06/2003
Is it fair to blame the state fire marshal?
On the night of Feb. 20, State Fire Marshal Irving J. Owens was at home in Warwick, reading some paperwork, when the phone rang. It was one of his deputies, Richard U. James. There was a major fire in West Warwick.
Help, memorial services, benefits
Donations to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund may now be sent to the Rhode Island Foundation. Checks should be made payable to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund, c/o Rhode Island Foundation, One Union Station, Providence, RI 02903.
04/05/2003
Station rubble yields clues
WEST WARWICK -- Private fire investigators working with garden tools yesterday continued sorting through the charred heap of rubble that was The Station nightclub.
List of victims
This is a partial list of people involved in the fire at The Station. The list was compiled from information supplied by the Rhode Island Department of Health, the hospitals, relatives and friends of the victims.
Help, memorial services, benefits
Donations to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund may now be sent to the Rhode Island Foundation. Checks should be made payable to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund, c/o Rhode Island Foundation, One Union Station, Providence, RI 02903.
04/04/2003
Investigators pull out about 100 items from fire site
UPDATED: 5:32 P.M. ET
WEST WARWICK -- Fire experts used gardening tools to sift through the burned-out rubble of The Station nightclub today, setting aside furniture, foam products and other items that might help tell the story of the blaze that killed 99 people and injured about 180.
An everlasting transformation
WEST WARWICK -- In a few seconds on Feb. 20, a raucous nightspot became a disaster scene. Now, officials are contemplating another transformation at The Station nightclub, as they look into erecting a permanent memorial for those who died in the...
Tokens of love taken away
WEST WARWICK -- The town took down the memorial at the ruins of The Station nightclub yesterday. The task fell to men in coveralls who came to the place where their jobs had called and their friends had died.
Building official: R.I. code required sprinklers
PROVIDENCE -- The state building code commissioner suggested last night that state regulations should have severely restricted the size of The Station -- or required the owners to install sprinklers -- when the former restaurant became a nightclub.
PPAC concert on April 22 benefits Station fire victims
PROVIDENCE -- An April 22 musical concert titled "A Night of Healing" will benefit The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund, Governor Carcieri has announced.
List of victims
This is a partial list of people involved in the fire at The Station. The list was compiled from information supplied by the Rhode Island Department of Health, the hospitals, relatives and friends of the victims.
Help, memorial services, benefits
Donations to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund may now be sent to the Rhode Island Foundation. Checks should be made payable to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund, c/o Rhode Island Foundation, One Union Station, Providence, RI 02903.
04/03/2003
Town removing memorial items from fire site
WEST WARWICK / 12:55 p.m. -- Workers have started removing flowers, teddy bears, cards and other memorial items left at the site of The Station Nightclub fire.
Variety of musicians to play at fire benefit concert at PPAC
PROVIDENCE / 11:50 a.m. -- Bluesman James Montgomery, rocker John Cafferty and country singer Billy Gilman are among the musical artists set to play a benefit concert for The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund on Tuesday, April 22, Governor Carcieri announced this morning.
Lawyers scour Station site for liability
WEST WARWICK -- Investigators in overalls and lawyers in suits yesterday walked the glass-strewn, soot-covered floor of The Station where so many people died on Feb. 20.
For The Fonz, happy days are here again
COVENTRY -- Marc Blevins broke the ice his first day back.
Concerts benefit fire victims
Rhode Island's music community is reaching out to help the victims and families of The Station fire. Benefit shows are continuing to be held, and LIVE is carrying a schedule of each weekend's events. Here are this weekend's:
List of victims
This is a partial list of people involved in the fire at The Station. The list was compiled from information supplied by the Rhode Island Department of Health, the hospitals, relatives and friends of the victims.
Help, memorial services, benefits
Donations to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund may now be sent to the Rhode Island Foundation. Checks should be made payable to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund, c/o Rhode Island Foundation, One Union Station, Providence, RI 02903.
04/02/2003
Experts begin collecting potential evidence from fire site
WEST WARWICK / 12:20 p.m. -- Fire experts returned to the site of The Station nightclub fire this morning to begin the process of collecting material that could be useful in lawsuits resulting from the deadly blaze.
Owners admit workers' comp violation
CRANSTON -- Lawyers representing The Station's owners yesterday admitted that the nightclub operated for nearly three years without workers' compensation coverage, a violation of state law punishable by civil penalties of up to $1 million.
Senate committee OKs $529,000 for fire aid
WASHINGTON -- A key Senate committee has approved a $529,000 appropriation to help pay for the police overtime, investigative work and other state and local law-enforcement efforts in the aftermath of the fire at The Station nightclub in West...
Better to burn out than to die
PROVIDENCE -- Take a product that people light on fire and smoke, and then require it be manufactured so that it extinguishes faster.
Correction
The number of funerals The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund helped pay for was incorrect in an article in yesterday's Journal. The fund contributed to the costs of 90 of the 99 funerals.
List of victims
This is a partial list of people involved in the fire at The Station. The list was compiled from information supplied by the Rhode Island Department of Health, the hospitals, relatives and friends of the victims.
Help, memorial services, benefits
Donations to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund may now be sent to the Rhode Island Foundation. Checks should be made payable to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund, c/o Rhode Island Foundation, One Union Station, Providence, RI 02903.
04/01/2003
Senate panel OKs $529,000 toward fire costs
WASHINGTON / 5:30 p.m. -- A key Senate committee has approved a $529,000 appropriation to help pay for police overtime, investigative work and other state and local law enforcement efforts in the aftermath of the disastrous fire at The Station Nightclub in West Warwick.
Club owners to suggest penalty for lack of workers' comp
CRANSTON / 11:55 a.m. -- The owners of the nightclub in which a fire killed 99 people have a week to submit briefs suggesting a penalty for their failure to carry required workers' compensation for their employees.
Cicilline reversing fire-safety neglect
PROVIDENCE -- Some fire code violations at the city's public schools have outlasted the fire marshals and inspectors themselves.
Lawmakers weigh tougher rules for trucking fireworks
PROVIDENCE -- For the third year in a row, lawmakers are considering a bill backed by the state fire marshal that would tighten the regulations on the transportation of pyrotechnics in Rhode Island.
Judge approves tagging of nightclub fire debris
PROVIDENCE -- Lawyers and investigators working on potential civil lawsuits connected to The Station nightclub fire may designate items at the fire site -- even pieces of the building -- to be tagged and removed to a storage facility for...
Fire fund reaches $1.8 million
PROVIDENCE / Corrected 3 p.m. -- The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund had collected $1,812,000 through Friday, the last day that the United Way of Rhode Island was accepting donations for the fund.
A partial list of victims
This is a partial list of people involved in the fire at The Station. The list was compiled from information supplied by the Rhode Island Department of Health, the hospitals, relatives and friends of the victims.
Help, memorial services, benefits
Donations to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund
may now be sent to the Rhode Island Foundation. Checks should be made payable to The Station Nightclub Fire Relief Fund, c/o Rhode Island Foundation, One Union Station, Providence, RI 02903.
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