08/30/2004
Group gears up for Station memorial
WEST
WARWICK -- Eighteen months after a fire leveled The Station nightclub
and killed 100 people, homespun monuments erected by grieving families
and well-wishers are all that stand at the corner lot at 211 Cowesett
Ave.
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08/29/2004
To Watch Over Them
CRANSTON
-- The Eternal Angel will watch over the graves of The Station
nightclub fire victims at St. Ann Cemetery. Standing 13 feet tall and
weighing 2 tons, the angel will be the centerpiece of a memorial for
the fire victims buried at the...
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08/20/2004
26 defendants added to Conn.-based Station fire suit
Posted 10:12 a.m.
PROVIDENCE
-- Lawyers added 26 more defendants to a federal lawsuit on behalf of
eight Connecticut residents who were killed or injured in The Station
nightclub fire last year.
08/19/2004
Derderians liable for $1-million fine in Station tragedy
A
judge for the state Workers' Compensation Court yesterday ordered the
state to hold the owners of The Station nightclub personally liable for
a $1.06-million state penalty against their company for failing to
carry workers' compensation insurance.
State agencies mostly agree with report on fire response
PROVIDENCE
-- State agencies agree with most of the recommendations of a
consulting firm that studied the emergency response to The Station
nightclub fire, but warn that putting some of the suggestions into
practice would require money in the...
Comedy Central's Dane Cook to lead healing laughter for Station families
The
Station Family Fund, a charitable organization established to help
those affected by The Station nightclub fire, will hold its second
benefit comedy show tomorrow at the Providence Performing Arts Center.
08/18/2004
Judge: Derderians personally liable for $1.06M workers' compensation penalty
Updated 12:37 p.m.
PROVIDENCE
-- A Workers' Compensation Court judge ruled today that the owners of
The Station nightclub are personally liable for a $1.06-million penalty
against their company for violating the state workers' compensation
insurance law.
Agencies answer consultant's findings on emergency response
Posted 2 p.m.
PROVIDENCE
-- As requested, state agencies that dealt with The Station nightclub
fire and its aftermath have given Governor Carcieri their reactions to
a security consultant's report on the state's handling of the tragedy.
08/12/2004
Mass. lawmakers re-enact tougher fire code law
BOSTON -- House and Senate lawmakers have re-enacted a bill making sweeping changes to the state's fire code after discovering that an earlier version sent to Gov. Mitt Romney's desk was worded in such a way to make it virtually meaningless.
Station liability ruling delayed
PROVIDENCE -- The owners of The Station nightclub yesterday lost a bid to dismiss part of the state's workers' compensation case that would hold them personally liable for the $1.06-million penalty against their company.
08/05/2004
Judge to rule on Derderians' personal liability
A state Workers' Compensation Court judge yesterday heard opposing arguments about whether Michael and Jeffrey Derderian can be held personally liable for a $1.06-million penalty against their company for violating the state workers' compensation insurance law.
Path of the complaint
March 5, 2003: The state Department of Labor and Training's Division of Workers' Compensation files a complaint against the company that owned The Station, Derco LLC, and its owners, Jeffrey and Michael Derderian. The complaint charges that The Station had no workers' compensation coverage for nearly three years before the nightclub burned to the ground on Feb. 20.
08/04/2004
State: Derderians should be held liable in workers' comp case
PROVIDENCE -- The owners of The Station nightclub should be held personally liable for failing to have workers' compensation insurance for their employees, the state argued today in Workers' Compensation Court.
08/03/2004
Recordings reveal confusion in transport of Station victims
PROVIDENCE -- Thirty minutes after ambulances had taken the last of the injured from The Station nightclub fire, Miriam Hospital heard a rumor of another wave of burn victims on the way.
Police diagram shows many perished in area of nightclub with no way out
A diagram of The Station nightclub made public yesterday under court order shows 26 of those who died were found in a rear section of the club with no direct exits.
Fire magnitude sinks in as crews arrive
The call goes out to all four West Warwick fire stations -- four engines, a tower/ladder truck, and a supervisor's vehicle: "Respond to The Station on Cowesett Avenue, for a report of a fire. . . Police are on scene reporting this fire at this time, 23:10."
08/02/2004
Station fire audiotapes reveal offers of help, frantic scene
PROVIDENCE -- Several residents who saw flames shooting from The Station nightclub or heard dozens of ambulances and fire trucks racing to the horrific scene called rescue workers in the hours after a deadly blaze erupted to ask how they could help, audiotapes released today show.
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