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University Place

Milwaukee's Palace of the West

Special | 40m 30sVideo has Closed Captions

Matthew J. Prigge shares the story of the 1883 fire at Milwaukee’s Newhall House Hotel.

Aired 11/05/2019 | Rating TV-G

University Place

Milwaukee's Palace of the West

Special | 40m 30sVideo has Closed Captions

Matthew J. Prigge shares the story of the 1883 fire at Milwaukee’s Newhall House Hotel.

Matthew J. Prigge, author of “Damn the Old Tinderbox!,” shares the story of the January, 1883 fire at the Newhall House Hotel in Milwaukee where more than seventy people perished.

Aired 11/05/2019 | Rating TV-G

University Place is a local public television program presented by PBS Wisconsin

University Place is made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

University Place

Milwaukee's Palace of the West

Special | 40m 30sVideo has Closed Captions

Matthew J. Prigge, author of “Damn the Old Tinderbox!,” shares the story of the January, 1883 fire at the Newhall House Hotel in Milwaukee where more than seventy people perished.

Aired 11/05/2019 | Rating TV-G

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