A sad story of ruins
| Title: | A sad story of ruins | 
| Description: | Coney Island amusement park fire. Caption: "A sad story of ruins--On the left is wreckage of what once was the world-renowned Mile Sky Chaser. On the right are the ruins of another famous Luna Park attraction, the Dragon's Gorge, where the fire is said to have originated."  | 
		
| Date: | 1944 | 
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)  | 
		
| More Details: | 
				On verso: date stamped: Aug. 13, 1944. Title from caption on verso.  | 
		
| Collection: | Coney Island						
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| Subject: | 
			
				Amusement parks Amusement rides Fires  | 
		
| Institution: | Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection. | 
| Medium: | 
				Gelatin silver prints. Photographic prints.  | 
		
| Rights: | Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Brooklyn Collection at Brooklyn Public Library | 
		
| ID: | CONE 0088 | 

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