List of Fires
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Below is a list of reported fires at the park.
| Date | Ride(s) or Attraction(s) | Victims | Estimated Damage | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 4, 1907 | Theatorium Tours of the World Photographic Gallery (2) |
None | $5,000$170,992 in 2025 dollars | A firecracker thrown onto a tar roof caused a fire on July 4, 1907, destroying three attractions.[1][2][3][4] Read more about this fire. |
| Aug. 6, 1907 | None | None | $5,000$170,992 in 2025 dollars | One of the balloons used in the ascensions and parachute drops caught fire from the flame supplying the heat. A park employee threw a bucket of oil on the fire, thinking it was water, destroying the balloon. No one was hurt in the incident.[5] |
| July 16, 1911 | Ye Olde Mill (1) Johnstown Flood Temple of Mirth Penny Arcade (Midway) Coney Island Wonderland Theater |
James Andrews, 87 Earnest Parsons, 19 Five others |
$15,000 to $50,000$507,576 to $1.7 million in 2025 dollars | Fire broke out around 9:15 p.m. in the Old Mill and spread through the Midway, destroying five to seven attractions. Andrews and Parsons were slightly burned in the panic. The park reported there were only injuries, no deaths. A few fires were found that day and extinguished including a fire in a theater box.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] Read more about this fire. |
References
- ↑ "Boy Leads His Two Sisters Out of a Fire at Park." Columbus Evening Dispatch. July 5, 1907. Page 13.
- ↑ "Olentangy Park Fire Not Destructive." The Marion Daily Mirror (Marion, Ohio). July 29, 1907. Page 8.
- ↑ "An Airship Will Sail From Tuscora Park, Next Week Cromwell Dixon to Make Three Flights." The Daily Times (New Philadelphia, Ohio). Aug. 8, 1907. Page 2.
- ↑ "Fire Department Kept on the Run." Columbus Evening Dispatch. June 5, 1907. Page 15.
- ↑ "Oil, Instead of Water." Columbus Evening Dispatch. Aug. 7, 1911. Page 3.
- ↑ "Amusement Park Visited by Fire." Springfield News-Sun (Springfield, Ohio). July 17, 1911. Page 2. Accessed through Newspapers.com Clip 1 Clip 2
- ↑ "Fire Causes Panic." Oakland Tribune (Oakland, California). July 17, 1911. Page 5. Accessed through Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/oakland-tribune-1911-07-17/page/n3/mode/2up?q=%22Olentangy+Park%22
- ↑ "Olentangy Park Burns; Several Hurt in Panic." The Times Recorder (Zanesville, Ohio). July 17, 1911. Page 1. Accessed through Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-recorder-olentangy-park-burns/178439308/
- ↑ Photographs. The Columbus Evening Dispatch. July 17, 1911. Page 1.
- ↑ "Suspect Arson in Destructive Fire at Olentangy Park." The Columbus Evening Dispatch. July 17, 1911. Page 1.
- ↑ "Olentangy Park Fire Not Work of Arsonist." The Columbus Evening Dispatch. July 18, 1911. Page 3.
- ↑ "Fire Panic in Park Resort." The New York Times. July 17, 1911. Page 18.
- ↑ "Olentangy Park." The Columbus Evening Dispatch. July 22, 1911. Page 10.
- ↑ "Fire Spreads Panic at Columbus Park." The Zanesville Signal (Zanesville, Ohio). July 17, 1911. Page 7. Accessed through Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-zanesville-signal-fire-spreads-panic/178439742/
- ↑ "The Fire at Olentangy Park." The Galion Inquirer (Galion, Ohio). July 18, 1911. Page 4. Accessed through Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-galion-inquirer-the-fire-at-olentang/157633162/