95 people lost their lives when a fire broke out in the school. The school was not up to the current fire safety codes because churches were grandfathered in. The engraved granite monument consists of three separate engraved monuments and hold the names of all 95 victims of the fire.

• http://www.bluejeansplace.com/OurLadyoftheAngelsFireMemorial.html
• http://www.ezl.com/~fireball/Disaster05.htm
• To Sleep with the Angels, by David Cowan and John Kuenster, Chicago, IL: Ivan R. Dee Publisher, 1996. ISBN 1-56663-102-5.
• The Fire That Will Not Die, by Michele McBride. Palm Springs, CA: ETC Publications, 1979. ISBN 0-88280-066-3 (original), ISBN 0-88280-152-X (reissue)