Above left: Children survey the aftermath. The Ark, Coal Mine, Merry-Go-Round, gone forever. Paradise lost.
Above right: The twisted remains of the Jack & Jill Slide.
Left: Another view of Jack & Jill Slide.
Below: Most of the pier and Casino survived.
Above: Looking toward Old Orchard Street. Noah's Ark and Coal Mine and the Moon Ride reduced to ashes. The Palace Playland pavilion looms in the background.
Above right: Ironically, the only recognizable objects amongst the ruins are the Moon Ride's fleet of five Pretzel cars, still eerily queued as if awaiting yet another journey through the ill-fated ride in which the inferno originated.
