The monument listing the names of the victims of the Italian Hall disaster, which occurred on Dec. 21, 1913, is scheduled to be installed in the Italian Hall Memorial Park on Seventh Street around the first week of November, according to Mike Lahti, Italian Hall Memorial committee chairman. In addition to installing the monument, the committee is also in the process of replacing some of the brick paving stones at the entrance to the park with poured concrete.

“It was kind of treacherous to walk on,” Lahti said, “so, we got rid of that, and it’s going to be all continuing concrete, until you get to the good bricks that are fairly level, that aren’t going to injure anybody.” The concrete will also make the park more handicapped accessible, allowing people to read both sides of the sign at the park entrance. The monument, which is of black granite stone, weighs 8,000 pounds, Lahti said.