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Monday, February 2, 2015

The Fire Buff Club

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12 hrs · Edited ·

This is a fantastic book:

"History of the Volunteer and Paid Fire Department of the District of Columbia, 1800-1936." It was written by Deputy Chief Philip W. Nicholson and recounts many of the major fires he attended during his half-century career.

Link to online edition:

This is a fantastic book:

"History of the Volunteer and Paid Fire Department of the District of Columbia, 1800-1936." It was written by Deputy Chief Philip W. Nicholson and recounts many of the major fires he attended during his half-century career.

Link to online edition:

http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/002026991

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January 22 at 6:12am · Edited ·

Elizabeth, New Jersey: This city was the scene of three comercial airline accidents over three months - December 1951, January 1952 and February 1952. A total of 119 people died; most aboard the aircraft, others on the ground. The third accident led to a four-month closure of Newark Airport, where the flights originated. elizabethnjfire.com photo shows firemen at site of Dec. 16, 1951 crash of Miami Airlines flight that killed all 56 people aboard.

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January 13 at 1:49pm ·

Tyler, Texas: Fire at Elk's Club, June 27, 1939.

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January 13 at 1:41pm ·

Sandpoint, Idaho: Fire on First Street, 1941.

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January 13 at 1:32pm · Edited ·

Marshfield, Massachusetts: Engine 3 of neighboring Duxbury at hydrant at 1941 conflagration.

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January 13 at 7:09am ·

Detroit: High pressure water unit, circa 1950s.

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January 6 at 6:45am ·

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January 6 at 6:40am ·

The Pulmotor, introduced by Germany's Draeger company in 1907, was the first artificial respiration device that could automatically deliver gas and/or air at specific volumes. Designed to resuscitate victims of mine disasters, the pulmotor became popular in the fire service for case of smoke inhalation, electric shock, heart attack, etc. Pulmotors were used extensively in Europe and the U.S. as late as the 1940s. In some cities, power companies operated "pulmotor squads."

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January 5 at 6:39am ·

DFJ blog: MIDWEST TRUNK & BAG

DENVERFIREJOURNAL.BLOGSPOT.COM|BY DENVER FIRE JOURNAL

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January 2 · Edited ·

Canon City, Colordao: On Oct. 3, 1929, eight guards and five inmates died in a riot, fire and botched escape at the Colorado state penitentiary. The Canon City Fire Department received mutual aid from Pueblo and other cities. The penitentiary was also the scene of blaze a few months later that destroyed he tailor and carpenter shops Feb. 1, 1930 during another botched escape.

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December 18, 2014 · Edited ·

Winnepeg, Manitoba: On March 3, 1954, fire raced through two hotels. Both collapsed "into a heap of charred rubble," the Associated Press reported. The sole casualty was Edward Gray, 40, a fireman who was overcome by smoke and treated at a hospital, AP said.

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December 18, 2014 · Edited ·

Halifax, Nova Scotia: On March 2, 1939, a fire at the Queen Hotel on Hollis Street claimed 26 lives. Many others were injured. The hotel was buillt in sections between 1849 and 1908. "Floors began to collapse before the building could be evacuated, and a fireman said he saw the bodies of two children plunge into the flames," the United Press reported. Whipped by an ocean wind, flames spread to an adjacent building and the Greek Orthodox church, "reducing them to ashes," UP said.

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December 17, 2014 ·

Champaign, Illionis: On March 17, 1915, fire gutted the Wolfe Lewis department store. Flames leapt to a building across the street. At the height of the blaze, the entire business district was in danger.

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December 16, 2014 · Edited ·

Cleveland, Ohio: On May 15, 1929, a fire at the Cleveland Clinic claimed 123 lives. The blaze started in the basement where an exposed light bulb ignited nitrocellulose x-ray film, releasing poison gas and triggering a pair of explosions. "Rescuers found evidences of the suddenness with which disaster came to those inside the building on every hand," the Associated Press reported. Battalion Fire Chief James P. Flynn and his driver, Louis Hillenbrand, dropped a ladder to a fou...

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December 15, 2014 · Edited ·

Boston: Scene on Summer Street. Blankets protect fire horses from cold.

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December 12, 2014 ·

40th Anniversary: On Dec. 13, 1974, an arson fire swept the Worsley Hotel in the Maida Vale section of London, killing 7 people - including a probationary firefighter named Hamish ``Harry'' Petit. Three other firefighters were injured. The story of the Worsley Hotel fire was recorded by journalist Gordon Honeycombe in the book ``Red Watch.''