3/28/1960 the Cheapside Street whisky bond fire in Glasgow, Scotland killed nineteen firefighters. The fire broke out in a bonded warehouse owned by Arbuckle, Smith and Company in Cheapside Street, Anderston, Glasgow around 7:15 p.m. Fire was reported as smoke coming from a … [Read more...]

3/27/1841 The first steam fire engine was test by designer P. Hodge at City Hall in New York, the 14-foot long 7-ton contraption threw a 1-½ inch stream of water over the flagpole. City firefighters hated the engine, they believed it would replace the hand pump and put them all … [Read more...]

3/26/1873 a Philadelphia, PA firefighter died of head injuries while operating at fire at 16th and Spruce. 3/26/1892 a Chicago, IL firefighter died after he was injured while fighting a fire at the Cribben and Sexton Stove Foundry at 84th E. Erie Street. “Firefighters … [Read more...]

3/25/1911 the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire left 146 dead in New York City. The company employed approximately 500 workers, mostly young immigrant women some as young as twelve working 60 to 72 hours a week sewing clothes. The company occupied the top three floors of the … [Read more...]

3/24/1893 two Denver, CO firefighters “were killed from the injuries they sustained after a wall had collapsed on them at the Summit Fuel and Feed Company fire.” 3/24/1899 a Cleveland, OH firefighter died “while operating at a fire in a machine shop, he was killed when he was … [Read more...]

3/23/1895 four Denver, CO firefighters “died when a floor collapsed during a fire at the St. James Hotel. All but one member of Hose Company No. 3 lost their lives. The men were groping about in the blinding smoke in the rotunda and the cement floor gave way, causing them to fall … [Read more...]

3/22/1890 an Indianapolis, IN firefighter “died as a result of injuries he sustained in the building collapse at the bookstore on March 17th.” 3/22/1902 a Detroit, MI firefighter “died from injuries he sustained after having fallen through a roof and into the … [Read more...]

3/21/1881 a Newark, NJ firefighter died while “he was fighting his first fire when he got separated from the rest of his company. He was found dead on the second floor due to smoke inhalation.” 3/21/1885 two Chicago, IL firefighters “died following a structural collapse during … [Read more...]

3/20/1905 Brockton, MA, a boiler explosion, and fire claimed fifty-eight lives at the R. B. Grover & Company, a four-story wooden (heavy timber) shoe factory. 360 of the 450 employees were working when the old out of service fire-tube boiler was reconnected. The faulty boiler … [Read more...]

3/19/1877 a Denver, CO firefighter was killed from the injuries he sustained after being caught by a falling wall. 3/19/1902 a Brooklyn, New York (FDNY) firefighter drowned while operating at a fire aboard a steamer ship. “He was operating on an ice-covered dock on Governors … [Read more...]