On 5/28/1977 the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire killed 165 and over 200 were injured in Southgate, Kentucky six miles outside of Cincinnati, Ohio. Constructed in 1937 and modified several times by 1976, the building created a sprawling complex. Around 3,000 patrons and 182 … [Read more...]
FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 5/27
On 5/27/1962 in Centralia, Pennsylvania a town dump fire ignited an exposed coal seam that is still burning after 60 years. The fire ignited a coal outcropping that spread to a network of mines beneath homes and businesses emitting poisonous gases and causing dangerous sinkholes … [Read more...]
FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 5/56
On 5/26/1828 a Manhattan, New York firefighter died in a building collapse during a fire. “In just a few minutes, an arson fire, which had been set in a livery stable, had spread to six or seven frame dwellings. Despite the valiant efforts of firefighters to stop the further … [Read more...]
FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 5/25
On 5/25/1843 the three-story brick Hotel Dixie on the corner of Monroe Street and Saint Augustine Street in Tallahassee, Florida was built in 1825 originally called the Washington Hall Hotel was the start of a fire that spread north consuming several wood-frame houses, stores, … [Read more...]
FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 5/24
On 5/24/1944 the Moose Hall fire killed ten people in Hamilton, Ontario after a flash fire swept through the crowded brick and wood dance hall structure at the corner of Wilson and Cathcart Streets. “Scores of persons jumped from second and third-story windows.” “Just after … [Read more...]
FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 5/23
On 5/23/1964 the All Hallows Church Parish Hall fire killed seventeen and injured seventy-five in San Francisco, California. “The fire started accidentally during the lighting of a fiery ceremonial sword during a Polynesian festival and quickly spread through the hall. A pan of … [Read more...]
FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 5/22
On 5/22/1892 a Saint Paul, Minnesota firefighter “was killed when he fell into the flywheel of the Stock Yard's feed elevator.” On 5/22/1898 a Toledo, Ohio firefighter was “killed by falling walls at Dow & Snell Wholesale Grocery, at Superior & Jefferson.” On 5/22/1903 … [Read more...]