On 2/27/1975 the New York Telephone exchange fire was the largest loss of telephone service in the United States until 9/11/01 when the main distribution frame was destroyed at the telephone building at 204 Second Ave & East 13th Street. The building was erected in two … [Read more...]
FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 2/26
On 2/26/1993 the World Trade Center (WTC) was bombed. The extremist attack killed six people and injured 1,165; over 50,000 people were evacuated in New York after terrorists planted over 1,000 pounds nitrourea bomb, with hydrogen cylinders in a Ryder Econoline van on the B-2 … [Read more...]
FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 2/25
On 2/25/1882 a Corvallis, Oregon firefighter died at a grain mill fire when a wall of the structure collapsed and fell on him. On 2/25/1900 a Detroit, Michigan firefighter died of the injuries he sustained after being caught under a falling smokestack. On 2/25/1904 a Manhattan, … [Read more...]
FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 2/24
On 2/24/1857 a Springfield, Ohio firefighter was “killed from the crushing injuries he sustained while operating at a house fire when a portico fell on him.” On 2/24/1862 a Boston, Massachusetts firefighter “suffocated from heavy smoke, during a four-alarm fire in the building … [Read more...]
FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 2/23
On 2/23/1991 the One Meridian Plaza fire claimed the lives of three firefighters in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. One of the most significant high-rise fires in U.S. history. “Construction on the 492’ tower began in 1968, was completed in 1972, and approved for occupancy in 1973. … [Read more...]
FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 2/22
On 2/22/1902 a New York, New York hotel fire killed sixteen and injured about fifty at Park Avenue, between Thirty-Second and Thirty-Third Streets in Manhattan. “Most of the dead were guests with rooms on the upper stories of the hotel or on the fifth floor, which had the … [Read more...]
FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 2/21
On 2/21/1897 a Hartford, Connecticut firefighter “died of the injuries he sustained while operating at Box 26.” On 2/21/1899 a Milwaukee, Wisconsin firefighter was killed at the Wisconsin Chair Company fire, in Port Washington. “The entire Wisconsin Chair Company's Plant and six … [Read more...]