Posts Categorized: History
Race To The Bottom – Part Three
The workers and security personnel labored quickly and diligently to snuff the blaze but they were no match for the rapidly spreading conditions.
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Race to the Bottom – Part Two
Triangle became the 1911 poster child of what were concerted efforts to not only improve fire safety, but working conditions and wages as well.
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Race to the Bottom
On Saturday March 25, 1911 as the work day was ending, smoke was noticed as a fire flared up in a scrap bin under a cutter’s table in the northeast corner on the eighth floor.
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Lessons Learned …. Or Not? – Conclusion
Conclusion: The Great Sacrifice
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Lessons Learned …. Or Not? – Part Three
Lesson Three - Building a Disaster
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Lessons Learned …. Or Not? – Part Two
Lesson Two of Four – The Construction of the Exposition Begins
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Lessons Learned …. Or Not?
Lesson One of Four - Burnable Chicago
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Truth IS Stranger (Than Fiction) – Part Four, Conclusion
Truth IS Stranger
(Than Fiction)
A Historical Vignette
by Tom Parquette
Part Four, Conclusion - The Roundup Continues
(This article begins with Part One HERE
Continue with Part Two HERE. Part Three is HERE.)
It was 1986 and it se…
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Truth Is Stranger (Than Fiction) – Part Three
Now the state takes an interest in Kermit
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Truth IS Stranger (Than Fiction) – Part Two
Now We Get To Know Wig a Little Better
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Truth IS Stranger (Than Fiction) – Part One
On the bank of the Tug Fork River, in Mingo County, sits the community of Kermit, West Virginia.
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Crime: Arson in Connecticut – Part Three
Conclusion. Court transcripts from the various criminal proceedings, the civil suit against Moeller, the insurance proceedings and various appelate processes indicate a total of some $68 million in claims for damages resulted from this arson.
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Crime: Arson in Connecticut – Part Two
Part Two of Three - The Backstory
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Crime: Arson in Connecticut – Part One
Fire Chief Leroy Brainerd of the Shelton, Connecticut, Fire District was presiding as Master of Ceremonies for the Derby (Massachusetts) Fire Department's Past Captains banquet late in the evening of March 1, 1975.
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They Called Him “Bum” …. Bum Farto – Part 3
"Bum, Call Home"
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They Called Him “Bum” …. Bum Farto – Part 2
Joseph Farto was born in a run down wooden house behind then-Key West fire house #1 on July 3, 1919.
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They Called Him “Bum” …. Bum Farto
Key West has always been known for it's colorful characters.
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March 20, 1943
A memorable date in St. Louis Fire Department history...
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Fire Claims Historic Krasna Horka Castle in Slovakia
KRASNA HORKA, A MONUMENTAL GOTHIC CASTLE in eastern Slovakia, burned down Saturday.
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The Little Engine (Maker) That Could …. And Did – Part 3
Nott barreled head-on into the new century offering new equipment and addressing, or at least trying to address, the advent of motorized fire apparatus.
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The Little Engine (Maker) That Could …. And Did – Part 2
An effort was underfoot to eliminate virtually all competition among manufacturers and it got dirty. Very dirty.
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The Little Engine (Maker) That Could …. And Did
Let's look at the W.S. Nott Company of Minnesota fame.
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March 4 – A Tragic Anniversary
IT WAS 104 YEARS AGO, MARCH 4, 1908 that one of the most heart-rending fires in American history occurred.
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Have We Learned From Our Past? – A Historical Commentary
April 16, 1947 was just another spring day even in 1947.
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Race to the Bottom – Conclusion