The Pulmotor was an early 20th Century pressure-driven device for reviving people overcome by smoke, fumes or in respiratory distress. This is a photo of a victim of a waterworks tunnel accident in Cleveland, Ohio.
Wednesday, December 20, 2023
Tuesday, December 19, 2023
MISSOULA ROXY - 1994
On Feb. 19, 1994, fire struck the Roxy Theater in Missoula, Montana, following the matinee.
"Ruled as arson and unsolved to this day, rumors persisted, describing a sleazy underworld of nefarious characters and jealous lovers who had both been promised the theater" upon the owner's death, according to the Roxy's website.
Today, it is a community non-profit theater.
The Roxy was was built in 1937.
UNION PACIFIC MILL - 1910
Before the fire
The roof collapsed shortly after the arrival of firefighters.
The Boomerang newspaper reported a locomotive spark ignited the fire. The Republican newspaper said the blaze started in one of the stacks.
CRUSADE FOR JUSTICE - 1973
On March 17, 1973, an explosion rocked the Crusade for Justice building at 1547 Downing Street in Denver during a police raid and gun battle. The Crusade for Justice was an activist organization affiliated with the Chicano movement.
RUNS & WORKERS
On Aug. 29, 1951, the community of Lindon, in Washington County, Colorado, about 80 miles east of Denver, was the site of a major blaze. Five gasoline storage tanks exploded, Brush (Colorado) News-Tribune reported.
Denver's Engine 3 laying out at rowhouse fire in 1970s or 1980s.
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House fire in Colorado Springs in March 2015 with Engine 1 and Truck 8 on scene.
Flames engulf Point of Rocks filling station in Rock Springs, Wyoming, on Feb. 6, 1970.
Fire report in Alamosa (Colorado) Journal on Dec. 15, 1905.
On Jan. 4, 1897, fire destroyed the Wyoming State Hospital in Rock Spring, Wyoming. All patients were safely evacuated. The institution was rebuilt and renamed the Wyoming General Hospital.
Photo: Poudre Fire Authority
On the job in Fort Collins, Colorado, in late 1920s or 1930s. The pump is churning and the hose lines are charged.
On the job in Fort Collins, Colorado, in late 1920s or 1930s. The pump is churning and the hose lines are charged.
Photo: Lake County Geneaology
Fire roars at Lake County Courthouse in Leadville, Colorado. Date pf photo unknown.
Fire destroyed the Union Pacific Railroad depot in Laramie, Wyoming, on Oct. 17, 1917 .
Greeley's telephone operator traced a false fire alarm call at the request of the city's fire chief, as reported in the Dec. 11, 1922 edition of the Greeley (Colorado) Tribune.
Sunday, December 17, 2023
BROOMFIELD - 2018
On June 27, 2018, North Metro Fire Rescue crews battle a fierce house fire in the 7000-block of West 119th Place in Broomfield, Colorado. "All residents were able to evacuate safely in time, but the house was destroyed by the heavy flames and smoke, and the family lost some of their pets in the home," North Metro said.
BAKER RESERVOIR - 2023
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Photo: Adams County Fire Rescue
On Feb. 12, 2023, firefighters rescued a 155-pound St. Bernard that fell through the ice on Baker Reservoir in Adams County, Colorado. The dog's owner "did the exact right thing by calling 911, not going out to the ice, and giving dispatchers the information as to exactly where they were located," Adams County Fire Rescue said.
COLE CREEK - 1923
A remote railroad bridge collapsed east of Casper, Wyoming, after days of rain and a passenger train went off the tracks at the washout into Cole Creek, killing an estimated 30 people on Sept. 27, 1923.
"Being on a curve, the bridge was not visible to the headlights of the train until it was too late," Wikipedia said. "The only surviving member of the train or engine crew stated that the emergency brakes were only applied just before the train plunged off the rails."
Roundhouse, track and bridge gangs responded on rescue trains from Casper and came upon travelers trapped atop a sleeping car, according to Wikipedia.
"A cable rope obtained from the Big Muddy oil field was thrown over to the marooned sleepers" and "men, women and children went hand-over-hand from the sleeper to the east bank, a distance of more than 150 feet," the Dallas Morning News said.
Denver's Rocky Mountain News reported a man crossed the cable with a baby in his arms "tied in an old gunny sack."
Wikipedia said the train consisted of seven cars, and was operated jointly by the Burlington and the Colorado and Southern. The Associated Press said Train No. 30 was bound for Denver from Casper. The locomotive and smoking car were completely submerged, AP said.
This is an excerpt of a dispatch on the front page of the Sept. 30, 1927, edition of the Rocky Mountain News by Deane H. Dickason:
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CASTLEWOOD DAM - 1933
At 11th Street in Denver
On Aug. 3, 1933, the Castlewood Dam crumbled, sending a deluge roaring for many miles.
Up to nine inches of rain caused the dam to fail and seven people died in Denver, according to the National Weather Service.
"Pounding down on Franktown, tiny village on a hillside four miles below the dam, the surging tide swept on six miles to Parker, at times on a mile-wide front, and picked up tons of debris as it swirled into suburban Denver and sent Cherry Creek on a rampage through the heart of the city," the Associated Press reported.
"Denver police and firemen with sirens going full blast sped through the Country club residential district warning everyone to flee from their homes in the lowland area. Emergency ambulance corps took invalids from many homes," AP said.
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