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Manning an aerial ladder are Council Bluffs firemen, monitoring the progress of the intense fire at the elevator. Firemen from the Bluffs were joined by unites of the Omaha Fire Department in controlling the blaze, which started about 8:30 p.m.

Visiting Nurse's Association assisting Local #15 members in distributing Invalid Stickers.

Dousing the interior of the Wagon Wheel Tavern, 830 N. 8th St. are Council Bluffs Fireman Harold Jensen and Larry French in the snorkel rig.

Waldo Merrill, Chief Oct. 1, 1940 to Jan. 17, 1964

A city fireman pours water into a building at Thirteenth Street and West Broadway under the Broadway Viaduct. Officials say the fire may have been set.

Photograph of fire at 900 S. 8th St.

Sifting through the smoking remains of the office area of Warren Feed and Grain Co. are three Council Bluffs firefighters. The one story building was almost totally consumed by the blazing inferno in about an hour although thousands of gallons of…

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I.C. Water Tower 13th and Ave. N. Eng 1 Crew 8th and Main

Upstairs Downstairs Lounge B& B Auto Body 1015-17 West Broadway

Photograph of the Wickham Building fire.

Wigwam Grocery, Cunningham Grocery, Hansen's Pastry Shop 100-104 W Broadway.

Destroyed building housing the Sorey Bros. Construction Co. and the Fontenelle Frames and Upholstery Co. located along Highway 30 at the edge of Woodbine.

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Woolworth 5 & 10 Cent Store. 4th St. & Broadway.

World Radio Laboratory. 738-744 W. Broadway

World Radio Laboratories fire 738-744 West Broadway.
Asst. Chief Figgins

World Radio Laboratories building fire at 738-744 West Broadway.
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