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Five photos of the Blue Star & Continental Kellar Warehouse Fire

Photographs of fire at Blue Star Foods Inc garage at 1509 S. Main St. that spread to Continental Keller Company warehouse at 1501 S Main St.

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Blue Star Continental-Keller 16th Ave. Main $500,000

Council Bluffs firefighters spent hours in Omaha assisting with a four-alarm fire. Capt. Donald Barritt and his crew manned the snorkel unit which poured water in the front of the Karbach building at Fourteenth and Douglas.

Photography of a fire at Broadway Cleaners

Sapp-Maurer Wickham Blk. Broadway at Scott Street

Photographs of fire at Brown's Shoe Fit Co., 413 W. Broadway.

Bumper steamer. Street is of wooden blocks.

1940 LaFrance 750 Gallon
1939 Dodge First Emergency Unit
Captain J. Cockran
Driver R. Gates

Capt H. Keegan - D. Baxley

Photograph of Fire Department Captain Oamek and Fire Department Mike Kilbane.

Central Fire Station

Photograph of building fire at 515-517 S. Main.

A photograph of a fire engine in front of the Central Fire Station.

A postcard of the Council Bluffs Central Fire Station.

Central Station. Ed Walker Sr. on crutches, lost his foot under hose wagon while training. Given lifetime job to drive Chiefs buggy and later Chief's car, for 25 years with a wooden leg.

Central Station

Chas. Nicholson, Chief (1907 to May 1, 1914) First Chief under Civil Service

A Council Bluffs firefighter inspects damage to the kitchen of the Chester Brooks home at 2026 Avenue L. Fire inspectors believe fume from gasoline ignited from a kitchen appliance. Three persons in the home were injured.
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