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Surveying the remains of a house at 23rd N. 2nd St. destroyed early Wednesday by fire is Fire Chief Norman Elgan. One man was killed in the blaze.

Wiliam Grote, Chief Nov. 1, 1935 - Apr 1, 1938

Frank Hitchcock, Chief. May 1, 1914 to Oct. 1, 1920

WM. Sorenson, Chief Apr. 1, 1938 to Oct. 1, 1940

A fire started by a spark from a trash fire gutted a storage shed at the power house of the Christian Home and nearly destroyed the home of A. W. Fitz Sr. 2501 Eighth Ave.

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A photograph of a fire truck testing a ladder at the Council Bluffs Auditorium.

Co-op Building S.O.B.R.

Bud Seaman, yard manager for Cohoe Lumber Co., 25 S. 25th St., surveys the damage caused by a fire.

Continental Furniture Warehouse Fire

Photographs of Council Bluffs Central Fire Station

These Men Guard Council Bluffs Homes and Businesses From Destruction

Council Bluffs Fire Department

A photograph of Council Bluffs firefighters and a horse drawn fire engine.

Copy of a photograph of the Council Bluffs Fire Department take May 30, 1884. Names of firemen and horse on the back of photo.

Department photo

Dwarfies Fire between 12th & 13th Ave on South Main St.

Edward Neslon Wrestling Fireman poster

Photograph of firefighter at Elder Court Apartments fire.

Unidentified relatives of one of the apartment complex dwellers huddle under the eve of a nearby house with the small bit of clothing they salvaged from the blaze that destroyed the complex.

Firefighters put their weight on hoses at the Elder…

Photographs of the Elder Court Apartments fire
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