Council Bluffs, Iowa]]> Driver Cavett, 45, Dies During Fire - Collapsed In Run From Falling Wall November 20, 1950
Tragedy, Pathos And Humor Sidelight The Morning Fire November 20, 1950
Fire Damage . . . November 20, 1950
Crushed Truck . . . November 20, 1950
Start Cleanup Of Main Street Fire - Still Pouring Water On Smoldering Wreckage November 21, 1950
Thar She Goes - November 21, 1950
Meter Saver - November 21, 1950
Cause Of Fire Not Determined - Des Moines Inspector Praises City Firemen November 22, 1950
Oil Burner May Have Caused Fire - Chief Tells Of His Investigation November 26, 1950]]> Council Bluffs, Iowa]]> Council Bluffs, Iowa]]> Thar She Goes - Spectacular aftermath of Monday's $250,000 fire here occurred in the afternoon when front walls of two gutted buildings were knocked down. Shown toppling here are the shells of the South Main Furniture Company (center) and Nick's Tavern (right). A heavy steel ball swung by the dragline at left battered the facades, knocking them onto a rubble heap on the two lots.

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Meter Saver - Willis Shrader, superintendent of city parking meters, removes a meter head so it will not be damaged when the wall behind him is knocked down. To get to the meter, Shrader had to hammer through inches of ice, formed by water from fire hoses.]]> Main_Street_Fire_1950_11_21_1950_002.jpg]]> Top Floor Falls - Here the fourth floor of the L.H. Katelman company building buckles and starts its fall to South Main Street. The third-floor front of the building, for the most part, fell inward. A fireman can barely be seen atop the ladder, leaning against the Morphy Drug Company building.

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Injured Fireman Earl Hansen . . . is aided by Capt. Jack Cochran, Driver Robert Madigan and E.W. Olsen of 100 Fourth Street.

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Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Katelman . . . watch their hardware store go up in flames. Man at right is unidentified.]]> Main_Street_Fire_1950_11_20_1950_008.jpg
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]]> Council Bluffs, Iowa]]> Fire Damage . . . seem from the alley entrance on First Avenue includes burned-out Jensen Apartments wall rubble in alley (center), and shell of Brooder Supply Company warehouse (far right).

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Crushed Truck . . . becomes a platform for fire fighters after rear walls of the burning building cave in on it. The falling wall broke an electric power line, holding icicles on track back. The truck belongs to the South Main Furniture Company. ]]> Main_Street_Fire_1950_11_20_1950_006.jpg]]>