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Chief Elgan
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.
Fire Fighters
Three unlabeled photographs of fires and firefighters.
Fire Fighters - Macedonia Rescue Units
Rescue units from Macedonia also service Carson and Henderson areas. Examining apparatus for broken bones are Herman DeWitt, a fireman called the "first aid chief" by his coworkers, Dale Hobson, acting of the volunteer fire department, and Lawrence…
Vanice Grain fire
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.
Pump shed fire
Firemen pour water on wreckage of the pump shed which was the scene of an explosion and fire which claimed one life.
Warehouse fire
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.
Warren Feed and Grain Co. fire
Photograph of fire at 900 S. 8th St.
Kindness, rope used to rescue dog from ravine
Friends for life . . . after a two-hour rescue ordeal are Mike Koger, Pottawattamie Animal Welfare Society and Boscoe, a stray Doberman pinscher. Koger and Council Bluffs firefighters had to rescue Boscoe Wednesday night after he jumped over a…
Firefighters
Photograph of Council Bluffs firefighters Bruce Talbot, Jim Gress, Calvin Petersen.
Captain Oamek and Mike Kilbane
Photograph of Fire Department Captain Oamek and Fire Department Mike Kilbane.
1010 5th Ave.
Firefighters near truck at house fire - 1010 5th Avenue.
Nuzum, R. Brown, DiBlasi, Lidgett, Foster, Chief Elgan, Holly, D. DeVine, Rutledge, and Koening.
Johnson, Hassler, Bronson and Nuzum treated at hospital for heat exhaustion and released.
Nuzum, R. Brown, DiBlasi, Lidgett, Foster, Chief Elgan, Holly, D. DeVine, Rutledge, and Koening.
Johnson, Hassler, Bronson and Nuzum treated at hospital for heat exhaustion and released.
Lou Lapsley
Photography of Lou Lapsley and falmily, Council Bluffs Fire Department.
William Grote
Photograph of Council Bluffs firefighter William Grote.
Central Fire Station
A photograph of a fire engine in front of the Central Fire Station.
Council Bluffs Fire Department #3
A photograph of Council Bluffs firefighters and a horse drawn fire engine.
Wigwam Grocery fire
Wigwam Grocery, Cunningham Grocery, Hansen's Pastry Shop 100-104 W Broadway.
House fire
Asst. Fire Chief Leo Fleming and Fire Chief Norman Elgan search for clues among burned debris from a house at 1902 Seventh Avenue Saturday in which burned to death. The man was identified as Roy Stutleberg, 39.
Elder Court Apartments Fire
Photograph of firefighter at Elder Court Apartments fire.