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Fire on 500 Block Broadway
Photograph of fire on 500 Block West Broadway. Shows horse drawn fire carts and many spectators.
Wagon Factory Fire
Photograph of a Wagon Factory that burned. Ken Greulach took the pictures when he was a kid
Site a blaze
City Electrician L. W. Roper, rear, and Fire Chief Waldo Merrill enter the burned out home of Mrs. Richard M. Allen at 3207 Sixth Ave. after the fire was extinguished. Four of Mrs. Allen's five children died in the blaze Wednesday night. Story on…
Fund drive started for mother of fire victims
Discussing details . . . of the Eilene Allen fund are Mrs. John Tyson, treasurer; the Rev. Antonion Ramirez, president; Mrs. George White, secretary. --Nonpareil Photo.
Fund drive started for mother of fire victims
Ready to leave . . . Mercy Hospital are Mrs. Eilene Allen and her son, Billie.
One hearse carried 4 caskets to Oaklawn Cemetery Sunday
Roses for mother. . . of the four Allen boys buried Sunday in these white caskets are plucked from the sprays at her request by the Rev. Raymond Lott at the cemetery near Oakland. --Nonpareil Photo.
Historical Society of Pottawattamie County Member Journal
October 2006 Historical Society newsletter.
Historical Society of Pottawattamie County Member Journal
September 2003 Historical Society newsletter.
Historical Society of Pottawattamie County Member Journal
September 2016 Historical Society newsletter.
Omaha Cable Power House
Eight photographs of Omaha's Cable Power house after a fire. January 1899.
Tar Kettle Fire
Photograph of a Tar Kettle fire on north Main street, Sept. 7, 1900.
$150,000 Fire Destroys Raven Feed Plant Here; Simpson Not Sure About Rebuilding
Swinging Aerial ladder...into position--shortly after 5 a.m.--firemen prepare to pour water on the blazing roof of the Raven Feed Plant elevator. A few moments later Pipeman Early Hanson, atop the ladder, directed a stream of water onto the…
Mother Saves Baby As Four Sons Die In Fire
Inspecting Bedroom...at 3207 Sixth Avenue where the bodies of the fours children of Mrs. Richard M. Allen were found is Fire Capt. Earl Foster. The young brothers suffocated. Other Nonpareil Photo on page 12.
100 Feet Of Track Damaged By Fire On Railroad Trestle; Believed Started By Passing Train
Engineer F.L. Morris...returns to his train after emptying his fire extinguisher on burning trestle.
Elder Court Apartments Fire
Photograph of firefighter at Elder Court Apartments fire.
Warren Feed and Grain Co. fire
Photograph of fire at 900 S. 8th St.
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.
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.
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.