Title
Fires In C.B. File #1 (to 12-30-1978)
Subject
Local news
Description
Fires In C.B. File #1 (to 12-30-1978)
Spectacular Fires In Council Bluffs October 21, 1952
Billowing Black Smoke And Flames . . . October 21, 1952
Vainly Fight For Warehouse . . . October 21, 1952
Tanks Blow Up In Blaze October 21, 1952
$500,000 Damage In 4-Alarm Fire; 2 Buildings Burn October 21, 1952
Question Theory Of Fire's Origin - Huge Gasoline Tank Is Found Intact October 22, 1952
3 Business Firms Burn On Broadway - Second Major Blaze In Two Weeks Does $100,000 Damage November 4, 1952
Smoke Pours From Ruins Of 13 Months Old Blaze November 23, 1953
$250,000 Fire Loss At World Radio Building - Man Who Couldn't Sleep Helped Save 25 Persons January 4, 1954
State Officials Help With Probe January 4, 1954
Red Cross, Friends Aid Fire Victims January 4, 1954
Firemen Probe Cause Of $100,000 Blaze - Brown Plans Quick Rebuilding Job . . . March 25, 1957
$150,000 Fire Destroys Raven Feed Plant Here - Simpson Not Sure About Rebuilding April 30, 1959
Tower Of Smoke: April 30, 1959
Directing a Hose . . . April 30, 1959
Warehouse Blaze: September 4, 1959
Three City Firemen Injured During Five Hour Blaze At Ford Storage Co. - No Estimate Of Damage September 4, 1959
Fire Damage At $141,506 In 1959 January 7, 1960
Fire At Old Lumber Yard Spreads To Ford Building - No Estimate On Damage October 28, 1961
One Death In Blast-Fire At Oil Plant; Cause Is Unknown - $15,000 To $20,000 Damage August 9, 1962
Fire Damages The Legion Club - Water Seeps Into Three Other Places November 21, 1962
Woodworking Plant In C.B Destroyed By Fire - Bergstrom Firm Had 20 Employees November 27, 1962
Griffin Blast Injures 13; $1 Million Damage Seen
Fire Damages Future Foam Co. - Cause Has Not Been Determined November 18, 1963
Foam Factory Fire: November 18, 1963
Implement Co. Leveled By Fire March 28, 1964
Fire Damages Plating Firm Building On S. Main Street May 5, 1964
Probe Fire At Sioux Plating Co. May 6, 1964
Big Fires In Bluffs Since 1952 February 14, 1966
Probe Cause Of Machine Shop Blaze July 18, 1966
Warehouse Fire Damage: $50,000 - Owned By Katelman Bros. December 9, 1966
Furnace Blast At Gunn School Badly Burns Custodian Dixon - About 300 Pupils Evacuated May 15, 1967
Minor Fire At Rest Home Here May 15, 1967
Burns Fatal To Dixon; Seek Cause Of Gas Blast - Gunn Pupils Back In School May 16, 1967
$250,000 Damage To Super Value Store - Three Alarm Fire April 1, 1968
House Fire Claims Life Of Man, 86 March 15, 1969
Rural C.B. Home Destroyed By Fire January 19, 1970
Three Hurt In Blaze - Home Heavily Damaged November 16, 1970
Fire Guts Power House December 6, 1970
Department Store Destroyed By Fire December 10, 1970
Cleanup Of Blaze Begun By The City December 11, 1970
Fire Guts Duplex December 29, 1970
Bluffs Woman Dies After House Fire March 2, 1971
Fire Damage $75,000 - Started In Kitchen Area January 1, 1972
One Major Fire Sneaks In Under 1971's Wire January 9, 1972
Blaze Destroys Farm Duplex Near Crescent January 14, 1972
Fire Razes Apartments - Building Now An Ice Cube January 14, 1972
Minus Temperatures Make Hot Fire A Cold One January 14, 1972
Apartment Dwellers Flee Into Cold Night January 14, 1972
Chief Thanks Men For Their Work January 14, 1972
Red Cross, Post Office Offer Help January 14, 1972
1971 Bluffs Fire Worst In Iowa January 16, 1972
Man Hospitalized After Minden Fire February 1, 1972
Suspect Thieves Started Fire Inside Stork Club March 21, 1972
Man Dies During Late Friday Fire April 15, 1972
No New Leads In Fatal Fire April 20, 1972
Four Fires Reported July 27, 1972
Fire Chief Says Four City Fires May Be Arson July 27, 1972
C.B. Man Charged After Fiery Night July 29, 1972
Arson Suspected In Fire At Bluffs Warehouse August 4, 1972
Feed Building Sustains Heavy Damage In Fire February 1, 1973
Tavern Destroyed By Fire June 29, 1973
Two Alarms Turned In As Fire Destroys Sale Barn November 27, 1973
Fire Guts Building; Man Dies December 6, 1973
Elevator Building Destroyed In Three- Alarm Fire - 150-Foot Flames Seen Over City December 20, 1973
A Spectacular Fire December 20, 1973
Walnut Co. Building Is Damaged May 3, 1974
Smoke Pours From Building May 3, 1974
Loss Of Theater 'Terrible, Sad' - Strand Operator Joella Cohen: December 12, 1974
Firemen Praised For Efforts - Chief Elgan Commends Men December 12, 1974
Businessmen Want To Save Theater Front December 12, 1974
Overnight Fire Guts The Strand December 12, 1974
The Silver Screen Silent Once Again December 12, 1974
Smoke Damage Reaches Down To Rogers Jewelry December 12, 1974
House Fire Kills Man January 1, 1975
Fatal Fire Is Blamed On Furnace January 2, 1975
C.B. Feed Firm Damage Is Heavy February 5, 1976
During . . . . And After February 5, 1976
Boys Help Save Neighbor's Home When Fire Breaks Out March 23, 1976
Kirn Students Homeless - School Heavily Damaged By Sunday Fire October 4, 1976
Arrest Three For Breakin At Kirn October 4, 1976
His Namesake Burned - Mr. Kirn Views Ruins October 4, 1976
Officials Will Assess Damage (Kirn) October 4, 1976
Probe Fire Cause - Chemicals Burn November 22, 1976
Joker Fire Not Funny February 18, 1977
One Dead In Sunday Fire June 6, 1977
Wiring Blamed In Fatal Fire June 14, 1977
Officials Suspect Arson In 5 Bluffs Area Blazes August 29, 1977
Fire Officials Seek Answers - Couple Dies December 9, 1977
Wiring Caused Fatal Home Fire December 11, 1977
Bluffs Man Dies In Fire February 5, 1978
One Dies; Arsonist Suspected February 15, 1978
Police Seek Suspect In Barracks Fire February 16, 1978
Fire Kills Pair March 24, 1978
Smoking Cause Of Deadly Blaze March 28, 1978
City Seeking Answers About Two Fire Deaths April 11, 1978
No Fault By Fire Officials In 2 Deaths April 18, 1978
Bluffs Man Charged With Arson Of House October 5, 1978
Cause Of Carpet Blaze Unknown October 23, 1978
Fire Leaves Woman, Family Without Home November 1, 1978
Black Person Persists, Rescues Scared Woman November 9, 1978
One Critical, 10 Homeless After Fires November 9, 1978
Moffett Dies From Nov. 8 Fire November 17, 1978
Family Of Five Escapes Late Night House Blaze December 11, 1978
Fire Caused By Smoking November 16, 1978
Two Buildings Gutted In Overnight Blaze December 29, 1978
Billowing Black Smoke And Flames . . . October 21, 1952
Vainly Fight For Warehouse . . . October 21, 1952
Tanks Blow Up In Blaze October 21, 1952
$500,000 Damage In 4-Alarm Fire; 2 Buildings Burn October 21, 1952
Question Theory Of Fire's Origin - Huge Gasoline Tank Is Found Intact October 22, 1952
3 Business Firms Burn On Broadway - Second Major Blaze In Two Weeks Does $100,000 Damage November 4, 1952
Smoke Pours From Ruins Of 13 Months Old Blaze November 23, 1953
$250,000 Fire Loss At World Radio Building - Man Who Couldn't Sleep Helped Save 25 Persons January 4, 1954
State Officials Help With Probe January 4, 1954
Red Cross, Friends Aid Fire Victims January 4, 1954
Firemen Probe Cause Of $100,000 Blaze - Brown Plans Quick Rebuilding Job . . . March 25, 1957
$150,000 Fire Destroys Raven Feed Plant Here - Simpson Not Sure About Rebuilding April 30, 1959
Tower Of Smoke: April 30, 1959
Directing a Hose . . . April 30, 1959
Warehouse Blaze: September 4, 1959
Three City Firemen Injured During Five Hour Blaze At Ford Storage Co. - No Estimate Of Damage September 4, 1959
Fire Damage At $141,506 In 1959 January 7, 1960
Fire At Old Lumber Yard Spreads To Ford Building - No Estimate On Damage October 28, 1961
One Death In Blast-Fire At Oil Plant; Cause Is Unknown - $15,000 To $20,000 Damage August 9, 1962
Fire Damages The Legion Club - Water Seeps Into Three Other Places November 21, 1962
Woodworking Plant In C.B Destroyed By Fire - Bergstrom Firm Had 20 Employees November 27, 1962
Griffin Blast Injures 13; $1 Million Damage Seen
Fire Damages Future Foam Co. - Cause Has Not Been Determined November 18, 1963
Foam Factory Fire: November 18, 1963
Implement Co. Leveled By Fire March 28, 1964
Fire Damages Plating Firm Building On S. Main Street May 5, 1964
Probe Fire At Sioux Plating Co. May 6, 1964
Big Fires In Bluffs Since 1952 February 14, 1966
Probe Cause Of Machine Shop Blaze July 18, 1966
Warehouse Fire Damage: $50,000 - Owned By Katelman Bros. December 9, 1966
Furnace Blast At Gunn School Badly Burns Custodian Dixon - About 300 Pupils Evacuated May 15, 1967
Minor Fire At Rest Home Here May 15, 1967
Burns Fatal To Dixon; Seek Cause Of Gas Blast - Gunn Pupils Back In School May 16, 1967
$250,000 Damage To Super Value Store - Three Alarm Fire April 1, 1968
House Fire Claims Life Of Man, 86 March 15, 1969
Rural C.B. Home Destroyed By Fire January 19, 1970
Three Hurt In Blaze - Home Heavily Damaged November 16, 1970
Fire Guts Power House December 6, 1970
Department Store Destroyed By Fire December 10, 1970
Cleanup Of Blaze Begun By The City December 11, 1970
Fire Guts Duplex December 29, 1970
Bluffs Woman Dies After House Fire March 2, 1971
Fire Damage $75,000 - Started In Kitchen Area January 1, 1972
One Major Fire Sneaks In Under 1971's Wire January 9, 1972
Blaze Destroys Farm Duplex Near Crescent January 14, 1972
Fire Razes Apartments - Building Now An Ice Cube January 14, 1972
Minus Temperatures Make Hot Fire A Cold One January 14, 1972
Apartment Dwellers Flee Into Cold Night January 14, 1972
Chief Thanks Men For Their Work January 14, 1972
Red Cross, Post Office Offer Help January 14, 1972
1971 Bluffs Fire Worst In Iowa January 16, 1972
Man Hospitalized After Minden Fire February 1, 1972
Suspect Thieves Started Fire Inside Stork Club March 21, 1972
Man Dies During Late Friday Fire April 15, 1972
No New Leads In Fatal Fire April 20, 1972
Four Fires Reported July 27, 1972
Fire Chief Says Four City Fires May Be Arson July 27, 1972
C.B. Man Charged After Fiery Night July 29, 1972
Arson Suspected In Fire At Bluffs Warehouse August 4, 1972
Feed Building Sustains Heavy Damage In Fire February 1, 1973
Tavern Destroyed By Fire June 29, 1973
Two Alarms Turned In As Fire Destroys Sale Barn November 27, 1973
Fire Guts Building; Man Dies December 6, 1973
Elevator Building Destroyed In Three- Alarm Fire - 150-Foot Flames Seen Over City December 20, 1973
A Spectacular Fire December 20, 1973
Walnut Co. Building Is Damaged May 3, 1974
Smoke Pours From Building May 3, 1974
Loss Of Theater 'Terrible, Sad' - Strand Operator Joella Cohen: December 12, 1974
Firemen Praised For Efforts - Chief Elgan Commends Men December 12, 1974
Businessmen Want To Save Theater Front December 12, 1974
Overnight Fire Guts The Strand December 12, 1974
The Silver Screen Silent Once Again December 12, 1974
Smoke Damage Reaches Down To Rogers Jewelry December 12, 1974
House Fire Kills Man January 1, 1975
Fatal Fire Is Blamed On Furnace January 2, 1975
C.B. Feed Firm Damage Is Heavy February 5, 1976
During . . . . And After February 5, 1976
Boys Help Save Neighbor's Home When Fire Breaks Out March 23, 1976
Kirn Students Homeless - School Heavily Damaged By Sunday Fire October 4, 1976
Arrest Three For Breakin At Kirn October 4, 1976
His Namesake Burned - Mr. Kirn Views Ruins October 4, 1976
Officials Will Assess Damage (Kirn) October 4, 1976
Probe Fire Cause - Chemicals Burn November 22, 1976
Joker Fire Not Funny February 18, 1977
One Dead In Sunday Fire June 6, 1977
Wiring Blamed In Fatal Fire June 14, 1977
Officials Suspect Arson In 5 Bluffs Area Blazes August 29, 1977
Fire Officials Seek Answers - Couple Dies December 9, 1977
Wiring Caused Fatal Home Fire December 11, 1977
Bluffs Man Dies In Fire February 5, 1978
One Dies; Arsonist Suspected February 15, 1978
Police Seek Suspect In Barracks Fire February 16, 1978
Fire Kills Pair March 24, 1978
Smoking Cause Of Deadly Blaze March 28, 1978
City Seeking Answers About Two Fire Deaths April 11, 1978
No Fault By Fire Officials In 2 Deaths April 18, 1978
Bluffs Man Charged With Arson Of House October 5, 1978
Cause Of Carpet Blaze Unknown October 23, 1978
Fire Leaves Woman, Family Without Home November 1, 1978
Black Person Persists, Rescues Scared Woman November 9, 1978
One Critical, 10 Homeless After Fires November 9, 1978
Moffett Dies From Nov. 8 Fire November 17, 1978
Family Of Five Escapes Late Night House Blaze December 11, 1978
Fire Caused By Smoking November 16, 1978
Two Buildings Gutted In Overnight Blaze December 29, 1978
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Source
Daily Nonpareil
Publisher
Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Archives
Date
October 1952 thru December 30, 1978
Format
Document
Type
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Identifier
Fires In C.B. File #1 (to 12-30-1978)
Coverage
Council Bluffs, Iowa
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