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Grand Hotel Fire
Photographs of the Grand Hotel fire.
Fire Truck
Photograph of a Council Bluffs Fire Department Truck.
1905 Fire Association Convention.
Rescue 3 Station. Bryant & North Main. 1905 Fire Assocation Convention.
Fire at Willow & Bluff St.
Photograph of a fire at Dr. Margule's Residence.
Fire - Broadway & Nicholas
Photograph of a Council Bluffs fire.
Elder Court fire
Photographs of the Elder Court fire.
City Auditorium
A photograph of a fire truck testing a ladder at the Council Bluffs Auditorium.
Central Fire Station
A photograph of a fire engine in front of the Central Fire Station.
Fire Alarm System
Nerve center of city's 1951 fire alarm system is checked by city fire department personnel.
Firefighter statue.
Firefighter statute for the Council Bluffs Public Safety Plaza.
Three firefighters
A photograph of 3 Council Bluffs firefighters.
Council Bluffs Fire Department #3
A photograph of Council Bluffs firefighters and a horse drawn fire engine.
Two Children Die as Water Tank Falls
Two children were killed and their mothers injured when a 100-foot water storage tank collapsed and fell on their house. The tank, which had a storage capacity of 125,000 gallons, let loose a 100,000 gallon torrent of water and ice. The photo shows…
1988 Tornado
Photographs of the damage from the 1988 tornado in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Leaflet from Nielsen's airplane
Advertising leaflet that was dropped from Lieutenant Andy Nielsen's airplane.
Strand Theater Fire Inspection
In 1951, firefighters had to inspect the theater front's terra cotta decorations after several chunks of concrete toppled to the sidewalks, narrowly missing pedestrians.
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.
The Feeling Is Mutual
A mutual admiration society aptly describes Council Bluffs school bus driver Pat Murphy, 2516 Avenue A, and the kindergarten children of Hoover and Washington schools. "I love these children," Murphy says. And as for the children, "they would…