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| Date: | 12 11 1926 |
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| Description: | Fire destroyed the Atlas Flour Mill, causing an estimated $100,000 in damage. Thirteen engine companies, six truck companies, and two fire boats fought the... |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | Fire fighters use an International fire and rescue truck with an eighty-five foot mounted ladder to fight a fire, possibly as part of a training exercise. ... |
| Date: | 04 15 1950 |
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| Description: | Fire fighters from neighboring communities help put out at a nighttime fire in the downtown business district. |
| Date: | 03 20 1935 |
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| Description: | View across street towards the Madison Steam Laundry, at 433 State Street, the scene of a fire. In front of the building is a fire truck with extension lad... |
| Date: | 01 13 1929 |
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| Description: | Flames light up the night as fire fighters hose down the Jeffery Brothers Automobile Preparing and Storage building at 621 University Avenue in an attempt ... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Fire fighters standing amid smoking timbers aim their hoses to douse the flames. |
| Date: | 02 27 1904 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin State Capitol fire, showing a crowd watching near the South Wing. Some of the contents of the building are already in wagons ready to be hauled a... |
| Date: | 02 27 1904 |
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| Description: | Fire at the third Wisconsin State Capitol, showing the South Wing, and spectators gathered on the path. Some of the salvaged contents of the building are s... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | International Model H fire truck owned by the Brookfield Fire Department. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Fire fighters posing with their International Model H fire truck. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | The Madison City Water Works pumping station at the intersection of Gorham and Livingston which provided pressure to the city's mains. A group of people st... |
| Date: | 06 17 1915 |
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| Description: | Several men try to extinquish a fire in an ice house, which is known as the Conklin Fire. |
| Date: | 05 11 1947 |
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| Description: | Firemen at the scene of the Doyon Lumber Company fire, 638 West Mifflin Street. The Fiore coal silos are visible in the background. |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Firefighters handle a fire hose connected to an International Model G or 61 fire truck operated by the "Canadian Fire Department." |
| Date: | 01 20 1927 |
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| Description: | A man is sitting behind the wheel of an International Model S fire truck used operated by the Center Moriches Fire Department. The text on the truck reads:... |
| Date: | 07 09 1926 |
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| Description: | An International Model S truck used as a fire truck and attached to a trailer holding a long, folded ladder sits parked outside Engine House No. 2. The sig... |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | Fire fighters battle a controlled fire during training with an International Harvester Scout 80 4x4 mounted with a fire apparatus. |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | International Harvester Scout 80 outfitted for use by the forest fire patrol. The truck was dubbed "Smokey JR". |
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