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| Date: | 02 18 1996 |
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| Description: | A stream of water shoots into the front entrance of the burning, smoking Hotel Washington. The crumpled hotel sign still hangs on the balcony. |
| Date: | 02 18 1996 |
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| Description: | Firefighters attempt to extinguish the blaze destroying the Hotel Washington. Most of the building has collapsed. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Construction debris litters the ground around the fourth Wisconsin State Capitol (third in Madison) as reconstruction of the capitol proceeds after the 190... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Men working on the reconstruction of the fourth Wisconsin State Capitol (third in Madison) after the 1904 fire. |
| Date: | 11 1918 |
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| Description: | Members of the Droster Family stand among the remains of the Droster Brothers General Store after it burned down in November. It was located across the str... |
| Date: | 11 06 1964 |
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| Description: | Fire fighters battling a fire at the Art Brush Creations and Industrial Research printing plant in downtown Middleton. |
| Date: | 01 13 1914 |
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| Description: | Smoke billowing from windows on the State Street (left) and Carroll Street (right) sides of the Wisconsin Building. Fire fighters on ladders are working fr... |
| Date: | 01 13 1914 |
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| Description: | A policeman, center, keeping an eye on bystanders as firemen on ladders fight a fire at the Wisconsin Building on State Street. The building housed the Com... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Edgewood Villa, built in 1854, which was bought by Governor C.C. (Cadwallader) Washburn in 1873. Later, the grounds and building becam... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Group of people standing near two buildings which burned in 1893. In the center background is Edgewood Villa, a home purchased by Governor C.C. (Cadwallade... |
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| Description: | View across street towards Sid standing on the back of a fire engine with a cigar in his mouth. A police officer wearing a uniform and a badge is standing ... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the damage from the fire. Burned logs are in the foreground, and pieces of burned and broken machinery is among the broken foundation. Men... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Twelve photographs and one letterhead are mounted on a board with captions. The photographs cover the time before and after a fire in 1909 when the company... |
| Date: | 05 03 1957 |
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| Description: | Bjarne Bendixson on his hands and knees, leaning over his dog, Sandy, wrapped in a blanket. They were saved by their housekeeper when fire flashed through ... |
| Date: | 09 28 1957 |
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| Description: | Three firemen are spraying water on a fire at the abandoned North Western Railway ice house, located on South Brearly Street along the railroad tracks betw... |
| Date: | 01 06 1958 |
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| Description: | Explosion and fire in the 200 block of North Bassett Street caused the deaths of William and Gladys McGrath and destruction of five buildings. Firemen are ... |
| Date: | 12 02 1958 |
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| Description: | Fire scenes at a three-story, converted mansion at 7 East Gilman street. Two men are carrying stacks of clothing near the front entrance. Ladders are leani... |
| Date: | 02 19 1959 |
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| Description: | Madison firemen fighting an apartment fire at 146 West Johnson street. |
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