This from Dan McInerney:
Today is the anniversary of the Stockyards fire, the Ankum/Stringer fire (CFD LODD vacant bldg fire) and the Keokuk triple LODD fire. While the Keokuk fire is not local, it still stands out as a triple LODD that NIST did a fire modeling study on
And this from the Chicago Tribune:
From the Chicago Tribune
#1 by James F. Bransfield on January 27, 2015 - 10:08 AM
George Murawski was my great grand uncle
DECEMBER 22, 1910 –
PIPEMAN GEORGE F. MURAWSKI OF ENGINE CO. 49
WALL COLLAPSED AT 4-11 & 7 SPECIALS (BOX # 2162)
MORRIS WAREHOUSE #7
NORTHWEST CORNER OF 44TH & LOOMIS
Was “Pipeman” another generic name for a Fire Fighter?
Thank you to all!
#2 by Phil Stenholm on December 24, 2014 - 12:35 PM
Fire at Nelson-Morris Warehouse #7 at 43rd & Loomis (Stockyards) 12-22-1910 4:09 AM
BOX ALARM:
Engines 39, 49, 52, 53, and 59
Truck 18
Battalion 11
2nd Deputy Chief Fire Marshal (Chief of 2nd Division)
Patrol 4 (Fire Insurance Patrol)
2-11
Engines 29, 36, and 64
Truck 14
Battalion 8
Patrol 3 (Fire Insurance Patrol)
4-11 (elevated/jumped from 2-11 to 4-11)
Engines 2, 23, 28, 48, 50, 61, 84, and 116
Truck 11
Battalions 10 and 16
Chief Fire Marshal
1st Special:
Engines 6, 8, 15, 16, and 25
2nd Special:
Engines 7, 9, 21, 103, and 104
Battalions 7 and 15
3rd Special:
Engines 18, 19, 32, 34, and 107
Battalion 9
4th Special:
Engines 60, 65, 66, 93, and 94
5th Special:
Trucks 4, 15, and 31 (all three H&L are HDA)
6th Special:
Engines 3, 12, 27, 31, 40, 45, 98, 100, and 105
21 firemen KIA (wall collapse):
Chief Fire Marshal James Horan
2nd Assistant Chief Fire Marshal William Burroughs
Lt & five firemen – Truck Co. 11
Two firemen – Truck Co. 18
Lt & Fireman – Engine Co. 23
Fireman – Engine Co. 29
Capt – Engine Co. 39
Fireman – Engine Co. 49
Capt – Engine Co. 50
Capt & two firemen – Engine Co. 59
Lt – Engine Co. 61
Lt – Engine Co. 64
#3 by Morgan on December 24, 2014 - 9:37 AM
Early firefighting was extremely difficult – no scba, radios, etc. Men with iron lungs and courage beyond reason.
I echo the sentiment … RIP
Chicago must have had really poor/primitive building codes not to have taken proximity into consideration.
#4 by K O'D on December 23, 2014 - 9:36 PM
RIP brothers and thanks for the service and sacrifice. I don’t understand how more comments are made on pictures of trucks rather than the men and women that have sacrificed everything.