This from Steve Redick:
Going through my dad’s old scrapbooks I happened on the clippings for this job. A 5-11 and 1 Special for the grain elevator 506 W 51st Street, April of 1969. This was arguably the last wooden grain elevator left in the city. It was situated in a rail yard with no water and no real access for companies. The articles explain this as well.
This is a very special memory for me as I went to this fire with my dad. I was 9 at the time and it was the biggest fire I had ever seen. The radiant heat was extreme. Dad put me on the turntable of truck 18, a tractor-trailer FWD. I had just gotten my Kodak instamatic camera and was snapping away. Dad told me it was gonna collapse soon and when it did it was gonna get really really hot. I stuck my head out for just a second and grabbed a quick shot. It was my first real fire photo.
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#1 by grumpy grizzly on March 1, 2016 - 12:32 PM
Amazing how good the newspaper coverage was in those days and how piss-poor it is today. Granted we now have TV and instant coverage nowadays, but you will never see an article as informative and concise today.
#2 by interesting on March 1, 2016 - 11:41 AM
There’s no submit link for me to send this, but it would be cool if you did a posting about UIC EMS. I would like to know more about it.
http://uicems.uic.edu
It looks like they have both an ambulance and a gator.
I found an old news story of them responding with UIC police to woman who was dragged by a truck.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-uic-cop-rescues-woman-dragged-by-semi-im-glad-i-was-there-20150916-story.html
Is CFD coverage of the UIC area not good? This seems like the only area of Chicago I’m aware of that has a non-CFD ambulance responding.
I don’t know what area they cover, but I see UIC police patrolling all the way from Canal to Western, and Jackson to 18th street.
I’d love to know more about this.