Two Firemen Die in Denver Furniture Fire
DENVER, Colo., March 30 (UP).
Two Denver firemen were killed and three others injured Sunday when the interior of a furniture warehouse collapsed during an early morning fire.
The dead were identified as Fred Erb, 23, and Leonard Shire, 36.
They were trapped in the basement of the Miller Furniture Company warehouse at 1640 Larimer Street when its second and third floors collapsed, spilling tons of furniture – littered debris into the street.
The other three escaped when fellow firemen chopped to them from the basement of an adjoining building.
Damage in the blaze, which completely gutted the 3-story building, was estimated at more than $125,000.
Source: Published in the Dallas Morning News in Dallas, TX on March 31, 1952.
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Two Firemen Are Killed, 10 Hurt in Denver Fire
DENVER, March 30 (UP)
Two firemen died and ten others were injured in a fire during the night on Denver's old Larimer Street, once one of the city's proudest streets and no a jumble of pawn shops, bars and rooming houses.
Firemen Leonard Shire, 36, and Fred Erb, 23, were trapped in the debris when the top two floors of a three story brick warehose collapsed.
The warehouse was stacked from the basement up with new furniture and the owner, Art Farn, estimated his loss at $125,000 or more.
A rooming house and a hotel, on either side of the warehouse were damaged but some of 70 persons were evacuated with injury.
Source: Published in the Advocate in Baton Rouge, LA on March 31, 1952.
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MD Crawls in Fire, Eases Pain; 2 Dead
Denver (AP) Bodies of two firemen were dragged from the gutted ruins of a three-story building in Denver's old business district yesterday. Four men caught in the debris were brought out alive as 12 men altogether were hospitalized for injuries.
One of the men, Herman Orbloom, 26, was carried out alive to an ambulance after being pinned for more than four hours by timbers across his shoulders.
The dead were identified as Leonard Shire, 36, and Fred Erb, 23.
SURGEON RISKS LIFE
Dr. Harry Goldman, police surgeon, had crawled into the shaft to administer a sedative to Orbloom, after he had remarked: "For God's sake, cut this off, men, and get me out of her."
Rescuers were working by giant floodlights and using jacks, power saws and ladders to search out Erb.
Two men were taken from the wreakage earlier. They were Ronnie Butts, 24, and Capt. John De Jong, 40.
When Butts was helped out on the shoulder of a friend, he murmured: "Hello Coky. Tet Orbloom out so I know he's all right."
"I'm the luckiest man alive," said De Jong. " I had to crawl over two men to get out."
Art Farn, manager of the furniture company, said the three-story brick building was worth about $50,000 and the furniture packed on all three floors about another $70,000.
Two small hotels flanking the gutted structure were damaged. Their occupants were evacuated.
An explosion while the blaze was at its height blew out the front of the building and send the upper floors crashing on six firemen.
FIRE CAPTAIN TRAPPED
"I saw a miracle," said Fire Capt. George Kinney. He was able to walk out after firemen tore wreckage off him with their bare hands. He was trapped in the debris for more than an hour.
In addition to the three rescued from the companionway, nine other firemen were rushed to Denver General Hospital for emergency treatment.
Numerous persons with cars parked in front of the building were unable to get to their automobiles as fire fighting equipment, all available pieces in Denver, were alerted, and debris kept them from reaching parking places.
The building was on Larimer Street in lower downtown Denver, famous in mining boom days. The street now is in the city's skid row.
Source: Published in the Boston Daily Record in Boston, MA on March 31, 2013.
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Two Denver Firemen Die
Trapped When Floor of Building Falls
Denver, Colo. (AP)
Two firemen died and 10 others were injured in a fire during the night on Larimer Street, once on of the city's proudest streets and now a jumble of pawnshops, bars and rooming houses.
Firemen Leonard Shire, 36, and Fred Erb, 23, were trapped in the debris when the top floors of a three-story brick warehouse collapsed.
The warehouse was stacked from the basement up with new furniture and the owner, Art Farn, estimated his loss at 125 thousand dollars or more.
Source: Published in the Omaha World Herald in Omaha, NE on March 31, 1952.
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Denver Fire Claims 2 Lives
Denver, March 30 (AP)
Two firemen died and 10 were injured in fire during the night on Denver's old Larimer St., once on of the city's proudest streets and now a jumble of pawn shops, bars and rooming houses.
Firemen Leonard Shire, 36, and Fred Erb, 23, were trapped in the debris when the top two floors of a three story brick warehouse collapsed.
The warehouse was stacked from the basement up with new furniture and the owner, Art Farn, estimated his loss at $125,000 or more.
A rooming house and a hotel, on either side of the warehouse, were damaged but 70 persons were evacuated without injury.
Assistant Chief Richard T. Parks said the cause of the blaze was not immediately determined.
It was believe the two floors fell in when gas fumes accumulated and ruptured the old building, spilling 20 or more tons of rubble into the basement and the street.
Source: Published in the San Diego Union in San Diego, CA on March 31, 2013.
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Two Firemen Killed In Fire in Denver
Denver, March 30 (INS)
Two firemen were killed and 10 others injured early today in a fire at the three-story Miller Furniture Co. warehouse in Denver.
Damage was estimated at $125,000. Leonard Shire, 36, and Fred Erb, 23, were buried under tons of falling brick and timber while fighting the blaze.
Three other fire fighters were saved by their co-workers. One man, Herman Orbloom, 26, was trapped for four hours by huge timbers.
Source: Published in the Springfield Union in Springfield, MA on March 31, 1952.
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Leonard Shire: Social Security Death Index (SSDI) Death Record
Name: Leonard Shire
State of Issue: Colorado
Date of Birth: Sunday December 03, 1916
Date of Death: March 31, 1952
Est. Age at Death: 35 years, 3 months
DENVER, Colo., March 30 (UP).
Two Denver firemen were killed and three others injured Sunday when the interior of a furniture warehouse collapsed during an early morning fire.
The dead were identified as Fred Erb, 23, and Leonard Shire, 36.
They were trapped in the basement of the Miller Furniture Company warehouse at 1640 Larimer Street when its second and third floors collapsed, spilling tons of furniture – littered debris into the street.
The other three escaped when fellow firemen chopped to them from the basement of an adjoining building.
Damage in the blaze, which completely gutted the 3-story building, was estimated at more than $125,000.
Source: Published in the Dallas Morning News in Dallas, TX on March 31, 1952.
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Two Firemen Are Killed, 10 Hurt in Denver Fire
DENVER, March 30 (UP)
Two firemen died and ten others were injured in a fire during the night on Denver's old Larimer Street, once one of the city's proudest streets and no a jumble of pawn shops, bars and rooming houses.
Firemen Leonard Shire, 36, and Fred Erb, 23, were trapped in the debris when the top two floors of a three story brick warehose collapsed.
The warehouse was stacked from the basement up with new furniture and the owner, Art Farn, estimated his loss at $125,000 or more.
A rooming house and a hotel, on either side of the warehouse were damaged but some of 70 persons were evacuated with injury.
Source: Published in the Advocate in Baton Rouge, LA on March 31, 1952.
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MD Crawls in Fire, Eases Pain; 2 Dead
Denver (AP) Bodies of two firemen were dragged from the gutted ruins of a three-story building in Denver's old business district yesterday. Four men caught in the debris were brought out alive as 12 men altogether were hospitalized for injuries.
One of the men, Herman Orbloom, 26, was carried out alive to an ambulance after being pinned for more than four hours by timbers across his shoulders.
The dead were identified as Leonard Shire, 36, and Fred Erb, 23.
SURGEON RISKS LIFE
Dr. Harry Goldman, police surgeon, had crawled into the shaft to administer a sedative to Orbloom, after he had remarked: "For God's sake, cut this off, men, and get me out of her."
Rescuers were working by giant floodlights and using jacks, power saws and ladders to search out Erb.
Two men were taken from the wreakage earlier. They were Ronnie Butts, 24, and Capt. John De Jong, 40.
When Butts was helped out on the shoulder of a friend, he murmured: "Hello Coky. Tet Orbloom out so I know he's all right."
"I'm the luckiest man alive," said De Jong. " I had to crawl over two men to get out."
Art Farn, manager of the furniture company, said the three-story brick building was worth about $50,000 and the furniture packed on all three floors about another $70,000.
Two small hotels flanking the gutted structure were damaged. Their occupants were evacuated.
An explosion while the blaze was at its height blew out the front of the building and send the upper floors crashing on six firemen.
FIRE CAPTAIN TRAPPED
"I saw a miracle," said Fire Capt. George Kinney. He was able to walk out after firemen tore wreckage off him with their bare hands. He was trapped in the debris for more than an hour.
In addition to the three rescued from the companionway, nine other firemen were rushed to Denver General Hospital for emergency treatment.
Numerous persons with cars parked in front of the building were unable to get to their automobiles as fire fighting equipment, all available pieces in Denver, were alerted, and debris kept them from reaching parking places.
The building was on Larimer Street in lower downtown Denver, famous in mining boom days. The street now is in the city's skid row.
Source: Published in the Boston Daily Record in Boston, MA on March 31, 2013.
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Two Denver Firemen Die
Trapped When Floor of Building Falls
Denver, Colo. (AP)
Two firemen died and 10 others were injured in a fire during the night on Larimer Street, once on of the city's proudest streets and now a jumble of pawnshops, bars and rooming houses.
Firemen Leonard Shire, 36, and Fred Erb, 23, were trapped in the debris when the top floors of a three-story brick warehouse collapsed.
The warehouse was stacked from the basement up with new furniture and the owner, Art Farn, estimated his loss at 125 thousand dollars or more.
Source: Published in the Omaha World Herald in Omaha, NE on March 31, 1952.
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Denver Fire Claims 2 Lives
Denver, March 30 (AP)
Two firemen died and 10 were injured in fire during the night on Denver's old Larimer St., once on of the city's proudest streets and now a jumble of pawn shops, bars and rooming houses.
Firemen Leonard Shire, 36, and Fred Erb, 23, were trapped in the debris when the top two floors of a three story brick warehouse collapsed.
The warehouse was stacked from the basement up with new furniture and the owner, Art Farn, estimated his loss at $125,000 or more.
A rooming house and a hotel, on either side of the warehouse, were damaged but 70 persons were evacuated without injury.
Assistant Chief Richard T. Parks said the cause of the blaze was not immediately determined.
It was believe the two floors fell in when gas fumes accumulated and ruptured the old building, spilling 20 or more tons of rubble into the basement and the street.
Source: Published in the San Diego Union in San Diego, CA on March 31, 2013.
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Two Firemen Killed In Fire in Denver
Denver, March 30 (INS)
Two firemen were killed and 10 others injured early today in a fire at the three-story Miller Furniture Co. warehouse in Denver.
Damage was estimated at $125,000. Leonard Shire, 36, and Fred Erb, 23, were buried under tons of falling brick and timber while fighting the blaze.
Three other fire fighters were saved by their co-workers. One man, Herman Orbloom, 26, was trapped for four hours by huge timbers.
Source: Published in the Springfield Union in Springfield, MA on March 31, 1952.
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Leonard Shire: Social Security Death Index (SSDI) Death Record
Name: Leonard Shire
State of Issue: Colorado
Date of Birth: Sunday December 03, 1916
Date of Death: March 31, 1952
Est. Age at Death: 35 years, 3 months
Two Firemen Die in Denver Furniture Fire
DENVER, Colo., March 30 (UP).
Two Denver firemen were killed and three others injured Sunday when the interior of a furniture warehouse collapsed during an early morning fire.
The dead were identified as Fred Erb, 23, and Leonard Shire, 36.
They were trapped in the basement of the Miller Furniture Company warehouse at 1640 Larimer Street when its second and third floors collapsed, spilling tons of furniture – littered debris into the street.
The other three escaped when fellow firemen chopped to them from the basement of an adjoining building.
Damage in the blaze, which completely gutted the 3-story building, was estimated at more than $125,000.
Source: Published in the Dallas Morning News in Dallas, TX on March 31, 1952.
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Two Firemen Are Killed, 10 Hurt in Denver Fire
DENVER, March 30 (UP)
Two firemen died and ten others were injured in a fire during the night on Denver's old Larimer Street, once one of the city's proudest streets and no a jumble of pawn shops, bars and rooming houses.
Firemen Leonard Shire, 36, and Fred Erb, 23, were trapped in the debris when the top two floors of a three story brick warehose collapsed.
The warehouse was stacked from the basement up with new furniture and the owner, Art Farn, estimated his loss at $125,000 or more.
A rooming house and a hotel, on either side of the warehouse were damaged but some of 70 persons were evacuated with injury.
Source: Published in the Advocate in Baton Rouge, LA on March 31, 1952.
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MD Crawls in Fire, Eases Pain; 2 Dead
Denver (AP) Bodies of two firemen were dragged from the gutted ruins of a three-story building in Denver's old business district yesterday. Four men caught in the debris were brought out alive as 12 men altogether were hospitalized for injuries.
One of the men, Herman Orbloom, 26, was carried out alive to an ambulance after being pinned for more than four hours by timbers across his shoulders.
The dead were identified as Leonard Shire, 36, and Fred Erb, 23.
SURGEON RISKS LIFE
Dr. Harry Goldman, police surgeon, had crawled into the shaft to administer a sedative to Orbloom, after he had remarked: "For God's sake, cut this off, men, and get me out of her."
Rescuers were working by giant floodlights and using jacks, power saws and ladders to search out Erb.
Two men were taken from the wreakage earlier. They were Ronnie Butts, 24, and Capt. John De Jong, 40.
When Butts was helped out on the shoulder of a friend, he murmured: "Hello Coky. Tet Orbloom out so I know he's all right."
"I'm the luckiest man alive," said De Jong. " I had to crawl over two men to get out."
Art Farn, manager of the furniture company, said the three-story brick building was worth about $50,000 and the furniture packed on all three floors about another $70,000.
Two small hotels flanking the gutted structure were damaged. Their occupants were evacuated.
An explosion while the blaze was at its height blew out the front of the building and send the upper floors crashing on six firemen.
FIRE CAPTAIN TRAPPED
"I saw a miracle," said Fire Capt. George Kinney. He was able to walk out after firemen tore wreckage off him with their bare hands. He was trapped in the debris for more than an hour.
In addition to the three rescued from the companionway, nine other firemen were rushed to Denver General Hospital for emergency treatment.
Numerous persons with cars parked in front of the building were unable to get to their automobiles as fire fighting equipment, all available pieces in Denver, were alerted, and debris kept them from reaching parking places.
The building was on Larimer Street in lower downtown Denver, famous in mining boom days. The street now is in the city's skid row.
Source: Published in the Boston Daily Record in Boston, MA on March 31, 2013.
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Two Denver Firemen Die
Trapped When Floor of Building Falls
Denver, Colo. (AP)
Two firemen died and 10 others were injured in a fire during the night on Larimer Street, once on of the city's proudest streets and now a jumble of pawnshops, bars and rooming houses.
Firemen Leonard Shire, 36, and Fred Erb, 23, were trapped in the debris when the top floors of a three-story brick warehouse collapsed.
The warehouse was stacked from the basement up with new furniture and the owner, Art Farn, estimated his loss at 125 thousand dollars or more.
Source: Published in the Omaha World Herald in Omaha, NE on March 31, 1952.
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Denver Fire Claims 2 Lives
Denver, March 30 (AP)
Two firemen died and 10 were injured in fire during the night on Denver's old Larimer St., once on of the city's proudest streets and now a jumble of pawn shops, bars and rooming houses.
Firemen Leonard Shire, 36, and Fred Erb, 23, were trapped in the debris when the top two floors of a three story brick warehouse collapsed.
The warehouse was stacked from the basement up with new furniture and the owner, Art Farn, estimated his loss at $125,000 or more.
A rooming house and a hotel, on either side of the warehouse, were damaged but 70 persons were evacuated without injury.
Assistant Chief Richard T. Parks said the cause of the blaze was not immediately determined.
It was believe the two floors fell in when gas fumes accumulated and ruptured the old building, spilling 20 or more tons of rubble into the basement and the street.
Source: Published in the San Diego Union in San Diego, CA on March 31, 2013.
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Two Firemen Killed In Fire in Denver
Denver, March 30 (INS)
Two firemen were killed and 10 others injured early today in a fire at the three-story Miller Furniture Co. warehouse in Denver.
Damage was estimated at $125,000. Leonard Shire, 36, and Fred Erb, 23, were buried under tons of falling brick and timber while fighting the blaze.
Three other fire fighters were saved by their co-workers. One man, Herman Orbloom, 26, was trapped for four hours by huge timbers.
Source: Published in the Springfield Union in Springfield, MA on March 31, 1952.
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Leonard Shire: Social Security Death Index (SSDI) Death Record
Name: Leonard Shire
State of Issue: Colorado
Date of Birth: Sunday December 03, 1916
Date of Death: March 31, 1952
Est. Age at Death: 35 years, 3 months
DENVER, Colo., March 30 (UP).
Two Denver firemen were killed and three others injured Sunday when the interior of a furniture warehouse collapsed during an early morning fire.
The dead were identified as Fred Erb, 23, and Leonard Shire, 36.
They were trapped in the basement of the Miller Furniture Company warehouse at 1640 Larimer Street when its second and third floors collapsed, spilling tons of furniture – littered debris into the street.
The other three escaped when fellow firemen chopped to them from the basement of an adjoining building.
Damage in the blaze, which completely gutted the 3-story building, was estimated at more than $125,000.
Source: Published in the Dallas Morning News in Dallas, TX on March 31, 1952.
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Two Firemen Are Killed, 10 Hurt in Denver Fire
DENVER, March 30 (UP)
Two firemen died and ten others were injured in a fire during the night on Denver's old Larimer Street, once one of the city's proudest streets and no a jumble of pawn shops, bars and rooming houses.
Firemen Leonard Shire, 36, and Fred Erb, 23, were trapped in the debris when the top two floors of a three story brick warehose collapsed.
The warehouse was stacked from the basement up with new furniture and the owner, Art Farn, estimated his loss at $125,000 or more.
A rooming house and a hotel, on either side of the warehouse were damaged but some of 70 persons were evacuated with injury.
Source: Published in the Advocate in Baton Rouge, LA on March 31, 1952.
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MD Crawls in Fire, Eases Pain; 2 Dead
Denver (AP) Bodies of two firemen were dragged from the gutted ruins of a three-story building in Denver's old business district yesterday. Four men caught in the debris were brought out alive as 12 men altogether were hospitalized for injuries.
One of the men, Herman Orbloom, 26, was carried out alive to an ambulance after being pinned for more than four hours by timbers across his shoulders.
The dead were identified as Leonard Shire, 36, and Fred Erb, 23.
SURGEON RISKS LIFE
Dr. Harry Goldman, police surgeon, had crawled into the shaft to administer a sedative to Orbloom, after he had remarked: "For God's sake, cut this off, men, and get me out of her."
Rescuers were working by giant floodlights and using jacks, power saws and ladders to search out Erb.
Two men were taken from the wreakage earlier. They were Ronnie Butts, 24, and Capt. John De Jong, 40.
When Butts was helped out on the shoulder of a friend, he murmured: "Hello Coky. Tet Orbloom out so I know he's all right."
"I'm the luckiest man alive," said De Jong. " I had to crawl over two men to get out."
Art Farn, manager of the furniture company, said the three-story brick building was worth about $50,000 and the furniture packed on all three floors about another $70,000.
Two small hotels flanking the gutted structure were damaged. Their occupants were evacuated.
An explosion while the blaze was at its height blew out the front of the building and send the upper floors crashing on six firemen.
FIRE CAPTAIN TRAPPED
"I saw a miracle," said Fire Capt. George Kinney. He was able to walk out after firemen tore wreckage off him with their bare hands. He was trapped in the debris for more than an hour.
In addition to the three rescued from the companionway, nine other firemen were rushed to Denver General Hospital for emergency treatment.
Numerous persons with cars parked in front of the building were unable to get to their automobiles as fire fighting equipment, all available pieces in Denver, were alerted, and debris kept them from reaching parking places.
The building was on Larimer Street in lower downtown Denver, famous in mining boom days. The street now is in the city's skid row.
Source: Published in the Boston Daily Record in Boston, MA on March 31, 2013.
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Two Denver Firemen Die
Trapped When Floor of Building Falls
Denver, Colo. (AP)
Two firemen died and 10 others were injured in a fire during the night on Larimer Street, once on of the city's proudest streets and now a jumble of pawnshops, bars and rooming houses.
Firemen Leonard Shire, 36, and Fred Erb, 23, were trapped in the debris when the top floors of a three-story brick warehouse collapsed.
The warehouse was stacked from the basement up with new furniture and the owner, Art Farn, estimated his loss at 125 thousand dollars or more.
Source: Published in the Omaha World Herald in Omaha, NE on March 31, 1952.
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Denver Fire Claims 2 Lives
Denver, March 30 (AP)
Two firemen died and 10 were injured in fire during the night on Denver's old Larimer St., once on of the city's proudest streets and now a jumble of pawn shops, bars and rooming houses.
Firemen Leonard Shire, 36, and Fred Erb, 23, were trapped in the debris when the top two floors of a three story brick warehouse collapsed.
The warehouse was stacked from the basement up with new furniture and the owner, Art Farn, estimated his loss at $125,000 or more.
A rooming house and a hotel, on either side of the warehouse, were damaged but 70 persons were evacuated without injury.
Assistant Chief Richard T. Parks said the cause of the blaze was not immediately determined.
It was believe the two floors fell in when gas fumes accumulated and ruptured the old building, spilling 20 or more tons of rubble into the basement and the street.
Source: Published in the San Diego Union in San Diego, CA on March 31, 2013.
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Two Firemen Killed In Fire in Denver
Denver, March 30 (INS)
Two firemen were killed and 10 others injured early today in a fire at the three-story Miller Furniture Co. warehouse in Denver.
Damage was estimated at $125,000. Leonard Shire, 36, and Fred Erb, 23, were buried under tons of falling brick and timber while fighting the blaze.
Three other fire fighters were saved by their co-workers. One man, Herman Orbloom, 26, was trapped for four hours by huge timbers.
Source: Published in the Springfield Union in Springfield, MA on March 31, 1952.
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Leonard Shire: Social Security Death Index (SSDI) Death Record
Name: Leonard Shire
State of Issue: Colorado
Date of Birth: Sunday December 03, 1916
Date of Death: March 31, 1952
Est. Age at Death: 35 years, 3 months
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