Askin -- Jeremiah, child of Jeremiah and Elizebeth, Apr. 11, 1763. [Askin,C.R.1.]
C.R.1. — Church Record, First Church of Abington
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912
Sunday, January 20, 2019
Askin, Jeremiah Sr. - 1763
Askin -- Jeremiah, child of Jeremiah and Elizebeth, Apr. 11, 1763. [Askin,C.R.1.]
C.R.1. — Church Record, First Church of Abington
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912
C.R.1. — Church Record, First Church of Abington
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912
Askin, Jeremiah Jr. - 1763
Askin -- Jeremiah, child of Jeremiah and Elizebeth, Apr. 11, 1763. [Askin,C.R.1.]
C.R.1. — Church Record, First Church of Abington
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912
C.R.1. — Church Record, First Church of Abington
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912
Asken, Susannah - 1750
Asken -- Hannah, daughter of Christopher and Susannah, Apr. 3, 1750.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912
Asken, Christopher - 1750
Asken -- Hannah, daughter of Christopher and Susannah, Apr. 3, 1750.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912
Asken, Hannah - 1750
Asken -- Hannah, daughter of Christopher and Susannah, Apr. 3, 1750.
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912
~ Vital Records, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 - Births, 1912
Tarr, Max - 1946
Loss High, Deaths, Injuries In Recent Altoona Blaze
The Levan Building in Altoona was severely damaged in a six-hour fire last Tuesday night. Property damage was in the vicinity of $100,000 and in addition; the conflagraton <sic> took a tolal <sic> of two dead and five injured.
The blaze was discovered in the basement of a shoe store about 6:30 o'clock p. m., and two alarms were sounded. Firemen arrived on the scene promptly in answer to the alarms and were on duty until after midnight. Traffic was generally in a snarled condition and was considerably delayed by blocked-off streets and the fier-figbting <sic> equipment.
Two elderly persons were trapped in their rooms and died of suffocation. Four firemen were injured and given hospital treatment.
The dead included Mrs. Minnie Brubaker, aged 69, who was pronounced dead upon arrival at the Altoona Hospital; and John Hammond, 68, who died at the Mercy Hospital as a result of inhaling flames and suffocation.
Firemen injured included Chief Paul Amheised, who suffered from a back injury received in a fall. Donald Brinkley, fireman, was admitted to the Altoona Hospital suffering a possible skull fracture. Captain G. R. Crouse, overcome by smoke, was treated at the Mercy Hospital. Thomas F. Tobin was admitted to the Altoona Hospital when overcome by smoke.
Stores and business establishments damaged included two stores in the building next door, where damage was confined to that done by the smoke; the Williams A Gossard Tobacco Shop on Eleventh street and the dispatch office of the trolley company.
Max Tarr, an employee of the shoe store, first detected smoke through the basement door, and when he opened the door, flames and smoke poured out. He said smoke was very dense and he was forced to leave the building.
Policemen were called to the scene and roped off eleventh street to hold back the crowds which gathered.
The fire spread swiftly through the building, and firemen fought stubbornly to check the advancing fire. Flames several times spread to adjoining buildings, but alertness on the part of the firemen prevented the flames from spreading further.
Officials of the firm which had been managing the Levan building, said that damage estimates were in the vicinity of $100,000. Several days time will be necessary before an accurate damage appraisal can be made.
Many local residents were in Altoona at the time of the fire, and not a few of them found it difficult to make their way homeward because of the necessity for rerouting traffic.
~ Bellwood Bulletin, 07-Feb-1946, Page 1, Columns 5 & 6
The Levan Building in Altoona was severely damaged in a six-hour fire last Tuesday night. Property damage was in the vicinity of $100,000 and in addition; the conflagraton <sic> took a tolal <sic> of two dead and five injured.
The blaze was discovered in the basement of a shoe store about 6:30 o'clock p. m., and two alarms were sounded. Firemen arrived on the scene promptly in answer to the alarms and were on duty until after midnight. Traffic was generally in a snarled condition and was considerably delayed by blocked-off streets and the fier-figbting <sic> equipment.
Two elderly persons were trapped in their rooms and died of suffocation. Four firemen were injured and given hospital treatment.
The dead included Mrs. Minnie Brubaker, aged 69, who was pronounced dead upon arrival at the Altoona Hospital; and John Hammond, 68, who died at the Mercy Hospital as a result of inhaling flames and suffocation.
Firemen injured included Chief Paul Amheised, who suffered from a back injury received in a fall. Donald Brinkley, fireman, was admitted to the Altoona Hospital suffering a possible skull fracture. Captain G. R. Crouse, overcome by smoke, was treated at the Mercy Hospital. Thomas F. Tobin was admitted to the Altoona Hospital when overcome by smoke.
Stores and business establishments damaged included two stores in the building next door, where damage was confined to that done by the smoke; the Williams A Gossard Tobacco Shop on Eleventh street and the dispatch office of the trolley company.
Max Tarr, an employee of the shoe store, first detected smoke through the basement door, and when he opened the door, flames and smoke poured out. He said smoke was very dense and he was forced to leave the building.
Policemen were called to the scene and roped off eleventh street to hold back the crowds which gathered.
The fire spread swiftly through the building, and firemen fought stubbornly to check the advancing fire. Flames several times spread to adjoining buildings, but alertness on the part of the firemen prevented the flames from spreading further.
Officials of the firm which had been managing the Levan building, said that damage estimates were in the vicinity of $100,000. Several days time will be necessary before an accurate damage appraisal can be made.
Many local residents were in Altoona at the time of the fire, and not a few of them found it difficult to make their way homeward because of the necessity for rerouting traffic.
~ Bellwood Bulletin, 07-Feb-1946, Page 1, Columns 5 & 6
Gossard, Williams A. - 1946
Loss High, Deaths, Injuries In Recent Altoona Blaze
The Levan Building in Altoona was severely damaged in a six-hour fire last Tuesday night. Property damage was in the vicinity of $100,000 and in addition; the conflagraton <sic> took a tolal <sic> of two dead and five injured.
The blaze was discovered in the basement of a shoe store about 6:30 o'clock p. m., and two alarms were sounded. Firemen arrived on the scene promptly in answer to the alarms and were on duty until after midnight. Traffic was generally in a snarled condition and was considerably delayed by blocked-off streets and the fier-figbting <sic> equipment.
Two elderly persons were trapped in their rooms and died of suffocation. Four firemen were injured and given hospital treatment.
The dead included Mrs. Minnie Brubaker, aged 69, who was pronounced dead upon arrival at the Altoona Hospital; and John Hammond, 68, who died at the Mercy Hospital as a result of inhaling flames and suffocation.
Firemen injured included Chief Paul Amheised, who suffered from a back injury received in a fall. Donald Brinkley, fireman, was admitted to the Altoona Hospital suffering a possible skull fracture. Captain G. R. Crouse, overcome by smoke, was treated at the Mercy Hospital. Thomas F. Tobin was admitted to the Altoona Hospital when overcome by smoke.
Stores and business establishments damaged included two stores in the building next door, where damage was confined to that done by the smoke; the Williams A Gossard Tobacco Shop on Eleventh street and the dispatch office of the trolley company.
Max Tarr, an employee of the shoe store, first detected smoke through the basement door, and when he opened the door, flames and smoke poured out. He said smoke was very dense and he was forced to leave the building.
Policemen were called to the scene and roped off eleventh street to hold back the crowds which gathered.
The fire spread swiftly through the building, and firemen fought stubbornly to check the advancing fire. Flames several times spread to adjoining buildings, but alertness on the part of the firemen prevented the flames from spreading further.
Officials of the firm which had been managing the Levan building, said that damage estimates were in the vicinity of $100,000. Several days time will be necessary before an accurate damage appraisal can be made.
Many local residents were in Altoona at the time of the fire, and not a few of them found it difficult to make their way homeward because of the necessity for rerouting traffic.
~ Bellwood Bulletin, 07-Feb-1946, Page 1, Columns 5 & 6
The Levan Building in Altoona was severely damaged in a six-hour fire last Tuesday night. Property damage was in the vicinity of $100,000 and in addition; the conflagraton <sic> took a tolal <sic> of two dead and five injured.
The blaze was discovered in the basement of a shoe store about 6:30 o'clock p. m., and two alarms were sounded. Firemen arrived on the scene promptly in answer to the alarms and were on duty until after midnight. Traffic was generally in a snarled condition and was considerably delayed by blocked-off streets and the fier-figbting <sic> equipment.
Two elderly persons were trapped in their rooms and died of suffocation. Four firemen were injured and given hospital treatment.
The dead included Mrs. Minnie Brubaker, aged 69, who was pronounced dead upon arrival at the Altoona Hospital; and John Hammond, 68, who died at the Mercy Hospital as a result of inhaling flames and suffocation.
Firemen injured included Chief Paul Amheised, who suffered from a back injury received in a fall. Donald Brinkley, fireman, was admitted to the Altoona Hospital suffering a possible skull fracture. Captain G. R. Crouse, overcome by smoke, was treated at the Mercy Hospital. Thomas F. Tobin was admitted to the Altoona Hospital when overcome by smoke.
Stores and business establishments damaged included two stores in the building next door, where damage was confined to that done by the smoke; the Williams A Gossard Tobacco Shop on Eleventh street and the dispatch office of the trolley company.
Max Tarr, an employee of the shoe store, first detected smoke through the basement door, and when he opened the door, flames and smoke poured out. He said smoke was very dense and he was forced to leave the building.
Policemen were called to the scene and roped off eleventh street to hold back the crowds which gathered.
The fire spread swiftly through the building, and firemen fought stubbornly to check the advancing fire. Flames several times spread to adjoining buildings, but alertness on the part of the firemen prevented the flames from spreading further.
Officials of the firm which had been managing the Levan building, said that damage estimates were in the vicinity of $100,000. Several days time will be necessary before an accurate damage appraisal can be made.
Many local residents were in Altoona at the time of the fire, and not a few of them found it difficult to make their way homeward because of the necessity for rerouting traffic.
~ Bellwood Bulletin, 07-Feb-1946, Page 1, Columns 5 & 6
Tobin, Thomas F. - 1946
Loss High, Deaths, Injuries In Recent Altoona Blaze
The Levan Building in Altoona was severely damaged in a six-hour fire last Tuesday night. Property damage was in the vicinity of $100,000 and in addition; the conflagraton <sic> took a tolal <sic> of two dead and five injured.
The blaze was discovered in the basement of a shoe store about 6:30 o'clock p. m., and two alarms were sounded. Firemen arrived on the scene promptly in answer to the alarms and were on duty until after midnight. Traffic was generally in a snarled condition and was considerably delayed by blocked-off streets and the fier-figbting <sic> equipment.
Two elderly persons were trapped in their rooms and died of suffocation. Four firemen were injured and given hospital treatment.
The dead included Mrs. Minnie Brubaker, aged 69, who was pronounced dead upon arrival at the Altoona Hospital; and John Hammond, 68, who died at the Mercy Hospital as a result of inhaling flames and suffocation.
Firemen injured included Chief Paul Amheised, who suffered from a back injury received in a fall. Donald Brinkley, fireman, was admitted to the Altoona Hospital suffering a possible skull fracture. Captain G. R. Crouse, overcome by smoke, was treated at the Mercy Hospital. Thomas F. Tobin was admitted to the Altoona Hospital when overcome by smoke.
Stores and business establishments damaged included two stores in the building next door, where damage was confined to that done by the smoke; the Williams A Gossard Tobacco Shop on Eleventh street and the dispatch office of the trolley company.
Max Tarr, an employee of the shoe store, first detected smoke through the basement door, and when he opened the door, flames and smoke poured out. He said smoke was very dense and he was forced to leave the building.
Policemen were called to the scene and roped off eleventh street to hold back the crowds which gathered.
The fire spread swiftly through the building, and firemen fought stubbornly to check the advancing fire. Flames several times spread to adjoining buildings, but alertness on the part of the firemen prevented the flames from spreading further.
Officials of the firm which had been managing the Levan building, said that damage estimates were in the vicinity of $100,000. Several days time will be necessary before an accurate damage appraisal can be made.
Many local residents were in Altoona at the time of the fire, and not a few of them found it difficult to make their way homeward because of the necessity for rerouting traffic.
~ Bellwood Bulletin, 07-Feb-1946, Page 1, Columns 5 & 6
The Levan Building in Altoona was severely damaged in a six-hour fire last Tuesday night. Property damage was in the vicinity of $100,000 and in addition; the conflagraton <sic> took a tolal <sic> of two dead and five injured.
The blaze was discovered in the basement of a shoe store about 6:30 o'clock p. m., and two alarms were sounded. Firemen arrived on the scene promptly in answer to the alarms and were on duty until after midnight. Traffic was generally in a snarled condition and was considerably delayed by blocked-off streets and the fier-figbting <sic> equipment.
Two elderly persons were trapped in their rooms and died of suffocation. Four firemen were injured and given hospital treatment.
The dead included Mrs. Minnie Brubaker, aged 69, who was pronounced dead upon arrival at the Altoona Hospital; and John Hammond, 68, who died at the Mercy Hospital as a result of inhaling flames and suffocation.
Firemen injured included Chief Paul Amheised, who suffered from a back injury received in a fall. Donald Brinkley, fireman, was admitted to the Altoona Hospital suffering a possible skull fracture. Captain G. R. Crouse, overcome by smoke, was treated at the Mercy Hospital. Thomas F. Tobin was admitted to the Altoona Hospital when overcome by smoke.
Stores and business establishments damaged included two stores in the building next door, where damage was confined to that done by the smoke; the Williams A Gossard Tobacco Shop on Eleventh street and the dispatch office of the trolley company.
Max Tarr, an employee of the shoe store, first detected smoke through the basement door, and when he opened the door, flames and smoke poured out. He said smoke was very dense and he was forced to leave the building.
Policemen were called to the scene and roped off eleventh street to hold back the crowds which gathered.
The fire spread swiftly through the building, and firemen fought stubbornly to check the advancing fire. Flames several times spread to adjoining buildings, but alertness on the part of the firemen prevented the flames from spreading further.
Officials of the firm which had been managing the Levan building, said that damage estimates were in the vicinity of $100,000. Several days time will be necessary before an accurate damage appraisal can be made.
Many local residents were in Altoona at the time of the fire, and not a few of them found it difficult to make their way homeward because of the necessity for rerouting traffic.
~ Bellwood Bulletin, 07-Feb-1946, Page 1, Columns 5 & 6
Crouse, G. R. - 1946
Loss High, Deaths, Injuries In Recent Altoona Blaze
The Levan Building in Altoona was severely damaged in a six-hour fire last Tuesday night. Property damage was in the vicinity of $100,000 and in addition; the conflagraton <sic> took a tolal <sic> of two dead and five injured.
The blaze was discovered in the basement of a shoe store about 6:30 o'clock p. m., and two alarms were sounded. Firemen arrived on the scene promptly in answer to the alarms and were on duty until after midnight. Traffic was generally in a snarled condition and was considerably delayed by blocked-off streets and the fier-figbting <sic> equipment.
Two elderly persons were trapped in their rooms and died of suffocation. Four firemen were injured and given hospital treatment.
The dead included Mrs. Minnie Brubaker, aged 69, who was pronounced dead upon arrival at the Altoona Hospital; and John Hammond, 68, who died at the Mercy Hospital as a result of inhaling flames and suffocation.
Firemen injured included Chief Paul Amheised, who suffered from a back injury received in a fall. Donald Brinkley, fireman, was admitted to the Altoona Hospital suffering a possible skull fracture. Captain G. R. Crouse, overcome by smoke, was treated at the Mercy Hospital. Thomas F. Tobin was admitted to the Altoona Hospital when overcome by smoke.
Stores and business establishments damaged included two stores in the building next door, where damage was confined to that done by the smoke; the Williams A Gossard Tobacco Shop on Eleventh street and the dispatch office of the trolley company.
Max Tarr, an employee of the shoe store, first detected smoke through the basement door, and when he opened the door, flames and smoke poured out. He said smoke was very dense and he was forced to leave the building.
Policemen were called to the scene and roped off eleventh street to hold back the crowds which gathered.
The fire spread swiftly through the building, and firemen fought stubbornly to check the advancing fire. Flames several times spread to adjoining buildings, but alertness on the part of the firemen prevented the flames from spreading further.
Officials of the firm which had been managing the Levan building, said that damage estimates were in the vicinity of $100,000. Several days time will be necessary before an accurate damage appraisal can be made.
Many local residents were in Altoona at the time of the fire, and not a few of them found it difficult to make their way homeward because of the necessity for rerouting traffic.
~ Bellwood Bulletin, 07-Feb-1946, Page 1, Columns 5 & 6
The Levan Building in Altoona was severely damaged in a six-hour fire last Tuesday night. Property damage was in the vicinity of $100,000 and in addition; the conflagraton <sic> took a tolal <sic> of two dead and five injured.
The blaze was discovered in the basement of a shoe store about 6:30 o'clock p. m., and two alarms were sounded. Firemen arrived on the scene promptly in answer to the alarms and were on duty until after midnight. Traffic was generally in a snarled condition and was considerably delayed by blocked-off streets and the fier-figbting <sic> equipment.
Two elderly persons were trapped in their rooms and died of suffocation. Four firemen were injured and given hospital treatment.
The dead included Mrs. Minnie Brubaker, aged 69, who was pronounced dead upon arrival at the Altoona Hospital; and John Hammond, 68, who died at the Mercy Hospital as a result of inhaling flames and suffocation.
Firemen injured included Chief Paul Amheised, who suffered from a back injury received in a fall. Donald Brinkley, fireman, was admitted to the Altoona Hospital suffering a possible skull fracture. Captain G. R. Crouse, overcome by smoke, was treated at the Mercy Hospital. Thomas F. Tobin was admitted to the Altoona Hospital when overcome by smoke.
Stores and business establishments damaged included two stores in the building next door, where damage was confined to that done by the smoke; the Williams A Gossard Tobacco Shop on Eleventh street and the dispatch office of the trolley company.
Max Tarr, an employee of the shoe store, first detected smoke through the basement door, and when he opened the door, flames and smoke poured out. He said smoke was very dense and he was forced to leave the building.
Policemen were called to the scene and roped off eleventh street to hold back the crowds which gathered.
The fire spread swiftly through the building, and firemen fought stubbornly to check the advancing fire. Flames several times spread to adjoining buildings, but alertness on the part of the firemen prevented the flames from spreading further.
Officials of the firm which had been managing the Levan building, said that damage estimates were in the vicinity of $100,000. Several days time will be necessary before an accurate damage appraisal can be made.
Many local residents were in Altoona at the time of the fire, and not a few of them found it difficult to make their way homeward because of the necessity for rerouting traffic.
~ Bellwood Bulletin, 07-Feb-1946, Page 1, Columns 5 & 6
Brinkley, Donald - 1946
Loss High, Deaths, Injuries In Recent Altoona Blaze
The Levan Building in Altoona was severely damaged in a six-hour fire last Tuesday night. Property damage was in the vicinity of $100,000 and in addition; the conflagraton <sic> took a tolal <sic> of two dead and five injured.
The blaze was discovered in the basement of a shoe store about 6:30 o'clock p. m., and two alarms were sounded. Firemen arrived on the scene promptly in answer to the alarms and were on duty until after midnight. Traffic was generally in a snarled condition and was considerably delayed by blocked-off streets and the fier-figbting <sic> equipment.
Two elderly persons were trapped in their rooms and died of suffocation. Four firemen were injured and given hospital treatment.
The dead included Mrs. Minnie Brubaker, aged 69, who was pronounced dead upon arrival at the Altoona Hospital; and John Hammond, 68, who died at the Mercy Hospital as a result of inhaling flames and suffocation.
Firemen injured included Chief Paul Amheised, who suffered from a back injury received in a fall. Donald Brinkley, fireman, was admitted to the Altoona Hospital suffering a possible skull fracture. Captain G. R. Crouse, overcome by smoke, was treated at the Mercy Hospital. Thomas F. Tobin was admitted to the Altoona Hospital when overcome by smoke.
Stores and business establishments damaged included two stores in the building next door, where damage was confined to that done by the smoke; the Williams A Gossard Tobacco Shop on Eleventh street and the dispatch office of the trolley company.
Max Tarr, an employee of the shoe store, first detected smoke through the basement door, and when he opened the door, flames and smoke poured out. He said smoke was very dense and he was forced to leave the building.
Policemen were called to the scene and roped off eleventh street to hold back the crowds which gathered.
The fire spread swiftly through the building, and firemen fought stubbornly to check the advancing fire. Flames several times spread to adjoining buildings, but alertness on the part of the firemen prevented the flames from spreading further.
Officials of the firm which had been managing the Levan building, said that damage estimates were in the vicinity of $100,000. Several days time will be necessary before an accurate damage appraisal can be made.
Many local residents were in Altoona at the time of the fire, and not a few of them found it difficult to make their way homeward because of the necessity for rerouting traffic.
~ Bellwood Bulletin, 07-Feb-1946, Page 1, Columns 5 & 6
The Levan Building in Altoona was severely damaged in a six-hour fire last Tuesday night. Property damage was in the vicinity of $100,000 and in addition; the conflagraton <sic> took a tolal <sic> of two dead and five injured.
The blaze was discovered in the basement of a shoe store about 6:30 o'clock p. m., and two alarms were sounded. Firemen arrived on the scene promptly in answer to the alarms and were on duty until after midnight. Traffic was generally in a snarled condition and was considerably delayed by blocked-off streets and the fier-figbting <sic> equipment.
Two elderly persons were trapped in their rooms and died of suffocation. Four firemen were injured and given hospital treatment.
The dead included Mrs. Minnie Brubaker, aged 69, who was pronounced dead upon arrival at the Altoona Hospital; and John Hammond, 68, who died at the Mercy Hospital as a result of inhaling flames and suffocation.
Firemen injured included Chief Paul Amheised, who suffered from a back injury received in a fall. Donald Brinkley, fireman, was admitted to the Altoona Hospital suffering a possible skull fracture. Captain G. R. Crouse, overcome by smoke, was treated at the Mercy Hospital. Thomas F. Tobin was admitted to the Altoona Hospital when overcome by smoke.
Stores and business establishments damaged included two stores in the building next door, where damage was confined to that done by the smoke; the Williams A Gossard Tobacco Shop on Eleventh street and the dispatch office of the trolley company.
Max Tarr, an employee of the shoe store, first detected smoke through the basement door, and when he opened the door, flames and smoke poured out. He said smoke was very dense and he was forced to leave the building.
Policemen were called to the scene and roped off eleventh street to hold back the crowds which gathered.
The fire spread swiftly through the building, and firemen fought stubbornly to check the advancing fire. Flames several times spread to adjoining buildings, but alertness on the part of the firemen prevented the flames from spreading further.
Officials of the firm which had been managing the Levan building, said that damage estimates were in the vicinity of $100,000. Several days time will be necessary before an accurate damage appraisal can be made.
Many local residents were in Altoona at the time of the fire, and not a few of them found it difficult to make their way homeward because of the necessity for rerouting traffic.
~ Bellwood Bulletin, 07-Feb-1946, Page 1, Columns 5 & 6
Amheised, Paul - 1946
Loss High, Deaths, Injuries In Recent Altoona Blaze
The Levan Building in Altoona was severely damaged in a six-hour fire last Tuesday night. Property damage was in the vicinity of $100,000 and in addition; the conflagraton <sic> took a tolal <sic> of two dead and five injured.
The blaze was discovered in the basement of a shoe store about 6:30 o'clock p. m., and two alarms were sounded. Firemen arrived on the scene promptly in answer to the alarms and were on duty until after midnight. Traffic was generally in a snarled condition and was considerably delayed by blocked-off streets and the fier-figbting <sic> equipment.
Two elderly persons were trapped in their rooms and died of suffocation. Four firemen were injured and given hospital treatment.
The dead included Mrs. Minnie Brubaker, aged 69, who was pronounced dead upon arrival at the Altoona Hospital; and John Hammond, 68, who died at the Mercy Hospital as a result of inhaling flames and suffocation.
Firemen injured included Chief Paul Amheised, who suffered from a back injury received in a fall. Donald Brinkley, fireman, was admitted to the Altoona Hospital suffering a possible skull fracture. Captain G. R. Crouse, overcome by smoke, was treated at the Mercy Hospital. Thomas F. Tobin was admitted to the Altoona Hospital when overcome by smoke.
Stores and business establishments damaged included two stores in the building next door, where damage was confined to that done by the smoke; the Williams A Gossard Tobacco Shop on Eleventh street and the dispatch office of the trolley company.
Max Tarr, an employee of the shoe store, first detected smoke through the basement door, and when he opened the door, flames and smoke poured out. He said smoke was very dense and he was forced to leave the building.
Policemen were called to the scene and roped off eleventh street to hold back the crowds which gathered.
The fire spread swiftly through the building, and firemen fought stubbornly to check the advancing fire. Flames several times spread to adjoining buildings, but alertness on the part of the firemen prevented the flames from spreading further.
Officials of the firm which had been managing the Levan building, said that damage estimates were in the vicinity of $100,000. Several days time will be necessary before an accurate damage appraisal can be made.
Many local residents were in Altoona at the time of the fire, and not a few of them found it difficult to make their way homeward because of the necessity for rerouting traffic.
~ Bellwood Bulletin, 07-Feb-1946, Page 1, Columns 5 & 6
The Levan Building in Altoona was severely damaged in a six-hour fire last Tuesday night. Property damage was in the vicinity of $100,000 and in addition; the conflagraton <sic> took a tolal <sic> of two dead and five injured.
The blaze was discovered in the basement of a shoe store about 6:30 o'clock p. m., and two alarms were sounded. Firemen arrived on the scene promptly in answer to the alarms and were on duty until after midnight. Traffic was generally in a snarled condition and was considerably delayed by blocked-off streets and the fier-figbting <sic> equipment.
Two elderly persons were trapped in their rooms and died of suffocation. Four firemen were injured and given hospital treatment.
The dead included Mrs. Minnie Brubaker, aged 69, who was pronounced dead upon arrival at the Altoona Hospital; and John Hammond, 68, who died at the Mercy Hospital as a result of inhaling flames and suffocation.
Firemen injured included Chief Paul Amheised, who suffered from a back injury received in a fall. Donald Brinkley, fireman, was admitted to the Altoona Hospital suffering a possible skull fracture. Captain G. R. Crouse, overcome by smoke, was treated at the Mercy Hospital. Thomas F. Tobin was admitted to the Altoona Hospital when overcome by smoke.
Stores and business establishments damaged included two stores in the building next door, where damage was confined to that done by the smoke; the Williams A Gossard Tobacco Shop on Eleventh street and the dispatch office of the trolley company.
Max Tarr, an employee of the shoe store, first detected smoke through the basement door, and when he opened the door, flames and smoke poured out. He said smoke was very dense and he was forced to leave the building.
Policemen were called to the scene and roped off eleventh street to hold back the crowds which gathered.
The fire spread swiftly through the building, and firemen fought stubbornly to check the advancing fire. Flames several times spread to adjoining buildings, but alertness on the part of the firemen prevented the flames from spreading further.
Officials of the firm which had been managing the Levan building, said that damage estimates were in the vicinity of $100,000. Several days time will be necessary before an accurate damage appraisal can be made.
Many local residents were in Altoona at the time of the fire, and not a few of them found it difficult to make their way homeward because of the necessity for rerouting traffic.
~ Bellwood Bulletin, 07-Feb-1946, Page 1, Columns 5 & 6
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