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St. Mary's Hospital Emergency Program Demonstrations

Date: 09 28 1961
Description: Jerome A. Gumbinger, a member of the state fire prevention conference's planning committee, watches as two staff members demonstrate a technique for evacua...
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Truck Crash on Troy Drive

Date: 02 06 1963
Description: $25,000 estimated damage was caused when a semi-trailer loaded with Mercedes-Benz engines crashed into a railroad viaduct on Troy Drive near School Road. T...
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Barn Fire Near Brooklyn

Date: 10 05 1963
Description: Firemen are fighting a blaze that destroyed a barn and its contents 2 miles south of Brooklyn.
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Fire Destroys Chase Lumber & Fuel, Inc. Lumber Storage Shed and Inventory in Downtown Sun Prairie

Date: 01 03 1964
Description: A $100,000-$150,000 fire destroys a lumber storage shed and its lumber and building supply inventory in downtown Sun Prairie. More than 100 firemen battled...
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Ham Operators Direct Disaster Exercise

Date: 10 01 1964
Description: The American Radio Relay League sponsors a communications and rescue drill based on a simulated flood near Verona. 30 workers and 35 mobile communications ...
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Imperial Apartments, 3803 Monona Drive, Damaged by Fire

Date: 10 12 1964
Description: Fire at the newly constructed Imperial Apartments located at 3803 Monona Drive, adjacent to the Eastside Businessmen's Club. A plumber using an acetylene t...
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Middleton Industrial Fire

Date: 11 06 1964
Description: Fire fighters battling a fire at the Art Brush Creations and Industrial Research printing plant in downtown Middleton.

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