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| Date: | 12 11 1926 |
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| Description: | Fire destroyed the Atlas Flour Mill, causing an estimated $100,000 in damage. Thirteen engine companies, six truck companies, and two fire boats fought the... |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | Fire fighters use an International Model VCO-202 fire and rescue truck with an eighty-five foot mounted ladder to fight a fire, possibly as part of a train... |
| Date: | 04 15 1950 |
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| Description: | Fire fighters from neighboring communities help put out at a nighttime fire in the downtown business district. |
| Date: | 03 20 1935 |
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| Description: | View across street towards the Madison Steam Laundry, at 433 State Street, the scene of a fire. In front of the building is a fire truck with extension lad... |
| Date: | 06 17 1915 |
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| Description: | Several men try to extinquish a fire in an ice house, which is known as the Conklin Fire. |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Firefighters handle a fire hose connected to an International Model 61 1923 fire truck operated by the "Canadian Fire Department." |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | Fire fighters battle a controlled fire during training with an International Harvester Scout 80 4x4 mounted with a fire apparatus. |
| Date: | 08 28 1948 |
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| Description: | Spectators and fireman at the Fitzgibbons building fire downtown. |
| Date: | 08 28 1948 |
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| Description: | Fire fighters applying water to the burning Fitzgibbons building downtown. |
| Date: | 05 01 1952 |
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| Description: | Two fire fighters are shown holding a hose with liquid shooting out of its nozzle while two other fire fighters look on. Behind them is a lake. |
| Date: | 06 1934 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a crowd gathered outside International Harvester's Deering Works at Fullerton and River, as a crew of firemen works to extinguish a fire i... |
| Date: | 02 1904 |
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| Description: | A crowd watches as a stream of water is trained on the south wing of the burning third Wisconsin State Capitol. The Centennial Fountain, with a winter cove... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | The map shows fire towers, public camp grounds, roads, snow mobile & riding trails, trout lakes, foot trails, railroads, and National Forest boundaries. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Several men use hoses running from an International Model D-2 1938 panel truck owned by the Glendale Fire Department. |
| Date: | 05 1984 |
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| Description: | "MPTI instructors from Fond du Lac instructed over 200 firemen from 16 fire departments in the techniques of rappelling and snuffing out fires at Theresa F... |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | This map shows the Wisconsin Conservation Department forest protection divisions and the locations of state forests, national forests, Indian reservations,... |
| Date: | 11 1991 |
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| Description: | "With windchill factors below zero, firemen battled this fire at Das Pioneer Bier haus, operated by Mike Polster. Former proprietors were John Miller, Henr... |
| Date: | 04 30 1997 |
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| Description: | "Theresa and Knowles firemen battle a blaze on the Richard Schwertz farm on Cty WT near Mayville." |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | This map of Three Lakes shows forest fire lookout towers, picnic grounds, an airport, roads, and railroad. The map features text boxes on the Village of Th... |
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