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East Peoria Firemen Die in Rescue Attempt
Two East Peoria, Ill., fire fighters, Assistant Chief Marvin Stein and volunteer fireman George Cornwell, were killed in a fire in a tavern which had living quarters above it on January 28. The men were trapped when they entered the second floor to search an apartment for occupants.
Theory and Application Of Wet Water Part 3 (continued)†
Another outstanding feature of wetting agents, as well as soaps and detergents in general, is the power to produce a mass of stable bubbles called a “foam,” when the solution is agitated. This property is of considerable importance in the use of soaps and detergents because it aids in the cleaning process.
Panic Piles Up the Dead in New York Loft Fire
AN EXPLODING OVEN in the premises of the SGS Textile Printing Company on the third floor of the five-story loft building at 632 Broadway, Manhattan, on Wednesday, March 19, started a fire in which 24 persons lost their lives. Fifteen others were injured. In many ways the tragedy was reminiscent of the Triangle Shirt Waist holocaust of March 25, 1911, which claimed 145 dead.
Three Muncie Firemen Killed by Falling Wall
The collapse of a brick wall brought death to three firemen and injuries to a fourth during a $250,000 paper company fire in Muncie, Ind., on Feb. 9, 1955. Muncie Fire Chief Richard DeCraspos and Delaware County Coroner Eugene Eissman advanced the theory that either an explosion of insecticide bombs, or expanding gas from burning paper, was responsible for the sudden tumbling of the wall, which measured 20 feet in length and 30 feet height, and which trapped the victims as they were attempting to pull back hose lines.
Six Firemen Killed When Wall Collapses at Baltimore Fire
Six Baltimore firemen, including a battalion chief, met death during a nine-alarm fire on Wednesday, February 16, 1955, that burned out two adjoining buildings.
Fog Tests Held in Arlington, Ohio
Fire fighters from ten states and more than 50 Ohio communities participated in fog fire fighting experiments held in Upper Arlington, Ohio, on April 4th, last. The tests, to determine the efficacy of fog application, Were held in a 13room, two story dwelling.