Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Item
Title
1019-7
Date(s)
- 1934-10-18 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
(1919-1980)
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
On the evening of October 18, 1934 the Clear Fir Lumber Company on Day Island went up in flames. Fanned by stiff southwesterly winds, the flames were shooting 70 feet into the air before the first alarm was received. The fire, of undetermined causes, originated near the boiler room of the plant. The fire was eventually put out through the joint efforts of local firefighters and the Tacoma "Fireboat" from the water side, but the mill was a complete loss. Fire damage was estimated at $250,000. ("100 Years of Firefighting")
Fires--Day Island; Clear Fir Lumber Co. (Day Island); Lumber industry--Day Island--1930-1940;