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2563-1
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- 1935-05-09 (Creation)
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A wind-whipped fire swept through Fife Corners on May 9th, 1935 destroying eight buildings including the Fife Drug Store operated by Ernest Sowders (far right). A lack of water and fire-fighting equipment handicapped the efforts of volunteer firefighters to control the flames. This photograph was taken looking south across Milton Avenue (20th St. E.) at the corner of West Side Dairy Rd. (54th Ave. E.) The brick building at the far left is still standing although it was moved one block east from this location. This second disastrous fire in Fife in three years started when a stove overheated in a small residence on the McAleer garden property and spread rapidly. (T. Times 5/10/1935, pg. 1)
Fires--Fife--1930-1940; Fire fighting--Fife--1930-1940; Kibe Produce Co. (Fife); Disasters--Fife--1930-1940;