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Item
Title
D18947-4
Date(s)
- 1945-02-17 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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Maefair Apartments' fire. The fire at the Maefair Apartment building claimed the lives of 19 people. The fire is believed to have started in Hamilton's Candy Co., which is located in the basement. An explosion awoke many of the residents, who then immediately escaped the burning building. View of flames from Maefair, fire truck and onlookers (T. Times, 2/17/45, p. 1).
Fire fighting--Tacoma; Fires--Tacoma--1940-1950; Disasters--Tacoma; Maefair Apartments (Tacoma);