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Item
Title
D25636-7
Date(s)
- 1947-02-06 (Creation)
Extent
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(1919-1980)
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The Centennial fire caused more than $2,500,000 worth of damage, this included an estimated 300,000 bushels of wheat and other grains and thousands of sacks of flour ready for exporting or shipping. The clean-up would included the actual site and tons of water soaked grain and debris that spilled out over nearby roads and railroad tracks, railroad traffic had to be re-routed for many days. View of Centennial site one week after fire, photo ordered by Underwriter's Salvage Company of New York.
Salvage--Tacoma; Hoisting machinery; Laborers--Tacoma; Underwriter's Salvage Co. of New York; Railroad tracks--Tacoma; Centennial Flouring Mills Co. (Tacoma); Fires--Tacoma--1940-1950;