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Item
Title
D612-1
Date(s)
- 1935-10-24 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
(1919-1980)
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On October 24, 1935 a Sunset Pacific Oil Company truck carrying 1,520 gallons of gasoline tipped over at the corner of South 13th and Tacoma Avenue South when the trucks brakes failed. As gasoline poured into the street, a fire erupted engulfing the front of the Bacon Building in flames. Eight fire department companies quickly responded to the blaze, and a potential disaster was averted. The truck did not explode, and the damage to the Manpie Imai grocery store on the corner was limited to about $500. (T.Times, 10-25-35, p. 1)
Fires--Tacoma--1930-1940; Traffic accidents--Tacoma;