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T61-1
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- 1936-01-07 (Creation)
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On January 7, 1936, the City Fireboat and four Foss tugs were called in to fight the blaze at the old London Dock and the Waterside Milling Co. A passenger steamer, reported to be the Virginia V, was tied up at the adjacent Tacoma Municipal Dock. The Milling Co.'s wheat warehouse was gutted due to a spontaneous dust explosion. Flames shot 150 feet into the air and caused damages totaling $260,000. The fireboat and tugs kept the blaze under control with powerful streams of water, but the damage was too extensive and the structure could not be saved. (T. Times, 100 Years of Firefighting in the City of Destiny Tacoma, Washington, p. 94-95, T.Times 1-7-36, p. 1, TDL 1-8-36, p. 1) For additional images of this event, see series D638 images 1,4,8 & 9.
Fires--Tacoma--1930-1940; Fire fighting--Tacoma--1930-1940; Piers & wharves--Tacoma--1930-1940;