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Title
WO68216-A
Date(s)
- 1952-06-02 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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Flames leaping two hundred feet in the air greeted the first firefighters to arrive at the Lilly Seed Company at 15th and St. Paul Avenue, June 2, 1952, at 8:41 p.m. A second alarm was transmitted immediately to help quell the fire. The fire could be seen from anywhere in the city as firefighters tried to control it. The 2-story frame building burned to the ground within an hour. The loss was estimated at $275,000. (100 Years of Firefighting in the City of Destiny, Clyde Talcot)
Lilly Seed Co. (Tacoma); Fires--Tacoma--1950-1960;