Photographs from the Decatur Coffin Company Fire

Photographs from the Decatur Coffin Company Fire

Fire
Fire Department
Photo File: Fires
Decatur IL
July 1907

Photographs of the fire at the Decatur Coffin Company which occurred July 10, 1907. The fire was discovered at 2 am Wednesday morning and did $20,000 damage to the building. The fire was discovered by the watchman at the plant, John Moore, on the fourth floor at the east end of the building facing East North St. The fire started in the 'couch room' which is where material for upholstering the caskets was kept. Earl W. Bradley and Benjamin Perkins, two firemen, were plunged from the fourth floor to the basement of the building and buried under feet of rubble. Both men sustained injuries but survived. The building was owned by T. T. Roberts, O.Z. Greene, George E. Moeller and Charles R. Murphy.

Herald and Review

Photo File: Fires

Herald and Review

7/10/1907

Herald and Review

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600 dpi

English

Photograph

FR13-FR16

Fire, Fire Department, Photo File: Fires, Decatur IL, 1907

Photograph

3.25 x 4.25"