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1913-03-23: Beehler Hat Store Fire
The following was published in the Stamford Advocate on March 24, 1913. $25,000 Fire Damage in Fessenden Block [...]
1913-03: Spot, The Luther Street Station Mascot Is Killed
The article below was published in a March 1913 edition of The Advocate. It tells the sad story [...]
1913-06-12: Major Train Wreck in Stamford Results in the Deaths of Six People
On Thursday, June 12, 1913, the second section of the Boston Express crashed into the first section near [...]
1914-01-13: Stamford Yacht Club on Shippan Point Up In Flames on a Cold Winter Night
By now Retired Firefighter Joseph Lombardo IV If you were a brave Stamford resident that ventured out on [...]
1914: Stamford’s “Auto” Fire Department Postcard
This picture is a high resolution scan of a mint condition colorized postcard from roughly 1914. It depicts [...]
1916-01-26: Kenneth W Carter Abandons Wall Street to Join the SFD
This is an interesting story that nobody in Stamford seems to know anything about. I asked some old [...]
1916: A Stamford Parade
This is most likely the Memorial Day parade, but it could also be the parade to kick of [...]
1917-07-31: SFD Acts Swiftly To Contain Explosive Fire At Southfield Avenue Factory
An explosion at the American Synthetic Color Company, caused by acids or some other chemical occurred at 5:30 [...]
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