On December 2, 2014, Deputy Chief Tim Conroy (now retired) presented me with a very old photograph of the Luther Street Fire Station and members of the SFD. As I remember it, he told me he found it in one […]
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The Stamford Fire Department in the 1947 Hit Movie Boomerang
The 1947 video clip below shows the interior of the old “Central Fire Station”, with the church across the street. The station was directly next door to the present day “Central Fire Station”, commonly referred to today as “Headquarters.” The […]
1913.03.23 – Beehler Hat Store Fire
The following was publish in the Stamford Advocate on March 24, 1913. $25,000 Fire Damage in Fessenden Block Blaze in Cellar Ruins Big Stocks of Merchandise on Easter Day BEEHLER’S LOSS, $12,000; H.NEWSTAD’s, $6,000 JK Lawrence suffers $2500 loss; Royce […]
1874.12.18 – Meadow Street Barn Fire
Below is an article from the December 18, 1874 Stamford Advocate that tells the story of a barn fire on Meadow Street. Fire Apparatus from the Atlantic Hose Company needed to be hauled from the center of town to Meadow […]
1959.01.10 – Freight Train Collides with Mail Train… Fire Ensues
As published in the Daily Advocate (Published as STAMFORD ADVOCATE) on January 10, 1959, pages 1 and 8 Freight Jumps Track, Crashes Mail train Four cars plunge into road after wreck at bridge All tracks tied up in wreckage – strewn […]
The History of Stamford’s Steam Fire Engines
During a violent afternoon storm on August 7, 1882, lightning struck the wooden steeple of the Presbyterian Church and set it afire. The church then was on the north side of Broad St. between Bedford and Summer. Atlantic Hose Co. […]