1887-Box 31 at Third and Reily was pulled at 7:10 p.m. The grand stand at the grounds of the Harrisburg Athletic Association near the corner of N. Third and...
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enjine16
Feb 20, 2012 12:37 pm
1909-At 11:15 a.m. a telephone call was made to the Goodwill Engine Co. No. 7 firehouse at Sixth and Calder. A fire was being reported to them from the motion...
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Hfd82
enjine16
Feb 22, 2012 1:24 pm
1968-During the early morning hours fire was discovered in the first block of N. Thirteenth Street. Box 7 at Thirteenth and Market came in at 5:21 a.m....
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Hfd82
enjine16
Feb 24, 2012 11:53 am
1875- The placing of the horses on full time duty by the Paxton Engine No. 6 in June, 1872 was a historic one, but an important drawback arose in the fact that...
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Hfd82
enjine16
Feb 25, 2012 12:13 pm
1915-Star Independent, February 25, 1915 FIRE CHIEF STARTS BLAZE Kindler Kindles One in Police Headquarters and City Electrician Diehl Has a Narrow Escape The...
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enjine16
Feb 27, 2012 11:43 am
1865-Raspberry Alley(Court) between Locust and Pine Streets at Cranberry Street. Frame stable of J. D. Hoffman and a large building owned by William Miller,...
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enjine16
Feb 28, 2012 12:41 pm
2001- 0819 hrs. 2300 Market St. A large brick former mansion just east of Bishop McDevitt High School used for school storage was well involved on arrival of...
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enjine16
Mar 1, 2012 11:27 am
1874- 6:30 a.m. Locust Street between Second and Third. Residence of Dr. George Stine. Chimney fire, no damage incurred. The fire occurred just at church...
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enjine16
Mar 2, 2012 12:20 pm
1884- 8:00 p.m. The Hope Engine No. 2 steamer and carriage were sent to a fire that destroyed the switch tower and damaged the engine house of the Northern...
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enjine16
Mar 3, 2012 12:04 pm
1967-At several minutes before 6:00 a.m. the sounds of breaking glass and someone yelling fire filled the cold morning air. Someone ran to Seventeenth and...
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enjine16
Mar 7, 2012 11:33 am
1930-Sometime during the very early hours of this crisp and cold morning a fire started due to some defective wiring in the rear of the first floor grocery...
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enjine16
Mar 9, 2012 11:36 am
1915- Cameron Street above Maclay was nothing but a narrow dirt lane leading north between fields and farmlands. One farm was owned and occupied by the Samuel...
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enjine16
Mar 13, 2012 10:34 am
1993- The Great Blizzard of 1993 commenced. Snow started falling about 0400 and proceeded into Sunday (March 14). Wind gusts up to 60 mph were recorded....
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Richard
rich3784
Mar 14, 2012 3:37 pm
I have enclosed two shots of a fire box. I have two questions. 1. What is the button under the pull handle, Between the words Pull Handle in one shot? 2. What...
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Richard
rich3784
Mar 14, 2012 3:42 pm
sorry...
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Matthew Mummert
mlmummert
Mar 15, 2012 6:20 am
I'm not sure of the first question. That box looked like one of those type that Gamewell made which had a telephone in the bottom half of the fire alarm box....
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Matthew Mummert
mlmummert
Mar 15, 2012 7:51 am
Uh huh. This Digitize radio box is missing the white pull door that covers the fire pull hook. Anyway notice between the words "PULL" and "DOWN". This was an...
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enjine16
Mar 16, 2012 11:28 am
1915-Late in the afternoon a young boy discovered smoke and flames coming from behind a closet door in the second floor of the large building housing “The...
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Hfd82
enjine16
Mar 19, 2012 11:00 am
1936- The Susquehanna River crested at a record 30.33 feet, inundating 28% of the city's land area. This was the second worst flood to ever hit the city. The...
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Hfd82
enjine16
Mar 26, 2012 10:58 am
1839-As a result of two large fires in 1838, State Legislature passed a bill to provide the Borough of Harrisburg with a water system. The original system was...
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Matthew Mummert
mlmummert
Mar 27, 2012 7:36 am
So Harrisburg never had wood mains? York had some although the York Water Company dates back to 1816. Matthew Mummert Sent from my iPad (blame it for any...
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enjine16
Mar 27, 2012 10:47 am
1904-A large unused frame warehouse formerly occupied by the Harrisburg Nail Company stood adjacent to the Northern Central Railroad tracks in the Borough of...
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enjine16
Mar 28, 2012 2:32 am
I have uploaded a very important document that i want you to see. Click here to view the document using google docs, just sign in with your email. Thank you...
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Hfd82
enjine16
Mar 28, 2012 2:43 am
I have uploaded a very important document that i want you to see. Click here to view the document using google docs, just sign in with your email. Thank you...
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yorkfd@...
gregyfd
Mar 28, 2012 3:46 am
Folks, Please do not click on the link. Dave's account has been compromised. I am sure the link will lead you to somewhere you don't want to go or something...
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hfd82@...
enjine16
Mar 28, 2012 11:45 am
Apparently overnight my email address was hijacked. Please do not open any attachments or links that come from my address until this is cleared up....
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Mark Gage
gagey32
Mar 28, 2012 1:28 pm
Is this a virus or a scam??? I received this from you and Yorkfd From: FireServiceHistory@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FireServiceHistory@yahoogroups.com] On...
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yorkfd@...
gregyfd
Mar 28, 2012 1:44 pm
Yahoo stripped my text from my reply last evening, so not everyone got to see my message. Dave's email account was hijacked last evening, so please disregard...
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yorkfd@...
gregyfd
May 11, 2012 4:19 pm
May 11, 1934 Rescue Fire Company volunteer fireman Walter F. Hugentugler died as a result of injuries sustained on May 8, 1934 when he slipped under apparatus...
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Mike
mzaetta
Feb 19, 2013 2:10 am
Hi everyone, I have (2) original photos of antique horse drawn fire equipment in action. They are in awesome condition. NYC photos. $25.00 each and I will...
