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The lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Gypsum, after a December 15,1990, late night fire. According to Fire Chief, Dave Vroman, the blaze was traced to a furnace recently installed. First Lutheran Church of Gypsum and Mount of the Holy Cross Lutheran Church of Vail took over ownership of the structure in 1989. Members were remodeling the structure to convert it into a parish hall.
"Last week's fire destoyed 88 years of history in downtown...
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The lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Gypsum, after a December 15,1990, late night fire. According to Fire Chief, Dave Vroman, the blaze was traced to a furnace recently installed. First Lutheran Church of Gypsum and Mount of the Holy Cross Lutheran Church of Vail took over ownership of the structure in 1989. Members were remodeling the structure to convert it into a parish hall.
"Last week's fire destoyed 88 years of history in downtown...
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Group of buildings surrounding the Bonar Pool Hall after the explosion and fire on April 25, 1932. Four men at midground are examining the rubble on the site; there's another man standing at the far right.
Photo marked Plaintiff's exhibit C [#35]
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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A group of men examine the aftermath of the Eagle Valley Enterprise building fire. St. Mary's Cathoic Church is in the background (belltower visible).
"A devastating fire on January 13, 1932, destroyed the newspaper office on Broadway. The fire started in an adjacent dry-cleaning shop and wiped out several main street businesses. George Carlow sounded the fire alarm, but the town's limited fire equipment malfunctioned in the freezing termperatures....
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"The Lloyd house was considered one of the most beautiful ranch homes on the Western Slope and was something of a showplace. Ella Lloyd was hosting a party of ladies at a bridge luncheon in October 1936 when a fire was discovered in the attic. When the fire alarm was sounded, about half the men in town showed up to fight the fire. Because the inner walls of the building were made of cement block, the fire burned slowly, and the men and women were...
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A slightly different perspective of the aftermath of the Eagle Valley Enterprise building fire. The E.E. Glenn store is visible at left and the billiard parlor is on the right.
"A devastating fire on January 13, 1932, destroyed the newspaper office on Broadway. The fire started in an adjacent dry-cleaning shop and wiped out several main street businesses. George Carlow sounded the fire alarm, but the town's limited fire equipment malfunctioned...
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A group of men examine the aftermath of the Eagle Valley Enterprise building fire. The Dice building is at midfield.
"A devastating fire on January 13, 1932, destroyed the newspaper office on Broadway. The fire started in an adjacent dry-cleaning shop and wiped out several main street businesses. George Carlow sounded the fire alarm, but the town's limited fire equipment malfunctioned in the freezing termperatures. The building was a complete loss....
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The front of the Holy Cross Garage in flames on March 21, 1963.
Eagle Valley Enterprise, March 21, 1963 p.1: "An historic landmark in Red Cliff was burned to the ground and an adjoining building destroyed in a blaze early this morning and two young men are being quesioned in connection with a reported break in at the garage.
The Holy Cross Garage and adjoining house, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Walter Owen went up in smoke. The residence was just remodeled...
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Photo postcard of the Gypsum Hotel (formerly the Skiff Hotel) after the fire in 1912.
Eagle Valley Enterprise, Feb. 9, 1912, p.1: GYPSUM TOWN HAS BIG FIRE. Early Sunday Morning Blaze Destoys Three Buildings and Portion of Contents.
The most disastrous fire in the history of Gypsum or Eagle county took place in that town last Sunday morning at four o'clock, and before the fire was discovered it gained such headway that every effort to quench the flames...
14. Beck house fire
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Castle Peak and the lookout station. The lookout station was used in finding fires throughout the surrounding areas, since it was located at approximately 11,275 feet.
Inscription on back: " The Lookout Station on Castle Pk. that I put up last year. How would you like to be up there now (5 ft. of snow). JP"
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Five men are standing in the ruins of the Bonar Pool Hall after the fire on Monday, April 25, 1932, a few minutes before 4AM. All four walls were blown outward and the building was in flames. Three women are in the mid background,. A Model T Ford is visible. "STAR" sign visible at left.
Photograph marked Plaintiff's exhibit B [#33].
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The fire brigade and hose cart for the Red Cliff fire department, posed in front of the Town Hall. The fire department was in the bottom floor of the Town Hall building.
"The first fire department was organized by Aaron Graham in 1888. It was of the push cart type but an improvement over the old bucket brigade type."--A History of Eagle County, p.5.
Since the bottom floor of the Town Hall was the fire department, an estimate of 1888-1889 is used...