MAJOR FIRES IN EAST LIVERPOOL
Source HIT ‘EM OUT! By Gary Cornell
A History of the East Liverpool Fire Department
Pages 89 - 125
In keeping within the copyright laws: For locations and full details of each fire you will have to buy the book or borrow it from someone. A few of these fires are already in some articles on the East Liverpool Historical Society web and some facebook postings but most of thse are not.
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH FIRE - March 9, 1845
WOODWARD & VODERY POTTERY FIRE - March 8, 1849
BALL & MORRIS "UNION" POTTERY FIRE - July 14, 1849
THE WINCHESTER DISASTER - February 23, 1866
W. S. GEORGE'S CASK & BARREL FACTORY FIRE - August 26, 1874
FARMER'S BUILDING FIRE _ October 13 1880
STEWART FEED STORE BUILDING FIRE - February 3, 1881
J. J.WALTER'S CASK & STAVE FACTORY FIRE -June 23, 1881
BOYCE & Mc BANE MACHINE SHOP FIRE - October 4, 1881
DAVIDSON GROCERY FIRE - December 8, 1881
"STAR" POTTERY FIRE - March 28, 1882
THE SECOND STREET FIRE OF 1883 - April 14, 1883
STANDARD CO-OPERATIVE FIRE - January 14, 1888
A. J. BOYCE INDUSTRIAL FOUNDRY FIRE - January 3, 1889
THE "CHINA WORKS" FIRE - November 18, 1889
SEBRING POTTERY FIRE - October 22, 1890
THE "DRY GOODS" DISTRICT FIRE - March 3, 1892
POTTER'S CO-OPERATIVE "DRESDEN" POTTERY FIRE - April 1, 1893
EAST LIVERPOOL POTTERY CO. FIRE - August 26, 1895
METSCH "CROCKERY CITY" FLOURING MILL FIRE - April 22, 1896
THE OLD "VIENNA" SKATING RINK FIRE - June 8, 1896
CHRISTIAN CHURCH FIRE - January 28, 1897
BURFORD BROS. POTTERY FIRE - May 22, 1897
SPECIALITY GLASS CO, FIRE - March 23, 1898
W. S. GASS SHOE STORE FIRE February 10, 1899
J. W. YOUNG BABY CARRIAGE FACTORY FIRE - September 25, 1899
1900 - 1910
ST. STEPHEN'S PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH - Januarty 7, 1900
THE BUSY BEEHIVE DRYGOODS STORE FIRE - February 2, 1901
THE "SECOND" DRESDEN POTTERY FIRE - August 17, 1901
FRANK CROOK FURNITURE STORE FIRE - November 1, 1902
BRUNT POTTERY COMPANY FIRE - January 27, 1903
THE EAST LIVERPOOL SAGGER COMPANY FIRE - -Feburary 16, 1903
KOCH DRYGOODS STORE FIRE - January 13, 1904
MURPHY POTTERY FIRE - April 4, 1904
THE EXCHANGE BUILDING FIRE - December 21, 1904
THE ARBUCKLE BLOCK FIRE - -January 21, 1905
THE GREAT DIAMOND FIRE OF 1905 - February 28, 1905
THE HAZLETT HOUSE FIRE - June 3, 1905
THE SECOND OGILVIE'S CO. FIRE - September 17, 1905
THE AMERICAN SEWER PIPE COMPANY FIRE - December 20, 1905
NATIONAL CHINA FIRE - December 16, 1906
EAST LIVERPOOL ELECTRIC PORCELAIN COMPANY FIRE - March 15, 1907
WRIGHT'S BUTCHER SHOP FIRE - September 3, 1907
THE Y. M. C. A. FIRE - December 15, 1907
BRUNT OPERA BUILDING FIRE - -January 17, 1908
DIAMOND HARDWARE FIRE - May 28, 1909
FAULK FLOURING MILL FIRE - January 25, 1910
D. E. McNICOL POTTERY FIRE - February 21, 1910
ANDERSON PORCELAIN PLANT FIRE - July 24, 1910
STAR BARGAIN STORE FIRE - November 11, 1910
BROOKE'S BUILDING FIRE - November 18, 1910
1910 - 1920
PITTSBURGH BRICK & TILE MANUFACTURING COMPANY FIRE - October 23, 1913
THE SECOND BRUNT OPERA BUILDING FIRE - January 9, 1915
GOLDING FLINT MILL FIRE.- Noverber 4, 1915
AMERICAN PORCELAIN WORKS FIRE - August 16, 1916
POTTER'S MILLING & MINING CO. FIRE - February 8, 1917
CLAUDE NEASE LUMBER YARD FIRE - February 8, 1917
ADAMENT PORCELAIN COMPANY FIRE - February 7, 1918
MILLIRON COMPANY FIRE OF 1918 - August 24, 1918
BURFORD BUILDING FIRE - December 6, 1918
TRENLE CHINA COMPANY FIRE - January 20, 1920
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH FIRE - March 6, 1920
1921 - 1930
EAST LIVERPOOL MOTORS-FIRST METHODIST CHURCH FIRE - May 20, 1921
MILLIGAN HARDWARE FIRE - February 22, 1925
ELITE AMUSEMENT BUILDING FIRE - February 1, 1926
OYSTER BUILDING FIRE - February 21, 1926
FISHER'S BAKERY FIRE - June 18, 1926
THE BUCKEYE LUMBER CO. FIRE - January 7, 1929
1930 - 1949
PEACH PORCELAIN COMPANY FIRE - January 17 1931
WILLIAMS'S PAPER BOX FACTORY FIRE - February 10, 1936
SMITH & PHILLIPS FURNITURE STORE FIRE - December 18, 1936
THE McCRORY'S 5&10 STORE FIRE - December 31, 1947
WOODBINE LAUNDRY FIRE - October 19, 1949
1950 - 1971
THE AMERICAN THEATER FIRE - May 24, 1950
CITY MARKET BUILDING FIRE - June 29, 1952
ROYAL CROWN COLA BOTTLING COMPANY FIRE - September 8, 1952
SAYRE FURNITURE COMPANY FIRE - December 17, 1952
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD FREIGHT STATION FIRE - April 30, 1953
HANDY SALES & SERVICE COMPANY FIRE - May 10, 1954
THE DAIRYLAND FIRE - April 16, 1957
LOBLAWS SUPERMARKET FIRE - June 14, 1957
THE FILTRATION PLANT FIRE - April 3, 1958
THE COCA COLA BOTTLING CO FIRE - March 15, 1963
REESE JEWELRY STORE FIRE - March 31, 1963
THE DIAMOND FIRE OF 1968 - March 3, 1968
GOLDEN STAR DAIRY FIRE - April 23, 1970
THE EAST 6TH STREET & ST. CLAIR AVENUE FIRE - Septembe 3, 1970
ADKIN'S LUMBER CO, FIRE - April 25, 1971
1973- 2000
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FIRE - July 30, 1973
THE EAST 6TH & WASHINGTON STREETS FIRE - January 8 1974
COACHMAN INN-ECONOMY FURNITURE FIRE - August 11, 1975
CHARTER OIL COMPANY FIRE - February 10, 1976
BUSY BEAVER LUMBER YARD FIRE - March 14, 1977
THE MARFOURTH LUMBER YARD FIRE - December 2, 1979
BIRCH SUPPLY COMPANY WAREHOUSE FIRE - January 9, 1980
THE VOLBERG BUILDING FIRE - February 4, 1980
THE NUSSER BUILDING FIRE - July 21, 1980
WETZEL/S DRY CLEANERS FIRE - September 28, 1980
THE HILL BUILDING FIRE - August 2, 1982
THE CHURCH OF GOD FIRE - March 23, 1983
HE & SHE BEAUTY SALON FIRE - January 27, 1987
BIRCH SUPPLY COMPANY FIRE - February 7, 1988
THRIFTY CITY FIRE - June 9 1994
THE MODERNE GLASS COMPANY FIRE - October 11, 1994
THE ALLISON APARTMENT BUILDING FIRE - December 22, 1998
2002-2015
GILKINSON'S SHORT STOP MARKET FIRE - May 14, 2002
SIX RECYCLING COMPANY FIRE - May 4, 2004
MONROE APARTMENT BUILDING FIRE - September 29, 2004
894 PARK BOULEVARD FIRE - September 23, 2005
ALL SPORTS HEIMES FIRE - October 26, 2008
LEGENDS BAR FIRE - July 14, 2013
W. C. BUNTING COMPANY FIRE - November 7, 2014
GROWMARK FERTILIZER COMPANY FIRE - February 22, 2015
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