Hartford, CT Five Story Building Fire, Jan 1933
FIREMAN DIES IN BLAZE AT HARTFORD.
(By Associated Press)
Hartford, Conn., Jan. 3. -- One fireman died, three were overcome by smoke and gas, and another was injured today, in a fire which extensively damaged a five-story building here.
The loss was estimated at $20,000.
Capt. PHILIP E. DUFFY died in a hospital 10 minutes after collapsing outside the building. The fire was discovered this morning in a basement beneath the Walker restaurant. The cause was undetermined. More than a dozen occupants of apartments on upper floors were rescued by firemen.
Portsmouth Herald New Hampshire 1933-01-03
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