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Decatur Daily in Decatur, Alabama

19 Dec 1935

Page 5

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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 19, 1935

Page

5

Fire-proof Skyscraper Lessons At Fireman College

Horace S. talk marks the Fire Department University in New York where hundreds of recruits and veterans study fire prevention and fighting. They learn laws on contagion, hazards in tenements and skyscrapers and prepare to lead in a possible future holocaust. A famed Fire Chief warns against false security.

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Fireman's College New York Fire Department Greater New York United States General Electric 61St Street Lexington Avenue Gerard Bayard Swope John J. McElligott McEley McElligott Manhattan cElligott Commissioner McElligott Washington Albany Hughkeepsie Boston Springfield Trenton Scranton 9Th Avenue Hudson Tubes West Side Central Park New District Brooklyn East Coney Island Harlem River
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Tanker Fire and the Fire Chief’s Doomsday Vision for New York

A 1935 feature outlines a hypothetical Manhattan holocaust sparked by a tanker explosion and a General Electric building blaze. Commissioner McElligott details how a citywide fire could erupt despite fireproofing, urging strict building inspections and coordinated evacuation plans to prevent catastrophe.

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Manhattan Stoner McElligott New York Gerard Bayard Swope General Electric Corporation General Electric John J. McElligott
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