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  • Category: Historic Windsor Fires

      • in Historic Windsor Fires
      • — 19 May, 2017

      Old Flames: An Extra-Alarmer on Riverside Drive

        During the noon hour on a beautiful fall afternoon in early October of 1963, fire broke out on the upper floors of an old, three-story commercial building on Riverside[…]

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      Spectators throng Langlois Ave. at height of the fire. - Walt McCall Collection
      • in Historic Windsor Fires
      • — 29 Mar, 2017

      Old Flames: The Bowman-Anthony Fire, May 21, 1967

      One of the largest fires in Windsor during Canada’s Centennial Year broke out in an old factory building on Langlois Ave. on a sunny Sunday afternoon in the middle of[…]

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      • in Historic Windsor Fires
      • — 21 Oct, 2016

      Old Flames: The Herald Press Fire, 1974

      On a sunny Sunday afternoon in June of 1974, I was driving in downtown Windsor with a fellow fire buff from Toronto. At that time I had a radio scanner[…]

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      Former Gotfredson plant engulfed in flames - Dan Jasina Photo
      • in Historic Windsor Fires
      • — 17 Nov, 2014

      Old Flames: Windsor’s Big Fires

      One of the largest and most spectacular fires in Windsor’s history consumed a sprawling factory complex at 945 Walker Road on the warm summer evening of Saturday, June 30, 1985.[…]

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    • 1971 - J. T. Wing Building Fire - Pitt Street East
      • in Historic Windsor Fires
      • — 10 Jul, 2008

      1971 – J. T. Wing Building Fire – Pitt Street East

      Originally Published in Fenton Fire Magazine (May, 2008) Written by – Robert Kirkpatrick The force of water is great. Firefighters know this and it is why firefighting equipment must be constantly tested[…]

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