Re: [CBQ] Chicago General Office Fire Of 1922 [1 Attachment]

["Hol Wagner holpennywagner@msn.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>]

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Here's an image recently offered on eBay showing one of the fire trucks used in fighting the conflagration.

Hol

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From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> on behalf of LZadnichek@aol.com [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2017 12:29 PM
To: cbq@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [CBQ] Chicago General Office Fire Of 1922 [1 Attachment]

 

 

[Attachment(s) from LZadnichek@aol.com included below]

April 23, 2017

 

Group - Ninety five years ago this past March 15th, the Q's General Offices at 541-553 West Jackson Blvd. in downtown Chicago, IL, were destroyed in a spectacular fire.

 

 

This inserted/attached image shows the shell of the burnt-out general office building at far right the morning after the spectacular fire.

 

The following link is the definitive official description of the fire and insured damage that it caused:

 

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.73626441;view=1up;seq=6

 

Most company records in the 15 story general office building were incinerated. This is one reason why early day Q historical records and photographs are so hard to come by. Best Regards - Louis

 

Louis Zadnichek II

Fairhope, AL  

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CB&Q General Office Fire, Fire Truck, 1922.jpg

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Posted by: Hol Wagner <holpennywagner@msn.com>

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