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Fires in the Neighborhood
1860: site of Dalian
1884: fatal injuries to fireman James Clayton of our Spring Garden Engine #18
1895: death of fireman John F. Ryder of our Spring Garden #18
1862: fire at Lips' Brewery at 17th and Buttonwood Streets
From 2/7/1862 Inquirer
1864: 23rd and Hamilton Streets
From the 4/24/1864 Inquirer
1884: fire at BLW
From the 8/5/1884 Philadelphia Times
1907: fire at BLW
From the Indiana Reporter-Times
1909: fireman Joseph Toner of our Spring Garden #18 killed in fire at 1516-22 Callowhill Street
21st and Pennsylvania Avenue October 18, 1870
From the Inquirer
22nd and Wood Street, August 8, 1870
From the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph
1924: Granary burns to ground
1969: Hancock-Gross warehouse at 420 North 20th Street
August 21, 1973, Philadelphia Inquirer
Worst fire in the neighborhood as far as fatalities with five dead. This fire is mentioned in our article about the Community College of Philadelphia here.
1986: fire at the Highway Tabernacle Assembly at 18th and Spring Garden Streets, northwest corner
Not a fire but a gruesome fatality at Norris Locomotive Works due to a boiler explosion on March 16, 1863; from the Philadelphia Inquirer on March 18, 1863.
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