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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
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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