From the Stronach Photo Files

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Nice PIcs

[Guest]

very cool

[Guest]

After much delay (mostly my fault) here is the next series of pics from the Stronach photo files.

Montreal, April 16[sup]th[/sup], 1982. 5[sup]th[/sup] alarm, Box 3-1164 (William & McGill); 90-92 McGill Street; commercial.



Montreal, June 10[sup]th[/sup], 1982. 5[sup]th[/sup] alarm + 4 engines and 2 ladders, Box 2-1511 (Roy & St. André); St. André Street at Roy Street; residential.



For the rest of the photos please go to [url="http://www.firebuff.org/stronach.htm"]http://www.firebuff.org/stronach.htm[/url]

[Guest]

Here is the next installment:

Montreal, November 1982. 5[sup]th[/sup] alarm; Box 2-1165 (de La Gauchetière & Sanguinet); 440 de La Gauchetière Street East, 3 storey rooming house, 8 dead.

Montreal, May 9[sup]th[/sup], 1984. 5[sup]th[/sup] alarm + 2 engines; Box 2-1151 (de Vitré & Saint-Laurant); 978 St. Laurent Blvd; 4 storey vacant residential.

Montreal, June 3[sup]rd[/sup], 1984. 5[sup]th[/sup] alarm + 4 engines & 2 ladders; Box 2-1736 (Masson & de Lorimier); 2055 Masson Street, 3 storey industrial.



For the rest of the photos: [url="http://www.firebuff.org/stronach.htm"]http://www.firebuff.org/stronach.htm[/url]

[spike6969]

Thanks again Mark,

Fantastic pictures of Montreal "back in the day". Please keep them coming. Any chance of seeing some west end pictures?

Much appreciated

Kevin

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This next installment has what are probably the most spectacular scenes so far. Enjoy them at [url="http://www.firebuff.org/stronach.htm"]http://www.firebuff.org/stronach.htm[/url]



[size="4"]Montreal, September 30[/size][sup][size="3"]th[/size][/sup][size="4"], 1985. 5[/size][sup][size="3"]th[/size][/sup][size="4"] alarm + 6 engines & 3 ladders; Box 3-1322 (de Vitré & Jeanne Mance); 1001 Jeanne-Mance Street; 5 storey vacant commercial with severe exposure to Montreal Convention Centre. The aerial shot was taken by Rick Leckner who was at the time the dean of the helicopter traffic reporters in Montreal. Rick got his start in the media covering fires for local radio stations, both on the ground and in the air. He is a fellow firebuff and advisor to the Montreal Fire Department.[/size]

[Cyber]

Just....WOW!

[Guest]

After a bit of a hiatus here are some more photos from the Stonach photo files.



Montreal, February 16[sup]th[/sup], 1992. 5[sup]th[/sup] alarm + 10 engines, 5 ladders & 2 manpower squads; Box 3-1126 (Notre Dame & St. Sulpice); 451 St. Sulpice Street; 4 storey commercial with severe exposures on four sides; Notre Dame Bassilica (Montreal’s most historic church) on the west, 5 storey condominiums on the south, 5 storey commercial on the east and 4 & 5 storey commercial on the north. The fire, in a sprinklered building, was deliberately set and the sprinkler system water supply turned off. There was a severe problem with flying brands but the 8 inches of snow that had fallen just before the fire slowed down responding apparatus but covered the roofs, preventing fire spread to many other buildings. Here is the link to the rest of the shots [url="http://www.firebuff.org/stronach.htm"]http://www.firebuff.org/stronach.htm[/url]

[spike6969]

Thanks Mark, much appreciated.

Kevin

[John Kenealy]

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After a bit of a hiatus here are some more photos from the Stonach photo files.



Montreal, February 16[sup]th[/sup], 1992. 5[sup]th[/sup] alarm + 10 engines, 5 ladders & 2 manpower squads; Box 3-1126 (Notre Dame & St. Sulpice); 451 St. Sulpice Street; 4 storey commercial with severe exposures on four sides; Notre Dame Bassilica (Montreal’s most historic church) on the west, 5 storey condominiums on the south, 5 storey commercial on the east and 4 & 5 storey commercial on the north. The fire, in a sprinklered building, was deliberately set and the sprinkler system water supply turned off. There was a severe problem with flying brands but the 8 inches of snow that had fallen just before the fire slowed down responding apparatus but covered the roofs, preventing fire spread to many other buildings. Here is the link to the rest of the shots [url="http://www.firebuff.org/stronach.htm"]http://www.firebuff.org/stronach.htm[/url]

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I was at this fire! It was a Sunday morning, my brother-in-law and I went to Montreal for a hockey long weekend. The Canadiens played Quebec on Saturday night and the Minnesota North Stars on Monday night. Sunday we were taking in some of the sights, and actually went down to this neighborhood for Mass at the Basilica. Obviously, there was no services that morning. No camera with me, though.

[Guest]

[sub]Here is another fully involved installment;[/sub]



[sub]Montreal, November 4[sup]th[/sup], 1995. 5[sup]th[/sup] alarm + specials; Box 2-1142 (Notre Dame & Gosford); Notre Dame Street East & Gosford; 4 storey vacant commercial building with a severe exposure on the south side to the Montreal Police Department 911 Call Centre. The radiant heat broke sixty windows on all five floors of the building. Numerous hose lines were deployed inside the 911 Centre. All 911 operations were transferred to the back-up site during the fire and remained there for a number of weeks until the main 911 Centre was repaired.[/sub]

[firstduephotos]

Mark, thanks for posting these shots! Looking forward to more

[Guest]

Ian has once again started to provide installments from his collection;



Montreal, January, 1980 – 3[sup]rd[/sup] alarm and February 9[sup]th[/sup], 1992 – 5[sup]th[/sup] alarm; Box 3-2521 (St. Ambroise & Sir Georges Etienne Cartier Est); the long standing Dominion Elevator Limited (later Coopérative Federée Quebec) flour mill on the north bank of the Lachine Canal was the site of massive dust explosion in January 1980 that severely damaged the concrete silos and broke every window in the six storey mill building. The force of the explosion ripped apart the 2 foot thick concrete silos and toppled over 100 ton railway cars. After the explosion the damaged silos were demolished. The mill reopened twelve years later on February 9[sup]th[/sup], 1992 first due companies arrived to find the mill fully involved. The building collapsed during the fire and by the next morning the flour mill was gone.



Here is the link for the rest of the series [url="http://www.firebuff.org/stronach.htm"]http://www.firebuff.org/stronach.htm[/url]

[spike6969]

Hi Mark,



Thanks for posting the new pictures. I could look at the older stuff for hours.

Have a great day

Kevin

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<strong><strong>Montreal, 19 November 1993 – 5^th alarm plus 3 pumps & 3 ladders; Box 3-2221 (Mullins & Charlevoix); fire spread from the rear to fully involve the four storey, 300 ft. long factory building in the Point St. Charles district of the city.  (3-08526 to 3-08561)</strong></strong>


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<strong><strong>Montreal, 27 November 1993 – 5^th alarm plus 3 pumps & 3 ladders; Box 3-1198 (Brennan & Ann); fully involved, one storey hardware warehouse dating from the 19^th century in the Griffintown district of the city</strong></strong>

 

<strong><strong>The rest of the photos can be found on my site athttp://www.firebuff.org/stronach.htm</strong></strong>

[Guest]

Finally both Ian and I have had the time to update.

Montreal, 06 April 1996 – 4^th alarm; Box 3-1376 (Coursol & Atwater); fire involved two, three-storey row houses in the St. Henri district of the city.  There had been a second alarm in one of the buildings 18 hours earlier.

 

The rest of the photos can be found at http://www.firebuff.org/stronach.htm

[CCFR-45]

Great stuff.

 

Thank you for sharing

[spike6969]

Thank you Mark and Ian.  Appreciate the great pictures.

Kevin