From the Stronach Photo Files

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Sorry for the long time between postings but with Ian away and me being tied up it's been a while. Two fires to post this time:



Montreal, December 24[sup]th[/sup] , 1971. 2[sup]nd[/sup] alarm, Box 3-1281 (Notre Dame & Dominion); 2350 Notre Dame Street West, Lido Theatre. This is not a spectacular fire but for apparatus buffs, with the 1954 Seagrave 75[sup]th[/sup] Anniversary pumper, the Fargo hose wagon and the 1956 GMC tractor on the Seagrave aerial, the photos could have been taken in the mid-1950’s. These were my first slides of a Montreal fire some 40 years ago.



Montreal, May 15[sup]th[/sup], 1981. 5[sup]th[/sup] alarm, Box 3-1156 (des Recollets & Ste. Helene); 444-446 St. Pierre Street, 7 storey commercial; three firefighters killed in building collapse. Two of the firefighters who died were buried under the pile of rubble next to the “No Parking” sign in the right of the first photo the morning after. I had been standing 10 feet away from them and worked on their extrication and transport to hospital.



The rest of the photos can be found at [url="http://www.firebuff.org/stronach.htm"]http://www.firebuff.org/stronach.htm[/url]