Fire Strikes the Chicago Stock Yards: A History of Flame and Folly in the Jungle

Hogan, John F.; Burkholder, Alex A.

ISBN 10: 1609499077 / ISBN 13: 9781609499075

Editore: History Press, 2013

Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Codice articolo G1609499077I4N10

Riassunto:

Wade into the endless smoke of Chicago’s Union Stock Yards,the site of nearly three hundred extra-alarm fires before its closure in 1971,including some of the most disastrous conflagrations of a city famous for fire.In 1910, twenty-one firemen and three civilians were killed in a blaze at abeef warehouse—the largest death toll for an organized fire department in thenation prior to 9/11. The meatpackerswho ran the yards considered the constant threat of fire as part of the cost ofdoing business, shrugging it off with an, “It’s all right, we’re fullycovered.” For the firefighters who were forced to plunge into the flames againand again, it was an entirely different matter.

Product Description: Book by John F Hogan Alex A Burkholder

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Titolo: Fire Strikes the Chicago Stock Yards: A ...
Casa editrice: History Press
Data di pubblicazione: 2013
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Very Good
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