Loveless Implement Fire (1959_04 #27.01 r1 f3)

Title: Loveless Implement Fire (1959_04 #27.01 r1 f3)
Creator: Washington Evening Journal
Date: 1959 April
Type: Image
Format: Image/jpg
UI Box and folder: U of Iowa Libraries Special Collections, MsC1179, Box 5
GeoPlace: Washington, IA
Rights: Copyright, Southeast Iowa Union, CC BY-NC
Subject (Fortepan category): Natural Disasters
Local Tag: Fires
SEIDL Link: https://seiowa.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?t=34618%2C34580&i=t&by=1959&bdd=1950&bm=4&bd=15&d=04151959-04151959&fn=washington_evening_journal_usa_iowa_washington_19590415_english_1&df=1&dt=4&cid=2721
SEIDL caption: LOVELESS FIRE. - A fire at the Loveless Implement Store here caused an estimated $50,000 to $60,000 in damages this morning. The fire was discovered shortly before 10 o'clock this morning and was reportedly started when gasoline being drained from a tractor gas tank was ignited by a faulty electrical system on the tractor. Firemen battled the blaze for more than two hours but were unable to keep the building from being almost completely destroyed. - Journal photos by Bob Elliott
Description: Loveless Implement Fire

Item sets: 1950's Photographs; 1959; Disasters: Storm Damage, Floods, Wrecks & Fires