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September 1867--Cooper Wagon Works (14) | September 1867--Cooper Wagon Works (14) | ||
February 4, 1891--Bishop's Block (15) | |||
January 1963--Dubuque Twine Company warehouse (16) | |||
August 9, 2003--St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church ( | May 17, 1984--Clarke College (17) | ||
August 9, 2003--St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church (18) | |||
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15. "Dubuque Fire Toll Boosted." | 15. "Disastrous Blaze at Dubuque, Iowa." Chicago Tribune, Feb. 4, 1891, p. 5. Online: http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/doc/174491601.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Feb%204,%201891&author=&pub=Chicago%20Tribune&edition=&startpage=&desc=DISASTROUS%20BLAZE%20AT%20DUBUQUE,%20IA. | ||
16. "Dubuque Fire Toll Boosted." | |||
17. "Fire Burns a Whole in Dubuque History," Telegraph Herald, May 18, 1984, p. 4. Online: http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JTtFAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pLsMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4558,2022446&dq=fires+dubuque&hl=en | |||
18. "Fires Set at Dubuque Catholic Church," Cedar Rapids Gazette, Aug. 12, 2003. Online: http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CR&z=CRGB&p_theme=cr&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0FCE4C47B7D1CE28&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM | |||
[[Image:fire6.png|left|thumb|250px|1911 lumberyard fire]] | [[Image:fire6.png|left|thumb|250px|1911 lumberyard fire]] | ||
Revision as of 19:02, 15 November 2013
FIRES. Dubuque has been the scene of many disastrous fires. It has been claimed that belvederes, glass observatories on the roof of homes built in ITALIAN VILLA ARCHITECTURE, were used to observe the city for fires to allow the rest of the community to prepare.
Among the fires in Dubuque was the destruction of the Hotel Julien in 1913. The HOTEL CANFIELD was destroyed in 1946.
Lumber Companies
April 29, 1870--Dubuque Lumber Company (1)
August 18, 1870--Weston, Burch and Company (2)
October 29, 1872--Dubuque Lumber Company (3)
November 20, 1875--Iowa Lumber Company and Saw Mill (4)
July 23, 1876--Dubuque Lumber Company (5)
March 28, 1880--C. W. Robinson Lumber Yards (6)
June 9, 1894--Lesure Lumber Company (the largest fire in Dubuque history) (7)
May 26, 1911--Standard Lumber Company (8)
May 28, 1911--Standard Lumber Company, Conlon & Kearns ice house (9)
January 1963--Bly Lumber Company (10)
Nov. 6, 1979--Dubuque Chips Company (11)
Others
January 8, 1943--Rhomberg/Morris Flour Mill on Sageville Road (12)
January 1858--St. Cloud Hotel (13)
September 1867--Cooper Wagon Works (14)
February 4, 1891--Bishop's Block (15)
January 1963--Dubuque Twine Company warehouse (16)
May 17, 1984--Clarke College (17)
August 9, 2003--St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church (18)
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Source:
1. Hellert, Susan. "Dubuque Pitched In On A Couple of 1871 Disasters," Telegraph Herald, Sept. 21, 2004, p. 10. Online: http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Yp1dAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zlwNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6651,4577052&dq=standard+lumber+company+dubuque&hl=en
2. Ibid.
3. Ibid.
4. Ibid.
5. Ibid.
6. Ibid.
7. McCormick, John. "How Big Was the 1894 Fire? It Was So Big That..." Telegraph Herald, Nov. 14, 1979, p. 5. Online: http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nOhFAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Uv4MAAAAIBAJ&pg=6738,2018011&dq=standard+lumber+company+dubuque&hl=en
8. Hellert, Susan.
9. Ibid.
10. "Dubuque Fire Toll Boosted," Feb. 13, 1963, p. 10. Online: http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZI9FAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5bwMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6986,4537659&dq=fires+dubuque&hl=en
11. Ibid.
12. "Dubuque Landmark Destroyed by Fire," Telegraph Herald, January 10, 1943, p. 5. Online: http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5mBFAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LLwMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3264,6624831&dq=fires+dubuque&hl=en
13. "Some Notable Tri-State Fires," Telegraph Herald, January 22, 2008, p. 1. Online: http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DQ&p_theme=dq&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=11E5AF695BB37228&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM
14. Ibid.
15. "Disastrous Blaze at Dubuque, Iowa." Chicago Tribune, Feb. 4, 1891, p. 5. Online: http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/doc/174491601.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Feb%204,%201891&author=&pub=Chicago%20Tribune&edition=&startpage=&desc=DISASTROUS%20BLAZE%20AT%20DUBUQUE,%20IA.
16. "Dubuque Fire Toll Boosted."
17. "Fire Burns a Whole in Dubuque History," Telegraph Herald, May 18, 1984, p. 4. Online: http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JTtFAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pLsMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4558,2022446&dq=fires+dubuque&hl=en
18. "Fires Set at Dubuque Catholic Church," Cedar Rapids Gazette, Aug. 12, 2003. Online: http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CR&z=CRGB&p_theme=cr&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0FCE4C47B7D1CE28&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM
See: MILL FIRES