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A Board of Inquiry was established to determine the cause of the collapse that resulted in the death of nine firefighters. The conclusion of the Board of Inquiry was, “The loss of support at the base of the circular cast-iron column was sufficient to trigger the collapse of the entire building...

Special Signal 10-15 was transmitted at 0745 hours announcing the Line-Of-Duty Deaths of nine members of the Boston Fire Department at Box 1571, 4 Alarms: Fire Lieutenant Thomas J. Carroll Fire Lieutenant John E. Hanbury Fire Fighter Charles E. Dolan Fire Fighter Joseph P. Saniuk Fire Fighter...

Firefighters injured were: Fire Fighter Henry Hudson, Engine Co. 21, Mass. General Hospital (admitted). Fire Lieutenant David Shubert, Engine Co. 40, Mass. General Hospital (released). Fire Lieutenant James McCabe, Engine Co. 33, Boston City Hospital (admitted). Fire Fighter John Feeney...

Ladder 15’s 1971 Maxim ladder truck crushed in the collapse.

Conditions in the upper floors, especially the fifth floor, made firefighting very difficult. Axe and rake duty, opening-up and ventilating operations continued in support of handlines being operated by the engine companies. Two extra engine companies were ordered at 1552 hours, and Engines 32 &...

The upper floors crashing down during the collapse.

Dartmouth St. side, during the fire, before the collapse. Car 4, District Fire Chief William Doherty, ordered a ‘Working Fire’, which was transmitted at 1444 hours. Engine 26, Ladder 17, Rescue Co., and the Deputy Chief of Division 1 (call sign C-6), responded. This was quickly followed by a...

The Hotel Vendome, during the fire, before the collapse. The Fire Alarm Office (FAO) transmitted Box 1571 at 1435 hours. Responding are Engines 33, 22, 7; Ladders 15, 13; District Chief 4. Engine 33 was the first to arrive, reporting light smoke showing from the fourth floor and proceeded to...

Dartmouth St. side of Hotel Vendome, before the fire, 5/1972. On Saturday, June 17, 1972, several workers began a brick sandblasting project on the seventh floor of the new (1881) portion of the Vendome. In the basement, the Cafe Vendome opened for business. Later in the day, two of the...