Building collapse, 137 Pitt St., Manhattan, May 18, 1957

[firebuffkevin]

FDNY firefighters respond to a building collapse at 137 Pitt St., Manhattan, on May 18, 1957. One fatality was reported.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fdnyhome/sets/72157629789326462/show/

 

[68jk09]

Good find.....the guy w/the cap & the checkered suit & shirt was the then Fire Comm Edward F. Cavanaugh.

 

[guitarman314]

Good find.....the guy w/the cap & the checkered suit & shirt was the then Fire Comm Edward F. Cavanaugh.

Did you mean "Camera" Cavanaugh? ;D

 

[68jk09]

Yes....... several FH mascots oddly enough had the same name in that era.......sometime the names were slightly altered for WNYF All Hands columns.....LAD*26s was spelled Cavendish in print......i guess this was an attempt at political correctness way ahead of its time ......probably not though...... just fear of vindictiveness.

 

[memory master]

Is that Artie Massett, COD at the time?