FDNY THROWBACK THURSDAY 5TH ALARM NY TELEPHONE EXCHANGE FIRE 2/27/1975

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2020-02-27 Throwback Thursday from 1975

This week’s Throwback Thursday photos are from February 27, 1975 –a fifth alarm at Second Avenue and 13th Street in Manhattan (FD Box MN 55-0465). More than 700 FDNY members responded to the New York Telephone Exchange fire.

2020-02-27 Throwback Thursday from 1975

This week’s Throwback Thursday photos are from February 27, 1975 –a fifth alarm at Second Avenue and 13th Street in Manhattan (FD Box MN 55-0465). More than 700 FDNY members responded to the New York Telephone Exchange fire.

www.flickr.com

 

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NY Telephone Company Fire – Fire Bell Club of New York

firebellclub.com

 

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Reports Look at Cancer Link to 1975 NY Telephone Company Fire

Reports in New York papers examined the tragic legacy of the FDNY response to a 1975 fire at the New York Telephone Company in Manhattan.

www.fireengineering.com

 

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Continued rest in peace to those who later succumbed