NEW BALTIMORE ENGINE 2 PUMPER
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Engine Company 2, at Light and Montgomery Streets, was built in 1920 for $67,000. It was the first Baltimore firehouse built without horse stalls and the kitchen was downstairs. The firehouses for Engines 47, 50, 51,52,56,57,58 and Truck 24 would be exact copies. The Chief of the Sixth Battalion was in a separate bay on the Montgomery Street side.
During a severe thunderstorm on July 23, 1962 Fire Box 641 was struck out for a lightening caused fire at Johnson and Randall Streets, While responding, Engine 2 and Truck 6 (responding from their truck house on South Hanover Street) collided at Light Street and Fort Avenue. The truck's rig, an open cab tractor under an old LaFrance trailer traveled through the door of a corner confectionary store so far that the tillerman was nearly decapitated. The store owner, standing behind the cigar counter, was killed. The tractor then caught fire with the crew trapped inside. One of the truckmen riding on the side grabbed a fire extinguisher, put out the fire and rescued the trapped officer and chauffeur. All nine firefighters were injured. The pumper was totaled. While pulling the Truck out of the building, the entire brick front wall collapsed on the rig. The Repair Shop repaired it back to active service.
During a severe thunderstorm on July 23, 1962 Fire Box 641 was struck out for a lightening caused fire at Johnson and Randall Streets, While responding, Engine 2 and Truck 6 (responding from their truck house on South Hanover Street) collided at Light Street and Fort Avenue. The truck's rig, an open cab tractor under an old LaFrance trailer traveled through the door of a corner confectionary store so far that the tillerman was nearly decapitated. The store owner, standing behind the cigar counter, was killed. The tractor then caught fire with the crew trapped inside. One of the truckmen riding on the side grabbed a fire extinguisher, put out the fire and rescued the trapped officer and chauffeur. All nine firefighters were injured. The pumper was totaled. While pulling the Truck out of the building, the entire brick front wall collapsed on the rig. The Repair Shop repaired it back to active service.
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Very nice lookingI do miss the orange though.