aqueductfire

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Aqueduct fire (LOC)

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  • pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:
    In August 1913, three men were killed and 62 others trapped in a tunnel in Harlem, part of the Catskill Aqueduct, when a fire started in a blacksmith's shop at the head of the shaft. It was especially dangerous because 900 pounds of dynamite were stored in the tunnel. There was no light, no fresh air, and a lot of smoke, but eventually the trapped men were rescued.
  • swanq said:
    See NYT of August 21, 1913 query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E00E4DE123FE633A... "Three men were hurt mortally and sixty-two others were penned in the tunnel at the foot of Shaft 9 of the Catskill Aqueduct at 149th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue, from which the air had been cut off by a fire which started in the blacksmith's shop at the head of the shaft at 5:20 o'clock yesterday afternoon."
  • Anne (LOC P&P) said:
    pennylrichards and swanq: Thanks for the additional information. We'll include the event and date next time we update the record.