1940s-1950s-1960s New York Journal American Pictures - FDNY

[mack]

1964 "Cheating Death" Brooklyn 5/25/64:

Apartment fire in Brooklyn

1964 "Exhaused Firefighters" Brooklyn 6/26/64:

E 235 takes a blow - School fire - Fireman Ernest J. Marquart LODD at this fire

1946 "Firemen Battle Luna Park Blaze" Brooklyn 10/2/46

Engine 245 operating at Coney Island 4th Alarm

1957 " Flames and Flakes in Broadway" Manhattan 12/4/57:

In a snowstorm firemen fight the flames of a gas main explosion at Broadway and 40th St

1956 "Momentary Relief" Manhattan 7/16/1956

Wanamaker Fire  http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675064631_Fire-at-Wanamakers-Department-Store_fire-fighters_water-blocked-in-subways_sandbag-wall

 

[mack]

1962 "On the Edge"  Manhattan 11/14/1962

A fireman battles the flaming cornice of a five-story tenement

1957 "Overcome by Smoke" 9/18/57

Two firemen assist a third who was overcome by smoke while battling a three-alarm blaze

1963 "Total Loss" Staten Island 4/21/1963

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Eiss watch as their home in Annadale, Staten Island, is completely burned to the ground. - Staten Island brush fire

1965 "Temple Aflame" Manhattan 11/27/65

Firemen battle a three-alarm fire at the West Side Synagogue.

 

[mack]

1965 "The Fireman in Winter" 2/4/1965

Fireman Michael Chananchuk ponders how to man the tiller of his ice-encrusted firetruck following a nighttime winter battle with a theater fire.

1963 "Fire's Devastation" 12/22/63

Fireman J. De Bellonia surveys the ruins of the fire-gutted Epiphany Roman Catholic Church on 2nd Avenue.  5th alarm

1964 Fighting Two Big Fires at Once" 3/5/64

Firemen and firetrucks fight five-alarm fires on two different floors of an 11-story apartment house in Brooklyn.

1964 "Fighting Gas Main Fire"  Brooklyn 12/11/64

In Brooklyn firemen work to isolate a gas main fire and protect nearby buildings while waiting for the explosive fire to die out.

 

[mack]

1966 "Brush Fire Training" Staten Island 3/27/66

In Dongan Hills, Staten Island, firemen practice extinguishing brush fires in a training session, held in preparation for brush fire season.

1962 "Brooklyn Blaze"  Brooklyn 3/30/62

Firemen fight a five-alarm Brooklyn fire from a nearby shed roof.

 

[mack]

1964 Accident Victim at Scene of Parkway Crash" 11/27/1964:

Thrown from her car, accident victim Mary Crump of Yonkers lies beside the wreckage from a head-on crash on the Henry Hudson Parkway.

1960 "Aftermath" Manhattan 11/18/60

Firemen hose down the smoldering aftermath of a catastrophic Broadway loft fire which killed three of their own.
LODDs - Fireman John C. Cosner Squad 8; Lt John C. McDermott Engine 31; Fireman Francis J. Sammon Engine 31  RIP - Never Forget

1956 "Wanamaker Fire" Manhattan 7/15/56

The scene on the streets as firemen and firetrucks battle the 25-hour long blaze at the old Wanamaker's Department Store.

 

[memory master]

Nice work Mack. Great shots and memories of my dad talking about the Wanamaker job.