WPBFD History

January 3, 1931 533 Gardenia Street January 3, 1931 738 Newark Street January 29, 1931 Fagg Mill Works November 24, 1931 Plane crash December 12,1931 Train wreck August 4-5, 1932 824-32nd Street and 431-13th Street

April 17, 1938 517-19th Street April 18, 1938 701-4th Street October 6, 1938 1413 Okeechobee Road February 15, 1939 Lake Worth F. D. called for assistance, brush fire January 22, 1940 To kill rattlesnake February 28, 1941 Fire call to Wabasso Drive, West Gate. June 23, 1941 Captain Harry Juergen drowned June 10, 1943 To help Riviera Beach with a brush fire September 19, 1944 Armour & Company plant December 12, 1950 Twin City Waste Paper Company, 1133 North Railroad Avenue March 7, 1951 Train derailment 54th Street to 28th Street March 26, 1953 Club Ballerina, 5700 Broadway June 16, 1953 Stewart Pontiac June 17, 1953 Incinerator on 23rd Street. October 18, 1954 Union Congregational Church Datura Street and South Olive February 5, 1955 814 Sapodilla Avenue July 3, 1955 642-7th Street July 4,1955 Apartment fire at 4207 112 South Olive Avenue December 2, 1955 405 Malverne Street February 21, 1956 Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter August 22,1956 Douglas C-124 Globemaster August 24, 1958 Farmer's Market on Congress Avenue August 29, 1959 Norton Arms Apartment Hotel August 2, 1960 McGinley Building at 340 Clematis Street, Baker Shoe Store August 10,1960 Outdoor Store, E1 Vedado and South Dixie Highway September 10, 1960 Citizen's Building September 25, 1961 Fashion Fabrics Store, 2014 South Dixie Highway, November 11, 1961 Mermaid Spencer's Boat Dock December 16, 1961 Babcock's Bargain Annex, 509-511 Clematis Street July 26, 1962 Patient rescued out of the tank June 17,1965 Explosion at 1121-21st Street November 15,1965 Tru-Grain Furniture Company July 11, 1966 Harvey Building rescue February 2, 1967 425 Avon Road August 28, 1968 Howard Johnson Restaurant Belvedere Road May 3,1969 Ramada Inn On the Lake at 201 North Flagler Drive. October 8, 1969 Viking Arms Apartments, 1600 South Olive Avenue. January 30, 1970 Hotel & Apartment Supply Company 416 Bunker Road February 23, 1970 Bon Soir Restaurant at 4th Street and North Olive Avenue February 23,1970 Granada Apartments, 500 North Congress Avenue June 19, 1970 St. Andrews Residence 205 Fern Street August 1, 1970 First Unitarian Church at 601 Hibiscus Street August 2, 1970 May's Food Center on Northwood Avenue February 10, 1971 Royal Palm Ice Company 504-4th Street July 28, 1971 R.E.A. Express building May 7,1972 Datura Hotel, 424 Datura Street September 14, 1963 May's Food Center November 25,1963 500 Kanuga Drive