Tragedy struck St. Louis Missouri more than a hundred years ago when 37 perished in the Missouri Athletic Club fire of March 10, 1914. See the cover of the March 18, 1914 issue, the article “The Fire Tragedy at St Louis,” and the editorial comment HERE. A subsequent article reviewed a number of recent fires in the city and made mention of a firefighter photographer HERE.
See other features of Fire Engineering’s predecessor from that year are HERE.In that transitional era, although motor apparatus advertising was increasing, horse-drawn apparatus and its accessories were still available. Note also the prominence of water supply advertising HERE.
