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1887: Picture of the Luther Street Fire Station and the Men of the SFD
On December 2, 2014, Deputy Chief Tim Conroy (now retired) presented me with a very old photograph of [...]
1892-01-27: The Venetian Bloc Is Destroyed By Fire
On January 27, 1892, the Venetian Bloc, W. H. Taylor’s building on the corner of the Canal and [...]
1892: Fireman’s Entertainment & Ball Program
This is a PDF of an original program for the 1892 Firemans Entertainment and Ball. It was held [...]
1895: Fireman’s Entertainment & Ball Program
This is a PDF of an original program for the 1895 Firemans Entertainment and Ball. It was held [...]
1898 11 24: Purchase of a New Hose Carriage
Contract signed with the American Fire Engine Company for a one-horse hose carriage, to be delivered in sixty [...]
1899-01-04: First Baptist Church Praises Efforts of the SFD
The First Baptist Church of Stanford, Connecticut, feeling profoundly grateful to all who participated in extinguishing the fire [...]
1900-04-04: Captain Zophar Horton, Run Over By Horse-Drawn Truck… Stamford’s Second Line of Duty Death
Zophar M Horton was born February 4, 1854, in Greenwich Connecticut. He was the second son born to [...]
1903-10-24: A Tribute To Stamford’s Late Fire Chief George Bowman
A tribute to Fire Chief George Bowman after his death as published in Fire & Water Engineering Magazine. [...]
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