Kugler’s Restaurant Fire – February 26, 1920
The evening of Thursday, February 26, 1920, was bitter cold with temperatures in the teens and a howling wind. Over two hundred diners [...]
Engine 47
Engine 47 was organized January 16, 1900, at 3035 Grays Ferry Avenue in the Grays Ferry section of South Philadelphia. They moved to [...]
Engine 46
Engine 46 was organized on January 21, 1895, at Otsego and Reed Streets. In 1900 Otsego Street was renamed Water Street. The company [...]
Friedlander Leather Clippings Company Fire-December 21, 1910
Shortly after 9:00 PM on Wednesday December 21, 1910 a passerby discovered a fire in the basement of the building occupied by the [...]
Engine 45, Ladder 14
Engine 45 was organized January 23, 1895 at 2543 W. York Street. The company relocation survey of 1959 noted Engine 45 was perfectly [...]
Engines 43 & 44
Engines 43 and 44, along with Truck I, and the Water Tower were organized on October 10, 1894 at 2110-12 Market Street. Truck [...]
Engine 42
Engine 42 was organized at 3320 N. Front Street on December 7, 1894. They were joined by Truck 22 on March 17, 1923 [...]
Engine 41
Engine 41 - 61st Street and Haverford Avenue. This building was torn down to build the new firehouse. The building to the left [...]
Engine 38
Engine 38 was organized February 1, 1892 6832 Tacony State Road. The address provided in the Annual Report is State Road at Penn [...]
Engine 36
The sub-engine at the House of Correction was organized during 1883 in a building on grounds of the prison in the Holmesburg section [...]