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[Forks fire of 1951 : newspaper articles and photographs from the collections at Forks Timber Museum]
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| Title | [Forks fire of 1951 : newspaper articles and photographs from the collections at Forks Timber Museum] |
| Date | mostly 1951 |
| Notes | Contents:
[1.] [photograph, source unknown]
[2.] "Big Fire is Still Main Topic of Conversation In Forks, Including How It Should Have Been Done" by Earl Clark [source unknown]
[3.] "Evacuation" [photograph, source unknown]
[4.] "Helpless Town" [photograph by Ken Harris, Seattle Post Intelligencer]
[5.] "Fire Fighters, Law Enforcement Officers From Miles Away Come to Aid of Forks" [source unknown]
[6.] "Smoke Makes Nightmarish Scene In Battle to Save Forks" by Earl Clark, Port Angeles Evening News
[7.] "How We Prepared The Forest For Fire" by C.N. Webster [source unknown]
[8.] "Forest Fire Areas" [map and caption, author unknown, Port Angeles Evening News, September 29, 1951]
[9.] "A short history of fire" by Pat Neal [Forks Forum, October 8, 2003]
[10.] "Raging Forest Fire Near Forks, Residents Fleeing" Port Angeles Evening News, September 20, 1951
[11.] "Paul W. Sanders Examining Remains of a Commercial Garage" [photograph, source unknown]
[12.] "Vern Soley and Owen Monohan Loading a Tractor Wrecked by Fire" [photograph, source unknown]
[13.] "The George Beck Sawmill at Forks Ablaze" [photograph by John T. Cross, Seattle Times]
[14.] "19 Homes, Lumber Mill, Tourist Camp Destroyed" by Georg N. Meyers [Seattle Times]
[15.] "Peninsula Blaze Out Of Control" [Bulletin from the Seattle Times]
[16.] "Fire Ravaged Forks a Living Nightmare" by Earl Clark with "Forks Couple Views Burned Out Auto Court" [photograph], Seattle Times, September 21, 1951
[17.] "Forks, Saved By God's Grace, Rebuilds" [photograph, source unknown]
[18.] "Out of the Ashes" [photograph, source unknown]
[19.] "Blaze Which Had Leveled 32 Homes, Turned By Changing Winds" by Robert Browning [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]
[20.] "Tragic Fire Brought Out Many Incidents Which Will Make History" by Jack Henson [source unknown]
[21.] "Wind Lull Gives Forks Uneasy Fire Peace: Residents Probe Ruins, Hoping Town Now Safe" by Fergus Hoffman with "This Was a Home", "Bewildered Children" and "Waiting" [photographs by John M. Hack Miller], Seattle Post-Intelligencer
[22.] "Sleep, Sweet Sleep" and "Aftermath at Forks" [photographs by John M. Hack Miller]
[23.] "Ashes, Smoke, Greet Returning Forks Folk" by George N. Meyers with "Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Beebe and daughter Darla Jean, " "A.A. Arnhold in the Ashes of a Burned Home" and "Refugee From Forest Fire at Forks" [photographs by John T. Cross], [Seattle Times]
[24.] "Auto Lights In Smoke Give Forks Eerie Atmosphere" by W.F. Jahn, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, September 21, 1951
[25.] "Residents Sue For Fire Damage" [source unknown, January 2, 1952]
[26.] "Forest Blaze Leaves Destruction" with "Devastation in Forks" [photograph by John M. Hack Miller], Seattle Post-Intelligencer, September 23, 1951 |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Fires--Washington (State)--Forks
Disasters--Washington (State)--Forks
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| Subjects (LCSH) | Forks (Wash.)
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| Location Depicted | United States--Washington (State)--Olympic Peninsula--Clallam County--Forks |
| Digital Collection | Forks Timber Museum Digital Collection |
| Ordering Information | Copy requests should be made in writing to 'Forks Timber Museum, PO Box 873, Forks, WA 98331.' |
| Repository | Forks Timber Museum |
| Physical Description | 29 clippings : b&w |
| Image File Name | FTM_ForksFire.pdf (derived from 29 separate files) |
| Changes to data? | To submit changes to the data for this item, click here: http://content.lib.washington.edu/cmpweb/suggestions.html |
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