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| Title | H.& F. Mill Company fire spreading to a neighboring house, Seattle, 1942 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1942 |
| Caption | Neighbors spotted black smoke coming from the H.& F. Mill Company, at 3740 12th Avenue NE, in the University District, and called in an alarm. Unfortunately, it was too late to save the mill (at left in photo) and the adjacent Hincherman Paper Box Manufacturing plant. Volunteers rushed to the aid of Mrs. Winnie Clingenbeard, whose home stood next to the burning mill. They carried and threw most of her furnishings from the house while flames threatened it.
The 3-alarm blaze caused $25, 000 in damages. Mrs. Clingenbeard suffered a broken arm while trying to escape her home. |
| Notes | Handwritten on sleeve: FIRES, Hincher-Standard Paper Box Company, 37th and Brooklyn.
Caption information source: P-I exhibit, research files.
Date photograph was published in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer: June 12, 1942. |
| Subjects | Fires--Washington (State)--Seattle; Disasters--Washington (State)--Seattle; Fire fighters--Washington (State)--Seattle; Disaster relief--Washington (State)--Seattle; Smoke--Washington (State)--Seattle; Mills--Washington (State)--Seattle; Houses--Washington (State)--Seattle; Shrubs--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
University District (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.5.3062.1 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 acetate negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original negative as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
