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Photo from Library of Congress Collection
Firefighters attack a basement fire in the U.S. Geological Survey building fire on F Street NW in Washington, DC, on May 18, 1913.
Firefighters attack a basement fire in the U.S. Geological Survey building fire on F Street NW in Washington, DC, on May 18, 1913.
Rekindles 5/13
GARDEN CITY, NY: MAY 1, 1913 – Fire tore through five aviation hangars at Hempstead Plains, destroying a number of valuable flying machines. Among the craft lost was a splendid yellow monoplane, the largest on the field, a Curtiss-type biplane. The hangars housed many airplanes owned and operated...
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