**VINTAGE 1910 JAMESTOWN N.Y. BUILDING FIRE RUINS REAL PHOTO POST CARD**2 DEATHS

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THIS AUCTION IS FOR AN OLD REAL PHOTO POST CARD OF THE RUINS OF A BUILDING FIRE - IT IS MARKED "WHERE FIREMEN HANSON & SHOESMITH LOST THEIR LIVES AND OTHERS WERE INJURED IN THE GREAT FIRE OF MARCH 12, 1910 JAMESTOWN, N.Y." - IT IS POSTMARKED OCT. 11, 1911 IN JAMESTOWN AND ADDRESSED TO A LADY IN CORRY, PA. - THIS CARD IS IN VGC...IT SHOWS TYPICAL FADING AND LIGHT EDGE WEAR - IT IS STILL CLEAN...AND
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Jamestown lost three significant buildings in the fire.
The biggest loss was the death of two firemen and the injury to another. Fireman Alfred Shoesmith fell through a hole in the floor on the fifth floor which had been opened by the water tank on the roof crashing through the floors. Capt. Jonathan Hanson was killed by falling debris from the roof while he was in the alley between the buildings. Fireman Joel Oberg was injured when he fell five stories from the iron bridge that was torn loose from the buildings by falling debris.