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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2015
Website is updated every Friday - Important interim updates will be posted when necessary
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December 6, 1960
Shocking Pre-Christmas Blaze 55 Years Ago
Claimed Three Children
Landlady's Code Violations Blamed
Chief V. Paul Leddy had been head of the Hamden Fire Department for less than a month when an early evening fire killed three young children at 135 Shepard Street. A few days later a manslaughter warrant was signed against the landlady because authorities believed that code violations in the residence had led to the blaze. Charges against the landlady were later dropped when the coroner could not determine that the code viiolations led directly to the fire that caused the three deaths.
If this tragedy had occured today, charges most certainly would have been filed against others. Read the article.
Posted 12/4/15
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| New Haven Evening Register, Wednesday, December 7, 1960 (Courtesy of Chan Brainard) |
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| This article courtesy of Chan Brainard |
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| W & G Machine Co.
5 Manila Avenue
December 4, 1962
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| New Haven Register, Dec. 5, 1962 |
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The unidentified man in the above photo appears to be then-Lieut. George Reutenauer,
who was working that day shift on Platoon 1.
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Posterity Project
Platoon 4 - Station 5
The website is celebrating today's future HFD retirees with the HFRA "Posterity Project," a collection of photographs
of every current active member of the department, line and staff. A new photo will be posted here each week.
Featured in this week's photo is Station 5's crew of Platoon 4.
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Left to right: Lieutenant Julio Lopes, Firefighter Gary Greene and Firefighter Steve Postemsky
Posted 12/4/15
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1960s Stuff
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| Field Day 1966 |
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| Brooksvale - 1962 |
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| Wash down |
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1942 Report of the Fire Department
"Blitz Buggies"
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| 1942 Fire Report - Click to enlarge |
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| One of two 1942 Maxim 500 GPM "Blitz Buggies" purchased for wartime auxiliary fire companies |
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