The result of the fire at Government House, Victoria.
- B-08458
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- 15 Apr 1957
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The result of the fire at Government House, Victoria.
The result of the fire at Government House, Victoria.
The result of the fire at Government House, Victoria.
The result of the fire of Government House, Victoria.
The results of the fire at Government House, Victoria.
The Union Hook and Ladder Company, of Victoria.
Thomas John Burnes, chief engineer, Victoria Fire Department in 1858.
Part of Strathcona Project collection
CALL NUMBER: T2743:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : recollections of a local firefighter PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1930 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-09-02 & 13 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Tom Wylie discusses: father's background; early jobs; living in the 500 block of East Georgia; McLean Park; Vancouver City Fireman, 1927-30; CN Pier fire. TRACK 2: Wylie discusses: other fires; smoke protection; living conditions on Georgia; Jewish families; blacks in area; restaurants and pool halls in Chinatown; Pantages Theatre. CALL NUMBER: T2743:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : Vancouver waterfront and survival in the 1930s PERIOD COVERED: 1920-1940 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-09-13 & 14 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Tom Wylie discusses: prostitution in Chinatown; waterfront conditions in the 1920s; grain-lining; loading sulphur; unloading bricks; unions; story of salvaging wood (for houseboat) and stealing coal (for sale) on False Creek in 1930s. TRACK 2: More on stealing coal. Discussion of: building houseboat; stealing rowboat from Lost Lagoon; characters on houseboats; petty criminals and their methods of holdup, shoplifting, etc. CALL NUMBER: T2743:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : bootlegging, crime and survival in the 1930s PERIOD COVERED: 1920-1940 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-09-14 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Discusses: department store robbery; friends robbing beer parlours; McLean Park. Discussion of bootlegging: local seller and moonshine maker in Mission district; sampling moonshine; delivery system; rum-running car, wrecked as "a favour". Describes: Union Street; Jaikie joints and Sterno drinkers along False Creek; Hastings Mill shantytown; Andy Roddan's Lumps (Depression breadline); Andrew Roddan. TRACK 2: More about breadlines, and Andrew Roddan. (End of interview)
Union Hook And Ladder Company, D. A. Edgar, Foreman. Bastion Square, Victoria.
Part of Forest Service films
Documentary. Fighting a forest fire from the air and the ground, and the steps taken by the Forest Service to protect BC's forests from their "most dreaded enemy." The beginning of film clipped.
Part of Forest Service films
Out-takes. Fighting a forest fire from the air and the ground, and the steps taken by the Forest Service to protect BC's forests from their "most dreaded enemy."
Vancouver Firehall No. 2; fire truck and firemen.
Vancouver; Vancouver Fire Department Hose Reel Team.
Victoria fire chief Alexander Munroe.
The item is a b&w copyprint of a photograph of the Victoria Fire Department. The printed slip taped to the back of the print states:
"This, the entire 26-man Victoria Fire Department taken 29th March, 1886. Background is the City Hall on the North side of Pandora between Broad and Douglas. The pumper drawn by horses is the English Merryweather acquired in 1869."
Victoria Fire Department arch.
Victoria Fire Department crew and circus animals outside the fire hall.
Includes elephant.
Victoria Fire Department float, on Douglas Street in front of City Hall
Just past City Hall; in front of Moore & Whittington building.
Victoria Fire Department Honour Guard And Procession At Funeral For Jack Puckey, Victoria.
Victoria Fire Department hose team.
Victoria Fire Department, Cormorant Street; Assistant Chief H.P. McDowell driving engine.
Victoria Fire Department, Cormorant Street, in the Public Market building, Victoria.
Victoria Fire Department, Cormorant Street, Victoria.