Chief Injured Fighting Firehouse Fire
Fire Chief W. J. Lewis of the Norfolk, Va., Fire Department, was injured December 12 last, when he fell through the pole hole of Fire Station No. 2 in the 400 block of East Bute Street while directing operations at a fire which threatened destruction of the building.
The 45-year-old brick structure housed the two units of Engine 2 and Salvage 1. At the time of the fire, the latter was out of the building on special detail in connection with a Christinas toy drive.
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