Doom Lands on Pier Saved at Earlier Fire
The January 1973 issue of Fire Engineering featured a story entitled, “Big Streams Stop Pier Fire.” It was a saga of a six-alarm fire that destroyed Piers 27 and 25 North in Philadelphia, and of the fire department’s valiant fight to “save” Pier 24, just 120 feet to the south.
It was “saved” for its own spectacular, fiery end which came at 12:47 a.m. Saturday, July 7, when a box alarm was struck for Delaware Avenue and Callowhill Street.
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