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Fire at Maywood Elementary School

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45307
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
June 1, 1979, published June 16, 1971
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 24 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of three firemen in the mist of extinguishing a fire at Maywood Elementary School. The fire gutted four classrooms as well as the school library before it was brought under control.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
June 1, 1979, published June 16, 1971
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 24 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-203
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2003-02
Scope and Content
Photograph of three firemen in the mist of extinguishing a fire at Maywood Elementary School. The fire gutted four classrooms as well as the school library before it was brought under control.
Subjects
Buildings - Schools
Occupations - Fire Fighters
Natural Phenomena - Fires
Names
Burnaby Fire Department
Maywood Elementary School
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
King, Basil
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "SCHOOL BURNS... Burnaby firefighters douse the charred timbers of a classroom at Maywood Elementary School, 4567 Imperial, Burnaby, after an early morning fire gutted four classrooms and the school library. Cause of the two-alarm blaze is under investigation, but the fire is believed to have started in one of the classrooms. The fire was brought under control about an hour after being reported at 5:12 a.m."
Geographic Access
Imperial Street
Street Address
4567 Imperial Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Maywood Area
Images
Less detail

Fire fighters with burned car

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98074
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1999]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff) : col.
Scope and Content
Photograph of Burnaby fire fighters with a burned-up car that they pushed from a garage of a home at the 7300 block of 10th Avenue.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1999]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff) : col.
Description Level
Item
Record No.
535-3154
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2018-12
Scope and Content
Photograph of Burnaby fire fighters with a burned-up car that they pushed from a garage of a home at the 7300 block of 10th Avenue.
Subjects
Occupations - Fire Fighters
Natural Phenomena - Fires
Transportation - Automobiles
Names
Burnaby Fire Department
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Bartel, Mario
Notes
Title based on caption
Collected by editorial for use in an April 1999 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Burnaby firefighters averted a bigger catastrophe when they managed to push a burning Valiant from a garage in the 7300 block of 10th Ave. Damage was restricted to the car, and some smoke in the garage."
Geographic Access
10th Avenue
Historic Neighbourhood
Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Stride Avenue Area
Images
Less detail