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![Bill Banks in protective gear, [after 1935] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1990/199900550030.jpg?width=280)
Bill Banks in protective gear
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1481
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [after 1935]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of District Chief Bill Banks wearing a helmet and a projective jacket over his suit as he stands beside a house.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of District Chief Bill Banks wearing a helmet and a projective jacket over his suit as he stands beside a house.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Fire Fighters
- Accession Code
- BV999.55.30
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- [after 1935]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- For another photograph of the same fireman in the same setting, see BV999.55.31
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 09-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Bill Banks in protective gear, [after 1935] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1990/199900550030.jpg)
![Bill Banks in protective gear, [after 1935] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1990/199900550031.jpg?width=280)
Bill Banks in protective gear
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1482
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [after 1935]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of District Chief Bill Banks wearing a helmet and a projective jacket over his suit as he
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of District Chief Bill Banks wearing a helmet and a projective jacket over his suit as he
- Subjects
- Occupations - Fire Fighters
- Accession Code
- BV999.55.31
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- [after 1935]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- For another photograph of the same fireman in the same setting, see BV999.55.30
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 09-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Bill Banks in protective gear, [after 1935] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1990/199900550031.jpg)
Bob Lyall, Kris Anderson, Dave Graystone, Dave Wallace and Laura Watamanuk.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription79644
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 17, 1996
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 21 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Pacific Assistance Dog (PAD) labrador retriever Eddie, with firefighters Bob Lyall, Kris Anderson, Dave Graystone and Dave Wallace, with Pacific Assistance Dog's (PAD) Laura Watamanuk standing beside a Burnaby Fire Department truck.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 17, 1996
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 21 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-0480
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2012-11
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Pacific Assistance Dog (PAD) labrador retriever Eddie, with firefighters Bob Lyall, Kris Anderson, Dave Graystone and Dave Wallace, with Pacific Assistance Dog's (PAD) Laura Watamanuk standing beside a Burnaby Fire Department truck.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Blissett, Rebecca
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "Bby 39 / Rebecca Bby 2763 / 84%"
- Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)
Images
Burnaby Fire Department 1995 Annual Report
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport7005
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 5974
- Meeting Date
- 12-Aug-1996
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 21
- Item No.
- 26
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 5974
- Meeting Date
- 12-Aug-1996
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 21
- Item No.
- 26
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Burnaby Fire Department 1997 Annual Report
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport5634
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 61524
- Meeting Date
- 15-Jun-1998
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 17
- Item No.
- 1
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 61524
- Meeting Date
- 15-Jun-1998
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 17
- Item No.
- 1
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Burnaby Fire Department 1998 Annual Report
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport5007
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 62144
- Meeting Date
- 3-May-1999
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 13
- Item No.
- 6
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 62144
- Meeting Date
- 3-May-1999
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 13
- Item No.
- 6
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
![Burnaby Fire Department fire truck no. 1, [after 1942] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1990/199900550015.jpg?width=280)
Burnaby Fire Department fire truck no. 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1466
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [after 1942]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 5.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a 1942 Ford V-8, two ton fire truck with "B.F.D. / No. 1" written on the door. A hose has been mounted at the back of the cab and a ladder has been mounted along the side of the cargo bed. This was the Burnaby Fire Department's first closed cab truck.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 5.5 cm
- Material Details
- Photograph was likely taken out of an album as there is black paper residue on its recto
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a 1942 Ford V-8, two ton fire truck with "B.F.D. / No. 1" written on the door. A hose has been mounted at the back of the cab and a ladder has been mounted along the side of the cargo bed. This was the Burnaby Fire Department's first closed cab truck.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Fire Trucks
- Names
- Burnaby Fire Department
- Accession Code
- BV999.55.15
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- [after 1942]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 08-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Burnaby Fire Department fire truck no. 1, [after 1942] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1990/199900550015.jpg)
Burnaby Fire Department papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64453
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1924-1943
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to the development of a unified Fire Department; including Bylaw 451, a letter addressing the unlawfulness of the previous system of fire protection from lawyer P. McD. Kerr and related correspondence between the North Burnaby Board of Trade and Burnaby Council.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1924-1943
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- North Burnaby Board of Trade subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS118-003
- Accession Number
- BHS2005-8
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to the development of a unified Fire Department; including Bylaw 451, a letter addressing the unlawfulness of the previous system of fire protection from lawyer P. McD. Kerr and related correspondence between the North Burnaby Board of Trade and Burnaby Council.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
![Burnaby Fire Department rescue, [1999] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-3235.jpg?width=280)
Burnaby Fire Department rescue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98157
- 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 six Burnaby Fire Department employees during a rescue mission in a forest.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1999]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-3235
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of six Burnaby Fire Department employees during a rescue mission in a forest.
- Subjects
- Accidents
- Occupations - Fire Fighters
- Names
- Burnaby Fire Department
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Collected by editorial for use in a June 1999 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Images
![Burnaby Fire Department rescue, [1999] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-3235.jpg)
![Burnaby Fire Department truck no. 1, [after 1942] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1990/199900550008.jpg?width=280)
Burnaby Fire Department truck no. 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1459
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [after 1942]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 5.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a 1942 Ford V-8, two ton fire truck with "B.F.D. / No. 1" written on the door, parked near the No. 2 firehall on Kingsway. This was the Burnaby Fire Department's first closed cab truck.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 5.5 cm
- Material Details
- Photograph was likely taken out of an album as there is black paper residue on its recto
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a 1942 Ford V-8, two ton fire truck with "B.F.D. / No. 1" written on the door, parked near the No. 2 firehall on Kingsway. This was the Burnaby Fire Department's first closed cab truck.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Fire Trucks
- Names
- Burnaby Fire Department
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Accession Code
- BV999.55.8
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- [after 1942]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Stride Avenue Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 08-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- "Velox" is lightly printed on the back of the photographic paper (made in early 1900s for amateur photography)
Images
![Burnaby Fire Department truck no. 1, [after 1942] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1990/199900550008.jpg)
![Canadian Linen and Uniform Service explosion, [1999] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-3330.jpg?width=280)
Canadian Linen and Uniform Service explosion
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98263
- 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 a fire fighter in uniform walking through a puddle in a parking lot after an explosion at Canadian Linen and Uniform Service. One of the company's trucks and a Burnaby Fire Department fire truck are parked in the background.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1999]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-3330
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a fire fighter in uniform walking through a puddle in a parking lot after an explosion at Canadian Linen and Uniform Service. One of the company's trucks and a Burnaby Fire Department fire truck are parked in the background.
- Names
- Burnaby Fire Department
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on newspaper article
- Collected by editorial for use in a September 1999 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Images
![Canadian Linen and Uniform Service explosion, [1999] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-3330.jpg)
![Car fire fraud, [1999] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-3270.jpg?width=280)
Car fire fraud
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98192
- 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 a Burnaby Fire Department investigator leaning inside of a burned-out vehicle.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1999]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-3270
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Burnaby Fire Department investigator leaning inside of a burned-out vehicle.
- Names
- Burnaby Fire Department
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on original file name
- Collected by editorial for use in a July 1999 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Images
![Car fire fraud, [1999] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-3270.jpg)
Check from Connaught Heights for the Burnaby Fire Department
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport54541
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 70639
- Meeting Date
- 9-Dec-1942
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 70639
- Meeting Date
- 9-Dec-1942
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
![Chief Training Officer Fred Blake, [1949] (date of original) thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1990/199800310001.jpg?width=280)
Chief Training Officer Fred Blake
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1292
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1949] (date of original)
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 10 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Fred Blake in uniform with his hands resting on the book "The B.C. Fire Fighters." Fred Blake was an early volunteer of the Burnaby Fire Department and became one of the North Burnaby's first paid members in 1939. He came up through the ranks to become Training Officer for the departm…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 10 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Fred Blake in uniform with his hands resting on the book "The B.C. Fire Fighters." Fred Blake was an early volunteer of the Burnaby Fire Department and became one of the North Burnaby's first paid members in 1939. He came up through the ranks to become Training Officer for the department in 1949, and full time training officer with the rank of District Chief in 1952. Fred was promoted to Assistant Chief in 1966 before retiring from service March 1, 1972.
- Accession Code
- BV998.31.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1949] (date of original)
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 02-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Typed sticker on verso of photograph reads: "District Chief Fred Blake/ Training Officer 1949-1969/ Burnaby Fire Department"
- Address sticker on verso of photograph reads: "MR & MRS F BLAKE 4165 PANDORA ST BURNABY BC V5C 2B2"
Images
![Chief Training Officer Fred Blake, [1949] (date of original) thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1990/199800310001.jpg)
Daily record book for Burnaby #2 Fire Hall - Oct. 18th 1947-Sept. 29 1949
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription2259
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1947-1949
- Collection/Fonds
- Fire Department fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Scope and Content
- Item is a black record book with red top and bottom in which information about a Fire Hall (likely #2 or #3) of the Burnaby Fire Department - such as who was on duty, calls/runs made, and notes about equipment and weather - was recorded daily for the period October 18, 1947 to September 29, 1949.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1947-1949
- Collection/Fonds
- Fire Department fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 4154
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- Item is a black record book with red top and bottom in which information about a Fire Hall (likely #2 or #3) of the Burnaby Fire Department - such as who was on duty, calls/runs made, and notes about equipment and weather - was recorded daily for the period October 18, 1947 to September 29, 1949.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Don Bruce with Russ Sheppard
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription79288
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- June 16, 1996
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 17 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Don Bruce of British Columbia pioneers and Russ Sheppard from the Burnaby Fire Department with a 911 simulator.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- June 16, 1996
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 17 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-0323
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2012-11
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Don Bruce of British Columbia pioneers and Russ Sheppard from the Burnaby Fire Department with a 911 simulator.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Fire Fighters
- Names
- Bruce, Don
- Sheppard, Russ
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "Crop / 1529 Bby Mario / 76% Bby p. 11"
- Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)
Images
Doug Hahn
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription81215
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 30, 1998
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 22 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby firefighter Doug Hahn, looking through a fire damaged car.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 30, 1998
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 22 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-1361
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2012-11
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby firefighter Doug Hahn, looking through a fire damaged car.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Fire Fighters
- Names
- Hahn, Doug
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Ponne, Simone
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in blue ink on recto of photograph reads: "10/16" / 1917 Bby Simone"
- Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)
- Accompanying caption reads: "Sept 30, 1998 1917: / Doug Hahn, Burnaby Fire Department is responsible for determining the cause of fires like this burned out car wreck."
Images
Fire at Kapoor Sawmills Ltd.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15202
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 14 Jan. 1947 (date of original), copied 2004
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a devasting fire that destroyed the Kapoor Sawmills Limited on January 14, 1947. The ground is covered with snow and smoke and flames are visible rising from the buildings.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a devasting fire that destroyed the Kapoor Sawmills Limited on January 14, 1947. The ground is covered with snow and smoke and flames are visible rising from the buildings.
- Names
- Kapoor Sawmills Limited
- Geographic Access
- Burrard Inlet
- Barnet Marine Park
- Accession Code
- BV019.32.23
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 14 Jan. 1947 (date of original), copied 2004
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Information from page 6 of The Province newspaper-Jan. 15, 1947 confirms that the fire occurred on Tuesday, January 14, 1947
- See page 67 of book "In the Shadow by the Sea - Recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village". Caption with photograph reads: "The February, 1947 Kapoor Sawmill fire. Maintenance workers were trying to thaw out frozen bearings on a machine with a blowtorch and inadvertently started a fire in oily shavings. all the water pipes were frozen preventing the workers from dousing the intital small flames. Finally, but toolate to prevent the mill's destruction, water was pumped in from the inlet by the Burnaby Fire Department."
Images
Fire at Kapoor Sawmills Ltd.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15206
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 14 Jan. 1947 (date of original), copied 2004
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a fire at Kapoor Sawmills Limited in January 1947.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a fire at Kapoor Sawmills Limited in January 1947.
- Subjects
- Industries - Logging/lumber
- Natural Phenomena - Fires
- Occupations - Fire Fighters
- Persons - South Asian Canadians
- Geographic Access
- Burrard Inlet
- Barnet Marine Park
- Accession Code
- BV019.32.27
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 14 Jan. 1947 (date of original), copied 2004
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Information from page 6 of The Province newspaper-Jan. 15, 1947 confirms that the fire occurred on January 14, 1947
- See page 67 of book "In the Shadow by the Sea - Recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village". Caption with photograph reads: "The February, 1947 Kapoor Sawmill fire. Maintenance workers were trying to thaw out frozen bearings on a machine with a blowtorch and inadvertently started a fire in oily shavings. all the water pipes were frozen preventing the workers from dousing the intital small flames. Finally, but too late to prevent the mill's destruction, water was pumped in from the inlet by the Burnaby Fire Department."
Images
Fire at Kapoor Sawmills Ltd.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15207
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 14 Jan.1947 (date of original), copied 2004
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a fire that destroyed the Kapoor Sawmills Limited in January 1947. A group of bystanders are looking on while firefighters from the Burnaby Fire Department fight the blaze.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a fire that destroyed the Kapoor Sawmills Limited in January 1947. A group of bystanders are looking on while firefighters from the Burnaby Fire Department fight the blaze.
- Subjects
- Industries - Logging/lumber
- Natural Phenomena - Fires
- Occupations - Fire Fighters
- Persons - South Asian Canadians
- Geographic Access
- Burrard Inlet
- Barnet Marine Park
- Accession Code
- BV019.32.28
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 14 Jan.1947 (date of original), copied 2004
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Information from page 6 of The Province newspaper-Jan. 15, 1947 confirms that the fire occurred on Tuesday January 14, 1947
- See page 67 of book "In the Shadow by the Sea - Recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village". Caption with photograph reads: "The February, 1947 Kapoor Sawmill fire. Maintenance workers were trying to thaw out frozen bearings on a machine with a blowtorch and inadvertently started a fire in oily shavings. all the water pipes were frozen preventing the workers from dousing the intital small flames. Finally, but too late to prevent the mill's destruction, water was pumped in from the inlet by the Burnaby Fire Department."
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