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Fire Down Below: 1929

"McCrory fire, 11/21/29." Washington, D.C., firefighters at the McCrory five-and-dime on Seventh Street N.W., after a lunchtime boiler explosion in the store's basement -- a disaster whose final toll was six dead and dozens injured. 4x5 inch glass negative. View full size.

"McCrory fire, 11/21/29." Washington, D.C., firefighters at the McCrory five-and-dime on Seventh Street N.W., after a lunchtime boiler explosion in the store's basement -- a disaster whose final toll was six dead and dozens injured. 4x5 inch glass negative. View full size.

 

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This mishap happened shortly after the Wall Street crash of 1929. Looks like the huge crowd in the background wasn't interested in the explosion, but were standing in line to get their money out of the Peoples Bank.

[That's not a bank -- it's a Peoples Drug Store. - Dave]

You are, of course correct Dave. The name looked like "Bank" but on further study, it indeed is "Drug".

Not the only thing that went boom in 1929!

Didn't even make this list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_boiler_explosions

Online gawker's paradise, without having to venture out on a cold November day.

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