Lawrenceburg Firehouse
The Lawrenceburg Firehouse was established in 1882 by A.D. Cook. In 1882 a committee was appointed by the council to purchase two steam fire engines manufactured by the Ahrens Company of Cincinnati. The cost of the engines complete with reel cart and 2,000 feet of hose was estimated to cost $10,800. The name of these engines were Miami and Edinburg. (Genealogy #1) They tested the Miami in the presence of a large crowd of citizens. After about 3 and a half minutes that the match was applied to the engine it was throwing water as high as any house that was built in the city at the time. Fire laddies were the ones who handled the hose for this demonstration.
The first fire station named “Miami” was located on Short St. …show more content…
Church Fire 1956, Universal Cooperage Fire 1962, Reagan Hotel Fire 1971, Frankel Brothers Fire 1977, Pierson Hollowell Fire 1989, and Alternative Plastics 2004. (Genealogy #1) In 1866 during a hot, dry, and windy summer a fire had started. The wind was carrying the flames across the town so, people were going to their roof to keep them wet. The flames made it to a warehouse for a Mill that contained between 12,000 to 15,000 empty barrels and 325 oil barrels. From the Mill it spread to another warehouse nearby that was full of hay that fueled the fire. The fire was so big that it blocked the fire brigade from accessing the canal. Luckily it didn’t spread that much more because nothing would have been capable of stopping the fire from consuming Lawrenceburg.
The total damage to the town was between $50,000- $100,000. (Genealogy #2) To show how much that was the finest house in lawrenceburg at the time that contained several acres cost about $7,000. The Mill alone cost about $20,000, but was all covered by the insurance. About everyone in town lost nice houses, sheds, stables, outbuildings, and Fences. William Zimmer was the owner of the stable that the fire originated in. He just bought the property, a bakery, and a confectionery (a candy store) and had no insurance. People nearby stated they had heard firecrackers in the stable before the fire