- CA JMABC A.1999.021-3-274
- Bestanddeel
- May 14 1960
Part of Fred Schiffer Photography fonds
File contains no photographs: photographs destroyed in Schiffer's studio fire.
Part of Fred Schiffer Photography fonds
File contains no photographs: photographs destroyed in Schiffer's studio fire.
Part of Fred Schiffer Photography fonds
File contains no photographs: photographs destroyed in Schiffer's studio fire.
Part of Fred Schiffer Photography fonds
File contains no photographs: photographs destroyed in Schiffer's studio fire.
Part of Fred Schiffer Photography fonds
File contains no photographs: photographs destroyed in Schiffer's studio fire.
Part of Fred Schiffer Photography fonds
File contains no photographs: photographs destroyed in Schiffer's studio fire.
Mrs. J. S. Shakespeare & family
Part of Fred Schiffer Photography fonds
File contains photographs of J.S. Shakespeare & family
Part of Fred Schiffer Photography fonds
File contains a black and white portrait of Mr. H. C. Stratford.
Part of Fred Schiffer Photography fonds
File contains a colour portrait of Mr. Frankie Laine
Part of Fred Schiffer Photography fonds
File contains a black and white portrait of Mrs. James Munro for CBC.
BC Forest Products - Rehabilitation
Part of Fred Schiffer Photography fonds
File contains black and white photographs depicting a BC Forest Products sawmill office.
On July 3, 1960 Vancouver firefighters battled the most destructive blaze since the city burned to the ground in 1886. The five-alarm fire occurred when fire destroyed the B.C. Forest Products plant and lumber storage facility on the south shore of False Creek at 999 West 6th Ave. The fire covered an area equal in size to four city blocks and took many hours to put out, causing $3.5 million in damage. A force of 350 men - more than half the city's firefighting force - was deployed, preventing the fire from causing even more damage. Whipped by winds of up to 60 kilometres per hour, the fire sent 10 firefighters and three civilians to hospital, while 45 others were treated at the scene. It destroyed warehouses, dry kilns, a planing mill, the head office of B.C. Forest Products, and 200 million board feet of lumber.
Link to a video of the fire: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOm-GwccAVU