The Daily Missoulian, Monday morning, December 31, 1928. Page 1 banner headline reads "One killed at Milltown fire. Hugh Elliott is electrocuted while fighting $5,000 Riverside Market Blaze. (Article headlines in far right column: "Five men hurt two familes are homeless. Injuries and death caused by contact of victims with live wire that had fallen from building. Missoula Firemen respond to call. Structure is totally destroyed by flames, which are stopped from spreading after bitter fight." Photo caption reads: Newspaper headline, 1928.
Genre (Short List)
photographs; newspapers
Type
Image;Text
Date Original
1928-12-31
Date (Unknown or Estimated)
1928
Subject (LCSH)
Bonner (Mont.) -- Photographs; Montana -- History
Subject (TGM)
Newspaper headlines; Newspapers; Fires; Fire fighters;
Subject (Keyword)
Elliot, Hugh; Fatalities
Rights Management
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Contributors
Demmons, Jack L.
Contributing Institution
University of Montana--Missoula. Mansfield Library
Original photoboards scanned using a Colortrac Ltd. 5480e wide format scanner at 600 ppi. Images cropped to individual master TIFFs. Derivative images created using Photoshop CS2.
Date Digitized
2007-07
Provenance
Image collection provided by Jack L. Demmons
Source
Photoboard #22
Local Identifier
demmons_022_e_d.jpg
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