By Christina Rosales in The Austin American-Statesman
Photo by Rodolfo Gonzalez in The Austin American-Statesman
In the middle of a blazing apartment, Austin firefighter Alphonse “Ax” Dellert felt his ear melting, the cartilage as tender as the flesh inside his cheeks. It was the ear with which he had heard then-Fire Capt. John Butz’s yells for help [...]
By Jonathan Cannon in The Denison Herald Democrat
Walking through the Central Fire Station in Denison, a glass case that houses the gear and a picture of Talmadge O. Fulce serves as a reminder of the Denison Fire Department’s fallen comrade and the downtown fire 20 years ago that claimed the 18-year department veteran.
“As with any [...]
By Lynn Walker in The Wichita Falls Times Record News
Billie Miller was 24 years old on Dec. 12, 1929, 80 years ago on this date — a young woman stopping for the night in Wichita Falls. She awoke at 3:30 a.m. in her room at the Antlers Hotel to the sound of a woman’s scream, [...]
Large icicles, some more than two-feet long, created an eerie scene for spectators after an evening fire completely gutting the Olympic Theater, at the corner of 7th and Polk Street, formerly known as the Amarillo Opera House, in 1919. It was November 27, 1919, Thanksgiving night, more than 1,800 were in the theater watching the [...]
Sept. 11 changed their lives. But two area residents who saw the devastation firsthand said that even though the events were horrific, they’ve used the experience to redefine their priorities.
Debbie Capps will spend the day with firefighters visiting from Manhattan’s Ladder 12 Engine 3. Capps and her husband, Oral Capps, an A&M agricultural economics professor, [...]
It was more than a year ago when smoke darkened downtown New Braunfels and residents lined up in droves along Landa Street to watch in awe at one of the largest fires in the city’s history. What used to be the largest wing of Landa Plaza is now an empty concrete slab, but the oddly [...]
A year after the disastrous arson fire that gutted the 153-year-old Texas Governor’s Mansion, investigators have no suspects, a $50,000 reward without takers and no clue about the reason for the attack. But thanks to private donations and the Texas Legislature, the state does have nearly $26 million to start the restoration process, perhaps as [...]
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