In Youngstown on Oct. 1, 1908, a fire at the Knox 5&10 Store fire fatally injured two senior members of the Youngstown Fire Department. Capt. Charles Vaughn died that day and First Assistant Chief Thomas Reilly succumbed to his injuries a day later.
Lovely Cleveland. At least 13 fires have been reported on the Cuyahoga River, the first occurring in 1868. The worst blaze (pictured above) caused over $1 million in damage to boats and a riverfront office building in Cleveland in 1952. Following a blaze in 1969, Time magazine described the Cuyahoga as the river that "oozes rather than flows."
"Some Like It Hot" -- Street scene from Dayton, Ohio; outside the Ohio Follies Theatre in the late 1950s or early 1960s.
Post card of oil refinery fire in Findlay, Ohio, in 1911.
Photo: Private Collection
"Some Like It Hot" -- Street scene from Dayton, Ohio; outside the Ohio Follies Theatre in the late 1950s or early 1960s.
Photo: U.S. Army
Crash at Wright-Patterson military airfield, between Springfield and Dayton, on Oct. 30, 1935
Crash at Wright-Patterson military airfield, between Springfield and Dayton, on Oct. 30, 1935
Post card of oil refinery fire in Findlay, Ohio, in 1911.