This is from Eric Haak:
The photos below capture the scene of a devastating fire that occurred on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 1962. The 4-11 alarm fire broke out around 11:15 a.m. at 1365–75 East 70th Street in Chicago. About an hour and a half later, as fire companies were working inside the building on the third floor, structural failures began to occur. By approximately 12:45 p.m., Fire Commissioner Quinn ordered all personnel to evacuate as the roof started to sag. As the firefighters made their way out, the west wall and roof collapsed, trapping three men beneath the debris.
Among those buried under the rubble in the basement were 52-year-old Robert O’Brien, Chief of the Fire Prevention Bureau, and 43-year-old Battalion Chief Thomas Hoff. Hoff’s driver, Edward Stack, was also caught in the collapse but managed to escape unharmed by rolling through a first-floor doorway. An inquest into the cause of the deaths of O’Brien and Hoff concluded that the origin of the fire remained unclear, though it was initially believed to have been caused by a faulty furnace in the basement.
Interestingly, Chief O’Brien had a personal connection to the city’s leadership, as he was a childhood friend of Mayor Richard J. Daley and grew up just five doors down from the Daley family on Lowe Street. These images, taken by an unknown photographer, are part of Eric Haak’s collection and offer a rare glimpse into one of Chicago’s tragic fire incidents from over half a century ago.
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