Adams, Lela Bell, Wednesday morning fire does some $1500 damages, 1959/02/13: 1
Anderson, Mary Lou, 2, seriously burned as dress flames; mom beats out fire with hands, 1958/10/17: 1
Anderson, Othello, fire in closet causes $200 damage, 1944/12/15: 1
Anderson, Mrs. Willie, flames sweep residence, $5,000 in damages, 1949/11/18: 1
Anthony, Betty, oil cook stove catches fire, 1950/10/06: 4
Archie, Clarence, dies in blazing room, 1950/11/17: 1
arson
arson suspect nabbed in $5,000 San Antonio fire, 1951/10/26: 1
Butler, Bernice, booked for arson in Saturday blaze, 1964/03/06: 1
Edwards, Leverta Jewel, charged with arson to residence of Robert Carroll, 1953/11/06: 1
Jones, Harold C., Fort Sam soldier, booked for attempted arson of East Commerce St. establishment, 1961/06/02: 1
Spicer, Mrs. Bernice, perishes, house gutted in arson plot (photo), 1947/03/21: 1
two members suspected in effort to burn down Greater Macedonia Baptist Church, 1958/11/07: 1
Williams, Odis, Temple man sets $1,000 blaze, attempts to start another, 1961/06/02: 5
Banks, Mrs. L., early morning fire does $4,000 damages, 1950/08/04: 8 (filmed in 08/11 issue)
Barnes, Mrs. A. L., fire, caused by overheated stove, does $1,250 damages, 1958/02/14: 3
Barnes, Clifton, 10-year-old boy saves parents as fire guts home, 1939/08/18: 1
Baskin, Teresa
6-year-old critically burned when dress blazes, 1965/02/05: 1
burns fatal to 6-year-old girl, 1965/02/19: 1
Bell, Cleo, bedridden, saved from flames by Catarino Esquivel, a deliveryman, 1958/03/28: 1
Bellinger, Mrs. Lucille, $450 fire damage sustained, 1947/12/26: 4
Bellinger, Valmo C., small building burns, 1962/07/20: 3
benefit for fire victims set for Feb. 15, 1955/02/11: 1
Bernard, Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey
Aubrey Joseph Bernard, 4, critically burned as fire sweeps home, 1953/10/30: 1
kindly SA gives fire-hit family new start with furniture and cash contributions, 1953/11/06: 1
Betts, Mrs. Lee, mother, baby, escape as flames gut residence, 1947/09/26: 1
Beverly, Mrs. S. A., short causes fire, 1963/12/27: 1
Bibbs, Frank, fire destroys his house, 1952/01/04: 1
Bivings, A. F., lightning fires kitchen during Saturday storm, 1949/07/01: 1
Black, Edward, granddad saves children, perishes in fire, 1966/12/30: 1
Blacknell, Charles, San Antonio man burns to death in house where he lived alone, 1959/01/23: 11959/01/23: 1
Blevins, Mrs. Hattie, 60-year-old woman burns to death, 1946/02/15: 1
Blevins, Mrs. O., smoking in bed, burned when she dozes, 1955/04/08: 1
Blue Flame Inn fire causes $2000 in damages, 1960/02/26: 1
Blue Front Tavern, St. Hedwig Rd., burns to ground, 1958/12/05: 1
Bluebonnet Church of God in Christ
heater sets church wall on fire, $150 damages done, 1960/02/05: 1
suffers damages of $4,500 in a fire, 1952/08/29: 1
Booker, Sam, man dies, wife burned as flames sweep home, 1948/02/06: 1
Boone, Andrew, elderly SA man severely burned as gown flames, 1950/01/13: 1
Borden, H. B., San Antonian suffers bad burns as series of fires continue, 1936/03/20: 1
Boston, Mr. and Mrs. Russhel, three children cremated in Morningview Dr. house as girl plays with matches (photo), 1955/02/04: 1
Boyd, Cleo, woman smoking in bed suffers burns, 1965/03/26: 1
Brooks, Louis
85, burned when he smokes in bed, 1965/10/08: 3
octogenarian dies of burns from smoking in bed, 1965/10/22: 1
Brooks, Urline
remains in critical condition with 3rd degree burns, 1962/03/02: 1
West Side woman burned by blazing garments, dies, 1962/03/09: 1
Brown, Ed, 65-year-old fatally burned when clothing ignite, 1955/02/18: 1
Brown, Elsa, cigarette causes fire, 1965/01/29: 1
Brown's Cafe swept by fire, does $20,000 damage, 1954/03/19: 1
Burleson, Mr. and Mrs. Coleman, family of seven loses all possessions in duplex fire, 1948/08/20: 1
Burleson, Mr. and Mrs. Homer, and Mrs. Alma Greenwood forced to leap from window to escape flames, 1940/06/14: 1
Butler, Hardy, family loses everything in afternoon blaze, 1937/09/24: 1
Byars, Mrs. F.J., home destroyed when phones are busy, 1944/01/07: 1
Cactus Cafe, fire does $500 damage to East Commerce cafe, 1945/09/21: 5
Calhoun, Cecil, smoking in bed causes blaze, 1965/12/03: 1
Cameron, Mr. and Mrs. , lose baby chicks to fire, 1936/04/24: 7
Cameron, Mrs. B. H., home sustains smoke damage, 1960/04/01: 3
Campbell, Dorothy, carried to safety by husband, Johnny Campbell as fire sweeps home, 1954/06/11: 1
Canada, Evelyn
death comes week after victim transformed into human torch, 1948/12/17: 1
[reported as Mrs. Evelyn Williams], badly burned as clothes catch fire, 1948/12/10: 1
Carroll, Gloria Jean, 5 children of, burn to death in Corpus Christi, 1960/11/18: 1
Carter, Ernest, suffers burns in fishing tragedy on Lake McQueeney when boat catches on fire, 1957/07/05: 1
Carter, James, flames slightly burn two men, do $150 damages, 1954/12/24: 1
Chappel, Ernestine, rescued from blazing home by passerby, 1938/11/04: 1
Chase, Mary, $1500 damages in house fire, 1963/08/02: 1
Childs, W. W., $700 in fire damage, 1948/08/27: 1
Clack, Phillip, baby boy saved from flames by Royal Brock, 1945/01/12: 1
Clardy, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar, fire does $1,000 damages to storeroom, garage, 1955/04/01: 3
Clark, Baby Rae, and eight children lose clothing in fire when kerosene heater exploded, 1958/02/21: 1
Clark, Elijah, 18-month-old burns to death; mother, Rosalie Clark and sister, Martha, critically burned, 1960/01/15: 1
Clark, G. H., plumber, takes issue with blaze report by a San Antonio daily, 1958/05/23: 1
Clark, Martha, second child victim claimed one week after death of brother, Elijah, 1960/01/22: 1
Clark, Rosalie, follows two young children to death, 1960/01/29: 1
cold weather brings series of fires to SA, 1957/12/13: 1
Coleman, Mrs. Bernard J., burned, home damaged in Xmas Eve blaze, 1938/12/30: 1
Coleman, Mr. and Mrs. Bernarr J., Jr., family loses everything in fire, mother rescues children (photo), 1963/01/04: 1
Coleman, Clem William, 22 months old, suffers second degree chemical burns over half of his body, 1961/11/17: 1
Coleman, George, puts gasoline-soaked pants in washer which explodes, 1961/09/22: 1
Coleman's Studio damaged by fire, 1955/10/07: 1
Coles, John N., aged San Antonian fatally burned, 1945/01/12: 1
Collins, Mrs. Bernadine, fast-thinking mother saves home from blaze, 1950/02/03: 1
Collins, Jewel, kerosene stove flares causing $50 damage, 1954/03/19: 5
Conner, Henry, rear house gutted and house in front, owned by L. V. Taylor, scorched by flames, 1962/09/07: 1
Cora, Sherman Lamar, Jr., veteran dies as flames sweep house, 1954/09/03: 1
Corn Crib Tavern burns to the ground, 1954/01/08: 1
Cornelius, Ren, furniture burned by common-law wife, 1953/09/25: 1
Covington, Montayne, fire does nearly $12,000 damages to home, 1963/10/18: 1
Cox, Leona, fire damages house, 1963/12/06: 1
Craig, Paul, car catches fire, 1963/10/18: 3
Craig, Willie
Craig and Nelson Garrison badly burned as lamp explodes in P.O. excavation, 1936/03/13: 1
injuries fatal to man burned in P.O. excavation, 1936/03/27: 1
Crawford, Ray Lee, 14 months old, and Lillie White, 72, saved from flames by tot's mother and neighbors, 1958/05/30: 1
Crayton, Mrs. Ester, fire of unknown origin destroys home, 1950/02/24: 1
Crockett, Mrs. Tinney, fire does $2300 damage to home, car, 1955/04/22: 1
Crockett, Willie, SA man badly burned in bus cleaning-pit blaze, 1947/07/25: 1
Crutcher, Mrs. Pauline, cigarette blamed for fire in her rooming house, 1947/07/25: 1
Cunningham, Beatrice, woman who lost sister, brother in 1952 fire, rescues two tots, 1956/01/20: 1
Cunningham, Mary Louise, Lindsey, and Esther
aid sought for fire-tragedy victims; fire that killed boy, girl, destroyed belongings of 11 survivors, 1952/09/19: 1
alleged fire setter, Latin-American boy, is set free, 1952/09/12: 1
Mary Louise and Lindsey die and sister Esther suffers third degree burns as boy fires house, 1952/09/05: 1
Cunningham, Mr. and Mrs. Pink, house gutted when kitchen stove explodes, 1948/07/23: 1
Cunningham, Sam, car almost totally destroyed by fire, 1950/11/03: 1
Danger of Fire Increasing (editorial), 1938/04/01: 4
Daniels, Clifford, radio-TV shop sustains $150 fire damages, 1960/07/08: 1
Daniels, Homer and Alberta, children saved as fire engulfs home (photo), 1950/10/13: 1
Davis, Dan, aged man, of unsound mind, burned in fire, 1939/03/03: 1
Davis, Houston and Daniel Craig, burned to death while pinned under flaming tree, 1936/04/17: 1
Dawson, Harry, fire of unknown origin destroys home of president of Grant Union of Colored Laborers, 1932/05/06: 2
Derden, Elmo, 70, escapes from blazing home, has burns on face, hands and feet, 1962/04/06: 1
Deslandes, Rev. G. A., fire does over $1500 damages to home, 1948/08/06: 1
Dixon, Mrs. John H., house spared by fire fighters when sparks spew from chimney, 1937/12/24: 1
Doctrie, Cleo, burned as stove explodes, 1940/02/23: 1
Dorn, Edna E., fire does $3,000 damage to her home, 1962/11/16: 1
Dorn, Leroy, trapped by blazing oil, seriously burned, 1953/02/27: 1
Dotson, Mary Elizabeth, 8-year-old dies when heater sets gown on fire, 1949/02/11: 1
Douglass Junior School
fire, vandalism causes damage, 1960/02/26: 1
incinerator, in disrepair, starts $2300 blaze, 1955/09/02: 1
Dukes, Bernadette, tot saved from death by fireman, Angel Tavison, 1965/11/05: 1
Dukes, Velma Jean, 15-year-old burned when dress blazes, 1955/02/04: 3
Durant, Leonard, veteran asphyxiated as flames sweep home, 1962/02/02: 1
Durham's Pharmacy, early morning fire does $6,500 damages to SA drug store, 1958/02/21: 1
Eason, Bettye Jean, seriously burned as gown catches fire, 1939/03/03: 1
East Commerce Cafe suffers $3,000 in damage, 1948/04/09: 1
East Houston Street businesses struck by $15,000 fire, 1954/01/29: 1
Ebenezer Baptist Church Community Center suffers $7500 in fire damage (photo), 1946/09/20: 1
Edwards, Dr. and Mrs. Ben, children saved from fiery death by quick-thinking maid, Joyce Winkfield, 1964/05/15: 1
Electric Wire Pole Fire at Site of New Fire House Put Out by Fire Wagons (Tid Bits From the Week's News), 1937/12/03: 4
Ellison, Juanita, four-year-old painfully burned when dress catches fire, 1938/01/28: 1
Ellison, Nora, dies in New Year's morning fire (photo), 1957/01/04: 1
Eustace, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene, garage, auto burn; explosion rocks neighborhood, 1940/08/09: 1
Every Two Minutes a Home Burns (editorial), 1938/10/28: 4
fire destroys one house, damages two; six persons routed from blazing structures, 1966/12/09: 1
Fire Insurance Dollar [how it is spent] (editorial), 1939/10/20: 4
fire taking increasing toll in life, property, 1952/10/10: 4
fires again take toll of young lives over US, 1952/12/26: 1
Fisher, Mrs. I., Wednesday night fire does $3,000 damage, 1953/01/30: 1
Flowers, Blanche, burned while trying to rescue son from blaze, 1940/12/20: 1
Rev. Foard burned when oil stove explodes, 1933/01/13: 7
Folk, Ada, sweater explodes as SA woman lights cigarette, 1952/02/01: 6
four houses along Pettus Street damaged as trash fire goes wild, 1962/02/16: 1
Fowler, Dillard, 3-year-old boy burned as fire sweeps servants quarters, 1947/01/10: 1
Franklin, Simmie, and family aroused by neighbors as home blazes, 1956/12/28: 1
Franks, Henry Lee, 4-year-old boy burned as sleeve catches fire, 1965/06/04: 1
Franks, Penn, fire inflicts extensive damage on house, 1965/06/25: 1
Freeman, Ola, ill ex-teacher taken from smoke-filled room, 1955/02/11: 1
Gamel, Mamie, trapped by infirmities, saved from fire by unknown heroine (Alamo City Briefs), 1935/10/18: 7
Garner, Andrew, clothes too close to water heater cause $1300 damage to house and contents, 1962/02/02: 3
Govan dwelling destroyed by fire, 1933/12/29: 8 (filmed in 1934/01/05 issue)
Granger, Mrs. Marie, rescued from flames by firemen; three others flee, 1949/01/28: 1
Grant, Mrs. Ruby, short causes fire, 1946/12/27: 1
Greater Macedonia Baptist Church, two members suspected in effort to burn down church, 1958/11/07: 1
Green, Bealy, 70, fatally burned when he becomes human torch trying to light heater, 1951/03/16: 1
Green, Johnnie (Eatin' Child), Weimar man, 69, burns to death, 1955/12/16: 1
Green, Norman, flames slightly burn two men, do $150 damages, 1954/12/24: 1
Greenwood, James
families of James Greenwood and Eddie Lee Holland lose everything in fire (photo), 1950/12/15: 1
SA gives to brighten Xmas for fire victims, 1950/12/22: 1
Greer's Place sustains $2,500 damages caused by cigarette, 1952/10/31: 1
Griffin, Dr. C.A., auto destroyed in fire, 1936/01/24: 7
Griffin, Larry, 13-year-old boy burned when his shirt catches fire, 1964/02/07: 1
Guadalupe College, barefooted students driven into bitter cold as flames sweep building (photo), 1936/02/14: 1
Hall, Roswell, 14-year-old boy burned as he stumbles, ignites gasoline in garage, 1960/10/28: 1
Hall of the Grand Union of Colored Laborers destroyed (photo), 1931/12/04: 2
Hames, Chester, Sr., father gives statement on fire that claimed two babies, 1946/08/16: 1
Hames, Sherrell Joyce and Chester Hames, Jr., burned to death in bed, 1946/08/02: 1
Hardaway, Lena E., Waelder woman, 85, burns to death as flames gut house, 1960/11/11: 1
Hardeman, Persia, 68, fighting a fire, is burned on face and feet, 1958/12/12: 1
Hardeman, Mrs. Willie Mae, children rescued as $6,000 fire destroys home, 1950/03/17: 1
Harper, Mr. and Mrs. E., auto destroyed, garage gutted in early morn blaze, 1936/07/24: 1
Harper, Frankie, ill in bed, loses cash and is burned in fire at home of aunt, Mrs. Luther Wells, 1940/01/05: 1
Harrison, John, children reportedly start $400 fire, 1964/09/04: 3
Hartfield, Mr. and Mrs. [illegible], exploding oil stove causes $500 in damages, 1947/07/11: 1
Hartfield, Clara
fire destroys home on Pittman Road, 1955/08/26: 8
wires cause fire damage of $200, 1948/04/23: 1
Harvey, John Lee, undergoing treatment for fire injuries, hurtles to death, 1953/05/22: 1
Hastings, Mrs. Jessie, mother smashes door to save son trapped by fire, 1948/01/23: 1
Haywood, Dr. and Mrs. H. E., curtain catches fire, 1947/12/26: 1
Hemmings, J. W., neighbors save boy, fight flames at Hemmings residence, 1936/05/08: 1
Henderson, Lareth, early morning blaze destroys house, contents, 1966/12/02: 3
Henderson, Mrs. Sylvia, 66-year-old woman fatally burned as clothing catch fire, 1950/03/24: 1
Henegan, Rev. L. C., Austin pastor's family trapped as home burns, 1945/11/23: 1
Henry, George B., dies as house burns to ground (photo), 1956/11/02: 1
Herron, Mrs. Paris, closet fire causes damage, 1950/06/30: 1
Hickman, Mrs. C., home burns from overheated stove, 1936/02/07: 7
Hicks, Eva, braves flames to save her two children, 1954/02/12: 1
Hicks, Lonzo, SA man fatally burned in house; murder first suspected, 1948/04/23: 1
Hill, Israel F. "Koochie," popular salesman, badly burned as Christmas fire guts residence (photo), 1937/12/31: 1
Hodge, W. C. (Cuney), service station fire claims life of employee, 1955/04/01: 1
Hodges, Charles R., wife, Blanche, and stepson, Andrew Russell, escape when their car catches fire and is completely destroyed, 1967/07/07: 1
Hodges, Mrs. Elizabeth, early morning fire does over $1000 damage, 1946/02/01: 1
Hodges, Lester, bedridden man alone in house fatally burned, 1965/02/26: 1
Holland, Eddie Lee
families of James Greenwood and Eddie Lee Holland lose everything in fire (photo), 1950/12/15: 1
SA gives to brighten Xmas for fire victims, 1950/12/22: 1
Hopkins, Maxine Brooks, sets $5,000 fire when her common-law mate threatens to get another woman, 1962/11/23: 1
Hotel Manhattan sustains $3400 in damage, 1955/09/09: 1
Howard, Willie, fire starts in house while man sleeps on porch, 1964/08/07: 1
Hoyle, E., house burns, 1950/04/14: 5
Huisache Baptist Church janitor, Marion Rector, overcome by smoke as he fights fire, 1956/11/09: 1
Hunt, Ed, room and contents destroyed as oil stove explodes, 1947/02/14: 1
improperly selling kerosene, gasoline may bring prosecution, 1955/11/18: 3
Inman, John, fire strikes SA man for second time in month, 1948/04/30: 1
Inman, Mr. and Mrs. Louis, fire guts residence on Thanksgiving Day, 1948/12/03: 1
Ivey, Tom and Mrs. Mamie and baby boy saved from fire by cat, 1946/11/22: 1
Jackson, Alice, Cuero woman, in 80's, burned to death as fire guts home, 1959/04/03: 1
Jackson, Benjamin, blind man burns to death when trapped in a small room, 1953/12/18: 1
Jackson, J. D.
burned in oil stove explosion, dies, 1953/04/24: 1
and wife, Eva, seriously burned as oil stove explodes, 1953/04/03: 1
Jackson, Lorine, crippled woman rescued as fire sweeps apartment; blaze, causing $7,000 damages, said set by angry man, 1966/02/04: 1
Jackson, Robert Lee, 4-year-old boy is hero of fire, 1955/11/11: 1
Jackson, Ronald Lee, 1, (and other) tots perish in second SA fire tragedy in six weeks, 1952/10/24: 1
Jackson, Steve, fatally burned in second fire he starts when cigarette sets mattress ablaze, 1956/11/30: 1
Jackson, Volley, home suffers $2,000 damage, 1953/08/07: 1
Jacobs, Sam, fire does $400 damages at house owned by Sam Jacobs and occupied by Mrs. Willie Shepard, 1950/09/08: 3
Jenkins, Herman, 2, and Caroline Lee, 10 months, die as flames sweep Maryland Street residence (photos), 1952/11/21: 1
Jennings, Mr. and Mrs. Everett J., fire does $5,000 damages to Hub Street home, 1964/08/21: 1
Johnson, Miss Burnel, burned severely when dress blazes, 1955/04/01: 1
Johnson, Efron, Foster Road house leveled by flames, 1956/10/26: 1
Johnson, J. H., clothes damaged by fire, 1949/02/11: 2
Johnson, Lydia, burned while smoking in bed, 1956/06/01: 1
Johnson, Maggie, house fire causes damages of $2,700, 1954/04/02: 1
Johnson, Mattie, saved from flames by son, Nathaniel Franklin, when he misses bus, 1955/01/21: 1
Johnson, Melvin, burned as he puts out kitchen blaze; seared about face, hand in fire caused by exploding stove, 1940/07/05: 1
Johnson, Susan G., 74-year-old woman dies after futile rescue effort of 9-month-old baby, Iris Risher, 1956/02/10: 1
Johnson, Will, four tots saved from fiery death by uncle and another man, 1936/04/17: 1
Johnson children rescued from burning house, 1942/02/13: 1
Joiner, Jerry, 3-year-old girl critically burned as dress catches fire, 1956/01/20: 1
Jointer tots, Debra, Roy Lee, and Willie, just miss suffocation, 1960/01/22: 1
Jones, Beatrice, sustains $400 in fire damages, 1942/12/11: 1
Jones, Carrie, burned when gasoline cook stove explodes, 1939/12/08: 1
Jones, Ethel, flames from oven burn expectant mother, 1955/09/16: 4
Jones, Phillip J., trapped in bedroom, dies in fire, 1958/12/05: 1
Kay, Benny, burned in rescue attempt of Leroy Dorn, 1953/02/27: 1
Kelly, Corecy, leaky oil stove causes $5,500 in damages, 1962/07/27: 1
Kelly, Roosevelt, shed damaged when renter, Isom Hudson, sets fire to rags on floor, 1948/03/12: 7
Kennedy, C. R., fire fights battle blaze at his residence for five hours, 1958/05/30: 1
Kennedy, Ernest, World War vet burned to death in mystery fire, 1936/01/10: 1
Kennedy, John, suffers 2nd and 3rd degree burns attempting to pull burning clothes off Betty Williams, who was critically burned, 1963/02/01: 1
Kennedy, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph, wiring causes blaze that does $2,400 damages, 1954/09/17: 1
King, Julian, house thought set ablaze by prowlers, 1960/09/09: 1
King, Robert L., his house and auto destroyed by fire, 1962/03/16: 1
Kirby, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur, home reduced to ashes, 1939/05/12: 1
Kirk, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer, kitchen burns as pilot sets fire to oil mop, 1941/09/05: 1
Kuykendall, Coleman, baby saved from death in flames by unidentified man, 1945/12/21: 1
Lacy, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar, family loses everything in fire (photo), 1939/09/01: 1
Lampkin, Cornell, at a dance, his car burns, 1952/04/04: 1
Lampkin, Foster, mechanic burned as short ignites solvent and clothes, 1959/05/01: 1
Lane, James, believed to have caused Polaris St. house fire due to smoking, 1964/07/17: 1
Lawson, Charles and Ernestine, fire brings tragedy to SA family, 1956/12/21: 1
Lee, Caroline, 10 months, and Herman Jenkins, 2, die as flames sweep Maryland Street residence (photos), 1952/11/21: 1
Lee, David and Madelyn, movement under way by Ladies of Charissa to assist victims of fire, 1952/02/29: 1
Lee, Harper, home damaged by defective wood stove, 1962/10/05: 3
Lee, Patricia, 3, perishes as flames level home, 1952/02/22: 1
Leslie, Louella D., 4, severely burned as dress blazes, 1952/05/30: 1
Levison, Mrs. Ollie B., fire destroys garage, 1945/05/25: 1
Lewis, Morris Laverne, seven-year-old hero of fire receives awards, 1953/05/29: 1
Lewis, Salitha, flipped cigarette sets car on fire, 1960/11/04: 1
Lister, Dr. Leonard M., fire guts west side home, loss estimated at $11,500, 1949/08/12: 1
Littlejohn, Jewell, lighting oven, burned by gas explosion, 1957/02/15: 1
lives of four children and three women spared in $17,500 fire, 1955/09/16: 1
lodge hall gutted by fire, 1949/10/14: 1
Lowery, Verna Joe, angry girl sets fire causing $1200 in damages, 1960/04/01: 3
Luckey, James, cleaning mixture causes $4,000 fire, 1963/12/06: 1
Luckey, Monroe, aged Seguin man burns to death, 1964/07/10: 1
Mackey, Mr. and Mrs. Ellis, $1000 damages in midnight blaze, 1939/03/10: 1
Mackey, Robert, fire does $1500 damages to house, 1948/05/21: 5
Manhattan Hotel, kitchen fire does $1500 damages, 1960/08/12: 1
Mathies, Joe, passing motorist, awakes occupants of blazing building, 1951/04/27: 1
Mays, Helen, six-year-old girl fatally burned as clothing catches fire, 1950/12/15: 1
McCann, Mrs. Dave, invalid carried to safety from blaze, 1940/11/22: 1
McCoy, Maj. I. A. and Dr. Ruth Bellinger McCoy, Christmas Eve blaze damages their home and her office, 1961/12/29: 1
McDaniel, Robert, invalid saved by Mrs. E. M. Softly, who loses everything, 1955/02/04: 1
McElroy Cleaners and Tailors suffer $1500 damage, 1948/02/20: 1
McKnight, Mr. and Mrs. Rollie, burned, fireman injured in blaze from exploding kerosene stove, 1951/02/09: 1
Meredith, Hattie, clothing burned by estranged common-law husband, Winston Scott, 1950/02/17: 1
Merriweather, Walter, family loses home, belongings in fire, 1955/12/16: 1
Merriwether, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene, fire does $1,000 damages in Sunday blaze; woman singed as she tries to save some belongings (photo), 1940/02/02: 1
Miller, Annie, and six children unharmed as fire guts house, 1960/07/29: 1
Miller, Douglass, saved from flames by 'awful mistake' cop, Oma R. Graves, 1955/11/25: 1
Mills, Percy, quickly extinguishes fire in Majestic Theatre, 1951/11/02: 3
Mills, Ruth, badly burned when stove fires clothes, 1941/02/14: 1
Mitchell, Andrew J., 15, burned as shirt catches fire, 1963/01/04: 1
Mitchell, Linda Mae, 9, seriously burned as dress catches fire, 1962/01/12: 1
Mitchell, Quincy, improvised lighter causes blaze, 1955/06/03: 1
Mollett, Brady, automobile set on fire by dancer arsonist, 1939/12/15: 1
Montgomery, Erlin, 14-year-old girl seriously burned as gown catches fire, 1949/04/29: 1
Mooney, Mrs. Gracie Mae, carried unconscious from burning house, dies, 1949/02/04: 1
Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Charles, defective stove cause of $2,000 West Side fire, 1947/01/03: 1
Moore, Ernest, dies from burns received at courthouse, 1931/10/16: 1
Moore, Walter, builds fire to warm himself under church, 1949/02/11: 1
Mosely, Pauline, one of three children burned as trash fire "explodes," 1964/11/27: 1
Mosely, Mr. and Mrs. Pete, oil stove causes $7,500 damages, spreads to other apartments (photo), 1951/06/29: 1
Mosely, Rochelle, one of three children burned as trash fire "explodes," 1964/11/27: 1
Moss, Mr. and Mrs. D. R., early morning fire does $2,000 damage, 1949/04/22: 1
Mt. Olive parsonage destroyed by fire, 1932/11/18: 1
Mt. Sinai Baptist Church organ saved by pastor and two other men as fire hits church, 1956/07/27: 1
Muse, Inez, house nearly destroyed with next door house damaged by fire, 1958/07/11: 1
Napier, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard, and daughter, Bobbie, arson suspected as house burns after explosion, 1965/01/08: 1
Neal, Bernice, suffers burn as she attempts to save mother from blaze, 1947/03/21: 1
Neal, Mrs. Grace, over $200 damages to residence, 1941/02/14: 1
Nealy, Mrs. Luella F. W., aged SA woman recovering from 2nd degree burns, 1950/03/17: 2
Neil, Maybell, leaves beans cooking, house burns, 1950/04/14: 2
Nelson, Mrs. Anna, injured as residence burns to ground, 1948/09/10: 1
Nelson, Bernard, and Samuel Nelson, 2 and 4, die as flames sweep home during while mother, Leola Craig was absent, 1951/11/30: 1
Nichols, Shirley, garage and car go up in flames as party line won't give up phone, 1962/08/10: 1
Nolan, James L., seriously burned in boiler room blast, 1939/12/08: 1
Oakman, Elene, 8-year-old girl burned lighting stove, 1955/01/07: 1
Parker, Jeffery, grease causes fire, 1961/08/18: 3
Payne, Mrs. Lon, house damaged when rags catch fire from stove, 1950/12/22: 2
Perkins, John W., house damaged by fire when can of grease blazes, 1966/04/08: 1
Pleasant, Iona, SA woman, 77, fatally burned when her nightgown catches fire, 1962/03/09: 1
Pleasants, Rev. Alfred M., minister, 82, succumbs to burns after night clothes flame, 1962/01/26: 1
Polk, John, trapped in burning building, receives first aid (photo), 1966/05/13: 1
Polk, Mr. and Mrs. Rueben, home gutted by fire, 1936/04/03: 1
Porter, Dorothy Mae, children ushered from blazing home by their aunt, Betty Jean Smith, 1965/11/05: 1
Porter, Mrs. Mamie, partially blind Seguin woman burns to death, 1946/10/18: 1
Prairie View administration building swept by fire, 1947/04/04: 1
prevention of
Priestley, Gee, Seguin fire victim buried, 1960/01/08: 1
Prince, Milton, badly burned as auto car fumes ignite, 1951/11/09: 3
Proctor, Robert, awakes to find residence ablaze, 1953/04/17: 1
Ramsey, Albert, fast-spreading flames gut residence, 1958/08/08: 1
Ramsey, Lizzie, 81, dies in Seguin blaze, 1956/11/30: 1
Reese, Rosa Lee, disconnected pipe causes SA house to catch fire, 1940/01/26: 1
Ritz Theatre fire only cold gent warming himself, 1949/01/07: 1
Roberson, Mrs. Eula, dies in early morning fire, 1944/11/17: 1
Roberson, Mr. and Mrs. Leon, $1,000 damage done by Wednesday night blaze, 1946/01/18: 1
Robinson, Hasty, blaze does $1,000 damage and burns $400 in cash, 1954/02/05: 1
Robinson, James (Jim), 53-year-old man perishes in fire, 1960/12/23: 1
Rodgers, Joyce, suffers from smoke inhalation when food burns, 1964/05/01: 1
Rodgers family house burns, 1949/01/14: 5
Rogers, Betty June Dukes, burned by exploding sterilizer, 1937/07/09: 7
Rogers, Paul, porter, severely burned as gas explodes boiler, 1951/01/26: 1
Ross, A. W., house suffers $300 damage, 1950/06/09: 6
Roundtree, John, burned as gas water heater explodes, 1940/08/09: 1
Rowe, Eula, painfully burned as gas fumes explode, 1936/08/07: 1
Royal, Jimmy, smoking in bed, catches mattress on fire, with damage at $2, 1951/10/05: 1
Rudd, Estella Mae, awarded for heroism; rescues 81-year-old woman from blazing home (photo), 1961/03/10: 1
San Antonio is plagued by fires during past week, 1946/08/02: 5
Sanders, Stella, burning mattress causes $100 in damages, 1950/12/15: 2
Sanford, Mary, trapped by fire, leaps from 2nd story, 1940/09/13: 1
Scott, Eliza, fire of unknown origin causes $450 damages, 1940/06/14: 1
Scott, Hattie Gaines, aged aunt and uncle of, saved from death in blazing house, 1941/08/08: 1
Scott, Herman L., fireman, and Mary Thomas, burned in gasoline blast, 1940/04/26: 1
Shaw, Homer, home a total loss listed $2,200, 1954/04/02: 1
Sheffield, Benjamin, seriously burned as auto fuel explodes, 1952/09/19: 1
Sherwood, Eric, burned to death on birthday, 1940/12/20: 1
Silar, Frank, and Fenner Yell sleep through a lamp exploding and setting place afire, 1951/01/19: 1
Simmons, Raymond, 14-year-old boy burned as gasoline ignites, 1964/12/11: 1
Slaughter, Mary, house blazes when short ignites rags in meter box, 1955/11/18: 1
Smith, Bettie Mae, burned as stove turns over in fight, 1951/12/07: 1
Smith, Betty Jean, ushers children of her sister, Dorothy Mae Porter, from blazing home, 1965/11/05: 1
Smith, Elijah and Carrie, house burns down following family row, 1962/08/24: 1
Smith, Henry, saved from flames twice by Smokey, guide dog that
Register helped buy (photo), 1958/05/16: 1
Smith, Lola, burned in fire caused by oil stove blast, 1941/05/23: 1
Smith, PFC and Mrs. Lola, residence destroyed as tot plays with matches, 1957/09/13: 1
Smith, Lydia, 7, arriving home for lunch averts fire loss from burning mattress, 1959/04/10: 1
Smith, Mary, elderly woman, unaware of fire, led from blazing home by Albert Allen, 1958/04/18: 1
Smith, Mary Ann, 8 months, and sister, Norma Jean, 3 years old, perish in Olmos Park fire, 1959/01/09: 1
Sneed, Joyce, mom saves children from fire, 1966/11/25: 1
Softly, Mrs. E. M., saves uncle, Robert McDaniel from fire, loses all, 1955/02/04: 1
Soloman, Willis
another SA child succumbs to burns, 1952/12/12: 1
and Oralee Soloman, burned when fire sweeps house, 1952/12/05: 1
Soloman, Willis, and Oralee Soloman, burned when fire sweeps house, 1952/12/05: 1
Solomon, Mr. and Mrs. King, aid sought for victims of fire tragedy, 1952/12/05: 1
Stafford, Inez, Douglass teacher burned by sheet of flames from gas stove, 1951/01/19: 1
Standifer, Corine, fire does $600 damage to house and contents, 1962/01/19: 1
Steen, Mrs. Willie, blaze in apartment does $2,000 damages, 1952/03/21: 1
Stephens, Willie, exploding stove causes $8,700 damages to his house and two others, 1952/03/28: 1
Stevens, Bertha, 2, Corrine Stevens, 3, tots perish in second SA fire tragedy in six weeks, 1952/10/24: 1
Storey Package Store, short causes fire, 1955/01/14: 7
Sutton, Mr. and Mrs. J. B., burned as bed blazes as they sleep, 1951/05/11: 1
Tarver, Lenora A., victim of fire accident dies, 1934/02/23: 1
Tavison, Angel, fireman saves 2-year-old tot, Bernadette Dukes, from death, 1965/11/05: 1
Taylor, Marvin, Michael, Tyrone and Anthony, perish in blazing home, 1959/03/27: 1
Taylor, Mattie Mae, burns to death; aunt, uncle die as death hits family, 1936/02/07: 1
Terry, Mrs. Will Esther, cook burned by grease flames, sues for $10,000, 1947/04/18: 1
Thomas, Israel, mattress burns, 1949/11/11: 5
Thomas, Lovey V., loses home and all possessions, 1938/01/28: 1
Thompson, Charles, home on leave, fatally burned in blaze; four others, one blind, escape blaze, 1951/05/11: 1
Thompson, Ellen, Sunday morning blaze causes $500 damages, 1965/03/26: 1
Thompson, Ethel, thief takes advantage of fire to steal TV, radio, 1963/10/25: 1
Thompson, Hardy, 5, and sisters Regina, 3, and Deborah, 4, SA tots suffocate in Houston fire (photo), 1965/02/26: 1
Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. John H., family of seven hard hit by fire as flames gut home, 1958/03/21: 1
Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. M. T., Iowa St. fire starts in bedroom, 1938/01/28: 1
Thompson, Melvin, Jr., boy seriously burned as shirt blazes, 1956/02/17: 1
Todd, James C., hot stove pipe sets house afire, 1955/03/25: 1
Toms, Ronnie and Stafford, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Toms, Seguin, burn to death, 1959/11/20: 1
Tone, Leona, $2,000 damage done as fire sweeps SA home, 1945/07/13: 1
Torpin Inn, three buildings, auto damaged in $5,000 blaze, 1953/02/20: 1
Townsend, Amos, exploding stove sets $450 blaze, 1964/03/27: 1
Townsend, Luther, septuagenarian puts savings in bank after being spared by fire, 1961/06/23: 1
Travis Cleaners, cleaning plant blaze causes $6,000 damage, 1947/02/21: 1
truck, owned by N. Swain, blazes as it stands parked at house, 1941/09/05: 1
Velasque, Ledra, 5-year-old boy sets fire that does $3,000 in damage, 1961/05/19: 1
Waddell, Hattie, defective flue causes fire, 1941/02/28: 5
Wade, Doris Jean, 14-year-old girl seriously burned as stove ignites clothing, 1956/03/23: 1
Waiters, Ed, early morning blaze causes $1200 in damages, 1942/05/29: 1
Waiters and Waitresses Club swept by $4,000 fire, 1964/06/19: 1
Walker, James, 86-year old Corpus Christian succumbs to burns suffered while sleeping, 1944/12/01: 1
Walker, Manny, his Omaha Street residence fire does $3,500 damage, 1962/10/05: 1
Walker, Sammie Charles, 17-month-old boy snatched from blazing bed by mother, Mrs. Mattie Walker (photo), 1946/11/15: 1
Wallace, Carrie Jean, 7, dress blazes, severely burned as children play with matches, 1952/12/12: 1
Warner, Mrs. Alex, fire does $2,000 damage to home, 1950/08/11: 1
Washington, Loraine, fire does $2,200 damage and puppy perishes, 1954/03/26: 1
Washington, Louis, severely burned as gasoline-soaked trousers ignite, 1951/05/04: 1
Washington, Mrs. Magdalene, four-room house gutted by flames, 1949/09/30: 1
Waters, Felix, fatally burned while working under car, 1936/03/20: 1
Wauls, Mrs. J. H., West Side house almost completely destroyed by fire, 1957/11/01: 1
Wayne, Eddie, one of three children burned as trash fire "explodes," 1964/11/27: 1
Welch, Melvin, man's clothes blaze as he backs into kitchen stove, 1958/12/19: 1
West Side business center swept by disastrous blaze (photo), 1946/09/20: 1
Wheatley Courts, fire in project office believed set by juveniles, 1960/07/22: 3
White, George, home sustains $1500 fire damage, 1949/09/23: 5
White, Luscious, family escapes as fire sweeps six-room house, 1956/02/17: 1
White, Samuel Hardy, Seguin man, 79, catches fire, burned fatally, 1958/02/07: 1
White, Willie Marie, 9, playing with matches under a bed sets mattress afire, 1963/02/22: 1
Whitmore, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence, lose everything as fire guts home, 1951/07/20: 1
Williams, Allen Ray, 4, burned as heater fires clothes, 1956/12/21: 1
Williams, Betty, critically burned when open heater sets her clothes on fire, 1963/02/01: 1
Williams, Betty Jean, 4, and other tots perish in second SA fire tragedy in six weeks, 1952/10/24: 1
Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Claudia and six children, escape flames, but family loses everything as fire guts home, 1962/12/21: 1
Williams, Ellis ("Cry Baby"), dies in blazing house after oil stove explodes, 1962/07/20: 1
Williams, Evelyn, badly burned as clothes catch fire, 1948/12/10: 1
Williams, George, 74, invalid carried from smoke-filled house by passersby, 1958/07/11: 1
Williams, Jane, and Oliver McMillan saved from death in blazing house, 1941/08/08: 1
Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie, home slightly damaged, 1932/04/01: 5
Williams, Lucinda, invalid woman rescued as flames gut home, 1947/08/29: 1
Williams, Marie, short in player causes fire, 1964/05/29: 3
Williams, Otis, family receives aid from Just Neighbors Club, 1961/06/09: 6
Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas, electrical short causes $300 blaze to home, 1963/03/29: 1
Willis, Harold, putting gas in carburetor, is painfully burned as he steps on starter of stalled car, 1951/05/04: 1
Willis, Mayme
burns suffered weeks ago prove fatal, 1936/08/07: 1
treated for burns caused by candle, 1936/07/10: 6
Willis, Steve, blind man, 70, perishes in flames on burning mattress, 1953/02/13: 1
Wilson, Lillie, overheated water heater causes fire in her residence, 1958/04/18: 1
Wilson, Nina, invalid woman charred beyond recognition as house burns to ground, 1949/10/21: 1
Winkfield, Mary, quick-thinking maid saves children of Dr. and Mrs. Ben Edwards from fiery death, 1964/05/15: 1
Woodlake Country Club cabin destroyed by fire, 1953/08/07: 1
Woods, Miss B. E., 15, led from blazing house by passerby, O. J. Walter, 1952/03/21: 1
Woods, Edna, house burns while occupants are at work, 1952/03/14: 1
Woods, Michael, 7, burns his foot playing near a trash fire, 1963/03/01: 1
wrecker, garage burned, man hurt in Sunday blaze, 1939/08/18: 1
Wren, Lethia, 68, pulled from fire by sister, Maggie Rhodes, dies, 1952/12/05: 1
Yell, Fenner, and Frank Silar sleep through a lamp exploding and setting place afire, 1951/01/19: 1
Yoakum school and church swept by flames, 1957/11/01: 1
Young, Tammy, 3-year-old girl perishes in blazing home, 1967/02/03: 1