White Plains-Admiral Dot Fire 100 Year Anniversary

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Noticed this article in Firehouse Magazine's "100 Years" section by Paul Hashagen

WHITE PLAINS, NY: FEB. 24, 1911 - One hundred fifty people fled from their homes and property as flames swept a block of downtown buildings. The flames broke out around 3 PM. in the hotel formerly owned by Admiral Dot, a diminutive performer under contract with RT. Barnum. The 25-inch-tall entrepreneur had recently sold the hotel and retired into seclusion. As the fire raged out of control and spread to nearby buildings, mutual aid from surrounding departments descended on the scene. At the height of the blaze, an explosion shook the hotel, toppling the walls onto firemen operating nearby. One member of Hope Engine Company, George Holip, was buried beneath the rubble. Under the protection of a hose stream, the trapped fireman was freed after 30 minutes of dangerous rescue work He was rushed to the hospital with a broken leg and smoke inhalation. A civilian onlooker suffered a heart attack and died during the blaze.

http://www.firehouse.com/magazine/contributor/174343

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Reporter Dispatch Newspaper article Feb 10 ,1967. City of White Plains Fire History.

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City Of White Plains newspaper article on this date in 1967.

Two Firemen were lost in 1954 in this disastrous Main Street fire. They were Bernard J Callahan and Salvatore N. Galasso who had been on a search mission for a man falsely reported as being trapped on the top floor - WPFD photo.

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Story printed for this date in 1967 - White Plains Fires.