Title:
Preliminary Report of Committee on Edison Fire
Author(s):
ACI Committee on Edison Fire
Publication:
Journal Proceedings
Volume:
11
Issue:
2
Appears on pages(s):
79-81
Keywords:
none
DOI:
10.14359/16036
Date:
2/1/1915
Abstract:
On Wednesday, December 9, 1914, at about 5:25 P.M., a fire occurred in the film inspecting building of the factory of Thomas A. Edison, Inc., West Orange, N.J., and rapidly spead to adjacent buildings of the plant, destroying six (one-,two- and three-story) wood and brick buildings, and burned out the contents of seven structures constituting three groups of reinforced concrete buildings.