On 3/18/07, Russell D. James <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> I vote for the fire that destroyed many of the World War I and World War
> II
> veterans records.  I think it was in Kansas City or St. Louis.
>
> St Louis, 1973.  The Military Personnel Record Center.... and the worst
thing is, they don't know what was lost.  They are still determining what
was lost based on requests coming in and information not being able to be
located.

Actually, I don't have my "wet ink copy" in front of me, but I think the
cause of the writing of NFPA 232 was a fire at a railroad station
(Burlington & ?) where an extensive volume of stored records were lost.
It's inside the front cover of the 2000 edition and earlier ones as well,
but I think along with much else of value, that was removed from the 2007
version.

I'd also add the Brambles Fire in Chicago and the County Courthouse in
Martinez, CA in 1993 (or 1994).

Larry


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Larry Medina
Danville, CA
RIM Professional since 1972

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