"Hazard for Playing Children: These vacant buildings in the 4200 block of DeTonty street are of concern to city building officials because they are next to the Mullanphy School playground and are being used by children at play. The two buildings have been partially wrecked by the State Highway Department in preparation for construction of Insterstate 44."
"A 10-foot section of the wall of this three-story brick tenement at Twenty-third and Cole streets collapsed to the sidewalk yesterday. A witness reported seeing one man run from the building and then return to free a companion from the rubble. Both men then fled before police and firemen arrived. The building was being razed to make way for a new school."
Two original captions. "Building collapse at Northeast corner of O'Fallon and Hadley." "Collapsing into a pile of debris, the front of this old two-story tenement building at 1113-21 O'Fallon st. toppled yesterday afternoon. The building was vacated several months ago because of its dilapidated condition, but firemen dug into the ruins in case someone may have been on the premises. They found no
"After collapse of a house under construction at 3043 Henrietta st., in which a workman was seriously hurt, damage is inspected by (from the left) Deputy Fire Chief Robert Olsen Jr., Battalion Chief Edward Lawler (bending), and Deputy Chief Joseph Findlay." Note: photo is torn in two.
