  Highway29 Member Username: Highway29 Post Number: 7 Registered: 06-2007 |
We were talking about this today at work. Does anyone know the year of the fire at Federal's Department Store on Gratiot between 10 and 11 Mile? I remember you could see the smoke for miles and miles. Thanks. Dan | ||
Detroit_signal Member Username: Detroit_signal Post Number: 61 Registered: 02-2007 |
My dad said he thinks it was around '73. | ||
Thedeadofnight Member Username: Thedeadofnight Post Number: 29 Registered: 11-2004 |
It was much later than 1973. It had to be like 77 or so. We were living in Fraser at the time and moved there in the spring of 75. I remember the fire quite well, even though I was just a kid. | ||
Larryinflorida Member Username: Larryinflorida Post Number: 2813 Registered: 02-2007 |
Did not some other Federal's stores develop the same "overheating" problem in that time period? | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 7300 Registered: 08-2004 |
... ah yes that pyromaniac owner... can't remember his name... was it Steven West? | ||
56packman Member Username: 56packman Post Number: 2460 Registered: 12-2005 |
Most Federals stores suffered from "ethnic lightning" back then | ||
12468_laing Member Username: 12468_laing Post Number: 198 Registered: 07-2008 |
my sister lives on blumfield in roseville, and did back then. she married in 1977, so it had to be after that. went to watch. | ||
Flyingj Member Username: Flyingj Post Number: 319 Registered: 08-2006 |
http://www.browardpalmbeach.co m/2002-08-29/news/wild-wild-we st/3 I always thought it Weird that West even was doing the commercials fr Federal's as they went down....dude, you're not Lee Iacocca! | ||
Jaycee Member Username: Jaycee Post Number: 1 Registered: 09-2008 |
I have been reading Detroit Yes for quite a while. I never posted until today. The answer to your question is February 12th,1978. The dollar loss was 3 million. They had another fire on July 19th, 1978 in Detroit.That fire was at West McNichols and Schaefer. Hope that helps. | ||
Larryinflorida Member Username: Larryinflorida Post Number: 2816 Registered: 02-2007 |
What a story! They all come here to Florida to hide, too.=( (Message edited by larryinflorida on September 22, 2008) | ||
Savannah Member Username: Savannah Post Number: 72 Registered: 02-2008 |
Most Federals stores suffered from "ethnic lightning" back thenWhat a story! They all come here to Florida to hide, too.=( Hey,let's not forget that New England Ivy league crowd takes a back seat to no one when it comes to pure thievery. If you added it all up in dollar amounts, I know who has stolen the most in the last 200 years.WASPs wrote the book(And the laws.That's why they don't go to jail) | ||
Highway29 Member Username: Highway29 Post Number: 8 Registered: 06-2007 |
thanks Jaycee!•• |
