The New Rochelle High School Fire of 1968
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Photo Gallery of New Rochelle High School and the Fire
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1926, Front View
1926, Back View
1931, After Addition of North and South Wings
Main Entrance at the base of The Clock Tower
1931 or Later, Aerial View
1964
1967
May 17, 1968
Classroom Wing Near The Auditorium
Classroom Wing Near The Auditorium
Staff Removing Files From Administration Wing During The Fire
Fireman Hosing The School Through The Thick Smoke
Firemen Pumping Water From A Twin Lake To Fight Fire
Fire Spreads Across The Roof
Fire Burning Through Wooden Roof
Library Construction Seen In Front Of The Burning School
Wooden Roof Burns As Wind Fans The Flames
Clock Tower Just Before Adjoining Roof Is Destroyed
Firefights From Seven Communities Attack The Fire
Aerial View Of The Blaze
After The Fire, The Roof On Each Side Of The Clock Tower Are Gone
The Clock Tower Photographed During Graduation Ceremony, June 23, 1968
A Classroom
A Hallway
Section of Burnt Roof With Decorative Window
The Library
Room Adjacent To The Library
A Fire Extinguisher, After The Fire
Second Floor Hallway
Second Floor Hallway
Second Floor Hallway
Roof Construction Commences on New Rochelle High School
Reconstruction Underway At Far End of The School
Portable Classrooms Provided Temporary Instructional Space
Scaffolding Used In The Rebuilding
Reconstructed Roof Lacks Decorative Windows Of The Original
2018
Rochellean 1968 Yearbook Collage
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