1924 Ocean Park pier fire

Event in California May 2024 lyMay 2024 1924 Ocean Park pier fire aerial view from Clover Field plane.jpg 1924 Ocean Park pier fire aerial photograph taken from Clover Field plane 1924 01 06 33.997 -118.4827 region:XXXX_type:event inline,title The 1924 Ocean Park fire destroyed several amusement piers and dance halls at Ocean Park, Los Angeles County, California, United States. The fire of Sunday, January 6, 1924, burned Pickering's Pier, Lick's Dome Pier, and Fraser's Pier, as well as the Dome Theater, Rosemary Theater, Bon Ton Dance Hall, and Giant Dipper roller coaster.Santa Fe Chicago Railway Exchange XVIII 4 March 1924 38–39 Fire Again Destroys Famous Ocean Park Playground But the California Spirit Prevails and Reconstruction Is Already Under Way W.E. Bell https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015022413382&seq=248 In addition to the piers, the fire destroyed an apartment building, two novelty shops, and a drugstore. The fire, believed to have begun around 9:30 a.m. in a fish stand at the foot of Fraser's Pier, burned for about three hours before it was extinguished.1924-01-07 $4,000,000 Fire Guts Ocean Park Piers https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-4000000-fire-guts-ocean-pa/147473035/ 2024-05-16 Daily News 2 Two people had to be rescued after they jumped in the ocean to escape the blaze,1924-01-07 $3,500,000 Blaze Wipes Out Entire Amusement Zone https://www.newspapers.com/article/los-angeles-evening-post-record-35000/147475084/ 2024-05-16 Los Angeles Evening Post-Record 9 but there were no serious injuries.1924-01-08 Begin Building at Ocean Park https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-begin-building-at/147474595/ 2024-05-16 The Los Angeles Times 20 The blaze drew an estimated 75,000 spectators from neighboring communities.1924-01-07 Off Shore Wind Saves Ocean Park https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-vanguard-off-shore-wind-saves-oc/147475745/ 2024-05-16 Evening Vanguard 1 Additional images packed File:"Big Piers Are Made Into One" Evening Vanguard, June 10, 1922.jpg "Big Piers Are Made Into One" Evening Vanguard, June 10, 1922 File:Fire Again Destroys Famous Ocean Park Playground.jpg "Fire Again Destroys Famous Ocean Park Playground" File:Los Angeles Record Mon Jan 7 1924.jpg Los Angeles Record photos of the fire File:"Scenes Taken at Huge $2,000,000 Pier Fire" Evening Vanguard, January 7, 1924.jpg Venice Evening Vanguard photos of the fire See also 1912 Ocean Park pier fire 1915 Ocean Park pier fire References External links Fire, Ocean Park Pier and Lick Pier, Santa Monica and Venice, 1924 https://digital.library.ucla.edu/catalog/ark:/21198/zz002bdpzr UCLA Library Digital Collections Category:20th century in Santa Monica, California Category:January 1924 in the United States Category:Fires in California Category:1924 fires in the United States Category:Pier fires Category:1924 in California