Historic Hood River
Fire at Tum-a-lum
4-24-2013
Notes
They seem to be mopping up from a fire at Tum-a-lum lumber yard. The house in the foreground (now the Ruddy Duck) housed their business office, though the fire seems to be in one of the other buildings.
l.e.
Somehow this may tie in with yesterday’s photo of the Davenport mill since Frank Davenport was the manager of Tum a Lum Company.
db
Any guesstimate of the date?
db
One of the tags says "automobile fire."
Arthur
The date is late 40s or early 50s.
Dedilee
Late 30s early 40s? Guessing from the look of the cars in the lower right and the clothing. Boy this brings back lots of memories, I remember bowling in that alley. Wooden returns that I think were gravity fed, the balls came back so slowly. I think there may have been 6 lanes. Great grill, the first grilled tuna and cheese sandwiches I ever had. For quite a while that was the local Greyhound station too. The Tum-A-Lum building was a wonder, almost as much to see as Franz Hardware.
OrMtnMaid
Clarification…The bowling alley is where present day Betty’s Place is correct?
Judy
Grade School kids usually set pins at the alleys. No automation then. Yes, it was located where Bette’s Place is now.
Bill Seaton
I think the picture is before the 1950’s because the alcove on the corner of the Bowling Alley was gone when I started going there to shoot pool around 1951. At that time, I remember Terry Isenberg was one of the top pin setters. He could set 3 lanes at a time.
charlott
I agree this is prior to the 1950’s because in the ’50s we used to catch the bus there for Portland and there was not that garage type area there.
Jim Gray
Most of the cars are late 40’s, the one to the far north is a late
30’s, the closest one in the garage is most likely early 30’s/ late 20’s, I would guess the firetruck is the 39 KW
Keith Clarke
Looks like more than a car fire. Can see hose going into lower east door, like there was a fire in the building?