Description: This covers Standard/First Class in stiff mailer with tracking. watermark on scan only and DOES NOT appear on card • Type/Era: EARLY DIVIDED BACK / 1907-1914 • Size: STANDARD 5.5" x 3.5” • Publisher/Number: Souvenir Publishing. I believe these B&W real photos had been previously published in the local newspaper. • Condition: Overall FINE pre-owned condition with normal light wear for its age. In clear protective sleeve.Postally UNUSED Writing or Marks on Front: NONEWriting or Marks on Back: NONECorners: SLIGHTLY BUMPEDCreases: NONE Tears: NONE Pin Holes: NONE=== HISTORY OF THE FIRE ON FRASER’S MILLION DOLLAR PIER SEPTEMBER 3, 1912:Fire broke out only fifteen months after the pier was built. Diners first noticed smoke in the Casino restaurant as flames from the kitchen erupted through the roof. The fire had started in the Japanese servant's quarters located in its basement. Someone had carelessly tossed a smoldering cigarette in some bedding.A strong late afternoon breeze fanned the flames. Sparks leapt two hundred feet high and fell like a fiery bath over the flimsy painted canvas and light wooden grill work that adorned the pier's attractions. Within minutes cries of "Fire!" were sounded from a dozen different directions. More than a thousand visitors, a hundred couples at the Dance Hall alone, were still on the pier and heading for the two main exits when the Skating Rink across from the Casino caught fire and blocked one of the exits.The first firemen to arrive were only able to aim a few puny streams of water on the fire until Venice's high pressure system was used. The prompt arrival of Los Angeles' fire companies in only 27 minutes did little to contain the blaze.Those trapped on the pier were panic stricken. Some, including Fraser and his young son managed to reach the pier's docks and escaped by boat. Others leapt into the sea. One courageous policeman risked almost certain death to rescue two trapped little girls. He and the girls plunged to safety through a sheet of flames, but he was badly burned on his face and hands.Flames quickly spread north to the Dragon Gorge amusements and burned the uninsured $200,000 structure within a few minutes as 100,000 spectators watched. The fire then crossed Ocean Front Walk and set fire to the buildings facing the pier. Building tenants retreated as the fire advanced, each carrying as much of their personal valuables to safety. The fire relentlessly consumed the entire five city block business district all the way to Trolley Way. Seven hundred fire fighters from twelve fire companies were powerless to stop it. Dynamite was set in a plan to create a fire break when the wind slackened and then shifted seaward.By night fall, the glare and flames could be seen from most parts of Los Angeles. The conflagration raged for nearly four hours as it wiped out the pier, everything on it and destroyed or damaged 225 structures in a six-block area of almost complete devastation. One man was drowned when he jumped off the end of the pier into heavy surf and 15 other persons were missing by midnight. Losses were set at $3 million. The site would one day become the Pacific Ocean Park amusement center which itself would become the site of several severe fires.=== Flaws are consistent with an item of this age. Please use your judgement as to the condition of this card before bidding, and view the photos carefully and consider them part of the description. Vintage postcards generally have nicks, scratches, discoloration, and corner dings or creases. I include all edges and corners so that you can bid or buy with confidence on the condition of the card that you will receive. Please ask questions if you need any clarification. 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