--WebTV-Mail-19958-249 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Not heard a thing. Could be a hoax as news like this would have been mentioned before now, I would think. --WebTV-Mail-19958-249 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from mailsorter-101-9.iap.bryant.webtv.net (209.240.198.43) by storefull-295.iap.bryant.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Fri, 3 Mar 2000 14:26:51 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: <TNBENTON-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from bl-11.rootsweb.com (bl-11.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.27]) by mailsorter-101-9.iap.bryant.webtv.net (8.8.8-wtv-f/ms.dwm.v7+dul2) with ESMTP id OAA27047 for <ChicEdee@webtv.net>; Fri, 3 Mar 2000 14:26:49 -0800 (PST) Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-11.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id OAA16047; Fri, 3 Mar 2000 14:24:29 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 14:24:29 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.20000303163043.006afaf4@mail.aeneas.net> X-Sender: hwctodd @mail.aeneas.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.3 (32) Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2000 16:30:43 -0600 Old-To: TNBENTON-L@rootsweb.com From: "Hazel W. Craig" <hwctodd@aeneas.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: [TNBENTON] National Archives Fire Resent-Message-ID: <EYCzOC.A.T6D.cuDw4@bl-11.rootsweb.com> To: TNBENTON-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: TNBENTON-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: TNBENTON-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <TNBENTON-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/851 X-Loop: TNBENTON-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: TNBENTON-L-request@rootsweb.com I jreceived this from another list on Rootsweb. Has anyone heard anything regarding such a sad happening? >Resent-Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 14:10:35 -0800 (PST) >From: Duroblan@aol.com >Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 17:09:49 EST >Subject: National Archives Fire >Old-To: LAUNION-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 41 >To: LAUNION-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-From: LAUNION-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailing-List: <LAUNION-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/1129 >X-Loop: LAUNION-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-Sender: LAUNION-L-request@rootsweb.com > > >I got this from another list on Rootsweb has anyone heard anything about this. > >> http://www.usnewswire.com/topnews/Current_Releases/0301-131.html >> >> National Archives Statement on Records Center Fire >> U.S. Newswire >> 1 Mar 15:39 >> >> National Archives and Records Administration Statement on Records >> Center Fire >> To: National Desk >> Contact: National Archives Public Affairs, 301-713-6000 >> >> WASHINGTON, March 1, /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following is a >> statement from John W. Carlin, archivist of the United States, >> on the Feb. 29 Records Center Fire: >> >> Yesterday (Tuesday, Feb. 29), the National Archives and Records >> Administration (NARA) reported a fire in its Washington National >> Records Center in Suitland, Md. The fire was contained by the >> Center's fire-safety system and extinguished with no reports of >> harm to staff or visitors, but some records were damaged. The >> following is an update on that from Archivist of the United States >> John Carlin. >> >> Although much work will be needed before we can be certain, we >> believe that of the total of more than 3.7 million cubic feet of >> records at Suitland, approximately 3,000 cubic feet were in the >> immediate area. Of those, fewer than 300 cubic feet may have been >> destroyed. Most of the affected records were wet or damp from >> sprinkler water or in singed boxes. Our staff at Suitland stayed >> up through last night making valiant efforts to protect records >> from water damage and otherwise dealing with the fire's effects, >> working with personnel from the General Services Administration, >> from which we lease the facility. >> >> The cause of the fire is as yet undetermined. Because the >> property is Federal, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, >> and Firearms as well as GSA fire investigators were notified. As >> the investigation continues, the following is what we know about >> the fire so far. >> >> The sprinkler alarms were activated at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, and >> alerted the GSA Control Center that there was a problem. The first >> fire company arrived sometime between 2:45 and 2:50. A fireman on >> the scene was overcome with smoke at which point firemen abandoned >> Stack 15 to open the roof hatches to vent the smoke. This process >> apparently took approximately one hour to accomplish before the >> firemen returned to Stack 15 to begin to extinguish the fire. The >> sprinkler system contained the fire during the period between >> 2:30 and 3:50 at which point the firemen were able to enter the >> stack. At 8:13 p.m. the firemen on the scene felt that the fire was >> sufficiently extinguished to allow the investigation to begin in >> the stack. >> >> Our tracking system enabled us to identify the records on the >> shelves affected by the fire, and agencies whose records may have >> been affected have been notified. But we won't be able to identify >> exactly which records have been affected and how seriously until >> the investigation of the area is completed and we can examine the >> materials more closely. >> >> I will provide further information as it becomes available. >> >> ------ >> For further information, contact the National Archives public >> affairs staff at 301-713-6000. >> >> -0- >> /U.S. Newswire 202-347-2770/ >> 03/01 15:39 >> >> Copyright 2000, U.S. Newswire > > --WebTV-Mail-19958-249--