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Fire described in linked sources as occurring at Berrydale on July 16, 1967. Contemporary and later accounts differ in counts, names and causal claims; these links do not resolve those differences.
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Louie Wainwright discusses the July 16, 1967 prison-camp fire that killed 38 men. This later interview was uploaded to YouTube by FDC History Museum.
The reverse caption describes blanket-covered prisoners’ bodies outside the barracks awaiting transfer to a morgue after the July 16 fire. It reports 37 deaths, 14 escapes and six severely burned prisoners. It attribu...
Contemporary fire reporting preserved as a complete article clipping.
Contemporary fire reporting preserved as a complete article clipping.
Contemporary newspaper photograph and caption preserved with source views and a reading transcription.
Contemporary newspaper photograph and caption preserved with source views and a reading transcription.
Contemporary newspaper report preserved with source views and a reading transcription.
Contemporary newspaper report preserved with source views and a reading transcription.
Contemporary newspaper report preserved with source views and a reading transcription.
Previously saved watermarked video showing the burned prison-camp remains and recovery activity, cataloged by eFootage as Deadly Prison Fire in Florida.
Contemporary Associated Press reporting on testimony at the Road Camp 12 fire inquest, preserved as the complete newspaper page.
A federal correctional fire-safety training manual contains a retrospective account of the Berrydale fire and a photograph credited to The Press Gazette.
The Florida Senate journal records the unanimous adoption of HCR 1954, commending Milton firefighter Captain Calvin E. Ellison for emergency aid at the July 16, 1967 Road Camp 12 fire.
A report attributed to Bill Dingwall, an early death list and two aftermath photographs preserved from four original downloaded image files on Mercury.
NFPA’s May 1968 annual review records 38 deaths in the July 16, 1967 Berrydale barracks fire.