http://www.sltrib.com/feeds/topics/ANDREW News from The Salt Lake Tribune en-us webmaster@sltrib.com (Webmaster) http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/56426384-78/firefighters-hamilton-lake-salt.html.csp <div class="hnews hentry item"> <h4><a class="url entry-title" href="http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/56426384-78/firefighters-hamilton-lake-salt.html.csp">Salt Lake firefighters honor colleague who died 70 years ago</a></h4> <img src="http://analytics.apnewsregistry.com/analytics/v2/image.svc/UTSAC/RWS/www.sltrib.com/CAI/56426384#2013-06-10T23:27:48.369-06:00/MAI/sltrib56426384#2013-06-10T23:27:48.369-06:00/E/qa/PC/Basic/AT/HL" style="display:none;" alt="" width="1" height="1"/> <span class="author vcard"><span class="fn">By janelle stecklein</span></span> <span class="source-org vcard"><span class="org fn"> The Salt Lake Tribune</span></span> <h5><span class="updated" title="2013-06-10T23:27:48.369-06:00">Updated Jun 10, 2013 11:27PM MDT</span></h5> <div class ="entry-content">The 100-foot ladder truck known as “Big Dan” was the pride of Salt Lake City in 1943. But at 10:06 p.m. on June 10 of that year, with four firefighters atop the truck attempting to extinguish a fire at Hotel Newhouse, the 100-foot ladder began to shake, then twist and finally buckle, sending the men plummeting to the ground. That “catastrophic failure” — later determined to be caused by mechanical defects — killed firefighter Lt. Paul Hamilton, 34, and severely injured three of his colleagues. ...</div> <h5><a rel="item-license" href="http://www.sltrib.com/pages/privacy"> Copyright 2013 The Salt Lake Tribune. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</a></h5> </div> 56426384@www.sltrib.com Mon, 10 Jun 2013 23:27:48 MDT