Coal Trestle Fire – 11/5/1971
This movie was filmed on Nov. 5, 1971 by Cora Houck
The movie was donated by her daughter, Mikey Mullins (DeVeris)
Filmed from Chets Donut Shop
Some of the Sodus Point firemen up on the trestle in the film are:
Fred Harrington, Donnie Riggs, Joe Bednar, Frank Woods, Bill Huff, Frank Wackerle
On the whaler (lower dock of the trestle) was Ralph Houck, George Baste and Red Mull. Ralph Houck was hit by a stream of water from a high pressure hose and fell into the water. He was not hurt.
On the Tug Boat Suzanne was Stu Sill
Before the fire was finally extinguished all Wayne County Fire Departments assisted
Coal Trestle Fire 2 – 11/05/1971
The following 5 minute video was filmed on Nov. 5th, 1971 from a boat in Sodus Bay. The video is courtesy of Lou Rambo. A special thanks to Sandy Hopkins for obtaining a copy of this video. Editing by Bruce Farrington.
This video has some very spectacular footage of the Coal Trestle Fire that was accidentally set on fire as the structure was being dismantled on November 11, 1971. Lou Rambo took the video and at the time worked for Stu Sill. The video was shot from Stu’s tugboat: Sueanne S
