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 Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2011 1:44 am Post subject: Mark Hatfield |
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This dome rose 54 feet (16 m) above the rest of the building and was 100 feet (30 m) tall. The building was of Renaissance style[13] with Corinthian columns on the front entrance[15] and was patterned after the United States Capitol.[16] At that time, the capitol faced west toward the Willamette River.[12] The government began using the building in August 1876, before the dome was built. Originally, plans called for towers on both sides of the dome (a tower on both ends of the building with the dome in the middle), but they were left out to save money.[13] Oregon’s second capitol building stood from 1876 to April 25, 1935.
On April 25 at 6:43 p.m., a custodial engineer called the Salem Fire Department to report smoke. Citizens helped to remove items from the smoky building, but when firefighters arrived, they ordered everyone to leave the structure, which was soon engulfed in flame. Among the helping citizens was twelve-year-old Mark Hatfield, who later became governor. It was determined the fire started in the basement of the east wing and quickly spread to piles of old records. A strong updraft in the hollow columns enclosing the dome’s eight supporting steel lattice girders pulled the flames through the rotunda to upper stories.[8] The intense heat burned even the copper dome and lit the night sky.[17]
Flames could be seen as far away as Corvallis.[14] One volunteer firefighter, Floyd McMullen, a student at Willamette University, died in the fire, which drew firefighters from as far away as Portland.[9] Salem sent seven fire trucks to the scene; three more came from Portland.
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