Hibbing MN, Brooklyn school destroyed by fire in 1973

[finewine29]

does anyone know when the hibbing brooklyn school was built?

[ironoredog]

Dear Chipncut, I've posted a link to this on Facebook in the "Hiibing Trivia and Lore" page. These are FABULOUS! ...and sad...

[Chipncut]

@ironoredog THANK YOU!

I'm a little late in replying, but I'm glad you enjoyed this slideshow.

[CWM880]

@Chipncut What was the cause of the fire?

[Chipncut]

@CWM880

The fire inspector traced the source fire to a classroom that had sewing machines used by a special class for young women. He figured that one of the sewing machine motors had been left on, & it overheated causing the fire. I think this is correct. If anyone has heard of something different, please make a comment.

The whole area was recently excavated for asbestos abatement. The whole yard was leveled for construction of new Habitat homes. Two had already been built last year. THANKS !

[dixon8r]

I used to live in Hibbing. I moved to Blaine, MN in the summer of 2006.

Hibbing was perfect for hunting, snowmobiling, camping, fishing, and Buffolo Chicken sandwhiches at Grandma's in the Park, but not really for anything else.