Caption: "Chimney is on verge of topping as firemen spray water on Lyrewood Apartments, 6600 W Wilshire ." Two firefighters using hose to put out fire at the Lyrewood Apartments.

Daily newspaper from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Daily newspaper from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Broken ties and rails lie beneath wayward cars of a southbound freight train which derailed Wednesday night at Witcher crossing near NE 122 an Sooner Road. There were no injuries."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "It took Beverly Bixler most of her 24 years to stop thinking about singing and begin doing it."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Jerome W. Byrd, Former City Council"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "BEST IN THE SOUTHWEST is what the plaque says about Oklahoma city's General Aviation District Office at Wiley Post Airport."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Miss Myrna Kingston, left, Mrs. Robert A. Mason, center, and Mrs. J. R. Laird, members of the Oklahoma City branch of the American Association of University Women, prepare hostess badges and pre-registration cards."

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Preparing her entry in the Animal Art Fair at the Oklahoma City Zoo is 15-year-old Cathy Ellsworth, Midwest City."

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Award insignia, lower center, is overlaid on picture of one flight standards activity which won it."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "FLORAL DECORATIONS to be delivered Friday to patients at Veterans Hospital, are shown by Joy Niles, a member of an American Red Cross elementary school youth club."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Close-up shows fine detail of hand-carved."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Mrs. Steve Stahl, charter member, and Mrs. Charles L. Gruenig, past president of Belles Lettres Club, admire a white and lemon cake prepared in celebration of the club's 25th anniversary."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Mrs. Steve Stahl, charter member, and Mrs. Charles L. Gruenig, past president of Belles Lettres Club, admire a white and lemon cake prepared in celebration of the club's 25th anniversary."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Harmony pupils, Karen Rhone, left, and Barry Enge discuss their reading program with dr. M. W. Sullivan."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Mickey Trezise dropped out of high school after his Sophomore year and says he's not going back."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A three-alarm fire erupted in a northwest Oklahoma City apartment complex Thursday afternoon and caused an estimated $75,000 damage to six completed but unfurnished units. Ronnie Franz, employed by a carpet firm, was laying carpet in one of the upstairs units at the Lyrewood Apartments, 6600 W Wilshire, shortly before the fire was discovered. He said he had gone stairs to get another section of carpet when he heard someone yell "Fire." Franz said he looked up and saw smoke coming out of several second-story windows. He ran upstairs to save his tools, but flames already were coming out of the doorway of the unit he had been working minutes before, he said. Assistant Fire Chief Cathel Miller said the first alarm was recieved at 3:330 p.m., a second alarm was turned in at 3:35 and a third at 3:42 p.m...Assistant Fire Marshall Fred Rucker said a firewall constructed of solid brick and extending three feet above the rooftop aided in controlling the fire........Craig Winters, 1116 Finwick Place, told fire inspectors he was watering a lawn nearby when the fire broke out. He said a thin plume of smoke …

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Crowd gathers Thursday afternoon to watch firemen battle three-alarm apartment house fire at 6600 W Wilshire. Damage from the blaze was estimated at $75,000."