A fire broke out at the FEC freight depot in Stuart on Monday, July 10, 1933. The fire was accelerated and made harder to extinguish because flammable building materials for the St. Lucie River (Roosevelt) Bridge were being stored at the depot. The fire also led to delays in the bridge's construction. The cause of the fire was never determined.
Fire trucks in front of the Commodore Hotel as firefighters work to put out the blaze. Originally built on Flagler Avenue (where Stuart City Hall stands in 2024) in 1926 as the Peacock Arcade, the Commodore Hotel burned to the ground on 17 January 1959.
Hugh Willoughby IV and his sister, Wayne Willoughby stand together on a beach. Their grandfather, Hugh Willoughby Jr. appears to be cooking something in a pan over a fire pit to the right side of the children.
Group of men, women, and children stand near the smoking remains of a building fire. The men appear to be salvaging building materials from the ruins of the building that burned down.
