The fire at Kreitner's tannery in Třebechovice pod Oreb in 1907

On June 7, 1907, after 11.00:XNUMX a.m., the news spread with lightning speed throughout Třebechovice pod Oreb that the tannery factory of D. Kreitner and Sons, owned by Vilém, Josef and Karel Kreitner, was on fire in the Old Town, and that the workers working upstairs were in direct danger of life. All the people ran towards the place where a big column of thick smoke was rising. Upon arriving at the scene, they discovered…