December 31 in San Antonio history…
1917
Responding to a call, Fire Chief William P. Bishop is killed instantly when a pumping engine from Company No. 7 collides with his Locomobile auto, hurling it into Joske’s. Lieut. Robert Koppelin is also killed.
1993
The Cal Golden Bears defeat the Iowa Hawkeyes, 37-3, in the first Builder’s Square Alamo Bowl.
2010
The Segovia Candy Company, located at Guadalupe and S. Sabinas streets, closes its doors after 62 years in business.
(Photo by John Davenport/San Antonio Express-News)
Posted on December 31, 2022, in Texana and tagged 1917, 1993, WWI. Bookmark the permalink. 4 Comments.
mySAPL 
It’s been 53 days since the San Antonio history page has been updated. Will the library continue this very interesting page or continue to ignore this website?
Hi Mike! I apologize for taking so long to respond to you. Our department is currently undergoing renovations, so we decided to suspend the blog while we pack up and move out of our current location. I hope to get it going again when renovations are complete. Thanks for reading!
Mike, take a look at sanantonioremembers.blogspot.com.
Thanks for getting this back to public view. The new webpage is terrific!