Dec 24, 1806 - Portsmouth - NH - Great Fire - Bow Street and Market Street - St. John's Church and 20 buildings burn
Dec 24, 1854 - Haverhill - MA - Monuments Square, 22 room (Jenness) boarding house and a 2nd house burned
Dec 24, 1855 - Somerville - MA - 2 story wood Engine-house destroyed by fire
Dec 24, 1851 - Washington - DC - Fire devastated the Library of Congress, destroying about 35,000 volumes.
Dec 24, 1924 - Hobart - OK - Babb Switch School; 35 people died during a stage performance of the annual Christmas songfest a candle felt into the branches of the Christmas tree causing it to burst into flames in the one-room schoolhouse; 36 people, mostly small children died
Dec 24, 1940 - Tamworth - NH - 2nd Earthquake 5.5 Richter Scale causes 1 death in Ossipee - Causes house to burn down in Conway - Topples Christmas Trees in Albany NY - Recorded in Amherst NH history book as knocking books of tables and throwing pictures on to floors
Dec 24, 1961 - Boston - MA - Fatal Fire - Hotel Bostonian - Arson
Dec 24, 1980 - Salisbury - MA - Normandy Hotel four-story bldg burned
Dec 24, 1988 - Westminster - VT - Multiple alarm fire at the Westminster West Congressional Church - Church was destroyed 2 hrs after Christmas candlelight service - The 200-year-old building heavily involved as fire dept arrived on scene
Dec 24, 1989 - Londonderry - NH - Fatal Fire - 6 Mill Road - Dwelling fire, house ablaze on arrival, 1 elderly male victim
Dec 24, 1989 - Manchester - NH - Fatal fire - 93 Second Street - Apartment building - Mother and 3 children perish
Dec 24, 1994 - North Attleboro - MA - 2:45am at the height of a major winter storm with gusts of 50mph. Structure had heavy fire showing upon arrival. Single family, 2 story wood frame. 2 adults 5 children died. 1 child had been a sleep over guest.
Dec 25, 1823 - Eaton - NH - Dwelling fire fatal - House destroyed by fire - Wife died trying to save invalid husband
Dec 25, 1870 - Lynn - MA - South Common Street - Orthodox Congregational Church burns
Dec 25, 1877 - Nashua - NH - Lock Street - The Atherton barn, containing 20 tons of hay was destroyed by fire - This was the second barn on the same spot destroyed by arson in two years
Dec 25, 1877 - Newport - NH - Three barns belonging to Mrs. Cutting containing 10 head of cattle and 40 tons of hay were destroyed by fire
Dec 25, 1907 - Manchester - NH - Elm Street at Spruce Street - Griffith Block - Fire floor 4 displaced 20 tenants - $1000 loss
Dec 25, 1945 - Derry - NH - Box 58 - Railroad Ave - Cassey Block - 1 building gutted by fire
Dec 25, 1948 - Milford - NH - Souhegan St - Ehrman Building damaged in "bad fire"
Dec 25, 1962 - Derry - NH - Fire - Manchester Rd - Large 140 ft long barn at Hood Dairy burned
Dec 25, 1970 - Peterborough - NH - Consolidated School - 3/4 of building heavily involved in fire
Dec 25, 1975 - Concord - NH - State Prison Riot - Two news reporters early in their careers, low on the totem pole assigned to work Christmas day get huge career boast as they report extensively on the riots - data loss
Dec 25, 1979 - Newton - MA - 3rd Alarm - Washington Street - Warren Jr. High School - Cafeteria and Gymnasium destroyed
Dec 25, 1986 - Nashua - NH - 3rd Alarm - Address?, 2.5 story wood frame apartment house, 12 left homeless
Dec 25, 1991 - Boston - MA - 6th Alarm, 15 people rescued - Box 514 at 1170 Commonwealth Avenue Brighton Section - 3-story brick 9-flat apartment building 75x100 - Alley behind building blocked by parked cars - 6 FF's injured, one fell from a second floor window. suffered collapsed lung, compound fracture to elbow, a broken wrist and rib injuries
Dec 25, 1995 - Boston - MA - 6th Alarm - Allston Section - Apartment house fire leaves 15 homeless - Six firefighters injured
Dec 25, 1996 - Epping - NH - Jenness Road - Epping Auto Salvage - office building and shop destroyed by fire, 12 departments to scene
Dec 25, 1997 - Milford - NH - 3rd Alarm - Itronics Electronic Mfg Co 119 Emerson Road - Building Fire. Mutual Aid 4 towns.
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