Sources: NT* = Nashua Telegraph - - Sources mf* = Microfilm - - pc* = Photocopy
MU* = "Manchester Union(Leader) - - DN* = Derry News - - BG* = Boston Globe
NYT* = New York Times - - CT* = Chicago Tribune -- LAT* = Los Angles Times
UN* = Unknown Source - - BKH* = (Library) Book, History* Hex* = History of Exeter
ws* = Web Site - - 1stPer* = 1st Person - - BKttw1* = book, "Then There Was One" R-H* = Lakes Region Rural Hitch
db* = Desmond Brett
Dedicated to those who are no longer with us, but inspired us while they were here. For myself:
My Dad Roger Bolduc who lived until the age of 79 passing away Oct 2003, and my brother Tim Bolduc who had a remarkable life cut short at age 36 passing away Oct 2005 while activated with the NH National Guard.
Date Place State Type Address Description
Jan 01, 1968 - Lakes Region, NH - Info - LRMFA - A radio system tone encoder was ordered with eight tones. Each town using a tone alert would be billed $11.00 for their portion of the expense. A year later, a larger was ordered and another radio frequency was added. *R-H*
Jan 01, 1852 - Beverly, MA - General Alarm - Cabot Street - Atlantic House Hotel - 3 Story Brick Hotel with 2 Story ell - Fully involved
Jan 01, 1857 - Brentwood, NH - Fire - Crawley Falls/Lower Dam - Albert Brown's Spoke and Wheel Manufactory burns down, presumably along with his house *BK-H*
Jan 01, 1862 - Wentworth, NH - Fire - Dwelling house of Alden L. Clifford burnt; Set by incendiary
Jan 01, 1863 - Hanover, NH - Fire - North Main Street - Storehouse of E.K. Smith with 500 barrels of flour, 20 barrels of sugar; carriages and tools burned in a suspected arson *BK*
Jan 01, 1873 - Hartford, CT - Fire - Colt's willow~ware manufactory, a large brick building on the dyke in the south end of the city destroyed by fire; Building owned by the widow of Colonel Colt *BG*
Jan 01, 1891 - Nashua, NH - Fire - Front Street - Furniture building of Howard, French and Heald burned (Their Milford factory burned down on Jan 6, 1912) *BK-NEx?*
Jan 01, 1895 - Fall River, MA - Fire - Sagamore Mill fire. *FRws*
Jan 01, 1899 - Exeter, NH - Fire - Front Street - Goodwin Block fire, 20 tenants left homeless *BK-HEx*
Jan 01, 1900 - Manchester, NH - Fire - 535 Granite Street - Mother lit tappers on Christmas tree to amuse her young child when her clothing caught on fire and she became engulfed in flames and suffered life threatening burns
Jan 01, 1911 - Manchester, NH - Fire - Merrimack Street Baptist Church, 1st of two blazing disasters for the church *ws*
Jan 01, 1918 - Hanover, NH - Fire - 35 College Street - Dewey House dormitory burned down
Jan 01, 1927 - Fremont, NH - Fire - 848 Main Street in East Fremont - Union Store burned *BK-H-Fre*
Jan 01, 1961 - Brookline, MA - Fire - Harvard Street at Pierce Street - First Presbyterian Church fire *BG*
Jan 01, 1962 - Newton, NH - Fire - Newton Jct. R.R. Crossing at Crane Street - Boston & Maine train vs car - 3 victims killed - Wreckage and bodies strewn for over 150 yards - 3 hours to extricate victims, 1 other victim in fair condition
Jan 01, 1999 - Peterborough, NH - 3rd Alarm - Main @ Depot St - Former Church - Marionette Fire *var*
Jan 01, 2000 - Stannard, VT - Working Fire - 97 Norway Rd - House with attached garage fully involved per 34K1
Jan 01, 2000 - Williston, VT - 2nd Alarm - 2454 North Williston Rd - Structure fire
Jan 02, 1829 - Bath, ME - Store fire -
Jan 02, 1900 - Danvers - MA. - North Street - Dwelling fire, elderly female perished *NYT*
Jan 02, 1922 - Lyndon, VT - Major fire - Thompson Hall - at Lyndon Institute
Jan 02, 1946 - Chelmsford, MA - James MacIvor home, 1.5 story wood frame destroyed, McIvor, wife & child and another male tenant dead. *db*
Jan 02, 1962 - Milford, NH - Melendy Road - Sliney Poultry Farm - Brooder house fire kills 9000 seven week old pullets
Jan 02, 1999 - Lexington, MA - 3rd Alarm - 83 Spring Street - 1.5 Story Wood Frame House 75x25 well involved
Jan 02, 1999 - Sudbury, MA - 7th Alarm - Rte 20 @ Concord Rd - Mill Vlg - Large Mill Complex, 20 shops destroyed - Site where Thomas and Peter Noyes first built a gristmill in 1659 *var*
Jan 03, 1900 - Candia, NH - at the Clay Lot - Sawmill boiler explosion and fire - Boiler thrown 400 yards - 1 worker killed
Jan 03, 1900 - Boston, MA - Box 54 - 21 Albany Street - 3? story brick - Tenements over grocery - Patrolman Foley noted for heroic conduct at scene
Jan 03, 1901 - Boston, MA - Box 72 - 1080 Washington Street - 4 story wood commercial - Fire floor 1 at Redding's furnishing goods store - $2500 loss
Jan 03, 1933 - Hartford, CT - 2nd Alarm - Asylum Street - Walker Restaurant fire
Jan 03, 1943 - Colebrook, NH - Fire at Socony Gas Station
Jan 03, 1977 - Nashua, NH - 2nd Alarm - Thayer Court - 2.5 story tenement with heavy fire
Jan 03, 1998 - Alburg, VT - Working Fire+ - Little Woods Rd - House fire - Total loss
Jan 03, 1998 - Milford, NH - 3rd Alarm - Chestnut Street - 2.5 Story Wood Frame - 25x30 house
Jan 03, 1999 - Westminster, VT - 2nd Alarm - 112 Metcalf Drive - Attached Garage heavily involved - Putney VT Tanker & Pumper, Walpole NH Tanker & Pumper to Scene - Bellows Falls Vlg, Saxtons River Vlg, and Dummerston VT, Alstead NH to cover
Jan 04, 1887 - Hanover, NH - Dartmouth Hotel and all buildings on east side of Main Street south to the Tontine burned *BK-H-Han*
Jan 04, 1889 - Manchester, NH - Wiggin's Tea Store -
Jan 04, 1894 - Raymond, NH - Raymond Fire department organized
Jan 04, 1959 - Derry, NH - Hampstead Road near Hampstead townline - Jordan Barn fire extended to house destroying both *DN*
Jan 04, 1962 - Hanover, NH - Cold Region Experimental Lab - 3 Story building - Fire in basement asphalt storage area *MU*
Jan 04, 1991 - Nashua, NH - 5th Alarm - Concord St - Pennichuck Water Works Treatment and Pumping Station storage building - 3 workers injured - Pumps shut down for 52 hours *MU*
Jan 04, 1999 - Lawrence, MA - 2nd Alarm - Box 5111 - 533 Common St, 200x100 Bldg - Heavy fire
Jan 05, 1900 - Rochester, NH - Gonic Village - Gauthier's Grocery store and post office burned out by fire
Jan 05, 1905 - Berlin, NH - Clement's Opera House - 2 commercial blocks, hotel, drug store $150,000 loss *des*
Jan 05, 1906c - Springfield, MA - Highland Baptist Church destroyed by fire - Line of Duty Death of Captain Sidney Bowers of Engine 4
Jan 05, 1934 - Boston, MA - 5th Alarm - Box 2344 - Lansdowne Street - Fenway Park *ws*
Jan 05, 1947 - Milford, NH - First Congressional Church severely damaged by fire *BKH-Mil*
Jan 05, 1962 - Nashua, NH - General Alarm - 56/60 Canal Street - Hectors Restaurant - 2 story apartments over business - Fire started in basement - 103 firefighters to scene - 16 left homeless *NT*
Jan 05, 1962 - unknown town, ME - Patricia Coburn Court - Fire in 1? Story wood frame house kills 1 pregnant adult and 3 young children
Jan 05, 1999 - Boston, MA - 4th Alarm - Box 3165 - 26 Clayton St - 100x100 Metal Clad Storage Bldg - Special Call Tower Company
Jan 06, 1846 - Concord, NH - Railroad passenger car storage building destroyed by fire - Former rum and molasses storehouse *BKH-Con*
Jan 06, 1856 - Rockingham (Bellows Falls), VT - Coolidge and Lord Pail Manufactures entirely consumed by fire *NYT*
Jan 06, 1878 - Nashua, NH - Three downtown blocks burn down. *BG*
Jan 06, 1900 - Franklin, NH - Central Street at Smith Street - 3 story brick with 3 story annex owned by Mayor Burleigh gutted by fire - Building contained a hardware story, millinery, piano dealer, several offices and rent rooms - Several of the dwellers were overcome by smoke - Stevens Woolen Mill aided in fighting the fire - Biggest fire in Franklin to date - $60,000 loss
Jan 06, 1912 - Milford, NH - French and Heald furniture factory burned down in -20*F weather (150 employees) - When the mill burned, citizens raised $50,000 to help the company rebuild on Nashua Street, where Edgewood Plaza is today(2004) - The factory, which had been sold to Sprague and Carlton, closed in 1967
Jan 06, 1962 - New Durham, NH - Fire leaves 7 homeless *MU*
Jan 06, 1967 - Kingston, NH - Fire in a one story wood frame house kills 3 occupants *MU*
Jan 06, 1980 - Hudson, NH - 3rd alarm - 14 Library Street - 1.5 story wood frame single family dwelling - Partition fire extended into attic
Jan 06, 1982 - Leicester, VT - Lake Dunmore - Mobile Home fire - Woman suffered 2nd degree burns while rescuing her three children from fire - Home destroyed in blaze *BG*
Jan 06, 1999 - Lawrence, MA - 2nd Alarm - Box 6111 - 135 Farnham St - Dwelling - Heavy fire & smoke
Jan 06, 2000 - Poultney, VT - House fire with fatality of 4-year-old boy
Jan 06, 2001 - Atkinson, NH - Working Fire+ - 73 Providence Hill Road - 2 Story Wood Frame House - Fire 2nd floor and through roof - Mutual Aid Plaistow, Salem
Jan 07, 1868 - Newbury, NH - South Newbury - Fire destroyed the old Gillingham Tavern, two dwellings, two barns, a blacksmith shop and badly damaged a church *BG*
Jan 07, 1906 - Uxbridge, MA - Gredig and Goldwaithe buildings and others in business district destroyed by fire $30,000 loss *BG*
Jan 07, 1907 - Exeter, NH - McKay Block containing F.W. Ordway Company Clothing Store and Young's Hardware Store - Ordway section of building a total loss *BKH-Ex*
Jan 07, 1959 - Tyngsboro, MA - Frost Road - Small occupied cottage destroyed by fire - Elderly woman rescued *NT*
Jan 07, 1967 - Boston, MA - MVA Fatal - Central Artery - Boston Fire Chief Flanagan killed when struck and pinned between two cars while assisting at a motor vehicle accident
Jan 07, 1993 - Concord, NH - 3rd Alarm - 74 Regional Drive - Transformer Serv Inc - Building fire *pgr*
Jan 07, 1998 - Lynn, MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 412 - address ?? - 2 Story Brick & Wood Mattress Factory
Jan 07, 1998 - New London - NH & Region - Ice Storm - 3+ day ice storm - Nat'l Guard dispatched - 95% power restored in 7 days
Jan 07, 1999 - Merrimack, NH - 3rd Alarm - 588 D.W Highway - 3 Story Victorian with attached Barn converted to Occupied Apartment Building
Jan 07, 2000 - Salem, NH - Dennis Drive - Fatal house fire - 3 family members die *var*
Jan 07, 2002 - Southbridge, MA - 4th Alarm - 27 Thomas Street - 3 family dwelling
Jan 08, 1906 - unknown town, NH - Prout's Block and McKelvie Brothers furniture stock damaged by fire - $4,000 loss
Jan 08, 1926 - New Britain, CT - Palace Theater fire - Large 3? story building
Jan 08, 1940 - Sanford, ME - Sanford High destroyed by fire *BKH-San*
Jan 08, 1962 - Methuen, MA - Marston's Corner - Star Haven General Store destroyed by fire - 2.5 story barn converted, contained four businesses - $85,000 loss *NT*
Jan 08, 1962 - Tamworth, NH - Rte 16 - Trailways Bus drifted into oncoming car killing 3 in auto and injuring 6 on bus - 24 hour extrication to remove victims from car - Bus driver charged *NT*
Jan 08, 1996 - Hooksett, NH - 7th Alarm, 1500 Hooksett Road (Rte 3) - Coastal Specialty Forest Products *MU*
Jan 08, 1999 - Somerville, MA - 2nd Alarm - Box 151 - 97 Pennsylvania Ave - Fire in cellar and Floor 1
Jan 09, 1856 - Rockingham (Bellows Falls), VT - Flint Peg mill and Stone planing mill destroyed by fire *NYT*
Jan 09, 1931 - Goffstown, NH - Grasmere County Farm - Slaughter house burns to ground - Mutual Aid from Manchester
Jan 09, 1962 - Pelham, NH - Bridge Street - Oham Arslamiam Farm - Vegetable washing and packing plant 20x50 destroyed by fire - Fire also destroyed detached garage *NT*
Jan 09, 1982 - Wilmington, VT - Fatal Fire - Fire destroyed a ski chalet taking the life of a 42 year-old woman *BG*
Jan 09, 1985 - Swanzey, NH - Fatal Fire - address - 1.5 Story dwelling - 82 year old woman died along with her dog *MU*
Jan 09, 1997 - Rochester, NH - 2nd Alarm - Box 7 - 30 Flat Rock Bridge Rd - 1 Story House/Garage Heavy fire
Jan 09, 1998 - Rumney, NH - 2nd Alarm Fatal - 112 Sylvia Drive off Old Rte 25 West of Vlg - House fire - Arson/Murder/Suicide
Jan 09, 1999 - Swanzey (North Swanzey Village), NH - 1st Alarm Fatal - 20 Grove St, 1.5 Story Wood Frame irregular House - 5 mo/old Infant, 8 y/o male(fatality) trapped - 34 y/o Adult Trapped Civilian Neighbor Rescuer suffered a traumatic arrest at 12 Elm St (fatality)
Jan 09, 1999 - Wolcott, VT - Working Fire - Rte 15 - Very small barn with livestock lost - Morrisville and Hardwick Fire Departments were called to assist Wolcott and Elmore
Jan 09, 2001 - Surry, NH - MVA Fatal - Rte 12 near the Landfill - Multiple car MVA in Surry NH , Companies from Keene, Westmoreland and Surry responded. Initial reports indicate possibly one fatal (confirmed). Two jaws worked the incident one out of Keene the other from Westmoreland
Jan 10, 1860 - Lawrence, MA - Building Collapse and Fire Fatal - Pemberton Mill - 5 Story Brick - Top floor collapsed onto 4th floor causing all floors to collapse - 88 killed, 116 maimed for life, 159 other injured - 307 uninjured - Oil soaked rubble with victims still trapped ignited during rescue efforts - The buried moans turned into screams of panic as fire raced through what was left of building *DN*
Jan 10, 1873c. - Pittsfield, NH - (Tuesday before 1/10) Washington Street - 3 adjoining houses as well as town library and a dry goods store in Central Block burned *DN*
Jan 10, 1904 - Auburn, NH - Derry Road - House and barn destroyed by fire
Jan 10, 1955 - Hudson, NH - Central Street at Burnham Road - Larrys Service Station - Repair shop, office and storeroom fully involved
Jan 10, 1990 - Manchester, NH - 2nd Alarm, 181 Merrimack Street - 2.5 Story Wood Frame building with attached barn - $80,000 damage, building repairable
Jan 10, 1997 - Richford, VT - 2nd Alarm+ - Blue Seal Feed - Mill Fire - Fire on floor 8 - Mutual Aid from 10 Vermont and Quebec departments - Fire under control after 3 hours, 1 minor injury firefighter - Sprinkler system saved rest of bldg *var*
Jan 10, 1999 - Barre City, VT - Working Fire - 40 Foster St - Unoccupied House - Williamstown, Berlin Mutual Aid
Jan 10, 1999 - Gloucester, MA - 2nd Alarm - Box 461 - 81 1/2 Maplewood Ave - Gloucester Sweet Shop
Jan 10, 1999 - Rutland, VT - Working Fire - Grove St - Costumes Galore - Apartments over Commercial - 12 homeless
Jan 10, 2002 - Fitchburg, MA - 4th Alarm - 25 Main Street - 3 Story apartments over commercial, 1 fatality *var*
Jan 11, 1888 - Swanzey, NH - Mount Huggins Hotel burn to ground - The 4 story 96 x 142 grand hotel was five years old, however was officially opened - The original owner ran into financial problems and sold out to the owner of another hotel - The new owner was in the process of furnishing the hotel when it burned *www.hsccnh.org*
Jan 11, 1946 - Melrose - MA - 4 story wood frame apartment building destroyed, general alarm, 3 dead, 3 injured, 28 homeless. *DB*
Jan 11, 1947 - Portsmouth, NH - Pleasant Street - Universal-Unitarian Church destroyed by fire - Damaged to dozens of nearby home - Church at same location also burned Mar 29, 1896 *ws*
Jan 11, 1960 - Manchester, NH - 962-970 Elm Street - 4 story building gutted by fire, 13 businesses and offices damaged - With 5 feet of water in the basement, firefighters used a rescue boat to fight the fire remaining in the ceiling *MU*
Jan 11, 1962 - Manchester, NH - 2nd Alarm - 80 Orange Street - Two 3 story brick apartment houses on fire *MU*
Jan 11, 1975 - Pelham, NH - Bridge Street - Large garage fire - 2 towns Mutual Aid to scene
Jan 11, 1981 - Manchester, NH - 5th Alarm - Central Street - A.A. Mooney furniture building - Fire gutted - 3 story brick building - $250,000 in merchandise destroyed - Near zero temperature, 15 mph wind - Several firefighters suffered frostbite - 6 inches of ice covered the street, hoses and apparatus *MU*
Jan 11, 1986 - Lawrence, MA - 185 Canal Street - Everett Mills - One 2 story building destroyed, 2 others damaged
Jan 11, 1997 - Rockingham, VT - 2nd Alarm - Route 103 - House Fire
Jan 12, 1886 - Boston, MA - Box 15 - 61-81 Clinton Street - Companies on scene for several days fighting a fire in frigid icing conditions involving large amounts of flour *BG*
Jan 12, 1891 - Harts Location, NH - Train Wreck - 2 brakemen killed in spectacular crash of freight train near Crawford Notch
Jan 12, 1906c - Boston, MA - Wormward Street - 6 story factory badly damaged by fire - $60,000 damage *NT*
Jan 12, 1906c - Bridgeport, CT - Mohican/Mohegan?? Springs Bottling Plant destroyed by fire - $35,000 loss *NT*
Jan 12, 1906c - Newmarket, NH - House of Mrs. Locke set afire by children playing with matches - 9 month old baby burned to death
Jan 12, 1906c - Uxbridge, MA - Two wooden business blocks destroyed by fire - $40,000 loss *NT*
Jan 12, 1918 - Hampton, NH - 2nd Fire - House and farm bldg nearly destroyed
Jan 12, 1959 - Derry, NH - Pond Road near East Derry Hill, 200 year old house fully involved - Fire broke out just hours after tenants vacated home *DN*
Jan 12, 1970 - Milford, NH - Nashua Rd - Lorden Lumber dry-house burned down *BKH-Mil*
Jan 12, 1995 - Keene, NH - Court Street - Keene Fire Station at Southwest NH District Fire Dispatch Center - 3 dispatchers sent to hospital as a malfunctioning gas furnace causes high carbon monoxide readings of 28 parts per million
Jan 12, 1998 - Milton, VT - 2nd Alarm - US Route 7 - Furnace fire extended to rest of house - Fire through roof on arrival - 1 civilian with minor injuries to Fletcher Allen Hospital for smoke
Jan 12, 1999 - Albany, NH - Working Fire - Rte 113 - Commercial Warehouse 125x350 - Concrete company - Fire in attic
Jan 12, 1999 - Derry, NH - 2nd Alarm - 43 Damaron Road - 1.5 Story Wood Frame house *DN*
Jan 13, 1900 - Hallowell - ME. - Wilder oilcloth factory burns - 2 firefighters hurt - $75,000 loss
Jan 13, 1901 - Andover, NH - Proctor Academy and most of town library burned
Jan 13, 1914 - Derry, NH - West Broadway - Adams Memorial Building gutted by fire in minus 20*F weather - Police station, opera house, town offices destroyed *DN*
Jan 13, 1914 - Windham (West Windham), NH - data misplaced ????
Jan 13, 1949 - Nashua, NH - 2 firefighters injured in collision responding to call. 3 others injured *NT*
Jan 13, 1949 - Nashua, NH - St. Jean block fire *NT*
Jan 13, 1962 - Manchester NH - Double Fatal fire - Bartlett Inn rooming house
Jan 13, 1974c. - Dexter, ME - Church Street - Storage barn fire spread to exposures in high winds, burning all night
Jan 13, 1994 - Nashua, NH - 4th Alarm - 86 Kinsley Street - 3 family house
Jan 13, 1995 - Londonderry, NH - Pillsbury Road (4 houses down from my house) - School Bus rollover - 12 of 25 passenger transported to hospitals via 7 ambulances
Jan 13, 1997 - Methuen, MA - 3rd Alarm - 88 Center Street - House fire -
Jan 13, 1998 - Grand Isle, VT - 2nd Alarm - US Route 2 at Bell Hill Avenue(Rte 314) - Lake Champlain Basin Program Bldg adjacent to ferry terminal - Heavy fire - 11 towns Mutual Aid
Jan 13, 1998 - Montpelier, VT - 2nd Alarm - 4 State St. - 172 year old Historic Bldg - Apartments over stores - Arson fire started by emotional disturbed person
Jan 13, 1998 - Rockingham - VT (Bellows Falls) - 2nd Alarm - Westminster St. - 3 unit apartment Bldg - Arson fire
Jan 13, 1999 - Hyde Park (North Hyde Park), VT - Multiple Alarm - address ?? - Sawmill fire - Bldg burnt to ground - 5 depts. 75 FF's to scene, inc No Hyde Park, Eden - 23 workers out of work
Jan 13, 2001 - Green's Grant, NH - MVA Fatal - Rte 16 - Car over embankment involved in fire
Jan 13, 2001 - Springfield, NH - Snow Cave-in FATAL - Middle school age girl suffocated under snow after snow cave she and her younger brother were building collapsed
Jan 14, 1653 - Boston - Massachusetts Bay Colony - Great Fire destroys one third of the then small town
Jan 14, 1900 - Merrimack, NH - Fatal dwelling fire - Mr. Blanchard, hisd wife, and a tenant die in fire suspected to have been caused by a kerosene lantern exploding *NYT*
Jan 14, 1902 - Boston (Roxbury), MA - 873 Huntington Ave - Handsome landmark 21/2 story dwelling with a large wing destroyed by fire - Dwelling valued at $50,000 - Many rare museum quality items destroyed in fire - Brookline and the Parker Hill Volunteer Fire Company assisted at the fire
Jan 14, 1902 - Manchester, NH - Elm Street - Kennard Building "by far the finest business block in the state", 144 feet wide and 96 feet tall (6 stories) containing 120 stores, offices and rooms totally loss to fire - Smyth Block and Derryfield Club badly damaged - Mutual Aid Concord and Nashua - Many law libraries and precious art collections lost - The fire started about 9:00 P.M. in the ceiling of the Allen and Kimball Clothing store at the north end of the structure - the fire was thought to be under control but soon the entire building was engulfed - Fire traveled through all 5 stories the length of the block - The stores and offices on the ground floor were among the most gracious in the city housing many lawyers and doctors offices - Destroyed was an 82 piece set of the work of one of Manchester's most famous sculptors, John Rogers - Entire building was reduced to rubble, with a loss of over $500,000 loss *MU* *BG*
Jan 14, 1906 - Sackville,RI - 2 children burn to death while parents are at church
Jan 14, 1914 - Boston, MA - W.A. Bacon Company, 2175 Washington St., 4 alarms on Box 218 & an additional alarm on Box 231. FF Joseph A. Hackett (Driver for Division 2 Chief) LODD. *Olson*
Jan 14, 1914 - Boston (Roxbury), MA - 5th Alarm - Box 218 - Washington Street at Ruggles Street - Below zero temperatures - 1 firefighter killed by wall collapse
Jan 14, 1920 - Goffstown, NH - The Leonard N. George place entirely consumed; on road from Grasmere to Amoskeag *usgennet.org/usa/nh/county/hillsborough/Goffstown*
Jan 14, 1929 - Hudson, NH - Webster Street - Webster School - Fire in airshaft, roof and cupola during school hours - $12,625 damage "It started near the air shaft during the afternoon session and quickly shot up through the roof igniting the cupola in flames. Each teacher smelled smoke, sensed trouble and sent her class outside. Some children left without their coats and were sent back inside to get them. Mrs. Maude French was substituting for the principal, Mrs. Irene Perry, and made sure the upstairs rooms were cleared by standing in the hall until all pupils had left the building. Nashua firefighters under the supervision of Chief Melendy responded to the call. Reporters and photographers came from Nashua and the children stood in wonder until parents urged them homeward. *Town in Transition, HdsnHistBk*
Jan 14, 1931 - Fort Kent, ME - Three business blocks burn, including 10 stores and a number of tenements - Fire started in the Selim Coury Block on Main Street
Jan 14, 1963 - Bethlehem (Maplewood), NH - Maplewood Resort Colony - Maplewood Hotel (Maplewood Club) burned to ground (other fires at colony occurred Aug 1942, Dec 1943, Jun 1963)
Jan 14, 1975 - Derry, NH - 30 Crystal Ave - Benjamin Barrett Apartment House fire - 2 story building - 17 left homeless
Jan 14, 1975 - Londonderry, NH - Watts Road - Vacant house destroyed by fire - House had full sized swimming pool inside basement
Jan 14, 1977 - Nashua, NH - 3rd Alarm - Bowers Street at Harbor Avenue - Linen company - Fire fought during heavy snow conditions
Jan 14, 1989 - Keene, NH - Fatal Fire - 88 High Street on the corner of Elm Street. - Family of four died - 2.5 sty wood frame occupied apartment building approx. 30 x 60,
Jan 14, 1998 - Lawrence, MA - 2nd Alarm - 250 Canal St - Paper Board Company - Fire between floors 4&5
Jan 15, 1880 - Fremont, NH - North side of Fremont - portable sawmill boiler exploded killing 2 and injuring 2
Jan 15, 1903 - Peterborough, NH - Walbridge & Taylor Mill - Gas explosion in laundry spread rapidly throughout building
Jan 15, 1904 - Manchester, NH - St. Mary's College - 3 story wood - Heavy fire floor 2 - Fire started by incendiary on in the first floor stairway *BG*
Jan 15, 1919 - Boston, MA - Great Molasses Flood. 529 Commercial St. 2 Alarms on Box 1234 & an additional alarm on Box 1211. 19 killed, 40 injured. 3rd Engineer George Layhe (Engine 31, Fireboat) LODD. Also E31's quarters destroyed, relocated to E47's quarters in East Boston.
Jan 15, 1919 - Boston, MA - Molasses Flood - 58 ft high, 90 foot wide (282 ft circum) molasses tank exploded in North End at Foster and Commercial St., 2 millions gals of molasses, wave 20-30 ft high killed 21 - A dozen horses and at least one cat died - Cast-iron tank holding 2.2 million gallons of molasses burst, sending viscous liquid down Commercial at 35 mph destroying houses, commercial buildings and a part of the elevated railroad *var*
Jan 15, 1920 - Putnam, CT - Hotel Chickering, a landmark of the town, was totally ruined by fire *putnamfire.com*
Jan 15, 1947c. - Amherst, NH - Nichols Road - Edgewood Farm Rest Home destroyed by fire
Jan 15, 1948 - Boston, MA - 5th Alarm - Box 7115 - 23-27 Sleeper Street - Armour Leather Company - Building destroyed by fire in frigid conditions
Jan 15, 1962 - Laconia, NH - Barn containing 14 boats stored for winter destroyed by arson fire
Jan 15, 1974c. - New Bedford, MA - Fatal Fire - Evergreen Park - 4 children die in flash fire
Jan 15, 1975c. - Dexter, ME - Titcomb Block Fire - Fire burned for 12hours
Jan 15, 1976 - Canaan, VT - Beecher Falls Fire Station burns down
Jan 15, 1988c. - Hooksett, NH - Rte 3 - Kahula Palace (former China Dragon Restaurant, Playhouse, Hotel) destroyed by fire
Jan 15, 1997 - Concord, VT - Historic Fire - One of the oldest houses in Miles Pond burned
Jan 15, 1998 - Orleans, VT - 2nd Alarm+ - Main Street - Bolduc's Valley House Inn & Rest - 3 Story Wood Frame
Jan 15, 1998 - Rutland, VT - Working Fire - Route 4 - Best Western Motel
Jan 15, 1998 - Sheffield, VT - Working Fire - Wheelock Road - Structure fire, heavily involved
Jan 15, 1998 - Waterford, VT - Working Fire - Off State Route 18 - Structure Fire - Monroe NH - St. Johnsbury VT Mutual Aid
Jan 15, 1999 - Fitzwilliam, NH - 2nd Alarm - Rte 119 - 2 car garage fully involved ext'd to house - Heavy fire in house - Tanker shuttle, 4 towns Mutual Aid
Jan 16, 1876 - Nashua, NH - John Street - Barn fire spread to the storehouses of Nashua Iron and Steel Company - These buildings were destroyed - Fire badly scroched a 2 story dwelling before the fire was extinguished *BG*
Jan 16, 1907 - Exeter, NH - 72 Front Street - Phillips Academy Building - Fire on 2nd floor, attic and roof - $2,000 damage
Jan 16, 1911 - Plymouth, NH - Draper and Maynard Sporting Goods Factory - 3.5 Story Wood Mill 104 feet long burns to ground
Jan 16, 1936 - Melrose, MA - Trinity Church Parish House destroyed by fire *melrosehistory.net*
Jan 16, 1942 - Woodstock, NH - Mt. Jim (Mt. Moosilauke) - US Army bomber crashed (with one of its bombs exploding) killing 2 crewmen - 5 others rescued by search party of twenty men
Jan 16, 1946 - Cheshire, CT - Eastern Airlines (NYL to Boston) plane explodes and crashes, 14 passengers, 3 crew killed. *DB*
Jan 16, 1975C. - Dexter, ME - Main Street - Fossa's Block Fire - Fire burned throughout day and night
Jan 16, 1994 - Lyndeborough, NH - Gulf Road - 4th Alarm - 9 towns, 70 firefighters Mutual Aid *var*
Jan 16, 1999 - Hanover, NH - 2nd Alarm - Grant Rd - House - Mutual Aid Lyme & Thetford VT
Jan 17, 1900 - Derry (Derry Depot), NH - Cottage House destroyed Mutual Aid response - Fire spread through roof
Jan 17, 1904 - Sharon, MA - Chestnut Street - Morse Building destroyed by fire, the latest and 14th victim of the Sharon firebug within a year
Jan 17, 1931 - Nashua, NH - Box 63 - Dexter Street - Dwelling, chimney fire extended with fire through roof
Jan 17, 1946 - Hudson, NH - Old Derry Road - Jasper Poultry Farm - The former Nathaniel Hills home destroyed by fire
Jan 17, 1964 - Peterborough, NH - Main St at Wilder St - West Peterborough - Mill fire - Mutual Aid 7 towns *H-PFD*
Jan 17, 1988 - North Andover, MA - 4th alarm - Rte 125 Signal Resco waste-to-energy plant
Jan 17, 2001 - Bethlehem, NH - Starr Construction Company garage and woodworking shop burn to ground - Nearby exposure dwelling saved
Jan 17, 2002 - Manchester, NH - 5th Alarm - Box 413 - 92 Batchelder Ave 3 Story Wood Frame occupied six unit apartment building 30x60 - Heavy fire in basement spread throughout - 4 tower ladders, 3 deck guns, numerous hand-lines operating, 2nd Alarm - on arrival - Exposure side two, vinyl siding melted, but was protected by 3 streams - 3 story apartment building fully involved with minor extension to similar exposure building - Extensive Mutual Aid into the city
Jan 17, 2003 - Whitefield and Berlin, NH - Record overnight temperatures of -29 degrees Fahrenheit
Jan 18, 1884 - Martha's Vineyard, MA - Steamer City of Columbus struck and was hung up on rocks in the early night - The captain reckoned the damage was minimal and was determined to back the ship off - The fatal mistake caused the ship to quickly take on water killing 103 of the 132 passengers and crew on board - Gay Head Indians manned Massachusetts Humane Society boats to save whoever the could - This included the Captain who later had his license revoked *SANE*
Jan 18, 1885 - Boston, MA - Bay State Sugar Refinery fire extended to Standard Dye Works - $335,000 loss
Jan 18, 1893 - Sanford, ME - Goodall Worsted Company - Dying and finishing mill and exposure dwelling destroyed by fire *BKH-San*
Jan 18, 1896 - Dexter, ME - Dexter National Bank, 3 story brick building and adjoining 3 story Western Union building destroyed by fire - $40,000 loss *bg*
Jan 18, 1900 - Canterbury, NH - Shaker Village - Large barn in Middle Family division destroyed by fire - 35 head of cattle loss along with much valuable machinery - $20,000 loss
Jan 18, 1949 - Williston, VT - Williston Academy (then used as Village School) burned to ground
Jan 18, 1962 - Hampton, NH - Ocean Blvd - Allen's Hotel - Heavy fire rear of building top two floors
Jan 18, 1976 - Windham, NH - I-93 northbound - Texaco Oil Tanker versus car - Tractor trailer driver killed, 4 occupants in car killed - The truck went over the embankment and took 14 hours to recover tanker
Jan 18, 1977 - New Bedford, MA - General Alarm - Union Street / Johnny Cake Hill - Gas explosions with ravaging fire - Macamber-Silvia Bldg, O'Mailley's Tavern and Union Tobacco Company destroyed *ws*
Jan 18, 1982 - Sanbornton, NH - Earthquake 4.5 Richter Scale - Felt in Nashua
Jan 18, 1985 - Manchester, VT - Equinox House - Very large wooden Resort Inn - Was closed for 10 years and had just completed renovation - Gas explosion and fire that destroyed the south wing of the historic inn - Flames 60 feet high, destroyed 70 rooms of the 148 rooms - Fire started when a propane tank was damaged during installation - Leaking gas ignited and fire was sprayed into the structure.
Jan 18, 1998 - Bernardston, MA - 3rd Alarm - 9 Gill Road - 5 towns Mutual Aid
Jan 18, 1946 - Boston, MA - Congress Hall, 4th alarm, fed by paints and oils. *DB*
Jan 18, 2005 - Belmont, NH - 6th Alarm - ~400 Daniel Webster Highway (US Rte 3) - Major Brands Plaza - 300 foot long 6 unit strip mall destroyed by fire - Firefighting efforts were severely impacted by the minus 16F degree weather - Mutual Aid from 18 departments and 150 firefighters - Over 13,000 feet of 4" line was used, including three
3,500' 4" lines leading from Lake Winnisquam to the fire
Jan 19, 1900 - Canterbury, NH - Shaker Village - A very large barn, a brick dwelling, and a tool house along with 23 head of cattle lost to fire - $20,000 loss
Jan 19, 1901 - Marlboro, NH - Sacred Heart Church burns to ground
Jan 19, 1906 - Londonderry (North Londonderry), NH - Mammoth Road - Annis Grain and Lumber Mill - Big Steam Boiler explodes - Hundreds of bricks hurled through the grain elevator - Part of boiler hurled over 40 rods (220 yards) into a house at the top of the hill - Other fragments caused damage over 50 rods away (275 yards) - Boiler house wrecked - Victim pinned under debris, was pulled out apparently dead - Became conscious about six hours later and survived - Fire contained by bucket brigade *DN*
Jan 19, 1906c - Easton (North Easton), MA - Handle shop burns - $40,000 loss
Jan 19, 1906c - Kingsfield, MA - 2 saw mills burn down - $8000 loss
Jan 19, 1906c - Littleton, NH - Bobbin Factory totally destroyed by fire - Electric Light Plant of the Saranac Glove Company badly damaged($10,000 damage)
Jan 19, 1912 - Chester, NH - Chester Street - The "Handsome" Hall Homestead near the Vanderbilt Place - House, barns, all farm building totally destroyed by fire *DN*
Jan 19, 1921 - Worcester, MA - Box 5114 - Main Street at Federal Street - data missing
Jan 19, 1961 - Derry, NH - Island Pond Road - (Former Kezar Home) Barn and shed fire extended to dwelling - barn and shed destroyed, dwelling with moderate damage - Mutual Aid East Derry and Londonderry
Jan 19, 1961 - Raymond, NH - Fatal house fire - Lane Road - 1.5 Story Wood Frame 6 room dwelling - Home of Myron and Elsie Cate. They lost three children in the fire and their house was burned almost to the ground, entirely gutted - Mutual Aid from Fremont, Candia, and Epping. Contributed by Vicki (Cate) Feinn, sibling of those who perished) - Note: Firefighters had to contend with near zero daytime temperature that followed a blizzard that dumped 22 inches of wind blown snow in the region *1stPer* *MU*
Jan 19, 1998 - Franklin - VT (East Franklin Vlg) - 2nd Alarm - Route 120 - 200 year old Colonial house - 6 departments Mutual Aid to scene - tanker shuttle
Jan 19, 1999 - Washington, NH - 2nd Alarm - 231 Valley Rd - Barn attached to house - Heavily involved - Mutual Aid Response from Hillsborough, Deering
Jan 19, 1946 - Livermore Falls, ME - 1 story wood frame House (Phillibert Cretian family),burns, 3 children dead, uncle burned trying a rescue. *DB*
Jan 19, 1946 - Caribou, ME - 2 story wood frame House destroyed, Edward Patterson died of burns, wife, daughter, 1 son killed, 2 sons badly burned. *DB*
Jan 20, 1798 - Concord, NH - North end of Main Street - George's Hattery Shop damaged by fire, saved by bucket brigade
Jan 20, 1874 - Goffstown, NH - Sash and blind factory of Jeremiah Austin burned *usgennet.org/usa/nh*
Jan 20, 1901 - Lewiston, ME - Pine Street Methodist Church badly damaged by fire
Jan 20, 1901 - Needham, MA - Waverly Street - 2nd Alarm - Hotel Hunnewell, largest hotel in city, partially destroyed by fire
Jan 20, 1923 - Concord, NH - Hoyt Electric Company - Fire *NTmf*
Jan 20, 1923 - Lawrence, MA - Fatal fire, eight die - address? - 5 story brick tenement wholly involved - Coal gas explosion with fire - Passing patrolman and physician credited with saving more lives with heroic rescue work *NTmfpc*
Jan 20, 1961 - Boston, MA - 2nd Alarm - Washington Street - Basin Street South Cafe wrecked by fire - 1 firefighter killed, 3 injured
Jan 20, 1961 - Boston, MA - Basin St. South Cafe, 1844 Washington St. 2 Alarms on Box 211. FF Arnold Reis (Engine 3) LODD. *Olson*
Jan 20, 1961 - Nashua, NH - address? - Recently constructed unoccupied home burns to ground undetected during blizzard - Utility lineman reports the smoldering remains the following day
Jan 20, 1962 - Boston, MA - 3rd Alarm - 408~414 Market Street - 4 Story brick apartments over stores - 1 civilian killed
Jan 20, 1984 - Boston, MA - 6th Alarm - Fire on asphalt-covered piers and railroad bridge on the Charles River, burning within six feet of the Spaulding Rehab Hospital, 26,000 rail commuters that traveled this route daily would have to take shuttle buses for several months
Jan 20, 1994 - Concord, NH - 4th Alarm, 190 North Main Street, 2.5 Story Wood Frame Funeral Home - Heavy fire floor 2 and 3 *Muws*
Jan 20, 1999 - Salem, MA - 2nd Alarm - Box 514 - 5 Hazel St - House fire - Heavy smoke
Jan 20, 2001 - Clarksville, NH - Snowmobile Accident - Deadwater Trail - Speeding snowmobiler vs Fish and Game enforcement officer - Both drivers ejected - F&G Officer with non life threatening injuries to both legs
Jan 20, 1946 - Newport,RI - U.S. Navy Training Centre, 500 man barracks building destroyed, 4 dead *DB*
Jan 21, 1896 - New Haven, CT - 4 story brick machine shop, explosions, several killed *DB*
Jan 22, 1847 - Milford, NH - Dwelling of Dr. Stickney, opposite new town house, caught fire
Jan 22, 1871 - Cambridge, MA - Furniture factory burns
Jan 22, 1913 - Derry, NH - Southern part of town - Millard Miltimore Place - Well known landmark - Fire through roof near chimney when first noticed - House destroyed by fire
Jan 22, 1918 - Derry, NH - Major Fire - Box 222 - Leatherboard Mill of the Derry Shoe Company burned for third time - Fire started on floor 3 - Heavy fire swept entire mill and additions - Several exposures bravely protected by Derry FD
Jan 22, 1922 - Peterborough, NH - Mill Street - Baile Basket Factory (old Bell Mill) burned to ground
Jan 22, 1924 - Farmington, CT - Dwelling fire - Response from Hartford and West Hartford - Lack of standard connections between towns left them unable to assist the local department
Jan 22, 1961 - Nashua, NH - 2nd Alarm - 72 King Street - 2 1/2 Story Wood Frame 3 unit dwelling - Fire in 2nd floor kitchen extended to third floor finished attic containing 3 bedrooms - Roof caved in - Firefighters were hindered by a snow clogged street and many spectators - Nine left homeless - Two firefighters injured, one with a gash to the head requiring three stitches and the other was treated for frostbite - This is the first fire I ever buffed (at age 4!), being carried in my father's arms.
Jan 22, 1961 - Plymouth, NH - West Plymouth near Yeaton Brook - Converted occupied camp with chimney fire extending to consume entire dwelling
Jan 22, 1961 - Portsmouth, NH - Building fire - High Street - Historic Former law offices of Daniel Webster heavily damaged by fire - Was to be part of the then developing Strawberry Banke Historical District
Jan 22, 1961 - Salisbury, NH - Fatal Fire - 2 Story Wood Frame dwelling leveled by fire - Occupant was using an portable heater in the bath attempting to keep pipes from freezing - Heater exploded - Two neighbors pulled homeowner out of house unconscious and he died at the Franklin Hospital
Jan 22, 1963 - Derry, NH - Old Chester Road - Fatal fire - Occupied 4 room cottage destroyed by fire - 1 victim dies
Jan 22, 1967 - Northwood, NH - US Rte 4 - 2 car accidents kills 5 and injures 3 others
Jan 22, 1985 - Westbrook, ME - 2nd Alarm - Central Street - Agway Warehouse
Jan 22, 1998 - Bristol, NH - 2nd Alarm - Rte 104 Freudenberg NOK - Commercial Bldg
Jan 22, 1998 - Quincy, MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 5184 - 48 West Elm Ave - Large 2.5 Story Wood Frame Occupied Dwelling
Jan 23, 1859 - Concord, NH - Free Bridge Road at Main Street - Series of wooden buildings including a furniture dealer, harness-maker, marble workshop, shoemaker, tin ware manufacturer, whip manufacturer, Moore and Jenkins market-keeper burn
Jan 23, 1877 - Whitefield, NH - Brown's Box Factory totally destroyed by fire $50,000 loss
Jan 23, 1889 - Fall River, MA - Anawan Mill
Jan 23, 1890 - Colebrook, NH - Main Street at Parson Street - Parson House ablaze - Spread to Forristall Block, over to a barn, then to the Remick Block which was a 2.5 Story building containing a harness shop and a meat market on lower floors with a Jewelry store, pool room on the second floor and on the third floor, the Grand Army of the Republic Hall
Jan 23, 1961 - Fremont, NH - 378 Main Street - Barn completely destroyed by fire
Jan 23, 1964 - Hudson, NH - 11 Rita Street - Fatal dwelling fire - 5 siblings were found unresponsive on the second floor of their home during the fire - One nine year old girl could not be revived
Jan 23, 1966 - Milford, NH - Nashua St - Entire White Elephant Complex (McLane Mill) burned down
Jan 23, 1982 - Boston, MA - Logan Airport - World Airways DC-10 with 190 on board plunged into Boston Harbor after skidding off runway during an ice storm - 40 passengers to area hospitals, 23 held over, one critical
Jan 23, 1998 - Antrim, NH - 2nd Alarm - 79 Gregg Lake Rd - 1.5 Story Wood Frame house
Jan 23, 2002 - Swampscott, MA - 4th Alarm - 168A Humphrey Ave - 3 Story Wood Frame 40x100 apartments over commercial
Jan 24, 1909 - Claremont, NH - Rare winter thunderstorm strikes First Baptist Church at Main and Central Streets - Spire destroyed and remainder of church required overhauling - 40 children were present in the church when it was struck - The strike also knocked out the fire alarm system for the entire city - Boston MA, Haverhill MA, Franklin NH, Chester VT, Burlington VT, Manchester NH and Derry NH also reported Hail, Sleet, Rain, Snow and Thunder and storm related fire and/or destruction
Jan 24, 1961 - Portsmouth, NH - Dwelling fire - Mother and daughter severely burned and with mother in critical condition and daughter in serious condition at the Naval Hospital Portsmouth
Jan 24, 1988 - Brattleboro, VT - Fatal Fire - West Brattleboro in remote section - House destroyed by fire killing 1 occupant
Jan 24, 1990 - Hampton, NH - 4th Alarm - Odd Fellows Halls gutted in suspicious fire
Jan 24, 1997 - Wakefield, MA - 6th Alarm - Box 34 -
Jan 24, 2001 - Moosup, CT - Fire destroyed the 115 year old Brunswick Woolen Mill on Brunswick Ave
Jan 25, 1830 - Hanover, NH - The Acropolis on observatory Hill burned
Jan 25, 1901c. - Harrisville, NH - Monadnock Hotel fire - Bucket brigade brought fire under control before Marlboro Fire Department arrived from 8 miles away, 1 hr and 10 minutes after called
Jan 25, 1907 - Newfields, NH - School and town Hall building destroyed by fire
Jan 25, 1910 - Goffstown, NH - Mechanicks Mills at Grasmere - The pulp mill burned *usgennet.org/usa/nh*
Jan 25, 1961 - Allenstown (Suncook), NH - Fire - Ferry Street - Large barn with 40 tons of hay and farm equipment destroyed by fire - Nearby structures threatened but were protected, aided by winds blowing in a direction favoring the effort - One of those buildings housed three race horses - Afternoon fire fought in below zero degrees Fahrenheit temperatures
Jan 25, 1994 - Concord, NH - 7th Alarm - North State Street (US Rte 3) - NH State Prison - Warehouse fire, started by smoking materials - Building fully involved
Jan 25, 1995 - Manchester, NH - 4th Alarm - 407 Belmont Street - 3 Story Wood Frame 7 unit occupied apartment building - Winds of 15 mph sustained, gusts to 25 mph
Jan 25, 1998 - Hart's Location, NH - MVA Fatal - 7-year-old boy died after his father accidentally backed a pick-up truck while plowing the driveway - Boy slipped under the rear wheel and died later in day
Jan 25, 1999 - Acworth, NH - Working Fire - Cole Pond Road - House fire
Jan 25, 1999 - Lowell, MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 15 - Adams @ Suffolk - ( 2.5 Story Wood Frame's
Jan 26, 1906c. - Haverhill (Woodsville), NH - Large business block almost completely destroyed by fire
Jan 26, 1906c. - Manchester, MA - Business block destroyed by fire including Post Office, telephone headquarters, several stores and businesses and a newspaper - $70,000 loss
Jan 26, 1930 - Hampton, NH - Major fire - Hampton Academy gutted
Jan 26, 1961 - Raymond, NH - MVA - Fatal - Rte 101?? - Car rear ended tractor trailer truck - Car extensively damaged killing 7 month old boy and injuring six other family members, two severely
Jan 26, 1962 - Warner, NH - Mount Kearsarge - Twin Engine Apache Airplane crashed into mountain around midnight killing three
Jan 26, 1990 - Rochester (Gonic), NH - 4th Alarm , 17 Harding Ave - Granite State Plastic
Jan 26, 1991 - Portsmouth, NH - 3rd Alarm - Lang Road - Beechstone Apartments building #3 - 3 Story Wood Frame 6 unit apartment building
Jan 26, 1996 - Medford, MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 19 - 109 Traincroft St - 2.5 Story Wood Frame
Jan 26, 1997 - Campton, NH - 2nd Alarm - Route 49 @ King Realty - Structure Fully Involved
Jan 26, 1998 - Highgate, VT - Working Fire -32 Canada Road - House fire - Garage Heavily Involved - Minor extension to house
Jan 26, 1998 - Wardsboro - VT (West Wardsboro Vlg) - Working Fire - Hemlock Hill off route 100 - House fire
Jan 27, 1839 - Andover, NH - Bridge at Dyer's Crossing and below the "Hog-Back" swept away by freshet
Jan 27, 1900 - Chester, NH - the old Haweks Place - Entire set of farm buildings in ruins, destroyed by fire
Jan 27, 1927 - Bedford, NH - Bedford Center Road at Church Road - George H. Wiggin and Company store, including post office, totally destroyed by fire
Jan 27, 1940 - Fremont, NH - 232 South Road - Wood Frame Dwelling completely destroyed by fire
Jan 27, 1961 - Newfields, NH - Daley Farm - 42 head of Holstein Cattle valued at $40,000 die in barn fire - Note: To give you an idea of how valuable the cattle were, a typical barn was probably worth around $5,000 to $10,000 a that time
Jan 27, 1962 - Sheldon, VT - Machia Dairy Farm - Huge barns fire consumes equipment, cows, and 90 tons of hay
Jan 27, 1963 - Milford, NH - Oak Street - Barretto Granite Company - Equipment building and machinery burned (Rebuilt)
Jan 27, 1990 - Conway (North Conway Vlg), NH - Kearsarge Road - Ekberg's Apartment Building - Major fire
Jan 27, 1990 - Hampton, NH - Downtown on US Rte 1 - Odd Fellows building gutted by fire and razed
Jan 27, 1997 - Lowell, MA - 2nd Alarm - 595 Broadway Street - Building Fire - Heavy Fire in rear
Jan 27, 1998 - Newbury (Wells River), VT - 2nd Alarm Jefferson Hill Rd - House heavy fire - Exterior attack
Jan 27, 1998 - Pittsfield, MA - 3rd Alarm - Cram Ave - 2.5 Story Wood Frame
Jan 27, 1906 - Lowell, MA - 4 story brick Richardson Hotel, kitchen ext. to all, 3 dead, 7 hospitalised, 20 more inj., many rescued by ladder & life net *DB*
Jan 28, 1873 - Beverly, MA - General Alarm - Norwood's Shoe Factory - Rantoul St @ Railroad Ave - 3 Story Wood Frame factory
Jan 28, 1893 - Hanover, NH - Frost's Jewelry Store heavily damaged by fire with considerable loss
Jan 28, 1904 - Manchester, NH - Chestnut Street - Building fire - 3 small children rescued by Patsy Sweeney from sure peril
Jan 28, 1916 - Newport, NH - Major Fire - Silsby Block near Main St - Roof and top floor burned - Using five heavy streams
Jan 28, 1920 - Manchester, NH - south side of Hanover Street - Tenements over offices and stores - Fire gutted the upper residential floors of the Elks hall block - 50 residents displaced
Jan 28, 1970 - Swanton, VT - Most of downtown business district destroyed by fire- Flames fanned by severe high winds - over 15 buildings destroyed - M/A for approximately 25 depts from Vermont, New York State and Quebec battled the blaze.
Jan 28, 1995 - Barnet, VT - 2nd Alarm Fatal - East Barnet Vlg - Dwelling fire claims life of 66 year old woman - Mutual Aid Peacham, Waterford, Monroe NH
Jan 28, 1995 - Bloomfield, VT - Working Fire Fatal - address? - Dwelling fire claims life of 74 year old male - Fire fought in below zero temperatures - Stratford Hollow and North Stratford to scene
Jan 28, 1998 - Holyoke, MA - 3rd Alarm - Essex @ Cabot St - 4 Story Occupied Apartment Building - Fire floor 1
Jan 29, 1859 - Hanover, NH - Three barns to the rear of the Tontine burned
Jan 29, 1890 - Sanford, ME - Mousam River Mills mixing mill burns
Jan 29, 1896 - Lewiston, ME - Main Street - Pingree and Company Lumber Yard - 2 large storehouses, several smaller storehouses, carpenters shop, wood-working mill and several rail car destroyed by fire - $150,000 loss *BG*
Jan 29, 1914 - Manchester, NH - 3rd Alarm+ - Elm Street at Manchester Street - Merchants Exchange Block - Totally destroyed by fire - Two of the largest department stores in the state (Barton Store and Folsom Store) , 2 banks and other businesses destroyed by fire - 4 firefighters injured by falling wall admitted to Sacred Heart Hospital - Mutual Aid Derry, Nashua, Concord - Aerial Truck used for first time in state of New Hampshire during this fire - $700,000 loss
Jan 29, 1934 - Fall River, MA - The Merchant Mill was wiped out by fire. Mill was unoccupied for two previous years.
Jan 29, 1955 - Sanford, ME - Main Street - Kotis Block destroyed by fire
Jan 29, 1956 - Boston, MA - 4th Alarm - Box 6172 - 65-67 Trenton Street - Son's of Italy Social Hall - 2 firefighters killed - FF Thomas Slattery & FLT Michael A. Langone (Both Engine 40) LODD *Olson*
Jan 29, 1962 - Buckland, MA - House, barn, store destroyed by fire killing 9 occupants of dwelling
Jan 29, 1989 - Bristol, VT - Fatal fire - Main Street - Duplex - 7 year old boy killed in fire started by child playing with fire - Mother in critical condition with burns
Jan 29, 1990 - Gilford, NH - 2nd Alarm - 368 Edgewater Drive on Governor's Island - Main house heavily damaged by fire ($400,000 estimated damage)
Jan 29, 1999 - Londonderry, NH - 2nd Alarm - 83-89 Highlander Way - Highlander Inn Complex - 1 Story 30x100 with 30x50 ell - Long term rental rooms
Jan 30, 1893 - Claremont, NH - Mulberry Street near Railroad crossing - Monadnock Mill storehouse, filled with bales of cotton nearly destroyed by fire despite the abundance of water and ample fire equipment
Jan 30, 1923 - Boscawen (Penacook) - NH - A & P Grocery Store, the Strand Theater and two wooden business blocks burn *NT*
Jan 30, 1927 - Fremont, NH - 326 Main Street - Spaulding and Frost Cooperage - Fire damages the Cooperage Shop and a store room causing $10,000 damage
Jan 30, 1960 - Londonderry, NH - Gilcreast Road - 7 room colonial house gutted - Ell and barn destroyed by fire
Jan 30, 1987 - Danville, VT - Convenience store burned down - Former FF with 18 years of service charged with arson
Jan 30, 1998 - Brattleboro, VT - 2nd Alarm, 192 1/2 Main St - Cellar fire
Jan 31, 1945 - Auburn, ME - Lacoste Babies Home orphanage fire kills 17 *nfpa*
Jan 31, 1959 - Manchester, NH - 2nd Alarm Fatal - Hanover and Chestnut Streets - Essex Hotel - 4 story - 3 elderly men killed - $200,000 damage - Icing problems due to low temperatures - Building also had a bakery shop, clothing store, flower shop, sandwich shop, and a beauty supply
Jan 31, 1962 - Manchester, NH - 11 Congress Street - Fire sweeps through 3 story apartment building
Jan 31, 1980 - Hudson, NH - 2nd Alarm - 109 Derry Street - 2.5 story wood frame dwelling
Jan 31, 1990 - Manchester, NH - Irwin Ave at Paule Ave 2 story Duplex / Apartment house fire - Basement fire spread throughout structure - $75,000 damage
Jan 31, 1992 - Londonderry, NH - MVA HazMat - I93 near exit 5, 10,000 gas tanker rolled over dumping 5,500 gallons along highway - Firefighters worked in potentially explosive situation for hours - Highway closed for over 12 hours causing majors traffic problems throughout region
Jan 31, 1992 - Northumberland (Groveton), NH - Hillside Ave - Fire 1st floor living room and 3rd floor via walls - 35 year old mentally challenged male perished in fire
Jan 31, 1997 - Derry, NH - Beaver Lake Ave - 1 Story dwelling destroyed by fire
Jan 31, 1997 - Nashua, NH - 2nd Alarm - 81 Bluestone Drive - 3story Occupied Apartment Building - Fire floor 3
Feb 01, 1972 - Lakes Region, NH - Franklin decides to leave the association *R-H*
Feb 01, 1859 - Concord, NH - Concord Railroad Station and Depot Hall consumed by fire
Feb 01, 1923 - Springfield, MA - Foot of Elm Street - Springfield Gas and Light Purifying Plant building tank explosion kills 3 and injures 75 *NTmf*
Feb 01, 1928 - Presque Isle, ME - 3 children die in dwelling fire
Feb 01, 1931 - Nashua, NH - Box 27 - Canal Street at Orange Street - Perham Block Fire - 3 story brick 50x70 - Fire in Railroad Square Market extended up elevator shaft to top floors and through roof - Building contained Charlie Yee Laundry and 18 storage rooms of furniture piled high - Fought in sub-zero temperatures - $30,000 loss
Feb 01, 1950c. - Corinna, ME - The Moosehead Mill burned in the winter of 1950. At the time it was the second largest woolen mill in Maine. Over 350 people lost their jobs that day. The mill was never rebuilt. (very rough date)
Feb 01, 1980 - Hudson, NH - 3rd Alarm - 51 Central Street - Large 2.5 story wood frame dwelling
Feb 01, 1991 - Berlin, NH - Main Street at Pleasant Street Fire started in basement of a clothing store spread thorough several businesses four buildings destroyed
Feb 01, 1992 - Manchester, NH - 3rd Alarm - 450 Merrimack Street - Apartment house - Over 200 firefighters fought this fire that left 8 homeless
Feb 01, 1999 - Freeport, ME - 3rd Alarm - Main St - Brewer Marine - 150x100 boat storage bldg
Feb 01, 1999 - Troy, VT - Working Fire - Bonnin's Machine shop fire - Bldg destroyed - House exposure protected
Feb 01, 2002 - Essex, VT - Structure Fire on Payne St in Fort Ethan Allen. Mutual Aid from Essex Jct. (ladder) and St. Michaels College Fire Dept. (engine).
Feb 02, 1898 - Westwood, MA - Fire - Pond Street - Town Coal Shed destroyed by fire
Feb 02, 1928 - Fall River, MA - Pocasset mill burned for second time
Feb 02, 1946 - York, ME - Fire with Mutual Aid - United Methodist Church - York Village
Feb 02, 1988 - Salem, MA - 4th Alarm - Box 56 - 301 Lafayette St, 2.5 Story Wood Frame 40x50
Feb 02, 1991 - Berlin, NH - General Alarm - Main Street at Pleasant Street - Four 3 and 4 story buildings in downtown section destroyed by fire - 68 firefighters worked in -15*F cold - Fire started in basement of Sundance Jeans and spread to buildings containing a shoe store, jewelry store and a vacant building used for storage - Mutual Aid Gorham, Milan, West Milan
Feb 02, 2003 - Williston, VT - Structure Fire in apartment building on Rte 2 in village. Mutual Aid from South Burlington, Essex, Essex Jct., and Richmond.
Feb 02, 2005 - Enosburg Falls, VT - 13 Alarm Fire - Main Street - 110 year old Historic Depatie Block destroyed by fire - Several businesses and apartments with over $1 million loss - Over 100 firefighters from 13 departments including Sutton, Quebec *samessenger.com*
Feb 02, 1906 - Berlin, NH - Willard St., 3 story wood frame Marston Intermediate School, school destroyed, all pupils evacuated, $20,000 *DB*
Feb 03, 1800 - Hanover, NH - Shop of Jedediah Baldwin (in lower of end of what became the Bridgeman's Block burned)
Feb 03, 1906 - Exeter, NH - Perkins Block, 2 Story 35x30 with fire through roof - Weather was 10 degrees below zero with a brisk northwesterly wind
Feb 03, 1946 - Boston, MA - FCP Stephen F. Gunn & Hoseman Edward J. Barrett (Both Engine 2) LODD at Box 3-7221, 384-88 West Broadway. *Olson*
Feb 03, 1946 - Boston (South Boston), MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 7221 - 384-388 West Broadway - 2 firefighters killed
Feb 03, 1957 - Nashua, NH - Canal Street - (National Guard) Armory burns down - Brick and fieldstone construction
Feb 03, 1992 - Bedford, NH - Multiple Alarm - 77 Wendover Way - Large exclusive hipped roof colonial destroyed by fire after large explosion in garage - 44 firefighters from Bedford, Manchester, Goffstown, and Merrimack fought fire
Feb 03, 1999 - North Hyde Park, VT - Working Fire - Montgomery Toy Company - Structure fire heavily involved
Feb 04, 1867 - Wentworth, NH - School house in district #2 burnt - Set by incendiary
Feb 04, 1900 - Norwich, CT - Hopkins and Atkins Pistol Shop burned to ground with several other buildings damaged - $400,000 loss
Feb 04, 1905 - Salem,MA - Essex Street - Mechanic Theater, built in 1839 - Fire that started in a motion picture machine sends 300 in attendance scurrying to the streets (1100 people were in building during an earlier vaudeville show) - Fire spread from the machine in a galley up the walls in a blind attic and along the roof before dropping down to the stage - Somebody yelled "FIRE", but the well trained theater employees announced in very distinct tones to "sit down, sit down, there is ample time to safely leave the building" - 15 employees guided all those in attendance safely out of several of the theater doors - No injuries even though the building was fully engulfed within 15 minutes of the first notice of fire - The building was nearly destroyed, $100,000 loss *BG*
Feb 04, 1908 - Berlin, NH - General Alarm - Two simultaneous fire - Spring Street and Main Street - The Green Block - Gerish Block - Woolworth Block Mutual Aid Portland and Lewiston Maine
Feb 04, 1914 - Derry, NH - Box 56 (Crystal Ave at Pearl Street) - Moody Street - Kitchen fire extended to several rooms and blowing out windows on arrival - Letter Carrier rescued disabled 68 year old woman and a 4 year old boy - Apparatus was delayed arriving on scene as one of the fire horses was being borrowed for a project on the Birch Street Bridge
Feb 04, 1917 - Newport, NH - Major Fire - Gamash and Emerson Block on Main St - Gamash Block destroyed
Feb 04, 1948 - Melrose, MA - Herbert Street - The old St. Mary's convent building, then occupied by the Catholic Woman's Club, suffered damage in a three-alarm fire *melrosehistory.net*
Feb 04, 1970 - Derry, NH - Sawyer Street at Central Street, 2.5 Story Wood Frame 30x100 apartment building gutted by fire
Feb 04, 1990 - Littleton, NH - 2nd Alarm - Jackson Street - Apartment house gutted by fire - 3 arrested for arson
Feb 04, 1990 - Manchester, NH - 288/290 Auburn Street - 3 Story 12 unit apartment building, 25 left homeless
Feb 04, 1991 - Alton, NH - 2nd Alarm - Main Street next to town hall - 2.5 Story Wood Frame 4 unit apartment - Mutual Aid Laconia, Farmington, Gilford, Gilmanton, Center Barnstead, and New Durham
Feb 04, 1992 - Kingston, NH - Multiple Alarm - Bob's Autobody - 30x40 wood frame building and 2 cars destroyed - Heavy fire through roof on arrival - Mutual Aid East Kingston, Brentwood, Danville, Exeter, Newton, Plaistow, Hampstead, Epping, Kensington, Stratham
Feb 04, 1999 - Conway (South Conway), NH - Walker Pond Rd - Vacant Vacation home destroyed by fire - Start of a string of suspicious fires
Feb 05, 1845 - Andover, NH - 2 children die from injuries from fire after they were left along a short while
Feb 05, 1856 - Manchester, NH - Elm Street - Patten's Block - 3 newspapers, library, stores and offices destroyed by fire
Feb 05, 1887 - White River Jct (Hartford), VT - Wreck of the Central Vermont train at the White River Bridge - Worst railroad wreck in Vermont, many killed and injured
Feb 05, 1898 - Boston, MA - Third Alarm - Box 412 - 116-126 Merrimac Street - GW Bent Bedding Factory - Six firefighters killed by collapsing floors during overhaul
Feb 05, 1905 - Portland, ME - Congress Street - Waldo Hotel - 20 occupants rescued over ladders - Moderate damage to building
Feb 05, 1905 - Ware, MA - Main Street - Albertine Block - Two story tenement over stores gutted by fire - 2 children barely escaped with their lives
Feb 05, 1905 - Ware, MA - Ruggles Automobile garage destroyed in a spectacular fire - This was the second major fire of the day in the small town of Ware and the second time in six weeks there was a fire at Ruggles.
Feb 05, 1905 - Oxford MA - Fatal Fire in farmhouse on Dresser Hill - 90 year elderly woman, the sole occupant, perished in the fire - House burned to ground
Feb 05, 1905 - Hartford, CT - 108 Asylum Street - Fire in basement of Warner and Bailey store and spread to the McKernan Salon, both total loses
Feb 05, 1905 - Abington, MA - Box 23 - Walnut Street at Cheery Street - The Centre House (Keene Hotel) 2 story 40x50, an attached building, a barn and a dwelling destroyed by fire
Feb 05, 1991c. - Augusta, ME - Fatal plane crash - Three pilots died when their Civil Air Patrol plane crashed in a Meadow Road neighborhood near the airport after returning from a search-and-rescue exercise
Feb 05, 1994 - Bernardston, MA - Mohawk Plastics - Large factory destroyed by fire - Mutual Aid several MA, NH, VT towns including Hinsdale, Chesterfield, Marlboro, Winchester, Keene and Meadowood - 35 Engines and trucks at scene
Feb 05, 1998 - Boston, MA - Hosemen Patrick H. Disken, John J. Mulhen, William J. Welch; FLT George J. Gottwald; FCP James H. Victory (All Engine 38/39) & District Chief John Francis Egan (District 3) LODD at Box 3-412, 116-126 Merrimac St. *Olson*
Feb 05, 1998 - Stoneham, MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 381, 102 Pond St - Commercial Bldg
Feb 06, 1875 - Putnam, CT - St. St. Mary's Church reduced to a smoldering mass of ruins *putnamfire.com*
Feb 06, 1876 - Claremont, NH - Unity Road near brickyard - House and barn of Harvey Barney, along with out building destroyed by fire
Feb 06, 1904 - Exeter, NH - High Street - Henhouse, shed, and ell destroyed by fire - House saved
Feb 06, 1904 - Dover, NH - Waldron Street - L & L Steam Laundry on the first floor and the Biddle Candy factory on floor 2 suffer considerable damaged from fire - Fire started on floor two and burned down through floor *BG*
Feb 06, 1905 - Biddeford - ME. - Box 47 - 10 Oak Street - House destroyed by fire during heaviest snowstorm of year - Caused by exploding oil stove - Companies hampered by low water pressure - Fire spread so rapidly that no attempt to save furniture was made - Every piece of apparatus in town was sent to scene *BG*
Feb 06, 1914 - Durham, NH - State Agricultural College (UNH)- Gymnasium severely damaged by fire ($70,000 damage) 2 recitations rooms destroyed - Fire started in clubroom in officer quarters
Feb 06, 1930 - Sanford, ME - School Street - NJ Prescott Block - Bad fire
Feb 06, 1940 - Fall River, MA - Fire destroyed the old Weetamoe Mill owned by the city.
Feb 06, 1959 - Londonderry, NH - Pillsbury Road opp Valley Cemetery - Pillsbury Place farm complex - Large house badly gutted with extreme exposure problems - Derry and Grenier FD's to scene
Feb 06, 1969 - Boston, MA - 5th Alarm - Box 1526 - 519~523 Tremont Street - old Clarendon Hotel
Feb 06, 1978 - Metro Boston entire Northeast, MA - Snow Storm - Great Blizzard of 78, 27 inches of snow - Hurricane force winds, 10,000 homeless, 29 deaths in Mass. - Pier at Old Orchard Bch ME destroyed
Feb 06, 1979 - Presque Isle, ME - Mobile home fire - 3 children die, mother in critical condition *NYT*
Feb 06, 1991 - Berlin, NH - 86 Merrimack Street - 3 story tenement gutted by caused by child playing with lighter - 3 families left homeless
Feb 06, 1992 - Laconia, NH - 3rd Alarm - 765 North Main Street - 6 unit apartment house, balloon construction, extensively damaged by fire = 15 homeless - Mutual Aid Gilford, Meredith, Belmont, Winnisquam, Gilmanton, Center Harbor, Tilton-Northfield, Moultonborough
Feb 06, 1998 - Bolton, VT - 2nd Alarm - Wentworth Rd - 3 Story Wood Frame Occupied House - Chimney fire spread to floor 3. Fire through roof on arrival. Richmond, Waterbury, Waterbury Center FD to scene
Feb 06, 1999 - Windham, VT - Working Fire - White Rd (dirt section) near Talc Mine (Continuation of Horse Nail Rd) - Heavy smoke showing on arrival from attic vents, and eaves in rear of house per 120C1 - Londonderry Tanker, Pumper & LDH, South Londonderry Tanker & Pumper Mutual Aid to Scene
Feb 07, 1888 - Amherst, NH - Earthquake noted in town
Feb 07, 1892 - Manchester, NH - John B. Varick company block - Fire involving loss of $100,377.50 - Another estimate was given at $144,000
Feb 07, 1923 - Nashua, NH - Box 114 - Phillips Building (Jeannotte's Furniture) badly damaged by fire - Chimney fire extended *NTmf*
Feb 07, 1993 - Brattleboro, VT - Multiple Alarm - US Rte 5 - Fireside Tru-Valu Store - Large 3 Story building - Firefighters fought fire for over six hours in temperatures below 0F *Tip*
Feb 07, 1998 - Windham, NH - 3rd Alarm - 47 Lowell Rd, 1 Story Metal Clad - 30x100 *pgr*
Feb 08, 1881 - Hanover, NH - Elm Street - House at Daniel Blaisdell Estate totally destroyed by fire
Feb 08, 1927 - Derry, NH - Box 54 - Wilson Street - Derry Steam Laundry - Boiler room and store house ruined - Main laundry building spared
Feb 08, 1967 - Tyngsborough, MA - Fatal fire - Beech Street *NT*
Feb 08, 1994 - Concord, NH - Fire Fatal - A homeless man in a fire that swept through his makeshift shelter in a wooded area off Interstate 93 - 1 fatality, 2nd victim was transferred to Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston
Feb 08, 2002 - Manchester, NH - 4th Alarm - Box 366 - 421 Lake Ave - Old MFD Station 3, vacant for decades - 3 Story brick in deplorable condition gutted by fire - Station 3 was in service at this location from February 8, 1888 until July 17, 1978 *var*
Feb 09, 1893 - Dover, NH - Strafford County Farm (Asylum for mentally ill and others) - 44 residents burned to death in inferno *ws*
Feb 09, 1893 - Providence, RI - 2nd Alarm Fatal - Dyer Street - 1 killed
Feb 09, 1961 - Nashua, NH - Multiple Alarm - Browns Dairy, 6 Berkshire St. - Milk Plant destroyed by fire
Feb 09, 1967 - Stratford, NH - Fatal Fire - Daignault Nursing Home - Building was a former town meeting hall and an Inn built in the late 1700's - 4 elderly patients perish in fire - 16 other rescued - Over 100 firefighters to scene *NT*
Feb 09, 1969 - Amherst, NH - Twenty inches of snow fall in 24 hour period - Older residents comment that it was the worst blizzard in memory
Feb 09, 1972 - Tewksbury, MA - Lowell Gas Explosion - Firefighter and truck driver killed in explosion whose flames could be seen over 30 miles away - 40 injured including 16 firefighters
Feb 09, 1998 - Lawrence, MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 5111 - 32 Winter St - 3 Story Wood Frame Occupied Apartment Building 30x80 *pgr*
Feb 10, 1989 - Nashua, NH - 4th Alarm - address? Near City Hall - 4 row houses involved, 2oo residents evacuated *MU*
Feb 10, 1991 - Sanbornton, NH - MVA fatal - I93 - 2 car head-on (wrong way driver) - 4 fatalities (1 at scene, 2 a couple of days later, 1 a week later)
Feb 10, 1994 - Boston, MA - 6 Alarms on Box 2266 for 192-194 Thornton St. & 5 Marcella St. *Olson*
Feb 10, 1994 - Boston (Roxbury), MA - 6th Alarm - Marcella Street at Thornton Street - Apartment building fire
Feb 10, 1998 - Provincetown, MA - 5th Alarm - Commercial St. - Multiple historic buildings including old theatre, converted to shops - Fire started in guards room - Mutual aid from throughout Cape Cod and parts of Plymouth County *var*
Feb 10, 1999 - Newport, VT - 2nd Alarm - Route 105 - 3 unoccupied homes destroyed - 5 towns Mutual Aid
Feb 11, 1873 - Beverly, MA - General Alarm - Odd Fellows Bldg - Railroad Ave - 4 Story Wood Frame Social Hall and school house
Feb 11, 1906 - Hartford, CT - 139-141 Asylum Street - Fire story building containing an 8 lanes bowling alley, a billiards hall, and a piano store
Feb 11, 1935 - Hudson, NH - House and farm buildings of Elmer Clement burned - $7,200 loss *H-Hud*
Feb 11, 1996 - Rochester, NH - 2nd Alarm - 7 Main Street East Rochester Barn fire, attached house saved
Feb 11, 1998 - Leyden, MA - 3rd Alarm - 902 Greenfield Rd - structure fire *pgr*
Feb 12, 1887 - Bethlehem, NH - Store and freight depot damaged by fire - $1500 less *BG*
Feb 12, 1981 - VT, NH - Extensive damage from flooding in sections of New Hampshire and Vermont a result of driving rains, spring-like weather and then a sudden return to extreme cold temps, 1 death blamed on weather
Feb 12, 1983 - Boston, MA - 6 Alarms on Box 5212 for 90 Windom St. Fire occurred on 02/12/83. *Olson*
Feb 12, 1995 - Manchester, NH - 2nd Alarm on arrival - 98 Walker Street - 3 story apartment house fire - 17 homeless - 1 victim with serious injuries after jumping from 3rd floor - Strong winds and exposure problems - 5 engines, 3 trucks, Rescue 1
Feb 12, 1998 - Putney, VT - 2nd Alarm - Westminster (West) Rd
Feb 12, 2002 - Falmouth, MA - 4th Alarm - 31 Teaticket highway - Iguanas Restaurant, 2 story brick and wood 75x75 well involved - 3 ladder pipes and 4 deck guns operating
Feb 13 (14,15,16?), 1987 - town?, NH - Fatal fire, 2 die
Feb 13, 1823 - Gilmanton, NH - Large Brick Factory and Factory Store and Engine House at Meredith Bridge burn - Girls working in factory picking room jumped from windows with many badly injured
Feb 13, 1871 - Gardiner, ME - Peter Grant's grocery destroyed by fire *NYT*
Feb 13, 1900 - Derry, NH - the Great Freshet greatly damages or destroys several bridges and roadways in town ("To Be Remembered for Generations") - Also noted in Fremont history
Feb 13, 1922 - Boston, MA - Friend at Washington Street - Royal Clothing Company destroyed by fire
Feb 13, 1923 - Franklin, NH - Webster Place - NH Orphans Home - 2 buildings destroyed by fire displacing 200 residents - 4 firefighters trapped under fallen wall, killing fireman Peter Savoie, who suffered a skull fracture *NTmf*
Feb 13, 1956 - Raymond, NH - Fatal fire - Lane Road - Husband and wife die in dwelling fire - Conflicting date of Feb 13, 1959. *BKH-Ray*
Feb 13, 1983 - Boston (Allston), MA - 6th Alarm - 90 Windom Street - 3 story commercial-residential, 10 homeless, 1 fatal - Arson
Feb 13, 1991 - Sugar Hill, NH - Lovers Lane Road - House destroyed by fire with one occupant later discovered in the ashes, dead
Feb 13, 1997 - Derry, NH - 205 Londonderry Turnpike - Dwelling destroyed by fire
Feb 13, 1998 - Concord, NH - 3rd Alarm - 465 Josiah Bartlett Rd - 2.5 Story Wood Frame Occupied - (House built 1870 or earlier) destroyed by fire
Feb 13, 2000 - Beverly, MA - 4th Alarm - 38 Millet Street - 3 story dwelling - 4 firefighters injured, 2 nearest hydrants were found to be dry
Feb 14, 1870 - Huntington, MA - The Hampshire Woolen Mill and the Huntington Manufacturing Company Marseilles Factory totally destroyed by fire - $200,000 loss
Feb 14, 1876 - Pittsfield, NH - Downtown - Disastrous fire, in area of Union Block apparently consuming several blocks
Feb 14, 1882c. - Claremont, NH - Main building at Freeman and O'Neil containing valuable machinery and choice woods lost to fire - $25,000 in damages
Feb 14, 1883 - Pembroke, ME - Fire - Pembroke Ironworks "Agent's" Mansion destroyed by fire
Feb 14, 1887c. - Hartford (White River Jct), VT - Central Vermont Railroad Train dropped off bridge into White River killing 39 - Most died in resulting fire fueled by oil and wood used to power engine - Bridge destroyed
Feb 14, 1895 - Lynn, MA - 300 buildings destroyed by fire including many factories and business
Feb 14, 1923 - Biddeford, ME - Alfred Street at Pool Street - Thurmulos Building gutted by fire sending 10 families into a raging No' Easter storm
Feb 14, 1934c. - Sandwich, NH - Great Sandwich Fire - Main Street - Merryfield Store and six other building destroyed by fire
Feb 14, 1952c. - Milford, NH - Souhegan St - Ehrman Building burned
Feb 14, 1962c. - Providence,RI - Elmwood Section - 3 story rooming house fire - 5 killed
Feb 14, 1995 - Hancock, NH - 2nd Alarm - 150 Bennington Pond Road - Vacant 1.5 Story Wood Frame house fully involved on arrival, destroyed by fire - 7 towns mutual aid - Owner had died previous week
Feb 14, 1998 - Burlington, VT - Fire Truck Accident - Battery Park - Fire truck tipped over with 2 firefighters @ top of ladder. Two firefighters in platform bucket were raising flag of over park when ladder slammed to ground - 2 with minor injuries
Feb 14, 1998 - Everett, MA - 4th Alarm - Box 55, 126 Vernal St - 3 Story Wood Frame Occupied Apartment Building - Fully Inv
Feb 14, 2000c. - Pittsfield, NH - Elm Street near Depot Street - Original Fire House built in 1878 - Housed fire department until 1974 - Destroyed by fire
Feb 15, 1812 - Concord, NH - North End - Building containing Main and Robertson Traders and Roger's Cabinet Making shop consumed by fire
Feb 15, 1849 - Concord, NH - Downing-Abbot Coach Manufactory - Large complex entirely consumed by fire (except for fireproof blacksmith shop) *BKH-Con*
Feb 15, 1901 - Natick - MA. - Nebraska Street - Bruce's box factory destroyed by fire - Company manufactured washboards in the rented building - Several adjacent dwelling lightly damaged the flames
Feb 15, 1903 - Fremont, NH - 142 Danville Road - Purington residence - 2.5 Story Wood Frame completely destroyed by fire - Caused by lamp explosion - Exposure barn only a few feet away saved
Feb 15, 1946 - Manchester, NH - 3rd Alarm - Box 8, 1195-1225 Elm Street - Fournier Block - Four story building - Apartments over stores - Building destroyed - Under control after 8 hours, 100 people forced from apartments - Fournier's Furniture, Red Arrow Restaurant, Manchester Deli, Jeweler, Fruit store, barber shop, Lessard's Second Hand Furniture - On arrival supercharged air exploded blowing out most of the windows in the block, 12 hand lines, deck guns aerials working - An 18-room inn at south end of building heavily damaged *MU*
Feb 15, 1948 - Amherst, NH - 3 Story brick building known as Cushing's Folly completely destroyed - Contained grocery store, post office and three apartments - Old coal furnace in basement gone out of control spread up through 3rd floor totally involving building - Water supply on Twombley Pond had 20 inches of ice firefighters had to cut through to draft water - Mutual Aid Milford and Nashua - Extreme exposure to other buildings in village, all were protected, helped by a windless evening - Explosion of paint, oil and ammunition punctuated the fire
Feb 15, 1962 - Milford, NH - Wilton Rd - Ryder Concrete Mixing Plant fire
Feb 15, 1971 - Burlington, VT - St. Paul's Cathedral - Building lost fire
Feb 15, 1973 - Milford, NH - Mont Vernon Rd at Myrtle St - One of oldest homes in town - Severely damaged by fire *BKH-Mil*
Feb 15, 1981 - Lawrence, MA - 4th Alarm - 70 Bay State Road - former Clara Cheese Company - 5 Story bldg - Series of fires gutted five story brick apartment house and damaged two vacant mills and four other structures - State of Emergency declared by mayor. Mutual Aid 34 departments, including Fitzwilliam NH.
Feb 15, 1998 - Medford, MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 521 - 21 Canal St. - 2.5 Story Wood Frame house
Feb 15, 1906 - Boston, MA - Fire Chief William T. Cheswell (63) stricken with heart attack enroute to alarm, died on way to hospital *DB*
Feb 16, 1877 - Provincetown, MA - Town hall destroyed by fire - In one hour the building was a mass of ruins *BG*
Feb 16, 1896 - Kittery, ME - Second Christian Church destroyed by fire - Kittery had no fire apparatus, depending entirely on the Portsmouth Navy Shipyard for fire protection - A detachment of Marines fought the fire
Feb 16, 1901 - Portland, ME - 9 Boyd Place - 3 story wood frame 3-decker tenement with rescues made - Extension to dwelling at 5 Stevens Place - A mis-transmitted alarm sent part of the fire department to the wrong section of the city *BG*
Feb 16, 1930 - Nashua, NH - Main Street - Merchants Exchange Building gutted by fire *NTmf*
Feb 16, 1942 - Dexter, ME - the Grist Mill in downtown Dexter erupted into fire. Dexter fire units fought the blaze for approximately 12 hours. About 55 firefighters were on the scene for the 12 hours. Fire suppression efforts were hampered by wind, and snowy conditions.
Feb 16, 1991 - Portsmouth, NH - 2nd Alarm - 74 Rock Hill Ave - Mariner's Apartment Complex - Fire set to cover up double murder by stabbing - It was rumored that the victims, an older couple, had won over $1000 playing bingo the previous evening
Feb 16, 1998 - Brookline, VT - Working Fire - Athens Rd - Chimney fire with extension Response from Newfane and Williamsville Fire Departments
Feb 16, 1998 - Chester, VT - Working Fire - 1107 Nudist Camp Road - Heavily involved structure
Feb 17, 1882 - Haverhill, MA - Washington St, 10 acres of shoe factories (300 shoe shops) burn down *BKH-Hav*
Feb 17, 1975 - Pelham, NH - Mammoth Road - Large barn heavily involved - 3 towns Mutual Aid
Feb 17, 1975 - Nashua, NH - Searles Road at Middle Dunstable Roads - Cattle barn fully involved - Many livestock perish
Feb 17, 1984 - Rochester, NH - Fatal Fire - Spaulding High School - 2 young teenage boys die after playing with Roman candles and bottle rockets became trapped in an equipment storage shed/field house which caught on fire
Feb 17, 1997 - Nashua, NH - 2nd Alarm - Whitney at Pearson St - House Fire
Feb 17, 1997 - New Bedford, MA - General Alarm, 275 North Front Street - Triple Decker
Feb 18, 1866 - Somerville, MA - Sycamore Street - Grammar school fire - Charlestown , East Cambridge and Medford to scene
Feb 18, 1904 - Hanover, NH - Old Dartmouth Hall, a central figure on :Old Familiar Row" burned - Loss of $30,000 *BKH-Han*
Feb 18, 1911 - Colebrook, NH - Offices, stores, gristmill burn *BKH-Col*
Feb 18, 1967 - Boston, MA - 5th Alarm - Box 1441 - 141 Tremont Street - C. Crawford Hollidge Store -
From J.O. - I attended the C. Crawford Hollidge Fire as a young lad of 17. The building was located at 141 Tremont Street and the fire occurred sometime between 0700 and 0800. It was on a very cold and bitter day and Boston was experiencing a snow storm at the same time. I too have no recollection of the date but I would venture to guess that it was either January or February of 1967. I can assure you that I can still feel the cold in my bones when I think of that fire. Spectacular is too light a word for that job.
Feb 18, 1990 - Laconia, NH - 2nd Alarm - 49 Blaisdell Ave - Aeroweld Fabrication - 100 year old 60x175 wooden building - 50x60 section destroyed by fire causing $500,000 damage - Mutual Aid Gilford, Belmont, Meredith
Feb 18, 1995 - Manchester, NH - 4th Alarm - 333 Pine Street - Large rooming house (40 room), 2 fatalities - Next to Central Fire Station - 3rd floor fully involved on arrival - 4th alarm stuck after 35 minutes
Feb 18, 1998 - Dracut, MA - 3rd Alarm, 1271 Broadway, 1.5Story Wood Frame 24x36-Floor 2 and roof
Feb 19, 1879 - Claremont, NH - A miller at the sugar River Gristmill caught in machinery and killed
Feb 19, 1931 - Nashua, NH - 20 Factory Street - Army Navy Store wrecked by fire *NT-mf*
Feb 19, 1959 - Milford, NH - Souhegan St at Swinging Bridge - Ernest Durant House gutted by fire
Feb 19, 1964 - Milford, NH - Nashua St - White Elephant Shop (McLane Mill) damaged by heavy fire
Feb 19, 1967 - Nashua, NH - General Alarm - Charlotte Avenue School - Gymnasium destroyed by fire *NT*
Feb 19, 1985 - Cambridge, MA - 6th Alarm - Gore Street, 2 story storage building, former bottling plant warehouse
Feb 19, 1990 - Epsom, NH - 5th Alarm - New Rye Road - LeMar Farms - house, ell, and barn destroyed by fire in windy conditions , 15 towns and 100 firefighters to scene
Feb 19, 1990 - Nashua, NH - 4th Alarm - 4 Abbott Street - George P Greeley House built 1872 - 3 unit Italianate story le apartment house - Exposure problems on two sides, 2nd,3rd, 4th alarms sounded in 12 minutes - fire forced about six people to flee - Aftermath of a fight involving roommates
Feb 19, 1998 - New Bedford, MA - General Alarm, 251 State St - 3 Story Wood Frame - 5 Fatalities
Feb 20, 1803 - Raymond, NH - Freetown Sawmill - Daniel Moody is killed trying to free water wheel frozen by ice
Feb 20, 1837 - Boston, MA - Water Street at Washington Street - B.H. Greene Bookstore, set on fire in the rear. Mr. Greene’s stock much damaged, and the stock of Mr. Henshaw, who kept on the same floor, nearly all destroyed. Loss from 2 to $3000 * bostonhistory.typepad.com *
Feb 20, 1891 - Providence, RI - 3rd Alarm - South Street at the riverfront - City planning mill burned to ground - $40,000 loss
Feb 20, 1896 - Wolfeboro, NH - Center Street - Hersey dwelling badly damaged by fire
Feb 20, 1960 - Fremont, NH - unknown location - James Cooper's house burns
Feb 20, 1967 - Nashua, NH - General Alarm - 74 Main Street - Nashua Supply Company destroyed by fire - 2nd General Alarm in city within 24 hours *NT*
Feb 20, 1983 - Boston, MA - 6th Alarm - Box 2317 - 264-270 Bay State Rd. - Boston University - 5 story brick 100x100 faculty office building at Kenmore Square - Fire floor 3 extended up through roof *Olson*
Feb 20, 1988 - Underhill, VT - Univ. of VT Proctor Maple Research Farm laboratory burned to ground
Feb 20, 1991 - Belmont, NH - 2nd Alarm - Main Street - Clean Air Technologies - Extensive damage to building - Mutual Aid to scene
Feb 20, 1998 - Hartford, VT - Hartford Vlg - Working Fire - 85 South Main St. Comm. Bldg Lebanon NH ladder mutual aid to scene
Feb 20, 2003 - West Warwick,RI - Major Tragic Fire - 211 Cowesett Ave at Kulas Road - The Station Nightclub (approx 300 in club at time) fire kills 100, 160 others hospitalized, over 100 rescued - Pyrotechnics used by the band Great White caught ceiling on fire - ATF to scene - Building burned to ground
Feb 21, 1676 - Medfield, MA - 32 houses burned and 17 killed
Feb 21, 1871 - Woonsocket,RI - Six story tenement house, occupied by French families, destroyed by fire *NYT*
Feb 21, 1885 - New Britain, CT - Daley Street and Bunting Street - Many wood framed stores and apartments burn - 1 dead - $200,000 loss *DB*
Feb 21, 1891 - Plainfield (Meriden), NH - Kimball Union Academy destroyed by fire
Feb 21, 1914 - Hartford, CT - 3rd Alarm - Union Station - $160,000 damage
Feb 21, 1916 - Jackson, NH - 3rd Gray's Inn destroyed by fire Scene of other fires in 1902, 1903, 1983 *BKttw1*
Feb 21, 1942 - Fremont, NH - 239 South Road - Landmark 1835 Greek story le House suffered a minor fire
Feb 21, 1959 - Berlin, NH - Three doctors are killed in a crash on their way to visit a patient *http://www.nhahs.org*
Feb 21, 1983 - Wilmington, VT - Rte 9 - Cane's Tavern - 3 Story Building/Restaurant badly damaged by fire
Feb 21, 1987 - Middletown Springs, VT - Fatal Fire, 100 year old house fully involved - 3 killed
Feb 21, 1997 - Weston, VT - Working Fire - Route 100 - 2 Story Wood Frame - House heavily involved
Feb 22, 1866 - Somerville, MA - Broadway in East Somerville - Barn fire at the old Cutter Estate near the nunnery - Steamer from Charlestown to scene
Feb 22, 1922 - Putnam, CT - Donahue block fire - $125,000 loss *putnamfire.com*
Feb 22, 1991 - Randolph, NH - Mount Jefferson Motel and Restaurant (closed for season) destroyed by fire - Randolph, Jefferson, and Gorham fought the fire for four hours
Feb 22, 1992 - Lebanon (West Lebanon), NH - Lebanon United Methodist Church burned down - Only an unstable steeple remained from the 160 year old building - Two 16 year old males arrested for arson - Exposure school damaged by fire
Feb 22, 1978 - Pelham, NH - Cousins?? Bakery heavily involved in fire - Mutual Aid 5 towns to scene
Feb 22, 1998 - Lowell, MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 116 - 168 Adams St - 3 Story Wood Frame Vacant House
Feb 23, 1896 - Wolfeboro, NH - (1898?) NT Brewster barn (150' x 36") and cider mill (40' x 30') burned along with 40,000 pounds of hay
Feb 23, 1904 - Derry (West Derry), NH - Abbott Davis and Company Paint Shop badly gutted by fire - Many carriages ruined - $4,000 damage
Feb 23, 1913 - Goffstown, NH - Blaisdell Mill (Mattress Factory) burned
Feb 23, 1960 - Hampstead, NH - Stage Road - Pickard Dairy Farm - Attached barn destroyed by fire - 30 cows killed - House protected
Feb 23, 1962 - Revere, MA - 658 Ocean Ave - Box 335 - Roll-A-Way roller skating rink, 1 story building destroyed by fire
Feb 23, 1967 - Waterville Valley, NH - Waterville Inn (built 1870) burned to ground - A heavy winter storm dumped 18 inches of snow on ground prior to fire delaying out town fire companies - A grease fire in the kitchen broke through to the second floor - Building burned to ground in 2 hours - Mutual Aid Campton, Plymouth, Ashland, Holderness, Lincoln,
Feb 23, 1980 - Londonderry, NH - Sawmill Restaurant (Former Bandy Barn) badly gutted by fire - Roof collapse and explosion before arrival - Fire was though to have been burning 2 to 3 hour before call received
Feb 23, 1993 - Rochester, NH - 3rd Alarm, 125 Charles St, 22.5 Story Wood Frame Victorian style dwelling
Feb 23, 1995 - Tamworth, NH - 2nd Alarm - Cleveland Hill Road - Barn fully involved on arrival killing 9 horses - Mutual Aid Madison, West Ossipee, Ossipee Corner
Feb 24, 1897 - Wolfeboro, NH - South Main Street - Estabrook Dormitory at Brewster Academy gutted by fire
Feb 24, 1923 - Norwalk, CT - Clifford Hotel, a city landmark - Badly damaged by fire
Feb 24, 197? - Conway (North Conway Vlg), NH - "Birchmont" destroyed by fire
Feb 24, 1973 - Milford, NH - North River Rd - Peabody House (Oldest home in town built 1740's) gutted by fire with most of the valuable antique furnishings lost
Feb 24, 1998 - Rochester, NH - 29 Salmon Falls Road - House fire engulfed in flames - Mother and daughter were treated for burns at Frisbie Hospital
Feb 24, 2000 - Barnstead, NH - 2nd Alarm - 22 Shelburne Lane (Locke Lake) - Dwelling 20x30
Feb 24, 2002 - Hampton Falls, NH - 4th Alarm - 22 King Street, 2.5 Story Wood Frame farmhouse heavily involved - Tanker shuttle, water problems
Feb 25, 1867 - Portsmouth, NH - Congress Street - Ferguson and Fry Store in the Old Bell Tower building destroyed the store and spread to the Shedd and Company store, containing the telegraph office, destroying both
Feb 25, 1962 - Chester, NH - Raymond Road - Cottage story le home occupied by newlyweds burns to ground - The couple escaped safely
Feb 25, 1962c. (Monday) - Nashua, NH - General Alarm - Lowell Street at Clinton Street - Maffee's Garage - Exposure to Tavern Hotel and Hammar Hardware
