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Generally fires and other incidents with loss of greater than $2000 in 1900 dollars (~$40,000 today).
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Jan 5, 2008 Last update


Historic Fire Compiled by and credit to John R. Bolduc, Derry NH     Contributions & corrections:  
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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

Feb 25, 1978 - Hudson, NH - Old Derry Road - Jasper Farm - 2 story 140 foot long chicken coop consumed by fire

Feb 25, 1988 - Manchester, NH - 5th Alarm Fatal - 543 Lincoln Street - large 3-story Victorian style Block-long apartment house - 3 persons killed, 25 homeless - An arson

Feb 25, 1997 - Londonderry, NH - 2nd Alarm - 175 Winterwood Drive (Century Village) Occupied Residence - Fire through roof. Scene of earlier chimney fire.

Feb 26, 1840 - Boston, MA - Chatham Street and Chatham Row, building occupied by Kimball and Copp as a West Indian Goods store, and John Charter, as a Junk shop - Building gutted by fire Nearly the whole contents of the building were destroyed.  K. and C. were insured $5,000, and Mr. Charter had some insurance

Feb 26, 1910 - Hanover, NH - South Fayerweather Hall completely burned

Feb 26, 1911 - Milford, NH - Joness Crossing Covered Bridge burned down

Feb 26, 1914 - Hartford, CT - Asylum Street - Auditorium fire

Feb 26, 1963 - Derry, NH - Major Fire - 4 Story Odd Fellows Block, JJ Newbury Store, Waldo Young Block, Goodin's Store burned, 2 fatalities (elderly citizens) - Mutual Aid East Derry, Grenier Field, Manchester, Salem, Nashua *Correction posted 9/30/07*

Feb 26, 1991 - Belmont, NH - 3rd Alarm - Durrel Mountain Road - Heartsom Farm - Apartment attached to rear of barn - 8 departments to scene

Feb 26, 1998 - Swanton, VT - Working Fire - Route 105 - 1.5 Story Wood Frame with attached garage - Fire through roof of garage - Very minor extension to house

Feb 26, 1999 - Burlington, VT - 2nd Alarm - North Avenue - House heavily involved - Fire in home office spread to attic

Feb 26, 2000 - Worcester, MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 1212 - 3rd Alarm - Box 7 Park Ave - 3 Story Occupied 75x150

Feb 26, 2003 - Hartford, CT - Nursing home fire kills 16

Feb 26, 2007 - Swanton, VT - MVA I89 southbound mm120 box truck rolled over - Rescuers had to break the windshield to get the driver out, diesel fuel and motor oil leaking from the truck, also at the same location tt unit in the ditch to avoid hitting the box truck
Feb 27, 1879 - Long Beach, NJ - Schooner David H. Tusk was stranded on a bar with eleven on board - Five of the crew perished in the rough weather - Members of the nearby Station 19 Life Keeper Station were admonished for not acting aggressively enough at the outset of the wreck - The head keeper was removed from the service *SANE*

Feb 27, 1906 - Bridgeport, CT - Factory Fire - Star Shirt Factory on Golden Hill - 500 workers in factory at time of fire - 1 woman collapsed and died - Reported as one of the most spectacular fire in Bridgeport in years - $75,000 damage

Feb 27, 1931 - Nashua, NH - Fire - Box 34 - Tolles Street at Whitney Street - Cohen Wolfman Apartment Block - Fire drives seven families into street - 3 story wood tenement - 6 lines operating - Heavy fire floor 3, attic and through roof - 6 lines operating - 7 families homeless - $5,000 block *NTmfpc*

Feb 27, 1931 - Providence,RI - State Pier and 50 tons of freight destroyed by fire - $1,500,000 loss

Feb 27, 1950 - Sanford (South Sanford), ME - Cran residence - Five year old boy dies in house fire

Feb 27, 1973 - Boston, MA - Box 17 for Sannett's Mattress Factory. Hosemen John Prince (Engine 11), Brown P. Stowell & James Sturks (Both Engine 15) LODD. *Olson*

Feb 27, 1992 - Cambridge, MA - 6th Alarm, 19 Market Street - 4 story 16 unit apartment building - Fire floor one extended up to all floors

Feb 27, 1998 - Lynn, MA - 4th Alarm - Box 412, 10 Oxford St. - 3 Story Wood Frame Unoccupied

Feb 27, 1998 - Middletown (Springs), VT - Working Fire - Rte 133 @ Rte 140 - House Fully Involved - Mutual Aid Ira

Feb 28, 1899 - Holyoke, MA - Windsor Hotel and several stores burn

Feb 28, 1901 - Westwood, MA - Fire - Washington Street - House fire totally destroyed

Feb 28, 1906 - Putnam, CT - "Red Front" Building fire - Occupants included Jerry Labby's saloon, and Fred Allard's lunch room - Fire was fought in extremely cold conditions and the water, upon hitting the frame of the building, immediately froze - $3,000 damage *putnamfire.com*

Feb 28, 1928 - Fall River, MA - Conflagration

Feb 28, 1987 - Jeffersonville, VT - Smuggler's Notch Ski Resort - Administration building destroyed by fire

Feb 28, 1995 - Boston, MA - 6th Alarm - 725 Harrison Ave - Boston University Medical Center, 11 story office building - Fire started maintenance room on floor 3 - Involved transformer explosion that injured four

Feb 28, 1995 - Boston, MA - 6th Alarm - Box 1653 for 725 Harrison Ave. *Olson*

Feb 28, 1998 - Weathersfield - VT (Ascutney Vlg)- Working Fire - Thraser Road nr Rte 5 - Structure Fire - Mutual Aid Claremont NH

Feb 28, 2000 - Henniker, NH - 2nd Alarm - 107 Old Hillsboro Rd - 1.5 Story Wood Frame 24x76 Unoccupied House

Feb 28, 2002 - Jaffrey, NH - 3rd Alarm - Rte 202 north - Jaffrey-Peterborough District Court House - Brand new unopened courthouse fully involved. total loss, $1.6 million in damage.

Feb 28, 1956 - Swampscott, MA - Boston & Maine commuter rear - end stopped passenger train, 16 dead, 4 critical, many injured *DB* Mar 00, 1961 - Lakes Region - LRMFA - The Frequency Committee began the task of getting communication between communities in sync. Committee to go before county delegation and request $5,000 to place a transmitter on Mt. Belknap, with a base station at Laconia Central Station. *R-H*

Mar 00, 1971 - Lakes Region - LRFMA - Bristol, Hill and Plymouth resign from the association *R-H*

Mar 00, 1972 - Lakes Region - LRFMA - Hill rejoins the association *R-H*

Mar 00, 1974 - Lakes Region, NH - LRMFA - New Durham joins the association *R-H*

Mar 00, 1985 - Lakes Region, NH - LRMFA - Hebron, Groton, Bristol and Andover were accepted into the system. Later in 1985, Franklin was voted in as a member of the system. Franklin had originally opted out in early 1972*R-H*

Mar 01, 1867 - Manchester, NH - Old Amoskeag Company building occupied by a grocery and a shoe manufacturer destroyed by fire with extension to exposures

Mar 01, 1896 - Fremont, NH - Flooding noted in area

Mar 01, 1906 - Manchester, NH - State Amory burned $15,000 loss

Mar 01, 1907 - Hampton, NH - Exeter Road - Trolley Car barn destroyed by fire taking several trolley cars with it

Mar 01, 1931 - Tewksbury, MA - Evangelical Camp - Large two building in the camp, the kitchen building and the dining hall building burned - 2 local youths from prominent families charged with lighting the fires

Mar 01, 1960 - Chester, NH - Towle Road - Occupied 2 Story Wood Frame Currier Home destroyed by fire

Mar 01, 1990 - Exeter, NH - Studio Restaurant - Mutual Aid 5 towns with 100 firefighters and 14 pieces

Mar 01, 1995 - Greenville, NH - 26 Main Street - 6th Alarm - Greenville Hardware / Apartment building destroyed by fire - Fire started in vacant apartment unit

Mar 01, 1998 - Sunapee, NH - Multiple Alarm - Granliden Condominium Fire. Just up from the lake., 12 Mutual aid towns approx 100 FF's.

Mar 01, 1998 - Wolfeboro, NH - 2nd Alarm - Center St. at Back Bay - Berry Mills (Vacant)

Feb 29, 1936 - Colebrook, NH - Spring Street - Dr. Battle Building and a barber shop burns

Feb 29, 1964 - Nashua, NH - Building fire - 705 West Hollis Street - Woodworking shop fire - Mutual Aid to scene

Feb 29, 1984 - Boston (Back Bay), MA - 423 Boylston St. 5th Alarm-Box 1534 - 4 story brick Stores, Office Bldg.*contrib DB*

Feb 29, 1984 - Boston, MA - 5 Alarms on Box 1534 for 423-429 Boylston St. *Olson*

Feb 29, 1992 - Rochester, NH - 5th Alarm - South Main & Columbus Ave - Al Gor Shoe - 4 Story Brick Mill

Feb 29, 2000 - Barrington, NH - 2nd Alarm - 8 Calef Hill Rd - Garage well involved

Feb 29, 2000 - Fitzwilliam, NH - MVA FATAL - Rte 12 nr Nick's Auto - Tractor Trailer Logging Truck Rollover - 1 Fatal - 1 minor injury

Mar 02, 1871 - Newburyport, MA - Industrial Accident - Bartlett Mills - Young female worker got dress caught on pulley and was instantly killed

Mar 02, 1885 - Woonsocket, RI - Harris Woolen Company - Several businesses in large mill building burned out

Mar 02, 1931 - Nashua, NH - 341 Main Street - The Fossa Residence, called the "Showcase of the South End" - 21/2 Story Wood Frame 25x60 - Basement fire extended up badly gutting the first floor

Mar 02, 1955 - Manchester, NH - west side of Elm Street, from Spring Street to Baldwin Street - 82 year old 3 story business block - Under control after nine hours - 1st floor businesses suffered $600,000 damage

Mar 02, 1960 - Chelsea, MA - Third Street - 3 decker fully involved

Mar 02, 2000 - Rocky Hill, CT - 2nd Alarm - 43 Ashwell Ave - Auto extended to 3 buildings

Mar 02, 2003 - Monterey, MA - Plane Crash - On approach to Great Barrington Airport in Beartown State Forest - Small plane with 7 family members on board - 4 fatals, 2 adults, 2 children - Crash site and survivors not found until well into next day

Mar 03, 1827 - Exeter, NH - Potato starch mill burned to ground

Mar 03, 1872 - Ellington, CT - Thompson wadding mill destroyed by fire along with 1000 bales of manufactured goods - $40,000 loss with no insurance

Mar 03, 1904 - Whitefield - NH - Large Sartwell business block burned - $15000 loss *BG*

Mar 03, 1920 - Manchester, NH - Boston and Maine railroad yard - ??

Mar 03, 1940c. - Conway, MA - Fatal House fire

Mar 03, 1944 - Hampstead, NH - Central School burned beyond use - As some students were assisting in saving books from school, it is said that others were throwing books into the fire

Mar 03, 1967 - Fitchburg, MA - 67 Falulah Road - House fire, 2 children killed *NT*

Mar 03, 1970 - Boston (Roxbury), MA - 3 Alarms on Box 2124 for 2235 Washington St. FLT George J. Gottwald (Rescue Pumper Unit) LODD. Grandson of FLT George J. Gottwald, LODD at 3-412 on 02/05/98. *Olson*

Mar 03, 1985 - Brockton, MA - Christian High School destroyed by fire

Mar 03, 1990 - Franconia, NH - MVA Fatal - Franconia Notch Parkway (US Rte 3) - 1 adult and 3 children killed in vehicle that crossed center line and crashed head-on with another vehicle

Mar 03, 2000 - Lowell, MA - 3rd Alarm - 103-105 Beacon St - 21/2 Story Wood Frame 25x60 - Heavy Fire floor3

Mar 04, 1874 - Provincetown, MA - Adams Hall, 2 story bldg destroyed by fire during blizzard and 3 foot snow drifts *capecodfire.com*

Mar 04, 1881 - Rockaway Shoals, Long Island - NY - The Italian Ajace of Genoa was wrecked near Coney Island with 14 crew members on board - As the ship started to break up, 13 of the crew, all Italian, said their prayers and then committed suicide by slashing their own throats - The 14th member, an Austrian, clung to debris and was saved by members of the Life Savers from the Coney Island Station Mar 04, 1896 - Lewiston, ME - Grand Trunk Rail Yard - J.B. Ham & Company Grist Mill - 3+ story 100x100 building filled to the roof with grain, flour, hay and machinery - Building burned to ground

Mar 04, 1896 - Lewiston, ME - Grand Trunk Rail Yard - Simultaneous but separate to the Ham Grist Mill fire - Penley Beef warehouse fire, large warehouse which served as storehouse for commodities the Armour Foods conglomerate

Mar 04, 1904 - Boston, MA - 4th Alarm - South End - Kimball Furniture Company

Mar 04, 1922 - Nashua, NH - Main Street - Indian Head Bank and much of Main Street burns down

Mar 04, 1928 - Windham (Windham Depot), NH - Former Gregg place, resident of Fred L. Berry, main house and ell burned to ground - Barn saved - Firefighters arrived on scene in timely manner but no water was available - Furniture, including a piano and an organ were saved by cutting a large hole in the side of the house - $3,500 loss

Mar 04, 1931 - Hampton Beach, NH - Revere Beach MA and New England Coast - A gale and high tidal waves cause $3,000,000 damaged to the coast - 200 left homeless - A second gale on the 9th causes addition damage to Hampton NH, and Portland & Biddeford Maine

Mar 04, 1980 - Derry, NH - Crystal Ave - McDonalds Restaurant gutted by fire - Fire through roof on arrival - Mutual Aid East Derry and Londonderry

Mar 04, 1986 - Lebanon, NH - Fatal Fire - West Lebanon Vlg, 2 parents killed themselves and their three children by burning down their home

Mar 04, 1998 - Gardner, MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 37 - Vernon St - Vacant factory building

Mar 04, 1998 - Richford, VT - 2nd Alarm - St. Pierre Farm - Barn Fire - Over 100 cows killed - Enosburg VT & Sutton PQ Mutual Aid - USA at Canada border crossing closed

Mar 04, 2000 - Portsmouth, NH - 2nd Alarm - 245 South St - 2.5 Story Wood Frame 30x40 Heavy Fire Floor 3

Mar 04, 2000 - Sherburne, VT - Multi-Alarm - Killington Access Rd - Mountain Green Resort - 40 cars and parking garage destroyed

Mar 05, 1899 - Peterborough, NH - Farnsworth Homestead - Barns destroyed by fire (1st of 3 suspicious fires in 5 months)

Mar 05, 1922 - Westwood, MA - Fire - Fox Hill Farm - Cow barns - Mutual Aid Dedham

Mar 05, 1963 - Bedford, NH - Bedford Center Road at Church Road - French's Store (on site of former George H. Wiggin and Company store) partially destroyed by fire - Following evening building was completely destroyed by fire

Mar 05, 1982 - Boston, MA - Multiple Alarm fatal - 34-36 Decatur Street tenement - 3 adults and 5 children died - 9 unit wood apartment house

Mar 05, 1985 - Lynn, MA - 195 Union Street - Rooming house - 1 fatality - 30 homeless

Mar 05, 2000 - St. Johnsbury, VT - Two 2nd Alarms - 148 at 159 Eastern Ave - 3 Story Wood Frame Apartments over Commercial

Mar 06, 1798 - Hanover, NH - Dartmouth Hall burned

Mar 06, 1837 - Boston, MA - 26 Washington Place - Four story brick dwelling house of Mr. Leach Harris, Fort Hill section, gutted by fire on all floors, and nearly all the furniture destroyed - Fire extended to adjoining building and destroyed the upper story *bostonhistory.typepad.com*

Mar 06, 1879 - Waterville, ME - along Messalonskee River - Shank Mill burned down - 50 employees out of work

Mar 06, 1931 - Cambridge, MA - 3rd Alarm - Baker School Specialty Company - 66 firefighters caught under falling floor, 2 injured seriously - $15,000 loss

Mar 06, 1976 - Manchester, NH - Fire Chief John E. Devine passed away, having served Manchester for 33 years.

Mar 06, 1981 - Boston, MA - 4 Alarms on Box 2312 for 575 Commonwealth Ave. - Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge, 20 guests rescued from balconies *Olson*

Mar 06, 1981 - Boston, MA - 8 Alarms on Box 6166 for 21-27 Brooks St. & 63-65 Morris St. All 3 story wood dwellings. *Olson*

Mar 06, 1982 - Newbury, VT - Newbury Common - 3.5 Story Wood Huntoon home, 225 year old house destroyed by fire

Mar 06, 1990 - Manchester, NH - Stolen ambulance - Ambulance attendants were on a call in a fourth-floor Lowell Street apartment when a man stole their ambulance and drove around the corner before crashing it into a sidewalk patio early in the morning. Firefighters chased the man and cornered him a block away. He was taken into custody by Manchester police shortly after midnight. ''It's the first time I ever chased down a car thief,'' said Manchester Fire Department Capt. Vinnie Toland.

Mar 06, 1999 - Scarborough, ME - 3rd Alarm - Box 319 - 2 Prospector Lane - Dwelling well involved

Mar 06, 2000 - Walpole, MA - 3rd Alarm - 767 East St (Rte 2 - Walpole Woodworking - 1 Story Wood Frame 30x100 - Wind and exposure problems

Mar 07, 1895 - Colebrook, NH - Monadnock House (Hotel) burned

Mar 07, 1935c. Thursday - Londonderry, NH - former Starr place - House and barn destroyed by fire

Mar 07, 1989 - Bartlett, NH - US Rte 302 (Teddy Roosevelt Highway) Bartlett Hotel (Formerly Howard Hotel) on the site of the original Cove Mountain House - 3.5 Story Wood Frame 30x100 Hotel destroyed by fire

Mar 07, 1999 - Milford, NH - 3rd Alarm - 95 Powers St Bldg 2 - Woodland Heights Apartments - 3 Story Brick Occupied Apartment Building - 75x150 30 unit bldg - Fire floor 2 ext thru roof - 2 Ladders up - Amherst, Wilton, Brookline, Mont Vernon Mutual Aid - 2 ambulances code 3 to scene - 4 ground ladders working side 3

Mar 08, 1962 - Portsmouth, NH - fire - WHEB Radio Station - Office and studios destroyed by fire

Mar 08, 1967 - Nashua, NH - West Hollis Street at Railroad tracks - A classmate of mine, Bobby Dumont, was hopping trains, slipped and fell under train, badly damaging both his legs

Mar 08, 1997 - Salisbury, NH - 2nd Alarm - 55 Humphrey Rd - Garage fire heavily involved - with extension to attached house

Mar 08, 2000 - Rye, NH - 4th Alarm - 101 Lafayette Rd (US Rte - 50x75 Commercial Shops & Apt

Mar 08, 2001 - Atkinson, NH - Working Fire - 8 Commerce Drive - Palmer Gas - Gas explosion with fire

Mar 08, 2003 - Fremont, NH - 2nd Alarm - 259 Main Street - 2.5 Story Wood Frame occupied dwelling - Chimney fire extended - 4 lines out - the Merrill House was completely destroyed by fire. The house was built in 1822. A friend was watching the house while the owners were vacationing. A family pet died in the fire

Mar 09, 1923 - Westwood, MA - Fire - Emerson Estate - House and barn on fire

Mar 09, 1931 - Amherst, NH - Baboosic Lake - Moonbeam Ballroom - demolished when porch roof collapsed under heavy rain soaked snow and pulled over much of building

Mar 09, 1931 - Nashua, NH - Box 213 - Manchester Street at Abbott Street - Shea Building - 4 unit apartment building fire - Heavy fire 2nd floor ceiling and attic

Mar 09, 1963 - Derry, NH - Railroad Ave - VFW Hall 40x70 gutted by fire - Hall was razed shortly thereafter

Mar 09, 1985 - Manchester, NH - 48 Hanover Street - Historic Machinists Block - 4-story - 100 tenants, several businesses, a Victorian styled Opera House (formerly Strand Theater) built 1883 One woman killed - Several million dollars damage

Mar 09, 1995 - Meredith, NH - 86 Cattle Landing Road off Meredith Beck Road - 2.5 Story Wood and Masonry unoccupied hoe valued at $500,000 gutted by fire - Mutual Aid Center Harbor, Laconia, Moultonborough to scene

Mar 09, 1999 - Readsboro, VT - Working Fire - Smith Dr & West Hill - Structure fire well involved - Mutual Aid Response

Mar 09, 2000 - Campton, NH - 2nd Alarm - Ellsworth Hill Rd - 2 Story Wood Frame well involved

Mar 09, 2001 - Nashua, NH - Roof of Pennichuck Junior High School, the roof of Harcros Chemicals,. the roof of Marshall's in the Royal Ridge Mall and the roof of a dwelling at 3 Seneca Drive cave in after a heavy wet snowfall - Both the school and Marshall's did not reopen until August of that year - Several other business, barns and homes suffer a similar fate throughout the region

Mar 10, 1871 - Rumney, NH - Spaulding's Stream Saw Mill and grist mill destroyed by fire *NYT" Mar 10, 1878 - Webster, NH - Macurdy's General Store destroyed by fire

Mar 10, 1893 - Beverly, MA - General Alarm - Cove School - Hale Street, 2 Story Wood Frame Schoolhouse - All students safely evacuated

Mar 10, 1899 - Exeter, NH - West End - John Fellows Box Mill destroyed by fire

Mar 10, 1933 - Hudson, NH - old Derry Road - Jasper Poultry Farm - Barn destroyed by fire - $4,000 loss

Mar 10, 1936 - Kittery, ME - Franklin Shiphouse at the Portsmouth Navy Yard "went up in flame"

Mar 10, 1946 - Brockton, MA - Strand Theater fire roof collapse kills 13 firefighters

Mar 10, 1976 - Fremont, NH - 235 Sandown Road - Barn built circa 1748 destroyed by fire - House and cider mill saved - Suspected arson

Mar 10, 1977 - Amherst, NH - Spring Road at Thornton's Ferry No. 2 Road - Sherburne Brothers Sawmill (the old Peaslee Mill) - Fire caused by spark hitting oil soaked sawdust fully engulfed building in fire

Mar 10, 1999 - Brockton, MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 4125 - 11 Bellview Ave - Vacant 3Story Wood Frame 30x50 House Fully Involved

Mar 10, 2002 - New London, NH - 3rd Alarm - Explosion - Hilltop Place Condos. 3 Condo units destroyed by fire. 2 occupants rescued by first arriving NLFD companies. *contrib*

Mar 11, 1888 - Manchester, NH - Blizzard - 40 inches of snow over 3 days leaving 12 to 15 foot snow banks throughout city

Mar 11, 1993 - Plymouth, NH - 2nd Alarm - 38 high Street - off campus housing for Plymouth State college - 2.5 Story Wood Frame apartment bldg - Rear of bldg gutted, rest of bldg with significant structural damage

Mar 11, 1997 - Troy, NH - 2nd Alarm - Mill Street - Vacant Warehouse -

March 11, 2003 - Laconia, NH - Firefighter Mark Miller disappeared under the ice of Lake Winnipesaukee in the Weirs.

Mar 12, 1936 - Nashua / Hudson, NH - Flood of 1936 starts - Union Railroad Station at Temple and East Hollis Streets under water was one of many vital locations in the region under water - The flood crested on March 19

Mar 12, 1980 - Vernon, VT - Rte 142 at Pond Rd - Dwelling - Babysitter and 2 children escaped burning house around midday

Mar 12, 1988 - Seabrook, NH - General Alarm - US Rte 1 - Johnson Matthey Inc - Fire in chemical warehouse - Adams Village Trailer park evacuated

Mar 12, 2000 - Naugatuck, CT - 2nd Alarm - Box 35 321 Hillside Ave - Dwelling Fire

Mar 12, 2002 - Somersworth, NH - General Alarm - Franklin Street at Green Street, 2 apartment buildings well involved with exposure problems to similar structures

Mar 13, 1841 - Claremont, NH - West side of Sugar River - Nicholas Farwell's cotton cloth mill destroyed by fire

Mar 13, 1855 - Meredith, NH - Floor timbers at Village Hall broke through tumbling 150 voters into basement on town meeting day - Many received permanent injuries

Mar 13, 1977 - Fremont, NH - Flooding noted in area

Mar 13, 1984 - Lynn, MA - High Street - 6th Alarm Rooming house fire during snowstorm displaces 40 residents

Mar 13, 1985 - Boston (Charlestown), MA - 6th Alarm - Charlestown Navy Yard - First Ave and Ninth Street - 700 foot long 2.5 story brick building *+Olson*

Mar 13, 1998 - Stowe, VT - Working Fire - Bucker Street near Route 100 - Unoccupied Multiple Family Dwelling heavily involved

Mar 13, 1998 - Tinmouth, VT - 2nd Alarm - Maplebrook Farm - 2 Story Barn - 150 cows killed - 3 towns Mutual Aid

Mar 13, 1999 - Dracut, MA - 3rd Alarm - 745 Wheeler Rd - Garage heavily involved - Extend to 1.5 Story Wood Frame 25x60 House

Mar 13, 2000 - Bow, NH - 3rd Alarm - 16 Putney Ave - Garage fire

Mar 14, 1860 - Rockingham (Bellows Falls), VT - Bellows Falls Hotel destroyed by fire - The building also contained the post office, a printing office, and several other businesses - Fire spread to several adjoining buildings $40,000 loss *NYT*

Mar 14, 1893 - Exeter, NH - Exeter Manufacturing Company - 5 Story Brick 125x40 destroyed by fire - $160,000 loss - Mutual Aid Haverhill, Dover, Portsmouth

Mar 14, 1917 - Stoddard, NH - Mill Village - Island House (Hotel/summer house) burned

Mar 14, 1922 - Nashua, NH - Main Street at Temple Street - Telegraph Block (Built 1870c.) housing the Indian Head Bank burns down - 4 story brick

Mar 14, 1929 - Ellsworth, ME - "The most disastrous fire in the history of Ellsworth" - Hancock County Courthouse was gutted, and two firemen lost their lives when the belfry tower crashed to the basement carrying the firemen with it

Mar 14, 1960 - Revere, MA - General Alarm - Revere Beach Blvd - Beachview Ballroom - 3 story stucco destroyed by fire

Mar 14, 1985 - Lynn, MA - 5th Alarm, 101 Union Street - 3 story wood frame rooming house

Mar 14, 1998 - Hampton Falls, NH - 3rd Alarm - Route 1 Heritage House Rest, 2.5 Story Wood Frame

Mar 14, 1998 - Weare, NH - 2nd Alarm - 8 Reservoir Rd - Cinder's Country Store - Fire in restaurant portion of bldg

Mar 14, 1999 - Barre (Barre City), VT - 2nd Alarm - 62 Prospect St - Granite Shed - Defensive operations - Ladder Pipes & Deck Guns in use

Mar 14, 2003 - Lyndon (Lyndonville), VT - Church Street - Working Fire - Fire Station gutted by fire - Station was one half of the Lyndonville Electric Company Building - Much apparatus and equipment damaged by fire - Mutual Aid St. Johnsbury, Sheffield-Wheelock, East Burke - Temperature 7degrees below zero

Mar 15, 1869c. - Cambridge (East Cambridge), MA - Lumber Yard fire - 5 engines from Boston sent to assist

Mar 15, 1899c. - Newbury, VT - Newbury Center Vlg - Gibson's Tavern burned down

Mar 15, 1901 - Sanford, ME - Lebanon Street - Serious house and shed fire

Mar 15, 1910 - Derry, NH - Major Fire - Madden's Ice House burned

Mar 15, 1920 - Milford, NH - South St - Eastern States Basket and Veneer Co burned down

Mar 15, 1923 - Woonsocket,RI - Mailloux Department Store Building - Fire in 4 story business spread to 3 story Garrneau Block and 2 tenement houses

Mar 15, 1929c. - Putnam, CT - City Hotel on South Main Street was wiped out by fire - $15,000 loss *putnamfire.com*

Mar 15, 1939c. - Candia, NH - (Town Meeting Day) Town Hall burns down (Former Methodist Meeting House)

Mar 15, 1964c. - Milford, NH - Merrill Granary at north end of mill yard burned down

Mar 15, 1995 - Boston (Brighton), MA - 5th Alarm - 436 Western Ave - 3 story wood frame residential over commercial (Big Daddy's Pizza and Subs)

Mar 15, 2000 - Northbridge, MA - 3rd Alarm Fatal - 1 Sutton Rd - 2 fatalities - 2.5 Story Wood Frame Apartments over Rest

Mar 15, 2003 - Manchester, NH - 4th Alarm - Box 415 - 594 Silver Street - 4 Story Wood Frame 75x40 occupied apartments over commercial, 11 eng, 5 trucks - Fire through roof with total building collapse

Mar 16, 1850 - Manchester, NH - Stark Mill #2 burns

Mar 16, 1854c. - Claremont, NH - Meacham Factory works burns

Mar 16, 1902 - Fremont, NH - Ridge Road - Unoccupied wood frame house and barn destroyed by fire caused by sparks from train

Mar 16, 1918 - Derry, NH - Chester Rd - Cummings True House (1 burned)

Mar 16, 1931 - Jamestown,RI - Private Sanitarium - 3 story wood frame building - Fire in number 3 cottage kills 4 patient and 1 orderly - Newport to the fire

Mar 16, 1962c. - Amherst, NH - Mack Hill Road at Manchester Road - Elmcroft, built about 1800, and in ramshackle condition leveled by suspicious fire

Mar 16, 1998 - Portland, ME - 4th Alarm - 75 Bishop St - Vacant warehouse heavily involved

Mar 17, 1931 - Hudson, NH - 2nd Alarm - Kimball Hill Road - Benson's Wild Animal Farm - Toy factory heavily damaged by fire - $14,000 loss

Mar 17, 1951 - Bedford, NH - Bedford Fire House gutted by fire - Fire on floor two started in meeting room by stove - All 3 of Bedford's engines were saved with only minor damage - Manchester Engines 2,10 and 12 Mutual Aid

Mar 17, 1961 - Derry, NH - MVA - Rte 28 near Wheelers Gas Station - Single vehicle somersaulted throwing driver out through rear window - Victim transported to Alexander Eastman Hospital, miraculously escaping death

Mar 17, 1985 - Malden, MA - 6th Alarm - 665 Salem Street - Maplewood Square - Pythian Hall - 3 story brick commercial, 125 firefighters from 15 towns fought fire

Mar 17, 1998 - Milford, NH - 2nd Alarm - 506 Nashua St - 2.5 story house fire

Mar 17, 1999 - Brattleboro, VT - 2nd Alarm - U.S. Route 5 at the Book Press

Mar 17, 2000 - Windham, NH - 3rd Alarm - Rte 111 @ I-93 Dunkin Donuts - Donut Shop, Dance Studio destroyed

Mar 18, 1931 - Lynn, MA - General Alarm - Hotel Lenox wrecked by fire - 5 story brick - 3 killed, 5 injured - Salem, Revere, Peabody to scene - $200,000 loss

Mar 18, 1936 - New Ipswich, NH - Dam burst causing Souhegan River to flood downtown Milford causing considerable damage

Mar 18, 1992 - Hinsdale, NH - Chesterfield Road - Volunteer Fire Lieutenant's house destroyed by fire, fully involved on arrival - Spotted by PSNH helicopter - Mutual Aid Chesterfield, Brattleboro, Northfield

Mar 18, 1992 - Mason, NH - 3rd Alarm, 204 Starch Mill Road - Barn and mobile home destroyed by fire - Greenville, Temple, Wilton, New Ipswich, Townsend, and Ashby

Mar 18, 1992 - Pembroke, NH - 2nd Alarm - 40 Glass Street - 3 Story occupied apartment building - Fire floors 2 and 3

Mar 18, 1995 - Boston, MA - 5 Alarms on Box 528 for 436 Western Ave

Mar 18, 1999 - Rochester, NH - 3rd Alarm - Walnut St (Rte 202A) - Commercial Barn fully involved

Mar 18, 2000 - Rutland, VT - Gen Alarm - US Rte 4 - Structure fire

Mar 18, 2002 - Boston, MA - 6th Alarm - Box 232 - 461 Park Ave Drive - 3 Story Brick unoccupied apartment building - Fire through roof

Mar 19, 1841 - Exeter, NH - Court Street - Court house destroyed by fire - Court house had been hosting an exhibition of the conflagration of Moscow

Mar 19, 1905 - Pepperell, MA - Griffin Shoe shop destroyed by fire along with 28 buildings - Fire broke out on the fourth floor in an area where gas and oil soaked waste

Mar 19, 1931 - Nashua, NH - Hancock Farm - Fire in "L" kills a sleeping farmhand - Elderly owner of farm receives burns trying to save the victim

Mar 19, 1936 - Hudson / Nashua, NH - Merrimack River floods well above flood stage Mar 19th through 24th - Several barns and other structure were uprooted and floated down river, smashing into the Rochester Railroad Bridge (which was under water)

Mar 19, 1936 - Manchester, NH - Merrimack River flood damages mills covering basement, 1st floor and 2nd floor of mills and machinery with tons of silt and mud - Telephone, electrical and water systems knocked out of service - McGregor bridge collapsed - 5 million gallon tanks crashed into Granite St Bridge - North Weare Railroad Bridge swept down river - Flooding noted in Fremont area

Mar 19, 1949 - Hampton, NH - Hampton Town Hall destroyed by fire

Mar 19, 1998 - Concord, NH - 3rd Alarm - 57 Center St, 2.5 Story Wood Frame 30x60 occupied apartment building

Mar 19, 1999 - Westboro, MA - Multi Alarm - 13 West Main St - 1 Story Brick 60x100 fully involved with collapse attached to a 2 Story Brick 200x70 - 3 Ladder Pipes and 4 Deck Guns - Many hand-lines operating

Mar 20, 1905 - Brockton, MA - Brockton Shoe, Grover Factory - Building explosion (boiler) with fire, fire spread to other company buildings and neighborhood dwellings completely destroying many structures - Over 50 killed *NTpc*

Mar 20, 1947 - Raymond, NH - on the Plains - Dwelling, couch fire, one fatality

Mar 20, 1961 - Londonderry, NH - Perkins Road - Barn and farm machinery destroyed by fire - Mutual Aid Derry and Grenier Field - 1 firefighter was injured when struck by a piece of metal

Mar 20, 1961 - Londonderry, NH - Perkins Road - Barn destroyed by fire - 1 firefighter injured - Mutual Aid Derry and Grenier Field

Mar 20, 1966 - Milan, NH - Phoenix Column Bridge across Androscoggin River built (data loss) collapsed with automobile on it

Mar 20, 1988 - Nashua, NH - 5th Alarm - 8-16 Maple St - 3 Story Brick Apartment bldg - Halfway house - Heavy fire through roof

Mar 20, 1997 - Concord, NH - 3rd Alarm - 57 Centre Street - 2.5 story occupied apartment house gutted by fire - 1 woman rescued

Mar 20, 2000 - Cambridge, MA - 2nd Alarm - Box 713 - 15 Tenney St - 3 Story Wood Frame Fire throughout

Mar 21, 1948c. - Cambridge, MA - Harvey Street - Dewey and Almy's Chemical Co. (at what was later is R.L. Grace Chemical Co. ) - A relative on mine was a firefighter a this fire - While inside the building on fire, he bent down to a crouching position to check a hose connection, and another fireman walked by and clipped FF Arthur Bolduc in the head, knocking him unconscious. He also succumbed to smoke inhalation while laying there, for an unknown length of time. When he was finally found, he was nearly dead - He passed away to his injuries on May 7, later that year

Mar 21, 1953 - Manchester, NH - Elm Street - 4 story brick apartments over commercial - Red Arrow Restaurant, clothing and music store - Cellar fire extended rapidly, raging out of control for more than 4 hours Damage at $100,000

Mar 21, 1982 - Boston (East Boston), MA - Maverick Square - Roller Junction skating rink - Large three story brick heavily damaged by multiple alarm fire

Mar 21, 1986 - Boston, MA - 9 Alarms on Box 7413 for 2-10 Mercer St., 41-43 Gates St. & 50, 51, 53 & 60 Telegraph St. FF Edward R. Connolly (Ladder 17, Aide to District 4) LODD when struck by a tree following building collapse. *Olson*

Mar 21, 1999 - Burke (West Burke), VT - Working Fire - Cottage Lane - Dwelling - Heavy fire

Mar 21, 2000 - Newbury, MA - 3rd Alarm - Rte 1A @ the Marina - 25 boats heavily involved

Mar 22, 1917 - Nashua, NH - Spring Street School destroyed by fire.

Mar 22, 1920 - Fremont, NH - Aurora Borealis puts on quite a display, as noted in the town history

Mar 22, 1931 - Holderness, NH - Homestead of Louis Avery destroyed by fire - 7 children killed in fire that razed the house in just 15 minutes - Green stovewood placed in oven to dry caused the fire - Children had gathered in parlor after being alert of fire - A rear door was opened causing a flashover that consumed those gathered - 7 other families members survived the fire

Mar 22, 1967 - Nashua, NH - 82 3/4 West Hollis Street (Corner of Pine Street) - 2.5 story 5 unit apartment house fire - 2 children killed, 12 left homeless *NT*

Mar 22, 1990 - Plymouth, NH - 1 Pleasant Street - Occupied Plymouth State College student apartment house destroyed by fire - Mutual Aid to scene from Ashland, Holderness, Rumney, Campton-Thornton, and Hebron

Mar 22, 2000 - Raymond, NH - 2nd Alarm - 14 Bald Hill Rd - House fire - 1 Civilian with CPR

Mar 23, 1882 - Andover, NH - Proctor House, Union Hall and carpenter shop burn causing $75000 loss

Mar 23, 1931 - Boston, MA - 4th Alarm - South End - Old Colony Furniture Company - A 2nd alarm fire was being fought simultaneously in the same district - 2 other smaller fires were also being fought in the city at the same (Corrected date, was listed as Mar 23, 1904)

Mar 23, 1953 - Keene, NH - Southwest New Hampshire District Fire Mutual Aid (SWNHDFMA) formally organized

Mar 23, 1964 - Milford, NH - Bridge St (old Maple St) at Putnam St - Storehouse at textile mill burned down

Mar 23, 1995 - Rumney, NH - Baker Valley Lumber saw mill burned to ground - Mill built in 1990, was a replacement for the mill that burned in November of that year

Mar 23, 1999 - Greenfield, MA - 3rd Alarm - 27 James St - House heavily involved - Mutual Aid

Mar 23, 2002 - Hanover, MA - 4th Alarm - Winter Street, 100x300 Warehouse well involved

Mar 24, 1831 - Middlebury, VT - Major Fire - Center of Vlg - 6 building burned

Mar 24, 1840 - Boston, MA - 8 North Clinton Street - Chipman's hat and cap store - Contents fire, minor damage to building - Stock, valued at $1,200, suffered considerably both from the fire and water  (Insured) *bostonhistory.typepad.com*

Mar 24, 1871 - Boston, MA - South Boston - Suffolk Glass Works burn -

Mar 24, 1873 - Raymond, NH - Freight engine causes fire that destroys a fairly new bridge just east of village

Mar 24, 1880 - Keene, NH - Clarke's Block on the square at Washington Street destroyed by fire - Mutual Aid from Fitchburg

Mar 24, 1923 - Worcester, MA - Assumption College - 3 story main building with dorms on top floor destroyed by fire

Mar 24, 1976 - Pelham, NH - Robinson Road - Barn fire - Barn heavily involved with extension to large area of brush - Mutual Aid four towns to scene

Mar 24, 1990 - Lancaster, NH - US Rte 2 - 2.5 Story Wood Frame house destroyed by fire - 70 firefighters fought this fire with Mutual Aid from Whitefield, Northumberland (Groveton), and Jefferson

Mar 24, 1999 - Derry, NH - 2nd Alarm - 95 Goodhue Rd - 1.5 Story Occupied Single Family Dwelling - Hazards in the basement - East Derry FD, Windham and Auburn Mutual Aid Response - 2 civilians transported

Mar 24, 1999 - Derry, NH - 2nd Alarm - 95 Goodhue Rd - 1.5 Story Occupied Single Family Dwelling - Hazards in the basement - East Derry FD, Windham and Auburn Mutual Aid Response - 2 civilians transported

Mar 24, 2000 - East Hartford, CT - 3rd Alarm - 118 Governor St - Large 2.5 Story Wood Frame - Fire thru roof

Mar 25, 1776 - Fremont, NH - Worker killed trying to repair cog wheel at gristmill

Mar 25, 1825c. - Raymond, NH - Fatal dwelling fire

Mar 25, 1872 - Augusta, ME - Newly constructed hall at the National Military Asylum destroyed by fire $15,000 loss

Mar 25, 1910 - Hamilton, MA - General Alarm - Downtown - Conflagration - 43 buildings

Mar 25, 1910 - Westwood, MA - Fire - Lion Fire Engine House - Destroyed by fire

Mar 25, 1914 - Putnam, CT - Livery stables of Luther M. Keith were reduced to ruins $10,000 loss - Eleven horses were met their death in the structure

Mar 25, 1940 - Fall River, MA - The former Osborn Mill No.1.

Mar 25, 1988 - Manchester, NH - Fifth Alarm - Lincoln Street - 31 unit apartment bldg - 5 occupants and 1 ff injured

Mar 25, 1990 - Manchester, NH - 449 Hayward Street - Warehouse fire with heavy damage

Mar 25, 1997 - Londonderry, NH - 2nd Alarm - 6 Morningside Drive - 2.5 Story Wood Frame 25x40 - Moderate fire floors 1,2, and attic.

Mar 25, 1998 - Raymond, NH - 5th Alarm - 57 Main St, 2.5 Story(front)3.5 Story(rear) Wood Frame Occupied Apartments over Store - Building heavily involved - Freetown County store and other businesses - Drafting from Lamprey River

Mar 25, 1999 - Barnet (McIndoe Falls), VT - Working Fire - US Rte 5 - Barn fire - Mutual Aid Response

Mar 26, 1837 - Cambridge, MA - Stebbin's Grocery store and stock damaged to the amount of about $2000 before the fire could be got under control *bostonhistory.typepad.com*

Mar 26, 1900 - Andover (Potter Place), NH - Hotel Potter and other buildings damaged or destroyed by fire

Mar 26, 1916 - Gardner, MA - Fire - Chestnut St Fire Station - Building destroyed - 3 horses killed - Steamer 2 damaged

Mar 26, 1931 - Hampton, NH - Exeter Rd - Box 81 - Steven's Hen House destroyed by fire

Mar 26, 1947 - Tamworth (Wonalancet Vlg), NH - House fire fatal - Arthur Walden, lead dog sled driver on Admiral Byrd's 1st Artic expedition died of smoke inhalation complicated by a heart ailment after saving his wife (who suffered severe burns) from the fire that destroyed their farm house - The Walden's were also famous for creating the Chinook bread of dog in 1917.

Mar 26, 1983 - Nashua, NH - General Alarm - Temple Street at Amory Street - Chagnon Lumber

Mar 26, 1986 - Boston, MA - 5th Alarm - 77~105 Taylor Street - Box 3254 - 1 story metal clad warehouse - Baled paper, (Shaffer Paper Co.) $690,000 *desmond* *Olson*

Mar 26, 1993 - Londonderry, NH - I-93 - MVA Fatal - An early morning single car crash killed the son of Derry's first and one of only two mayors - The car driven by Ira Casten swerved off the interstate into the median and struck a granite ledge near the Ash Street Bridge and Mile Marker 13

Mar 26, 1999 - Brockton, MA - 3rd Alarm - 75 North Ash St - 3.5 Story Wood Frame - Fire floors 2, 3 and through roof

Mar 26, 1999 - Brockton, MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 2123 - Main St @ West Chestnut St - Large 3 Story Commercial / Apartments 45x60 - 2 Tower Ladders and numerous big Mar 27, 1915 - Milford, NH - Elm Street - Endicott Inn damaged by fire - Inn was rebuilt

Mar 27, 1947 - Derry, NH - North Main Street across railroad bridge - 1 Story House destroyed by fire spread to exposure barn, barn was saved

Mar 27, 1961 - Nashua, NH - Main Street - Beasom Block heavily damaged by fire suffering $500,000 damage - Some occupants of the building were totally unaware the building was being consumed by fire and were escorted out by firefighters

Mar 27, 1975 - Albany, NH - Rte 16 - Piper Trail Restaurant burned to ground on a windy night

Mar 27, 1987 - Concord, NH - General Alarm - Legislative Office Building - Granite building heavily damaged by fire

Mar 27, 1997 - Manchester, NH - 2nd Alarm - 6 Derry St. - 3 Story Wood Frame Occupied Apartment Building - Fire Floors 2&3

Mar 27, 1997 - Rochester, NH - 5th Alarm+ - 400 No. Main St - Thompson Center Arms - 3 Bldgs destroyed, 19 Engines - 7 ladders - 3 Air Supply, 2 or 3 HazMat Teams

Mar 28, 1866 - Wentworth, NH - Dwelling house and barns on the east side of the river belonging to Henry W. Cleaby burnt - Set by incendiary

Mar 28, 1890 - Concord, NH - Earthquake, heavy rumbling for 30 seconds

Mar 28, 1902 - Keene, NH - Mechanic Street - Impervious package company - Fire on lower floor damages machinery and stock - An alert watchman and quick response by the firemen prevent a conflagration - $2500 loss *BG*

Mar 28, 1951 - Lakes Region - Lakes Region Mutual Fire Aid Association founded

Mar 28, 1997 - Manchester, NH - 2nd Alarm - 45 Nashua Street - 2.5 Story Wood Frame Occupied Apartment Bldg 30X40 - Heavy fire floor2 & roof

Mar 28, 1999 - Manchester, NH - 3rd Alarm, 1991 Bodwell Rd - Sundance Garden Condos - 3 Story Garden story le Apartments 75x150 - 29 units - Reported as balcony fire - First company reported heavy smoke and fire floors 2 and 3 to rear of building

Mar 28, 2002 - Northwood, NH - 4th Alarm, 227 Ridge Road, 2.5 Story Wood Frame occupied farmhouse 35x45 with attached garage and storage bldg - Heavy fire

Mar 29, 1876 - Middleton, CT - Ship Collision - The City of Hartford struck a drawbridge on the Connecticut River carrying away an entire span *SANE*

Mar 29, 1879 - Claremont, NH - Tremont House (hotel built 18??) (data loss) gas explosion with fire - 40 guests in building at time - Four killed - Occupants were jumping from 2nd and 3rd floors - Fire spread to two large barns, a tin-shop, harness shop, boot and shoe shop, and a dressmaker shop

Mar 29, 1896 - Portsmouth, NH - Pleasant Street - Universal-Unitarian Church destroyed by fire - Damaged to 40 of nearby homes by flying sparks - Newly installed hydrant system helped save the South End from conflagration - Church at same location also burned Jan 11, 1947

Mar 29, 1899 - Hartford, CT - J.L. Howard factory burned

Mar 29, 1906 - Dover, NH - Masonic Temple - Large 6 story brick building destroyed by fire *DvrLibWS*

Mar 29, 1957 - Fremont, NH - opp 6 Kelley Road - Wood frame house completely destroyed by fire

Mar 29, 1963 - Boston, MA - 5th Alarm - Box 2321 - 146 Massachusetts Ave - Sherry-Biltmore Hotel - 4 guest died

Mar 29, 1968 - Boston, MA - 5 Alarms on Box 1539 for 288 Berkley St., 29-39 Commonwealth Ave. & 66 Marlborough St. The First Church of Boston *Olson*

Mar 29, 1973 - Center Harbor - Piper Hill Road - Very old 1.5 story L-shaped dwelling well involved

Mar 29, 1974 - Bristol, VT - north side of Main Street - Boys Club, Kountry Kupboard Restaurant and several other businesses severely damaged by fire

Mar 29, 1979 - Lakes Region, NH - LRMFA - Bridgewater joins the association *R-H*

Mar 29, 1998 - Brockton, MA - 3rd Alarm - 748 No. Main St. - 4 Story 40x50

Mar 30, 1676 - Wrentham, MA - Town burned

Mar 30, 1867 - Raymond, NH - Shattica section of town - Sawmill belonging to John V, Emerson burns

Mar 30, 1878 - Raymond, NH - House and barn of John Cram consumed by fire - Household goods saved by quick action of occupants and neighbors

Mar 30, 1890 - Claremont, NH - North Street - 7 family tenement building burned

Mar 30, 1993 - Hudson, NH - Box 383 - Derry Road - Alvirne High School Agricultural Center - Large active 100 year old barn heavily damaged by fire - Cattle barn and milking operations saved by quick actions of FD

Mar 30, 1995 - Manchester, NH - 4th Alarm - 55 Beech Street - Golomb's Market, 2 story wood frame destroyed by fire that started in light fixture

Mar 30, 1997 - Bow, NH - 2nd Alarm - 520 Hall St Blue Seal Feed - Fire Conveyer room under silo

Mar 30, 1998 - Peabody, MA - 5th Alarm - 60 Pulaski St - Fully involved mill building

Mar 30, 1999 - Marshfield, MA - 2nd Alarm - Box 351 - nr 2100 Ocean St (Rte 13 Anderson Tire Store - Fire floor 1 - Venting roof

Mar 30, 1999 - Warren, VT - Working Fire - German Flats Road - Condominium with heavy fire - Two firefighters with injuries - VTSP fire investigator to scene.

Mar 30, 1999 - Weathersfield (Ascutney), VT - 2nd Alarm - US Rte 5 near town hall - Commercial Building well involved with extension to connected barn

Mar 31, 1987 - Beverly, MA - 5th Alarm - Mullen Advertising - 622 Hale Street - 3.5 Story Wood Frame Tudor story le Mansion/Commercial property (Former mansion of newspaper publisher William Loeb) - Fire fought in 40 mph winds

Mar 31, 1997 - Farmington, NH - 2nd Alarm - North Main Street at Winter Ct - 40x70 2.5 Story Wood Frame Occupied Apartment Building

Mar 31, 1998 - Bradford, NH - 2nd Alarm - East Main Street - 2 Story 100x100 Bldg fire

Mar 31, 1999 - Somerville, MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 741 - 26 Gorham St - 2 Story Wood Frame 2 family dwelling

Apr 01, 1873c. - Boston, MA - Box 17 - Hanover Street at Blackstone Street - Sannett's Mattress Factory - Three firefighters killed (a rough guess on the date month/day)

Apr 01, 1900 - Derry (East Derry), NH - old J.C. Sanders Place - Fire in attic and roof of ell and all along attic and roof of main house - Bucket brigade using 30 pails and 40 large milk cans fought fire for 2 hours - Kitchen and dining room damaged by fire - entire roof of ell burned of - House roof "honeycombed" - Alarm of fire rung in by the East Derry Church bell

Apr 01, 1987 - Northern New England - US - Worst flooding in 50 years causes state of emergency to be declared - Roads and a historic bridge in Maine washed out - In Nashua NH, a man was swept away by the Nashua River at the Main Street bridge and over a dam, fatally

Apr 01, 1998 - Irasburg, VT - 2nd Alarm - Black River Lumber - Old Dump Rd - Building heavily involved - Active working sawmill - Building total loss

Apr 01, 1999 - Brattleboro, VT - Working Fire FATAL - Marlboro Road - Stony Brook Motel Mutual Aid Dummerston tanker - 1 fatality woman - 1 victim minor burns male civilian

Apr 01, 1999 - Brookline, MA - 2nd Alarm - Box 741 - 93 Sherman Rd house - Fire floor 2

Apr 01, 2001 - Arlington, VT - Working Fire - Lake Lauderdale Road - Building fully involved

Apr 02, 1933 - Fremont, NH - Rte 109 (now Rte 107) near Raymond townline - Car vs pole - Fremont's first double fatal MVA

Apr 02, 1947 - Derry, NH - North High Street at railroad crossing - Boston and Maine Train vs pickup truck, in driving rain storm - 3 killed and three with serious injuries

Apr 02, 1994 - Rochester, NH - 3rd Alarm - 39 Summer St - 3 Story Wood Frame

Apr 02, 1995 - Manchester, NH - 3rd Alarm - 755 Beech Street at Blodget Street - Spectacular fire destroys apartment building - Arson fire set by 11 year old girl

Apr 02, 1998 - Dracut, MA - 3rd Alarm - Wendy's Burgers - 5 Arlington St at Bridge, 1 Story Comm Rest Fire on drive thru side near kitchen

Apr 02, 1999 - Lawrence, MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 5111 - 67 Cross St - 2.5 Story Wood Frame 20x50 occupied dwelling - Heavy smoke all floors

Apr 02, 2001 - Lawrence, MA - 3rd Alarm, 205 Haverhill Street - Apartment building

Apr 03, 1885 - Exeter, NH - Water Street - Milton Read's livery stable connected to the American House - Fire in a gale wind spread embers over house for a mile distance - Stable contained 25 horses, most of which perished - A rain began at about the same time as the fire broke out preventing many dwellings in the path of the embers from being destroyed - A bakery, a grocer, and a few dwellings adjacent to the stable were destroyed - The American house, just 20 feet from the stable was spared as the strong winds were blowing in a favorable direction *BG*

Apr 03, 1913 - Sanford (Springvale), ME - Kempton Block - Upper story of block destroyed by fire

Apr 03, 1914 - Derry, NH - Birch Street at Wilson Ave - Dwelling and ell badly damaged by fire - Was chimney fire in kitchen that extended

Apr 03, 1954 - Leominster, MA - The fire started in a supply room in the Castle Novelty Company on Manning Ave. the heat set fire to the nearest buildings in it's path, single family houses, triple deckers, a garage, and the Aubuchon hardware store. The only two firefighters injured were trapped under a brick wall a call firefighter's car got burned as well. My great grandfather drove the city's 1946 Seagrave ladder to the fire On the first call. In the end, 12 buildings damaged and or destroyed with 56 left homeless. *contributed / 2nd per 12/04*

Apr 03, 1991 - Brattleboro, VT - Multiple Alarm - Downtown - Paramount Theater, an Art-Deco style building destroyed by fire container theater, vacant apartments and vacant retail space - Over 100 firefighters fought this fire for over 5 hours - Mutual Aid Hinsdale, Keene, Meadowood, West Chesterfield, Bellows Falls, Dummerston, Putney, Vernon, and Westminster

Apr 03, 1998 - Arlington, MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 137 - 43 Everett St - 3.5 Story Wood Frame House - Fire thru roof

Apr 03, 1998 - Hardwick, VT - 2nd Alarm - Elm Street Ext. - Pelletier Lumber Comp. - Building heavily involved

Apr 03, 2000 - Wolfeboro, NH - 2nd Alarm - Box 34 - King St - 1 Story Dwelling - Kitchen fire

Apr 03, 2001 - Hartland, VT - 2nd Alarm - Jilson Road - House fire

Apr 08, 1840 - Boston, MA - The spire of the Hollis Street Church struck by lightning.  The wood work sustaining the iron spire was burned, and the fire was not subdued until the balls and vane had fallen *bostonhistory.typepad.com*

Apr 04, 1939 - Fremont, NH - 272 Main Street - Garage with attached barn/garage completely destroyed by fire - Garage contained 4 new cars and 8 used cars - The adjacent public library was badly scorched with many books suffering water damage - Kingston Mutual Aid

Apr 04, 1984 - Newbury, NH - The original Newbury fire station was severely damaged by fire overnight

Apr 04, 2000 - Bangor, ME - Fire - 27 State St - Radio Station WWBX/WABI set on fire - Bldg severely damaged - Responsible parties arrested

Apr 04, 2001 - Randolph (South Randolph), VT - Working Fire - Clay White Road - Angels Sugar House

Apr 05, 1984 - Boston, MA - 6 Alarms on Box 221 for 404-408 Massachusetts Ave. Abandoned six story apartment building destroyed *Olson*

Apr 05, 1998 - Springfield, VT - 3rd Alarm Fatal - Main St - 4 Unit Apartment Bldg, 1 fatality

Apr 05, 2000 - Exeter, NH - 3rd Alarm - Front St - Town Hall - 3 Story Brick 50x100

Apr 05, 2001 - Bridgewater, MA - 3rd Alarm - address ?? - Barn fully involved extended to brush

Apr 06, 1924 - Milford, NH - Granite St - Depot Garage - Fire destroyed 2nd floor

Apr 06, 1965 - Fremont, NH - opp 189 Beede Road - Beede's Barn completely destroyed by fire

Apr 06, 2000 - Lanesboro, MA - Working Fire + Fatal - 765 Rte 7 - House heavily involved

Apr 07, 1968 - Merrimack, NH - Turkey Hill Covered Bridge destroyed by fire

Apr 07, 2000 - East Hartford, CT - 2nd Alarm - 392 Tolland St - Bldg fire

Apr 08, 1909 - Manchester, NH - Auburn Street - Blaze swept over extensive area - Mutual Aid Concord, Nashua, Portsmouth, Dover and the militia

Apr 08, 1988 - Allenstown, NH - 5th Alarm Brush - Chester Turnpike

Apr 08, 1990 - Manchester, NH - 5th Alarm - 318 - Perkins Road - Walker Christmas Tree Farm - 3 Story barn with slight extension to occupied farm house

Apr 08, 1999 - Granby, VT - Working Fire plus - Burke Road - Farm house fully involved - Mutual Aid response

Apr 08, 2000 - Durham, NH - 3rd Alarm - 8 Main St - 3 Story Wood Frame 40x60 - Heavy smoke floor 3

Apr 08, 2004 - Henniker, NH - 3rd Alarm - 4 Bradford Road - Central NH Concrete - Tall 100x100 industrial building - Heavy fire with partial roof collapse

Apr 09, 1863 - Fremont, NH - Aurora Borealis noted

Apr 09, 1891 - Sanford, ME - Hutrchin's Brothers steam mill destroyed by fire

Apr 09, 1899 - Peterborough, NH - Farnsworth Homestead - Dwelling destroyed by fire (2nd of 3 suspicious fires in 5 months)

Apr 09, 1900 - Andover, NH - Cilleyville - Tenement house burns

Apr 09, 1995 - Bradford, NH - 3rd Alarm - Fairgrounds Road - Vacant 50x150 bldg

Apr 09, 1997 - Nelson, NH - 3rd Alarm - Mill Pond Road - Barn/workshop destroyed by fire - Fire spread to house causing heavy damage

Apr 09, 1998 - Epsom, NH - 3rd Alarm - 3 Mobile Homes on fire

Apr 09, 1998 - Manchester, NH - 2nd Alarm - 130 Spruce - Vacant 3 Story Commercial building

Apr 09, 2000 - Fitchburg, MA - 3rd Alarm - Address missing - 2.5 Story Wood Frame 40x50 Fire thru roof

Apr 10, 1772 - Fremont, NH - Flooding noted in area

Apr 10, 1904 - Colebrook, NH - Many stores, tenements and a paint shop burn - $14,000 loss *BG*

Apr 10, 1916 - Putnam, CT - Several fires in town at W. S. Johnson's residence on Church Street, Ballard & Clark, S. Diamond store the Direct Importing Company caused $15,000 in damage *putnamfire.com*

Apr 10, 1961 - Milford, NH - Osgood Road - Henry Curtis Farm - Large Barn fire - Most cattle killed

Apr 10, 1963 - off Cape Cod, MA - USS Thresher, lead ship of a new class of nuclear-powered attack submarines, during sea trial deep dive - At 0913 USS Thresher sent this message. "We are experiencing minor difficulties, we have a positive up angle, and are attempting to blow. Will keep you informed". At 0916 & 0917 , two garbled messages were received followed by SONAR detection of a high energy, low frequency disturbance This was the crushing of the USS Thresher as it had fallen below crush depth - 129 men perished *thresherbase.org*

Apr 10, 1970 - Derry, NH - 34 Elm Street - Barn completely engulfed in flames in thickly settled neighborhood

Apr 10, 1998 - Manchester, NH - 3rd Alarm, 100 Block of Commercial St - 5 Story Brick Mill 100x300

Apr 11, 1880 - Haverhill, MA - Washington Street - Ten family 2 story tenement block burned with 2 fatalities *BG*

Apr 11, 1880 - Eliot, ME - Congregational Church and dwelling house destroyed by fire $6500 total loss *BG*

Apr 11, 1894 - Swanton, VT - Fatal Fire - 6 year old boy burned to death

Apr 11, 1991 - Plymouth, MA - 6th Alarm - address - Brush fire on conservation land

Apr 11, 1994 - Londonderry, NH - 428 Kelly Road - Technical Resources and Manufacturing - Building extensively damaged by fire

Apr 12, 1858 - Woonsocket,RI - Baptist Church and adjoining buildings destroyed by fire

Apr 12, 1877 - Dover, NH - Rochester Road - Several farm buildings destroyed by fire - $2,000 loss

Apr 12, 1877 - Falmouth, ME - Falmouth Fireside - Two fine expensive barns destroyed by fire - $10,000 loss, a very considerable amount of money for the time

Apr 12, 1908 - Chelsea, MA - Great Fire - 3500 buildings burned (2800 destroyed) including 13 churches, 5 banks, and city hall - 18 victims perish - Damaged over $20,000,000 - 17,000 left homeless - Gale force winds with gusts up to 60 mph during fire

Apr 12, 1987 - Hampton, NH - 5th Alarm - Ocean Blvd - Duff's Hotel, unoccupied 4 story wood gutted by fire

Apr 12, 1998 - Bolton through Northfield, VT - Large Brush Fire - Along railroad tracks next to Rte I-89 and Middlesex through Roxbury VT - Large Brush Fire - Along railroad tracks Middlesex to Roxbury

Apr 12, 1999 - Clarendon, VT - Working fire - Clarendon Springs Road - Occupied house, heavy fire - Mutual Aid response West Rutland, Rutland City, Rutland Town, Shrewsbury, Ira, Middletown Springs, Brandon, Proctor fire Depts. - Line of Duty Death Clarendon FF (and former Chief) Phil Pinkowski had a Heart attack and died at Rutland Regional Medical center

Apr 12, 2000 - Derry, NH - 2nd Alarm - 16 Drewood Dr (East Derry) - House fire

Apr 12, 2002 - Marblehead, MA - 4th Alarm - Box 36 - address? - 3.5 Story Wood Frame irregular 60x60 apartment building - Fire in attic and through roof

Apr 12, 2003 - Salisbury, NH - 4th Alarm on arrival - 462 Raccoon Hill Road - Barn and dwelling with reported occupant still inside - Andover, Concord, Hill, Franklin Mutual Aid to scene

Apr 12, 2004 - Concord, NH - 3rd Alarm - 23 Warren Street - 21/2 Story Wood Frame apartments over toy store - Bathroom fire extended over considerable portion of building

Apr 13, 1887 - Troy, NH - Silsby Tannery burned to ground and fire spread to a nearby barn, tenement, and picture frame shop totally destroying all

Apr 13, 1914 - Derry, NH - Box 58 - Abbott Block at Railroad Square - Major fire causing heavy damage - Started in Berry's Grocery Store on first floor stove and spread to apartments a fish store, and a luncheonette

Apr 13, 2000 - Dunbarton, NH - 2nd Alarm - 223 Twist Hill Rd - 2.5 Story Wood Frame house 50x80 with attached barn - Fire floor 2 & attic

Apr 13, 2000 - Keene, NH - 2nd Alarm - 447 Park Ave Century Apartments - 3 Story Occupied Apartment Building - Fire floor 1

Apr 13, 2000 - Pembroke, NH - 2nd Alarm - 816 Prevey Lane - Former Boys Club - Bldg heavily involved

Apr 13, 2001 - Lempster, NH - 3rd Alarm - Rte 10 at Mountain Road 4 Corners - 4 Story Wood Frame Inn and barn heavily involved

Apr 14, 1837 - Cambridge, MA - The Baptist meeting house on East Cambridge destroyed.  Supposed to have taken fire by accident.  There was insurance upon it to the amount of $3000, but this sum was not recoverable on account of the cellar containing combustible materials.  The fire spread to the house of Mr. Benjamin Gleason, and damaged it considerably.  An engine house was destroyed, and several other tenements at times were on fire.  When the frame of the house fell, it came near destroying engines No. 5 and 10, the being within about two feet of the falling ruins. Apr 14, 1851 - Fremont, NH - Flooding noted in area

Apr 14, 1872 - Ayer, MA - Forty buildings in business district destroyed by fire

Apr 14, 1905 - Sanford (Springvale), ME - Bridge Street and Main Street - Most of business section of the village and the Usher Shoe Shop and Butler and Fogg Shoe Shop, the vacant Springvale Shoe Shop on Pleasant Street, the Dirigo Block and Main and Bridge Streets, the Tebbett's Hotel at Main and Oak Streets destroyed by fire

Apr 14, 1914 - Boston (Brighton), MA - 4th Alarm - Box 820 for 1315 Commonwealth Ave at Long Ave - Apartment building - 4 dwellers die in fire *Olson*

Apr 14, 1954 - Fitzwilliam, NH - Mountain Monadnock "Half Way House - Large grand resort hotel with room for about 300 guests destroyed by fire - First hotel on this site burned down in 1866

Apr 14, 1963 - Cambridge, MA - Major Fire - John P. Squire Company -

Apr 14, 1966 - Derry (East Derry), NH - Hilda Ave - Vacant 3 room cottage burnt to ground

Apr 14, 1990 - Manchester, NH - 4th Alarm - Lowell Street at Malvern Street - 3 Story Wood Frame tenement spread to 3 other buildings due to gusty winds. Fire began at 20 Malvern St., and quickly spread to adjacent buildings at 18 Malvern St. and 326 Concord St. The fire also damaged buildings at 24 Malvern St., and 318 Lowell St. - Six families were left homeless by the fire

Apr 14, 1999 - Brattleboro, VT - 2nd Alarm - Main St - Heavy Fire in large commercial building

Apr 14, 2000 - Northwood, NH - 2nd Alarm - Jeffries Road - House fire

Apr 15, 1838 - Wentworth, NH - Daniel Merrill house, the former Kezer Public House - Large 2 story dwelling burnt - Fire started "from the arch in boiling sap"

Apr 15, 1837 - Massachusetts, MA - Great fire in the Sandwich woods.  Damage estimated at $75,000

Apr 15, 1853c. - Claremont, NH - Red Water Brook Road - dwelling of Arnold Farr burns down killing three children ages 7 to 14

Apr 15, 1892 - Claremont, NH - House, barns and other buildings at old town farm completely destroyed by fire

Apr 15, 1900c. - Groveland, MA - Fire demolished the library located in the Page Building, two-thirds of the 1,787 books were lost.

Apr 15, 1918c. - Hooksett, NH - Riverside Inn entirely destroyed by fire - 3.5 story 75x30

Apr 15, 1928c. - Putnam, CT - M. Kinney and Son Lumber yard of fire - $20,000 damage

Apr 15, 1960c. - Hampstead, NH - Main Street at Shop Pond - unoccupied Emerson Shoe Factory - Large mill building destroyed by fire

Apr 15, 1969c. - Fairhaven, MA - Fatal Fire - Main Street - House fire - 3 pre-teen boys die

Apr 15, 1984c. - Concord, NH - 125-year-old St. Paul's Episcopal Church, a historic landmark across the street from the State House heavily damaged by fire - In 1988 a former Concord man who confessed to setting 56 fires in Florida has been charged with torching St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Damage to the 125-year-old church took 2 1/2 years and $3 million to repair.

Apr 15, 1998 - Franklin, NH - 3rd Alarm - 500 Central St. Silver Bullet Club. Restaurant & Nightclub - 8 Mutual Aid towns, over 100 FF's

Apr 15, 1999 - Acton, MA - Acton Boxboro High School heavily damaged by fire. Two separate arson fires, in auditorium and outside the gymnasium

Apr 16, 1836 - Keene, NH - Phoenix Hotel - 3 story brick 52x56 burned

Apr 16, 1852 - Somerville, MA - Cambridge Street - Barn with five horses and one cow consumed by fire

Apr 16, 1870 - Nashua, NH - First Congregation Church and an adjoining salon destroyed by fire - The adjoining Post-Office Block was nearly consumed - Two building on opposite side of street badly damaged - Buildings from Park Street to Pearson Street burned Total loss $100,000

Apr 16, 1887 - Sanford, ME - Hotel Hanson, a dwelling, stable and carriage house destroyed by fire - Started in bowling alley below hotel

Apr 16, 1980 - Londonderry, NH - 2nd Alarm+ - East Perimeter Road (Dargue Ave) near Ricker Av - 3 winged 1 story Commercial bldg, 40x120 each wing - Heavy fire 1 wing - 6 businesses destroyed - Mutual Aid Manchester, Derry, East Derry

Apr 16, 1992 - Rochester, NH - General Alarm - Main Street at Congress Street - McDuffie Building / Fienemen Block - 4 story brick and wood - 17 towns mutual aid

Apr 16, 2001 - New Haven, CT - 4th Alarm - 21 Ferry Street at English Street - Heavy fire in 3 buildings - People trapped

Apr 16, 2004 - Westminster, MA - 6th Alarm - Fitchburg Road - Pine Tree Power - Large 4 story metal clad industrial with smoke stacks and 5 story towers - Exposure to large 4 story A-frame - Wind with embers a problems - Defensive operations - Deck guns and tower ladders - Fire being fed basement through ductwork system - Plant reportedly converted construction debris and other material to power - 100 tons of woods chips still burning task following morning force activated lengthy operations

Apr 16, 2007 - Lakes Region, NH - LRMFA - During Spring storm, a record 491 calls were dispatched - The old record was 240 *R-H*

Apr 17, 1890 - Exeter, NH - Boston and Maine Railroad - Fire started on 2nd floor in restaurant section - Flames through roof on arrival - Brick building virtually destroyed

Apr 17, 1995 - Pittsfield, NH - 3rd Alarm - South Pittsfield Rd, 1.5 story wood frame building

Apr 17, 2002 - Windham, NH - 5th Alarm - Indian Rock Road at Range Road (Rte 111 @ Rte 111A) - Historic Klemm's Windham County Stores, 2.5 Story Wood Frame commercial complex 50x200 containing several stores (Capri Pizza) with several attached exposures - Heavy fire through roof - Hudson and Salem towers working

Apr 17, 2004 - Hanson, MA - 4th Alarm - High Street - Old Plymouth County Hospital

Apr 18, 1848 - Haverhill, NH - Haverhill Corner - Fire started in Towle Tavern causing several buildings to be destroyed by fire

Apr 18, 1882 - Rye (Beach), NH - (1st) Farragot House (Hotel) burned - 4 Story 40x60

Apr 18, 1947 - Chester, NH - adjacent to Post Office - old Maple Inn / old Chester Inn - Hotel burned to ground - Store/dwelling (Rand family) 50% damaged by fire - Derry, Raymond, Auburn to scene

Apr 18, 1995 - Dover, NH - 4th Alarm - Main & Washington St, 1 Story Brick 75x300 - 3 Deck guns - 4 Tower/Ladders

Apr 18, 1998 - South Burlington, VT - Working Fire - Ruth Street - Flames out bedroom window on arrival - Rear of house 50 percent involved, extension into attic

Apr 19, 1810 - Hanover, NH - Northeast part of village - Doctor Smith's barn and two nearby houses burn

Apr 19, 1853 - Carroll, NH - Fabyan, 1st Crawford House Hotel (Old Moosehorn Tavern, Mount Washington House) burned down, containing 100 rooms for 150 guests

Apr 19, 1931 - Nashua, NH - Canal Street (Railroad Square) - Old City Station (Franklin Opera House on upper floor) completely gutted by fire

Apr 19, 1964 - Chelsea, MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 282 - Maple Street - Rag shop and adjoining lumber yard

Apr 19, 1993 - Derry (East Derry), NH - 106 English Range Road - Propane explosion destroying house - Resulting fire destroyed several farm buildings and burned several fields, 10 departments fought fire

Apr 20, 1907 - Lee, NH - Demerritt Farm - Farm buildings destroyed by fire, including one of the finest residents in town - The two story house, ell, stable, and cider house were all connected - $7500 loss *BG*

Apr 20, 1917 - Newport, NH - Serious Fire - Richards Block, Millers Store, 1st Nat'l Bank - Basement fire with extensive damage

Apr 20, 1920 - Sanford (Springvale), ME - Portland Concrete Company (near Railroad Station) completely destroyed by fire - Fire apparatus in route to fire mistook the 12:00 Noon whistle as the "All Out" signal and returned to station

Apr 20, 1970 - Derry, NH - Railroad Ave - 5 unit apartment building destroyed by fire (later razed)

Apr 20, 1998 - Shelburne, VT - 2nd Alarm - 140 Harbor Rd - 6 Towns Mutual Aid - Unoccupied 1.5 Story Wood Frame Estate House

Apr 21, 1846? 1896? - Andover, NH - House, barn, carriage house, sheds, stocks and farming tools of James and HC Weymouth burned

Apr 21, 1875 - Manchester, NH - 3rd Alarm - Box 3 - 200 foot long 3 story wooden building containing twenty units requires entire department to fight the serious fire

Apr 21, 1892 - Windham, NH - Windham Depot near Nashua and Rochester Railroad line - Farm building and house destroyed by fire - Caused by sparks from passing locomotive

Apr 21, 1912 - Fremont, NH - Martin Road - New England Brick Company - Sparks from a train started a fire that consumed 7 houses with barns and shed, a boarding house, a dining hall, an ice house, a bakery, and a blacksmith shop - Brickyard was abandoned at time of fire

Apr 21, 1957 - Freedom, NH - Lake Ossipee - Wildfire destroys 1000 acres of dense forest and 18 summer dwellings

Apr 21, 1957 - Poland, ME - 1200 acres of grassland destroyed by fire

Apr 21, 1984 - Concord, NH - Fire and Game Dept Headquarters gutted by fire, suspected arson

Apr 21, 1997 - Orange, MA - 5th Alarm - Daniel Shay Highway - Homestead Fine Food and Spirits - Rustic restaurant destroyed by fire

Apr 21, 2000 - Quincy, MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 6134 - 104 Sagamore - 1 Story Brick 75x80

Apr 22, 1887 - Sanford, ME - Sargent house destroyed by fire

Apr 22, 1895 - Worcester, MA - Major fire - 418-422 Main Street - Kinnecutt Block burned, 2 FF deaths

Apr 22, 1959 - Windham, NH - Rte 28 - Historic Old Witch Hazel Factory - Large 3 story factory - Heavily involved and nearly destroyed by fire

Apr 22, 1993 - Boston (South End), MA - 6th Alarm - 1761 Washington Street and 629 Mass Ave - Block long abandoned hotel

Apr 22, 2000 - North Attleboro, MA - 2nd Alarm - 62 Westfield Dr - House fire - Lightning strike

Apr 22, 2004 - New Bedford, MA - General Alarm - North Front and Acushnet Ave - 3 Story Wood Frame dwelling 50x50 - Fire with explosion

Apr 23, 1857 - Raymond, NH - Barn burned by incendiary

Apr 23, 1892 - Somerville, MA - 4th Alarm - Cambridge Box 12 - Between Somerville Ave and Prison Point Bridge - Fitchburg Rail storage shop - The Flames Were Finally Extinguished, After The Entire City Had Been Badly Scared By The Number Of Alarms Sounded - Chief Hopkins Says That The Extra Alarms Were Entirely Unnecessary And Unauthorized

Apr 23, 1960 - Chelsea, MA - 4th Alarm - address ?? - Rag shop fire

Apr 23, 1960 - Rye (Beach), NH - Ocean Wave House burned - 3.5 Story Hotel built 1865

Apr 23, 1978 - Lowell, MA - 7th alarm - Perry Street - 5 story mill several hundred feet in length fully involved extending to other buildings and home - Mutual Aid over 30 towns

Apr 23, 1984 - Auburn, NH - Londonderry Turnpike, 100 year old Parker-Milne mansion burned down (Arson)

Apr 23, 1996 - Woburn, MA - 5th Alarm - Draper Street - Bradco Supply, 2 story commercial, 100 foot flames with multiple explosions

Apr 24, 1884 - Fall River, MA - Fire started amongst cotton in the basement of Sagamore Mill No. 1, a brick structure, which was destroyed within a few hours.

Apr 24, 1884 - Walpole - MA?? Exeter NH ?? - Allen's Twine Shop Burns

Apr 24, 1903c. - Farmington, ME - Exchange Hotel burned - $5000 loss

Apr 24, 1937 - Nashua, NH - General Alarm Fire - Bridge Street - Johns Manville Corp - Two firefighters injured in explosion.

Apr 24, 1941 - Marshfield, MA - Fire started near junction of Plymouth Avenue and Ocean Street Fieldston Burned to Samoset Avenue Ocean Bluff, Destroyed, 446 Houses. 96 Garages, 12 Stores, 2 Hotels, Casino, Post Office, and a Church. buildings to go then came the large Ocean Bluffs Casino, the large general store and post office of Starratt and Wright - The stop was made at the corner of Ocean Street and Samoset avenue

Apr 24, 1956 - Londonderry, NH - Grenier Field - Air Force C-47 transport plane on demo flight crashes during late season storm - News reporter Palmer Payne was on board the plane had a tape recorder going before, during, and after the crash, making for a dramatic news report

Apr 24, 1997 - Hudson, MA - 5th Alarm - address - Test Devices Inc. - Fire in multiple buildings, machine shop building destroyed

Apr 24, 1999 - Corinth, VT - Working Fire - next to 105 Chelsea St - House fire fully involved

Apr 24, 1999 - Lyndon (Lyndonville), VT - 2nd Alarm - Hill Street - Packing House Lounge - Heavy fire in basement with extension to #1 floor and the attic. All Lyndonville App. E. Burke Lad. 1 & Eng. 1, St. Johnsbury Eng. 3 & Tower 4, - 4 lines stretched - Sheffield-Wheelock Fire Department with station coverage

Apr 24, 1999 - Warren, VT - Working Fire - Brook Rd - House and barn heavily damaged - 1 firefighter injured and transported to hospital

Apr 24, 2004 - Marblehead, MA - 4th Alarm - 11 Foster Street - 3 story dwelling - Fire floor 3 and through roof

Apr 25, 1888 - Concord, NH - Unitarian Church and High School along with adjacent house burn to ground - Fire started in third floor chemistry laboratory and was fanned by strong northerly winds (Unitarian Church also burned in 1

Apr 25, 1892 - Derry, NH - Henry Hill Farm - 1.5 miles northeast of East Derry Village - The Old Bullard Place (aka the Old Deacon Place) Barn 40x60 connected to long shed (ell) connected to 1.5 story house all destroyed by fire

Apr 25, 1892 - New London, NH - Major Fire - Colby Academy - Academy building consumed by fire

Apr 25, 1959 - Derry, NH - Olesen Road - Unoccupied 8 room farmhouse destroyed by fire

Apr 25, 1999 - Lowell, MA - Devastating fire destroyed the Assumption of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church

Apr 25, 2000 - Wakefield, MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 54 - 30 Marion Circle - 1.5 Story Wood Frame House 20x40 Cellar fire extended up

Apr 25, 2000 - Warner, NH - 3rd Alarm - Rte 103 in Davisville - Structure fire

Apr 25, 2004 - Berlin, NH - 5th Alarm - Pleasant Street near Main Street - Downtown business block - Fire started in a storage area located in the Color Works building - Color Works, North Country Florist, Studio Works, Waystack and King and Coos County Adult Tutorial and Adult Basic Education were destroyed in the fire, which caused an estimated $1 million in damage.

Apr 26, 1837 - Boston, MA - 26 - 21 Union Street, building occupied by Tompkins & Housley, coppersmiths, and as a dwelling house in the upper stories, took fire.  The whole building was much damaged *bostonhistory.typepad.com*

Apr 26, 1871 - Manchester By the Sea, MA - General Alarm - Multiple Bldgs - Central St by Waterfront - ( 3 Story Wood Factories, 6 houses, several outbuildings )

Apr 26, 1957 - Southern New Hampshire - NH - A small earthquake is reported in the area

Apr 26, 1994 - Rochester, NH - 3rd Alarm - Route 11 - Cardinals Rest., 1 Story Comm

Apr 26, 1995 - Sandwich, NH - 3rd Alarm - Skinner St (Rte 11 - House and barn fire

Apr 26, 2000 - Campton, NH - 3rd Alarm - Railroad Ave - 2 Story Wood Frame Occupied Apartment Building -Fire Floor 2 and attic

Apr 26, 2002 - Boston (Dorchester), MA - 5 Alarms on Box 3328 for 11, 15-17, 23-25 Greenbrier St. and 16 & 20 Claybourne St. 11, 23-25 & 16 all occupied 2.5 story wood. *Olson*

Apr 27, 1862 - Wentworth, NH - Dwelling house and barn of Robert Eames at the Mountain Farm destroyed by fire - Set by incendiary

Apr 27, 2000 - Lowell, MA - 2nd Alarm - 110 Orleans St - 2.5 Story Wood Frame 30x45 occupied dwelling

Apr 27, 2001 - Durham, NH - 4th Alarm brush Area of Fogg Lane

Apr 28, 1848 - Gilmanton, NH - Severe Freshet on Suncook River damages several mills and sweeps away most equipment

Apr 28, 1882 - Fremont, NH - Black Rocks Vlg - House and 10 bushels of potatoes destroyed by fire - Most of furniture was saved - Slight falling rain that evening saved the rest of village from catching fire

Apr 28, 1910 - Manchester, NH - Hanover Street - Odd Fellows Block burns taking two civilian lives

Apr 28, 1941 - Marlow, NH - Marlow and Stoddard - 3 day forest fire burned over 24000 acres - Draft from fire carried burning boards 400 to 500 feet along ground across Rte 10, 10 fire engines stationed in Marlow Village kept the fire at bay as it closed in on all sides - Rain and a freak snowstorm helped bring fire under control after 3 days - Flames fed off the downed timber from the hurricane of 1938 - Pitcher Mountain Fire tower and cabin burned to ground *www.hsccnh.org*

Apr 28, 1964 - Malden, MA - 3rd Alarm - 324 Main Street - Clifford, Black and Gorman Furniture Store destroyed by fire, 1 fatality

Apr 28, 1998 - Cambridge (Jeffersonville), VT - "All Seasons work and play" - Fire in attic and front of store 4 engines working at scene

Apr 29, 1852 - Boston, MA - Box 52 - Causeway at Charlestown Street - House fire - 1st fire to be sent through newly installed fire alarm system

Apr 29, 1901 - Andover, NH - Tucker Mountain - All building belonging to Frank Chandler on Tucker Mountain burned

Apr 29, 1919 - Sandown, NH - Emma True Homestead destroyed by fire - Barn saved by a dozen men from mill 2.5 miles down road - Occupants did not have a telephone and had to use horse and buggy to ride to mill to summon help

Apr 29, 1970 - Derry, NH - Railroad Ave - 5 unit apartment building gutted by fire, later razed (conflicting date of Apr 20, 1970)

Apr 29, 1984 - Northfield, VT - Fire truck accident Fatal - Norwich University cadet driving a fire truck that went out of control and killed three cadets - Driver was charged with drunken driving with death resulting - One of the Cadet's was married just three weeks earlier

Apr 30, 1859 - Carroll, NH - Fabyan, 2nd Crawford House Hotel burns, 2.5 Story 2 sections 120x36, 200 guest capacity - (possible conflicting date of Apr data loss)

Apr 30, 1911 - Bangor, ME - Fire in a hay shed at 176 Broad Street spread burning 55 acres, destroying 267 buildings, damaging 100 more and causing $3.1 million loss. 75 families homeless, mostly in area of Harlow Street to Center Street to lower French Street. 100+ businesses destroyed during the nine hours of fire - Flames were visible up to 25 miles away, the paper reported, and residents from neighboring towns flocked to the city to watch it burn. Light from the fire was visible 50 miles away in Bar Harbor, 33 miles away in Belfast and 107 miles away in Brunswick. fire consumed the Bangor Savings Bank and the Bangor Public Library's 70,000-volume collection. Telegraph messages to Waterville, Augusta, Lewiston and Portland, asking for help. Firefighters in boarded trains to Bangor. It took Portland firefighters 3½ hours to arrive. A crew from Boston stopped in Portland to fight a fire that had broken out there. First Congregational Church at the corner of Broadway and State Street, Central Congregational Church on French Street, St. John's Episcopal Church on French Street, Universalist Church on Park Street, First Baptist Church on Center Street, Christian Advent Church on Center Street and a synagogue on Center Street were destroyed. A rain that turned into a downpour help extinguish most of the fire after midnight 25.9 million gallons for water flowed over a four day period. In a case of reverse price gouging Merchants on Main Street, which escaped the flames, gave the city a 25 percent discount on goods and supplies bought for those left destitute *bangorinfo.com*

Apr 30, 1916 - Fremont, NH - 753 Main street - Wood frame house burned - Caused by defective chimney

Apr 30, 1965 - Hudson, NH - Ferry Street - Pines Acres Restaurant - Building nearly destroyed by fire, several lines used to protect exposure dwelling

Aug 30, 1965 ????? - Hudson, NH - Ferry Street - Pines Acres Restaurant - Building nearly destroyed by fire, several lines used to protect exposure dwelling

Apr 30, 1999 - Brookline, NH - Working Fire - 29 Pepperell Rd - Chimney fire with extension - Mutual Aid Townsend & Pepperell

May 00, 1961 - Lakes Region - LRMFA - Sandwich was accepted into Lakes Region Mutual Fire Aid. This made approximately 17 member departments at the time *R-H*

May 01, 1891?/1892? - Concord, NH - Earthquake felt in city

May 01, 1905 - Bartlett, NH - Cove Mountain House - Hotel with capacity of 50-75 guest suffers kitchen fire that spreads and completely destroys building - Howard Hotel is built on this site in 1910 which was renamed the Bartlett Hotel and eventually was destroyed by fire March 7, 1989

May 02, 1872 - Lisbon Falls, ME - Androscoggin House destroyed by fire - $7000 loss *BG*

May 02, 1984 - Dedham, MA - 6th Alarm - Milton Street near Veterans Road - United Waste Co. Warehouse - Building loaded with wool destroyed - Resulting wind swept brush fire threatened several dwellings

May 02, 1993 - Derry, NH - East Derry Hampstead Road next door to East Derry Fire Station - House of E.D. Fire Capt Ludwig is gutted by fire and razed

May 02, 1999 - Springfield, VT - 3rd Alarm - Baltimore Rd - Storage building fire - Mutual Aid tanker response

May 02, 2000 - Brewster, MA - 2nd Alarm - 100 Nickerson Lane

May 03, 1837 - Boston, MA - 65 Congress Street - Building fire on the second story of which was occupied by Henry R. Williams & Co., Drapers & Tailors - Stock was mostly destroyed *bostonhistory.typepad.com*

May 03, 1909 - Portsmouth, NH - McDonough Street - Train Wreck

May 03, 1914 - Hanover, NH - Main Street - Musgrave's Printing Office burned

May 03, 1959 - Milford, NH - Old Milford Inn totally burned (150 years old)

May 03, 1986 - Ashland, NH - Suspicious woods fire burns 98 acres in Ashland on Hicks Hill and 10 acres in Gilford on Belknap Mountain (May 4th) in two separate arson fires

May 03, 1987 - Nashua, NH - 5th Alarm - Nashua Furniture Barn - off West Hollis Street behind Maynard and Lessieur

May 03, 1991 - Portsmouth, NH - Multiple Alarm, 104 Bartlett Street - Ricci's Supply Company, 100 firefighters from 15 towns

May 03, 1998 - Johnson, VT - 2nd Alarm - Vermont Studio School - Commercial with 2 apt units - Six departments to scene - Exposure problems

May 03, 1999 - Rockingham (Bellows Falls), VT - 2nd Alarm - 30 Forest St - Cellar fire

May 04, 1845 - Portsmouth, NH - Major fire - Fire started in dye house at Hanover and Market St . Penhallow Street also affected. - Fire fanned out and destroyed several 4 story brick bldgs, several houses, a cabinet shop, several warehouses and grocery stores - Mutual Aid Newburyport MA with 3 engines and 400 volunteers - The garrison at Fort Constitution also provided aid with an excellent engine

May 04, 1869 - Concord, NH - East Concord - Tallant and Stevens Grocery Store destroyed by fire - John Putney's store was also destroyed and a house was badly damaged - Determined to be incendiary in nature

May 04, 1892 - Fall River, MA - Picker room fire in the Durfee Mill.

May 04, 1907 - Derry, NH - Major Fire - Beaver Lake - The Elms - 3 Story Wood Frame Hotel and several exposure buildings destroyed in fire (Former boarding house for Adams Female Academy)

May 04, 1921 - Sanford (Springvale), ME - Witham Street - Trafton's box shop and gristmill burned

May 04, 1930 - Nashua, NH - General Alarm - Boxes 9,35,49,48 - The Great Crown Hill Fire - 400 buildings destroyed - $2,000,000 loss - 125 homes destroyed, 200 families homeless - Proctor Brothers Stave Mill, White Mountain Freezer Companies, American Box and Lumber Company in ruins - National Guard called in - Infant Jesus Church and School destroyed

May 04, 1970 - Swanzey, NH - Fire - Swanzey Lake Rd - Barn fire - Meadowood and Winchester Mutual Aid

May 04, 1985 - Boston (Back Bay), MA - 6th Alarm - 731 Boylston Street - 6 story stone and masonry office building

May 04, 1990 - Lynn, MA - 6th Alarm - 842 Western Ave - 3 story apartments over commercial - Extended to exposure dwellings in rear, 16 left homeless

May 04, 2000 - Concord, MA - 8th Alarm - 747 Main St - Concord Prof Center - Occupied Commercial Bldg - Fire thru roof - Nursing home threatened

May 04, 2002 - Boston, MA - 9th Alarm - Box 4228 - 58 Third Ave - Charlestown Navy Yard - The Ropewalk building, 2 & 3 story brick vacant building 1500' long - 8 ladder pipes, 2 towers, 7 deck guns, 21 engines 1 rescue operating

May 05, 1883 - Hanover, NH - Lebanon Street - Great fire, 13 houses burn

May 05, 1890 - Sanford, ME - Joshua Little (damaged data) 2 adults with serious burns

May 05, 1901 - Dedham, MA - Fire - Westfield Street - House total loss

May 05, 2000 - Newington, NH - 7th Alarm - 40 Dover Rd Allard's Moving - Large Metal Storage bldg

May 06, 1868 - Hanover, NH - North Main Street - E.K. Smith's candy shop destroyed by fire

May 06, 1874 - Williamsburg, MA - Dam Break - 43 ft earthen dam on Mill Creek - Landslide resulting in flood kills 144

May 06, 1904 - Fremont, NH - Ridge Road - Samuel Smith residence - Wood frame house and 2 sheds completely destroyed by fire caused by sparks from a locomotive

May 06, 1959 - Londonderry, NH - Rte 28 - Ted's Used Cars and Parts - Building and autos destroyed by fire and explosions - Fire reported 200 feet high

May 06, 1960 - Derry, NH - General Alarm on arrival - South Ave - Chelmsford Shoe Company (former Woodbury Shoe) - Large Mill - 4 apt bldgs, 12 houses, 1 store destroyed - Mutual Aid Londonderry, East Derry, Grenier Field AFB, Andover, Chester, Methuen, Lawrence, Manchester, Nashua, Salem, Windham, National Guard, Boy Scouts and Red Cross

May 06, 1960 - Derry, NH - Island Pond Road - 3-2 Alarm - Chicken coup and 2 barns destroyed by fire killing over 300 animals

May 07, 1885 - Hampton, NH - Hampton Beach - Sea View House, Atlantic House, and Ocean House and several cottages destroyed by fire - $100,000 loss *lAT*

May 07, 1926 - Hudson - NH - Gowing Farm in south end of town loses a set of buildings during a huge brush fire

May 07, 1933 - Ellsworth, ME - Arsonist set fire to the Old Bijou Theater Building with strong winds and embers spreading fire to three fourths of the business district and the residences south of Main Street - 130 buildings were destroyed, many others damaged - Loss in excess of $1,200,000 loss Mutual Aid Blue Hill, Belfast, Bangor, Old Town, Bucksport, Southwest Harbor, Northeast Harbor, Brewer, and Bar Harbor. In an attempt to save Hancock Hall where the city's records were kept, firefighters dynamited the Partridge house. The explosion inadvertently sent burning lumber into the building and Hancock Hall was lost.

May 07, 1970 - Dummerston, VT - Fire - Canoebrook Rd - Bldg fire - West Chesterfield, Putney, Brattleboro to scene

May 07, 1986 - Boston (Brighton), MA - 2nd Alarm plus - Box 5294 - R.40 Guest Street - MBTA Train collision, 200 transported. *contrib DB*

May 07, 1990 - Belmont, NH - 3rd Alarm - Dupont Road - 2.5 Story Wood Frame house - 35 firefighters and 11 pieces, Mutual Aid Winnisquam, Tilton, Sanbornton, Gilford and Laconia

May 07, 2004 - Windham (North Windham), ME - 3rd Alarm - 608 Roosevelt Trail (Route 302) @ Pinelyne Furniture. Heavy fire in a 2-3 story storage area between an attached commercial store and a farmhouse, separated by fire walls. The storage area heavily involved with collapse of roof area. Several towns responded M/A to the fire including a tanker task for water.

May 08, 1957 - Sanford, ME - Forest fire starts near Sand Pond and spreads to Kennebunk over three days - Twenty-five departments fight this fire

May 08, 1969 - Swampscott, MA - General Alarm - Ocean House Hotel - On the Waterfront - 8 Story Wood Frame Resort Hotel fully involved

May 08, 1986 - Boston (East Boston), MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 6242 - 36 Ashley Street - 4 story brick apartment building - $268,000 loss *contrib DB*

May 08, 2000 - Billerica, MA - 2nd Alarm Fatal - Rangeway Rd - 2.5 Story Wood Frame Farmhouse 25x50 Heavy fire - 5 lines run - 1 fatal

May 09, 1907 - Eliot, ME - Nathanial Staples Place - Thousand of board feet of lumber belonging to the Nashua Lumber Company - A brush fire spread to the lumber stacked and burned fiercely for hours despite that efforts of firefighters *BG*

May 09, 1914 - Putnam, CT - Union Block, scene of two previous fires - Blaze started in the cellar of the Chandler & Morse Hardware store causing $20,000 damage

May 09, 1922 - Westwood, MA - Fire - Greenlodge Street - Boarding House fire - Mutual Aid Dedham

May 09, 1928 - Jefferson, NH - Waumbek Hotel - Main building, 4 cottages and several out buildings destroyed by fire

May 09, 1974 - Hudson - NH - Old Derry Road - Hudson Speedway - Concession stand fully involved

May 09, 1977 - Hudson, NH - 2nd Alarm - Central Street near Hurley Street - Heavy fire through the roof of a meeting hall building

May 09, 1989 - Lewiston, ME - Lewiston Raceway - Stable fire kills seven horses - Ruled arson

May 09, 1996 - Sunapee, NH - Plane Crash fatal - 4 seat CAP aircraft - Lake Sunapee / Birch Point

May 09, 1998 - Burlington, VT - 2nd Alarm - 24 & 28 Hayward St - Gas explosion/house fire - Vehicle into gas meter with sparks - Car fled scene - Fire in houses both sides of common driveway - Heavy damage to one house, minor damage to other

May 09, 2004 - Carmel, ME - MVA Multiple fatal - I-95 northbound - SUV passing in breakdown lane at high speed went off road killing 4 adults and 3 children

May 10, 1837 - Boston, MA - Blackstone Street at Hatter's Square - Large old wooden building destroyed by fire   It was occupied by Irish families who barely time to escape the rapidly spreading fire with their lives *bostonhistory.typepad.com *

May 10, 1837 - Charleston MA - Monroe Grain Distillery near Prospect Hil destroyed by fire (Charlestown was a town separate of Boston at the time) *bostonhistory.typepad.com *

May 10, 1887 - Lebanon, NH - Conflagration - 80 buildings and several sheds and out buildings burn including 5 mill complexes - 600 out of work - Livery stables, warehouse, large general store, entire Baldwin Block on Hanover St - 40 families left homeless - Mutual Aid several towns including Warren, Enfield, Hanover, and Concord - Fire broke out at Mead, Mason & Companies furniture factory

May 10, 1887 - Suncook, NH - Concord Railroad freight depot along with several residences and business destroyed by fire

May 10, 2000 - Bradford, NH - 2nd Alarm - 28 Ring Rd

May 11, 1836 - Nantucket, MA - Main Street - Washington House Hotel, house, Frank Hussey's store and a hardware shop burned

May 11, 1946 - Sanford, ME - 32 High Street - House fire with two fatalities

May 11, 1962 - Fremont, NH - 378 Main Street - Gagnon's Saw Mill and Box Shop - Completely destroyed by fire

May 11, 2000 - Alton, NH - 2nd Alarm+ - St. Joan of Arc Church - Church heavily involved in fire

May 11, 2000 - New Bedford, MA - General Alarm - 233-235 Sawyer St - Two 3 Story Wood Frame tenements - Using 7engines, 3 ladders, 1 rescues

May 12, 1909 - Plymouth, NH - Main Street - Second Pemigewasset House - 4 Story 230x80 - Destroyed by fire

May 12, 1915 - Conway (North Conway), NH - First Eagle Mountain House burned

May 12, 1924 - Merrimack, NH - Merrimack Fire Department chartered - Josiah Henderson appointed as Fire Chief

May 12, 1963 - Milford, NH - South St at Baptist Church - Several garages (9 converted horse sheds) destroyed by fire

May 12, 1988 - Barre Town (Lower Graniteville), VT - Fatal fire - McLeod Hill Road - House fire - 4 year-old boy died

May 12, 1998 - Barre, VT - 2nd Alarm - 14 Fairview Street - Storage Bldg fully involved

May 12, 1999 - Williamstown, VT - 2nd Alarm - 255 Casino Rd - Williamstown Electric Motors - unknown size/type structure - Mutual Aid response from Barre City, Berlin, Barre Town, Chelsea, Brookfield and Washington

May 12, 2000 - Boxford, MA - Multi-Alarm - 81 Herrick Road - Gas leak - House explosion

May 13, 1807 - Raymond, NH - David Lane killed by cart wheel

May 13, 1905 - Salem, NH - Salem Fire Department was established on May 13, 1905 and consisted of 18 volunteers

May 13, 1906 - Sharon, MA - Massapoaq Hotel in ruins after towns worst fire in history - 2 barns, a house, and a tannery also destroyed in same fire

May 13, 1906 - Stoughton, MA - Swan Block extensively damaged by fire - $11,000 loss

May 13, 1925 - Hanover, NH - Hanover, NH - Inn stables burned

May 13, 1954 - Sanford, ME - 131 High Street - House fire with 1 fatality

May 13, 1983 - Beverly, MA - 100 block of Rantoul Street - Two vacant five story factories - Four young teens arrested for arson

May 13, 1983 - Boston, MA - Hi-Rise fire and explosion - Tremont and Court streets near Gov't Center, 13 Story office building, 15 persons were injured - Dozens driven to the roof and to the streets.

May 13, 2000 - Worcester, MA - 2nd Alarm - Box 1228 - 31 Stafford St - 3 Story Wood Frame

May 14, 1840 - Manchester (Amoskeag Vlg), NH - Island Mill on the Merrimack River just below Amoskeag Falls employing 125 destroyed by fire

May 14, 1868 - Fall River, MA - The Fall River (White) Mill, built in 1827 was destroyed by flames, which broke out in the picker room about 3:30 in the morning.

May 14, 1890 - Manchester, NH - Eliot Hospital - Fire in wing of hospital where kitchen was housed - 1 fatality, a domestic

May 14, 1899 - Manchester, NH - Elm, Water, and Mechanic Streets - Kennard Block, the largest and finest business block in new Hampshire built in 1893 - Fire started in clothing store on the first floor and ascended up an iron stairwell three stories - A high estimate of loss at $100,000, a low figure was quoted at $30,000 loss

May 14, 1903 - Manchester, NH - Massabesic House totally destroyed by fire - A subject had sent a post card, which was received later that day, threatening to burn down the establishment

May 14, 1922 - Limestone, ME - Barn fire driven by high winds spread over a half mile to engulf 11 potato house, 4 rail freight cars, four dwellings, several stables, a garage, store, a storehouse and blacksmith shop - Mutual Aid from Presque Isle, Caribou, Fort Fairfield, and from Canada Grand Falls New Brunswick$130,000 loss

May 14, 1962 - Merrimack, NH - Gate City Poultry destroyed - Located directly across street from Central Fire Station

May 14, 1968 - Boston, MA - 5th Alarm - Box 711 - Summer Street Bridge - Fire spread from shed under bridge to others sheds, freights cars, tractor trailers, and to the bridge

May 15, 1735 - Kingston, NH - Diphtheria Epidemic started to spread throughout Rockingham County, 1000 died, including 900 children

May 15, 1735 - Kingston, NH - Diphtheria Epidemic started to spread throughout Rockingham County, 1000 died, including 900 children

May 15, 1827c. - Pittsfield, NH - Main Street - Woolen Mill 5 story burned to ground

May 15, 1876 - North Adams, MA - Bond Street - Wald's Block destroyed by fire - Adams Transcript building partially destroyed *BG*

May 15, 1894 - Boston, MA - Conflagration - Walpole Street near the baseball grounds - 12 brick and 98 wood buildings destroyed by fire - Fire house at 1046 Tremont Street was one of the destroyed buildings - $500,000 property damage - The home field for the Boston Braves baseball team was during this fire - Fire is at times referred to as the Great Roxbury Fire

May 15, 1911c. - Milford, NH - Osgood District, 1200 acres burn in brush/woods fire

May 15, 1912 - Londonderry, NH - Nashua Road - Set of "Fine" farm buildings destroyed by fire including 2 story house, ell, barn, and sheds - House built in 1879 - Fire started in partition behind kitchen stove

May 15, 1915c. (Sunday) - Newbury, VT - Tucker Mountain Road - Col John Smith's Tavern - Tavern and whole set of connecting buildings burned killing two young children

May 15, 1919c. - Milford, NH - Smith and Flinigan blocks burn

May 15, 1922c. - Limestone, ME - Fire, 22 buildings burn

May 15, 1949c. - Milford, NH - Mont Vernon Rd - Frank Hartshorn and Co. Sawmill burned down (Lightning strike)

May 15, 1975c. - Waterville Valley, NH - Farrel's Lodge at Valley Inn - Inn partially destroyed by fire

May 15, 1992 - Henniker, NH - 3rd Alarm - New England College - Unoccupied apartment bldg with heavy damage - 7 towns fought this fire, considered suspicious

May 15, 1999 - Barre City, VT - 3rd Alarm - 86 Maple Ave - 3 Story Wood Frame - Heavy fire floor 3

May 15, 2000 - Burlington, VT - 3rd Alarm - Locust Rd @ Shelburne Rd - 3 Story Wood Frame

May 16, 1837 - Boston, MA - An interesting child about 6 years old, belonging to Mr. Mason, in Russell Street, drowned in a cistern.

May 16, 1874 - Claremont, NH - Sugar River Paper Mill - Bleach explosion blows out west wall of building killing one worker and causing $20,000 damage

May 16, 1877 - St. Albans, VT - Large wildfires across northern Vermont and sections of New York and Quebec destroyed large amounts of forest and properties

May 16, 1884 - Worcester, MA - Major Fire - South Worcester - Packachoag Mills destroyed, 1 fatality

May 16, 1990 - Boston (Roxbury) , MA - 6th alarm - 46 Millmont Street - Refuge Church in Christ - Basement fire extended through roof

May 16, 1990 - Mont Vernon, NH - Mobile Coach Road - Unoccupied 2 family home heavily involved - 50 firefighters from 7 towns

May 16, 1991 - Lynn, MA - 6th Alarm - address - large H-shaped building burns leaving 90 homeless

May 16, 2000 - Freedom, NH - 2nd Alarm - Holly Point (Ossipee Point ?) - 1.5 Story Wood Frame with attached garage Fully involved

May 17, 1843 - Exeter, NH - Powder Mill Road - Powder Mill explosion - Building and one worker blown to bits by 150 pounds of gun powder

May 17, 1863 - Wentworth, NH - Cyrus C. Clifford's dwelling house on the mountain burnt

May 17, 1901 - Newport, ME - Maine Central Freight Depot, a grist mill and a wood-working mill and lumber yard, and a Methodist Church destroyed by fire - Shaw House Hotel and 20 dwellings also partially ablaze - Mutual Aid Waterville, Bangor, Pittsfield

May 17, 1904 - Derry (West Derry), NH - Dwelling destroyed by fire - Exposure problems, house 25 feet away scorched - $2,000 loss

May 17, 1965 - Manchester, NH - First snorkel truck apparatus in New Hampshire goes in service as Truck 1, purchased for $56,300. Used at the Pine Island Amusement fire on Dec 2nd

May 17, 1986 - Boston (Dorchester), MA - 2nd Alarm - Box 3182 - 309 Adams Street - 3.5 story wood frame occupied apartment building - $110,000 loss *+desmond DB*

May 17, 1998 - Washington, VT - Working Fire - Rte. 110 @ Turnpike Rd - Cabin heavily involved

May 17, 2000 - Nottingham, NH - 2nd Alarm+ - Church St nr Rte 152 @ Rte 156 - Community Church - Heavy fire

May 18, 1736 - Portsmouth, NH - Dwelling of Richard Waldron (Secretary of the Colonial Province of New Hampshire) destroyed by fire

May 18, 1927 - Conway (South Conway) - NH, 150 year old house struck by lightning and destroyed by resulting fire - This beautiful house owned by Eliza Parsons Underhill also contained a library of 1200 books - Total loss $10,000

May 18, 1934 - Newburyport, MA - Several fires started by an arsonist culminating in a conflagration - First fire was on Merrimac Street across for the fire station - Fowler Rooming House, contained to one room - Second fire was on Liberty Street for a junkyard and storage sheds near the fire station - Mutual Aid Amesbury assisted in bringing the fire under control in two hours - Third fire was Merrimac Street opposite Summer Street for Box 47 near the city hall - 20 buildings along the waterfront were destroyed putting 500 workers out of work - Destroyed factories included Dodge Brothers shoe factory, a four story wood frame building and Learned Shoe factory, a five story brick and wood - A commercial garage and several dwellings located between Winter and Market Streets were also destroyed - Three and a half city blocks had been reduced to rubble. Three large shoe factories, 12 boats on McKay's wharf, a funeral parlor, the Odd Fellows hall, several commercial establishments and dwellings had been destroyed by the fire with damage estimated to be $1 million dollars Mutual aid from every town within 30 miles responded including Salisbury, Amesbury, Newbury, and West Newbury Haverhill, Lawrence, Lowell, Salem, Lynn, Danvers, Hamilton, Georgetown and Ipswich along with Portsmouth, Exeter and Hampton New Hampshire

May 18, 1963 - Chelsea, MA - 3rd Alarm - Crescent Ave - New England Coal and Wood Company destroyed

May 18, 1986 - Woburn, MA - 6th Alarm - Elm Street - Linscott School - Flames 100 feet in air - Exposure school building 20 feet away protected through a valiant effort of firefighters

May 18, 1992 - Derry, NH - 29 Sunview Drive (aka 5 Tsienneto Road) - 24 unit condo total loss from fire - Mutual Aid 8 towns, 1 victim serious condition

May 19, 1780 - Bedford, NH - The Dark Day (Lasted 14 hours) - Caused by several fires far to the west and by fog - at 9AM darkness began and at noon was as dark as evening - Phenomenon also noted as far west as Albany NY and eastward to the Atlantic Coast - Farmers had had to stop plowing there fields at noon because there was not enough light to work by. Local residents ate their midday meal by candlelight. Also listed in Histories of Fremont NH, Hudson NH History and Cheshire County - Many felt that Judgment Day was at hand - Referred to as Black Friday in Boston some 100 years later

May 19, 1781 - Raymond, NH - Flood carries away the Freetown Bridge

May 19, 1862 - Manchester, NH - Manchester Street between Chestnut Street and Elm Street over to Hanover Street - A number of tenements burned

May 19, 1837 - Boston, MA - Unusual Death -  Samuel Slater, Jr., of Bedford Mass, fell from the mast of a vessel lying at Long Wharf, which occasioned his death *bostonhistory.typepad.com*

May 19, 1938 - Conway (Conway Vlg), NH - Mill destroyed by fire

May 19, 1939 - Camden, ME - Bay View Street Fire started in a storage building and spread to brick building formerly known as the Camden Anchor Rockland Machine Company *town.camden.me.us/fire*

May 19, 1984 - Fairlee, VT - Two cars from a B&M freight train fell down a 75 -ft embankment landing in the Connecticut River - The boxcars contained alcohol and paper.

May 19, 2000 - Burlington, VT - 3rd Alarm - Pine St - Old Chocolate Factory

May 20, 1837 - Boston, MA - 70 Ann Street - Knowlton's Clothing on fire - Much damage to building and stock - Insured for $2000 *bostonhistory.typepad.com*

May 20, 1877 - Cambridge, VT - Dwelling, barn, and sawmill belonging to John Safford destroyed by fire

May 20, 1917 - Newport, NH - Serious Fire - Dudley Block - Building ablaze at 4:00 AM - Under control in an hour

May 20, 1918 - Derry, NH - "The White Neighborhood" School District 4 School House - School house and sheds burned to ground

May 20, 1991 - Rochester, NH - 3rd Alarm, 108 Wakefield - 3 Story Apartment

May 20, 2003 - Orleans, VT - Ethan Allan factory - Dust collection unit spread to top floor at lacquer paint plant, 100 firefighters to scene - Mutual Aid - Glover, Derby Line, Newport City, Westmore, Irasburg

May 21, 1914 - Manchester, NH - Varick company elm Street - with a loss of $44,000

May 21, 1963 - Milford, NH - Elm St - Martin Comolli Granite Co. Stone Shed/ storage building burned

May 21,1986 - Boston (Back Bay), MA - 2nd Alarm plus - Box 1564 - 7 to 11 Blackwood Street - 4 story brick occupied apartment building - $130,000 loss *contrib DB*

May 21, 1994 - Manchester, NH - 88 Lowell Street - Vacant 1.5 Story Former school administrative offices - Arson fire

May 21, 1998 - Williston, VT - 3rd Alarm - Box 5 Essex Rd - Building Fire

May 21, 2003 - Berlin, NH - Third Alarm - 1826 Riverside Drive (Rte 16) - Northland Restaurant and Dairy Bar - Landmark business destroyed by fire Grease feed ventilation fire extended into attic and through roof

May 22, 1848 - Augusta, ME - steamer Halifax blew up while in the Kennebec River Dam Lock claiming 7 lives

May 22, 1923 - Conway (Intervale), NH - Intervale House (Grand Hotel) burns

May 22, 1948 - Derry (East Derry), NH - Thwing Farm - Large historic barn 108x60, built about 1775 destroyed by fire

May 22, 1964 - Boston, MA - 5th Alarm - Box 7251 and Mutual Aid Box 8112 - 26 Bellflower Street - Fire spread to several buildings - 9 three-deckers involved at one time - 19 buildings in all suffered fire damage

May 22, 1970 - Derry (East Derry), NH - English Range Road - Historic barn and sheds destroyed by fire - Extreme exposure to dwelling successfully protected

May 22, 1987 - Bennington, VT - Main Street - Old Home Furniture building - 4 Story bldg converted to a food store, Nautilus shop, video shop and hair salon with extensive damage - Spread to adjacent stores causing minor damage, 150 FF's at scene

May 22, 2004 - Milan, NH - Multiple Alarm - Vallee Lumber Yard - Saw Mill heavily involved - Mutual Aid - Strafford, Lancaster, Groveton (Northumberland)

May 23, 1876 - Whitefield, NH - (Sunday prior) Brown Lumber Company Wood Pulp Mill 50x210 destroyed by fire *BG*

May 23, 1871 - Andover (East Andover), NH - Freewill Baptist Church burns

May 23, 1894 - Claremont, NH - North side of Sugar River - Monadnock Mills Sawmill considerably damaged by fire

May 23, 1998 - Wolfeboro, NH - 6th Alarm - Pleasant Valley Rd, 12 Acres - Tumbledown Dick Mtn, 125 FF and 2 helos

May 24, 1897 - Lyndon, VT - Great Fire - Fire started in Lyndon House Lyndon Corner. - All west side Main Street south from York St destroyed.

May 24, 1907 - Plymouth, NH - The Pelatiah Russell residence occupied by two families went up in flames driving the eleven occupants into the night - $3500 loss

May 24, 1935 - Derry, NH - off English Range Road - Rainbow Lake - Occupied 4 room cottage destroyed by fire - Automobile and 11/2 acres of forest also burned

May 24, 1985 - York, ME - Cape Neddick Inn fire

May 24, 1986 - Boston, MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 3757 - 20 Glenwood Ave - 2 story brick warehouse, $230,000 loss *contrib DB*

May 24, 1998 - Boston, MA - 5th Alarm - Box 6164 193 Marion St - Multiple 3 Deckers

May 24, 2001 - Nashua, NH - 4th Alarm - 18 1/2 Arlington Street - Arlington Arms Apartments

May 25, 1910 - Fremont, NH - Black Rocks Village - Large 2.5 Story building containing George W. Balls Union Hall and Restaurant, Cook's store, Charles Beede's store containing post office completely destroyed by fire - Caused by children playing with matches. Added information by contributor It burned three businesses in Fremont Village. It was one of the worst fires to strike the town. Because of this fire, it was necessary for Fremont to finally build a town hall to replace George W. Ball's Union Hall where social activities had been held in the town since that building was built in 1892.

May 25, 1935c - Waterville, NH - Fire on Mount Tecumseh - Hibbard's Garage - West Campton Pumper, Plymouth Fire Dept, Forestry Service and Civilian Conservation Coprts fought fire

May 25, 1961 - Milford, NH - Elm St - Matt Crosby Farm - Barn fire

May 25, 1962 - Nashua, NH - West Hollis Street - Lightning struck a garage setting it on fire - Fire spread to several other farm buildings

May 25, 1964 - Manchester, NH - Chief Edward Grady resigns, after 35 years with the department. His resignation with was accepted with regret. <

May 25, 1993 - Newport, NH - Historic Fire, 157 year-old Corbin Covered Bridge - Arson fire.

May 26, 1903 - Laconia, NH - Great Lakeport fire - Start in mill building and spread to through several blocks destroying several dwelling - Mutual Aid from as far as Dover

May 26, 1954 - off Quonset Point,RI - 27,100 ton Carrier USS Bennington suffers a double explosion and fire killing 93/103 and injuring 201 - Helicopters flew the most serious injured to ashore, saving many who would have died

May 26, 2004 - Amesbury, MA - 7th Alarm - Box 4117 - 71-73 Main Street - Large residential over commercial block - 3-story brick and wood structure. 3 Ladder Pipes and numerous hand lines operating Mutual Aid - Amesbury. Merrimac, Salisbury, Newburyport, Exeter, N.H., Groveland, West Newbury, Newbury and Seabrook, East Kingston, Newton, Kensington and Hampton, NH

May 27, 1822 - Keene, NH - Sparhawk Tavern (The old Chandler House) - Large 3 story building, burned

May 27, 1824 - Burlington, VT - UVM (University of Vermont) first college building burned

May 27, 1852 - Somerville, MA - Medford Street - Two separate fires on same street - First in a barn and then in a dwelling

May 27, 1896 - Bangor, ME - Kathadin Ice Company completely destroyed by fire

May 27, 1986 - Boston (Back Bay), MA - 3rd Alarm - 421 Boylston St. - Box 1535. 4 story Brick - Stores, Office Building, under Renovation, $150,000 loss *contrib DB*

May 27, 1989 - Lowell, MA - Devastating fire gutted Lawrence Manufacturing Mill Co. building, however, most of the mill complex was spared

May 27, 1990 - Keene, NH - Head of Central Square - Stage Restaurant - Dining room gutted by fire

May 28, 1899 - Wolfeboro, NH - Boston and Maine Railroad wharf building fire spread to Goodwin's Block causing extensive damage to it and Wolfeboro Landing

May 28, 1966 - Boston, MA - 5th Alarm - Box 7165 - First Street - Warehouse fire

May 28, 1966 - Boston (Charlestown), MA - 5th Alarm - Box 483 - Arlington Ave and Dorannce Street

May 28, 2004 - Pelham, NH - 4th Alarm - 60 Pulpit Rock Road - 2 story metal 200x300 irregular commercial building - Exposure to oxygen and helium gas cylinders - Mutual Aid Salem, Windham, Derry, Londonderry, Hudson, Tyngsboro, Dracut

May 29, 1885 - North Smithfield ,RI - Incendiary fire burned a large new barn and badly scorched a dwelling

May 29, 1952 - Hudson, NH - House fire - Kimball Hill Road - A nearly 200 year old dwelling destroyed by fire caused by child using fireworks
May 29, 1960 - Chelsea, MA - 183 Third Street - New Angle Bed Spring Company and five other building involved in fire

May 29, 1974 - Hudson, NH - Lowell Road at Jacques Field - 4 story tall mound of sand collapsed on one of several boys digging in pile with fatal results

May 29, 1999 - Manchester, NH - 153-155 Beech Street - 3 Story Wood Frame occupied 6 unit apartment house - Heavy smoke pouring from basement - Arson fire

May 29, 1999 - Manchester, NH - 153-155 Beech Street - 3 Story Wood Frame occupied 6 unit apartment house - Heavy smoke pouring from basement - Arson fire

May 29, 1999 - Portsmouth, NH - 2nd Alarm - 3 Market Square - Brick Structure - Fire floor 2

May 29, 1999 - Providence,RI - 2nd Alarm - Box 5223 - 221 Oakland Ave - 3.5 Story Wood Frame - Heavy fire floors 2 and 3 extended to exposure on side 4

May 30, 1867 - Andover (West Andover), NH - Depot store burns

May 30, 1872 - Concord, NH - Fire on the roof of the boiler house of the Concord Railroad caught fire causing $100 damage

May 30, 1872 - Knowlton 's Corner, ME - Fire destroyed several buildings causing a $4000 loss

May 30, 1873 - Boston, MA - 4th Alarm+ - Box 53 - Hale, Morse and Company Furniture Factory - 411 Washington Street - Conflagration involved over 100 businesses with a property loss of over $1,000,000

May 30, 1884 - Milford, NH - off Elm St - James Lewis Tannery burned down - (1st of 3 times)

May 30, 1986 - Boston, MA - 581 Centre St. 2nd Alm - Box 2459. 500 gal gas spill at gas station onto street. *contrib DB*

May 30, 2000 - Providence,RI - 3rd Alarm - Box 3135 - 50 Sprague St - Vacant 4 story mill (with squatters) 200x75 - Fire floor 3 in rear - 5 ladders operating

May 30, 2000 - Washington, NH - 2nd Alarm - 162 Valley Rd

May 31, 1811 - Newburyport, MA - 250 buildings and shops destroyed in most prominent section of town - Fire started on Inn Street in the center of downtown by an arsonist - Baptist Meeting House in Market Square, where many well to do citizen had placed their belongings to be safe from the fire, was in turn destroyed when strong winds shifted - Amesbury, Rowley, Danvers, Ipswich, Beverly, Haverhill, Topsfield, Bradford, and Salem assisted in fighting fire

May 31, 1939 (Tuesday-Memorial Day) Sandwich, NH - Upper Road - old Jesse Mudgett farm - Hay fire in barn destroys barn and house (I Have two b&w photos of this incident)

May 31, 1997 - Lunenburg, VT - Working Fire - Neils's Pond South Shore - Bldg fully involved

June 01, 1855 - Worcester, MA - Manchester Street - Fire in Dickerson steam mill spread to Suttons' grist mills, and to an iron works, a planning and saw mill, and a sash and bindery factory - Also destroyed were two large dwelling buildings and several out building

Jun 01, 1860 - Newton, MA - W.F. Freeman and Sons dyewood works destroyed by fire

Jun 01, 1860 - Haverhill, MA - Three dwelling and two stables destroyed by fire

Jun 01, 1869 - Woonsocket,RI - Elliot's Mills - A whole range of buildings with lumber and manufacturing stock destroyed by fire - Buildings included a carpenter shop, saw mill, grist mill, boiler house, engine office, and a bobbin shop - Loss of $100,000 - 200 mechanics out of work *NYT*

Jun 01, 1903 - Boston - MA. - Albany Street and Dover Street in South End - Blacker and Shepard Lumber yard destroyed by fire - A dozen firefighters overcome by smoke - Fire that started in afternoon burned nearly all night - 600,000 feet of pine and oak destroyed *BG*

Jun 01, 1998 - Greenwood, ME - Working Fire - Route 26 Fire in an occupied apartment building - Mutual Aid requested

Jun 01, 2000 - Nashua, NH - 4th alarm - 58 Ash Street - 3 story apartment house

Jun 02, 1838 - Nantucket??, MA - Union Street - Fire started on a ropewalk made of tarred hemp, spreading to several wharfs, warehouses and homes, Coopers shop, paint store, a twine factory and a boat-builder building 30 buildings total - 4 homes, a store and a workshop blown up to form a firebreak

Jun 02, 1840 - Boston, MA - Several incendiary fires - Canal Street stable attached to the wood wharf burned - Soon afterwards on Friend Street, a hay shed fire - Soon after on Brighton Street, a occupied as a carpenter's shop was set on fire - Loss $600 *bostonhistory.typepad.com*

Jun 02, 1873 - Bolton, ME - Central Railroad Station and 400 cords of wood destroyed by fire

Jun 02, 1873 - Preston, CT - Hall Brothers carpet yarn mill totally destroyed by fire

Jun 02, 1986 - Brandon, VT - Dean Bridge, spanning Otter Creek - Historic 145 year old covered bridge destroyed by a suspicious fire, 131 foot lattice-frame bridge

Jun 02, 1992 - Derry, NH - 41 Drew Road - Dwelling seriously damage by fire (Home of Derry's 1st mayor) - Mutual Aid 4 depts. to scene

Jun 03, 1853 - Lowell, MA - Unusual Death - First reported death of a Rapper - Local newspaper reports the death of a resident of the city while in California - Jesse Hutchinson was a firm believer in Spiritual Rapping - In his months in California it is said that he was suffering from monomania which rendered him quite miserable and brought on his death

Jun 03, 1857 - Manchester, NH - Jonesville - Nashua Street at Bridge Street - Baldwin and Company steam mill destroyed by fire, 1 employee burned to death

Jun 03, 1873 - Portland, ME - Green Street - Reddy and Kelley Foundry burns

Jun 03, 1903 - Columbia, NH - Sims Stream Valley - Woods fire that burned for six days and destroying 2 farms

Jun 03, 1903 - Fremont, NH - Fremont Bridge on Nashua and Rochester Railroad destroyed by fire in very dry conditions

Jun 03, 1947 - Rutland, VT - Great Flood

Jun 03, 1976 - Manchester, NH - Box 351 - 32 Merrimack Street - Former Rice-Varick Hotel, 100 year old five story building - Fifty tenants evacuated the rooming house.

Jun 03, 1998 - Halifax, VT - Working Fire - 802 Jacksonville Stage Rd - Bldg Well Involved - Mutual Aid to scene

Jun 04, 1863 - Wentworth, NH - Water Street in the village - Dwelling house of Ezekiel Aiken, a former shoemakers shop, burnt - Most of contents were saved

Jun 04, 1873 - Bangor, ME - near Steamboat Wharf - Cassidy's Cant-dog factory burns - Evan's cooper shop also burns

Jun 04, 1873 - Montpelier, VT - Seminary Hill - House and outbuildings destroyed by fire

Jun 04, 1873 - West Warwick (River Point),RI - Pike's planning mill contained 250,000 shingles and 100,000 feet of lumber speedily reduced to ashes

Jun 04, 1874 - Newburyport, MA - Water Street - Knight's grist mill partially destroyed by fire - Fire communicated to an adjacent commercial block causing considerable damage

Jun 04, 1904 - Ammonoosuc Valley, NH - Many acres of fine timber and building destroyed by forest fires

Jun 04, 1904 - Goffstown, NH - High Street - Residence of J. C. Brown burned *usgennet.org/usa/nh*

Jun 05, 1863 - Manchester, NH - Piscataquog Village on south bank of Piscataquog River - Haines and Wallace Brewery and Steam Mill, and adjacent bridge destroyed by fire

Jul 05, 1902 - Pittsburg, NH - Half-way House destroyed by fire - A dozen people suffered burns, some serious by no life threatening - Caused by an upset kerosene lamp in the dance hall during a dance *BG*

Jun 06, 1816 - New England, NH - VT, MA, CT - Snow Storm, 10-24 inches of snow fall in region. Most of summer temps remained in 40-50 degree range during day. - Aftermath of volcano eruption in Java of Mount Tambora over a year ago (April 1 1815)

Jun 06, 1836 - Colebrook, NH - Green Gables burn

Jun 06, 1837 - Boston, MA - A lady in a chaise, (on the cross bridge leading from Craigie's to Charlestown, the Cambridge omnibus and horses coming furiously towards her, having run away) had the presence of mind to stop her horse and step out, which she had barely done, when the omnibus struck the chaise, and dashed it to pieces.

Jun 06, 1871 - Manchester, NH - Manchester and North Weare Railroad bridge over Merrimack River destroyed by fire

Jun 06, 1875 - Springfield, MA - Box 3 - Main Street at Greenwood Street - Hooker School - Fire started in library on upper floor and consumed most of building, with the roof crashing in 30 minutes into the fire $70,500 loss

June 06, 1979 - Claremont, NH - Old Joy manufacturing company Main Street- Large mill building with oil soaked floors. Multiple alarm-(Pre-Plan). Smoke was blocking the sun at times and could be seen over 35 miles away.

June 07, 1981 - Claremont, NH - General Alarm - Box 21 - Main Street - Belfon Machine and Whipple Paper company-part of the Old Joy Manufacturing company. Conflagration potential (per C-1).Wind conditions caused multiple fires in the area, jumped the river and started a 6 story foundry on fire also. Pre-Plan - 36 Engines, 18 aerials, and 441 Firefighters at the scene. (**Mutual Aid from 45 towns, as far as 55 miles away - Fire fanned by high winds spread to a house causing it to burn and threatened another homes and a foundry **)

Jun 07, 1997 - Chelsea, MA - 8th Alarm - 4 story brick commercial building fire, at the Standard Box Co 28 Gerrish Ave. - Built in 1928 approx 90,000 sq ft building. 10 injured. 22 Mutual aid towns, 125 FF's.

Jun 08, 1940 - Fall River, MA - The old Estes Mill on Sucker Brook was completely destroyed.

Jun 08, 1997 - Manchester, NH - 229 Queen City Avenue - Sunoco gas station sustained $200,000 worth of damage as a car inside garage was torched

Jun 09, 1935 - Derry, NH - Box 36 - High Street - Dwelling badly gutted by fire

Jun 09, 1940 - Albany, NH - Clement's Inn (aka Piper House, aka Wing's Tavern) destroyed by fire

Jun 09, 1953 - Worcester, MA - Tornado - Assumption College area along a 40 mile path of destruction - 94 die, 1300 injured/ hospitalized - In Fremont a tornado passed near Loon pond passing down Shirking Road hitting mostly wood and barley missing several residences

Jun 09, 1963 - Derry, NH - Tornado - Damage to Birch Street and Hood Meadows area (Hoodcroft)

Jun 09, 1981 - St. Albans, VT - Two construction workers in critical condition with severe burns from gas explosion - Gas seeped into the manhole and was ignited by a spark from equipment

Jun 09, 1983, NH - NH - All fourteen of New Hampshire's forestry towers shut for the year down due to lack of funding

Jun 09, 1988 - Manchester, NH - (McGregorville) Amory Street - Manchester Fire Station Six (95 years old) gutted by fire - Firefighters were out at a drill at Hillside Junior High when a pan left on the stove ignited the fire - Station was torn down and replaced

Jun 09, 1989 - Manchester, NH - 269 Bridge Street - 3 Story apartment building heavily damaged by fire

Jun 09, 1991 - Manchester, NH - 3rd Alarm - 1037 Elm Street - Six story brick apartment building - Heavy fire floor 6

Jun 09, 2000 - Woonsocket,RI - Jenckes Mill complex, seven acre abandoned mill site, a crazy-quilt warren of rooms and corridors added to the site since 1822 . The original fieldstone building in the center of the complex was the Jenckes Mill, oldest mill site in Woonsocket. Over the years, the mill was called the Dunn Worsted, making woolen goods and was finally home to Electronic Molding Corporation. While a thrift store tried and failed to make a go of it in one of the newer areas, the complex had been vacant for at least 10 years. A major concern was to keep the fire from spreading to a residential block of multifamily homes and a furniture store across the street and downwind of the inferno. Fire and rescue personnel from North Smithfield, Lincoln, Cumberland, Blackstone, Millville and other surrounding communities poured in to assist and to provide station coverage.

Jun 09, 2002 - Boston (Roxbury) - MA - 5th Alarm - Washington Street at Vernon Street - Dudley Square - 3 Story Timothy Smith Company - 3 story building - Grocery store and furniture storage

Jun 10, 1837 - Boston, MA - Broad Street Riot - Fireman involved in fisticuffs with immigrants

Jun 10, 1905 - Squaw Mountain, ME - First forest fire lookout tower opens

Jun 10, 1918 - Caribou, ME - Fire swept through five buildings, including the Caribou House, in the business district causing more than $100,000 loss

Jun 10, 1920 - Derry, NH - Box 38 - head of Martin Street - Richardson Vinegar Factory (New England Vinegar), 2 Story mill 40x45 destroyed by fire

Jun 10, 1964 - Chelsea, MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 283 - 81 Summer Street - Rag shop fire

Jun 10, 1974 - Somerville, MA - Hardin Street - Arrow Paper Warehouse - Firefighters Reilly and Brickley, Engine Company 2 died in the line of duty when a wall collapsed *www.somervillelocal76.org*

Jun 10, 1981 - Rutland, VT - Carris Reels - Large mfg bldg destroyed by fire after an explosion - 70 employees in building at time, 2 FF's injured

Jun 10, 1996 - Lancaster, NH - Multi Alarm - Main St, 2 Downtown Bldg - Rosie's take-out destroyed

Jun 11, 1638 - Fremont, NH - Earthquake noted

Jun 11, 1880 - Long Island Sound, NY - Two ships of the Stonington Line, the Naragansett and the Stonington, collided in heavy fog - The Naragansett becoming engulfed in fire - 50 lives were lost *SANE*

Jun 11, 1892 - Orono, ME - Worst fire in town history to date

Jun 11, 1982 - Boston (Jamaica Plain), MA - 9th Alarm - Bartlett Square - American Cellophane - Vacant factory building

Jun 11, 1982 - Nashua, NH - New England Briefs\ 25 Flee Nashua Fire (Archive fee) ...after a general alarm fire gutted a 3-story, 12-apartment building in Nashua, N.H., early...outside one of the apartments exploded. They were...Hudson, Merrimack and Nashua about three hours to bring the fire under control.

ashua Apartment Bombed; No One Hurt (Archive fee) The bombing of a Nashua apartment early yesterday morning...in a feud between the apartment occupant and another person...the floor and started a fire. Nunn fled unhurt, and...the blast and saw the fire alerted the other occupants... Sep 19, 1982

2 Left Homeless In Nashua Blaze (Archive fee) NASHUA -- A three-alarm fire that broke out...Christmas Day in an apartment building has left...Thursday, said Nashua Fire Department...building's four apartments and no one was reported injured. The Nashua Fire Dec 26, 1986

Woman Hurt, 10 Homeless After Nashua Apartment Fire (Archive fee) NASHUA -- Malfunctioning lights or wiring...tree probably caused a three-alarm fire in an apartment building yesterday, critically injuring...her apartment, said John Allison, a Nashua deputy fire chief. Firefighters John Cote and... Source: Boston Globe|Date: Dec 19, 1988

Jun 12, 1861 - Boston, MA - Boston, MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 1291 - 80 Batterymarch Street

Jun 12, 1963c. - Bethlehem (Maplewood), NH - Maplewood Resort Colony - Lafayette Cottage burned to ground (other fires at colony occurred Aug 1942, Dec 1943, Jan 1963)

Jun 12, 1982 - Boston (South Boston), MA - 60 Wormwood Street - Boston Glass - Long one story building

Jun 12, 1984 - Lowell, MA - 6th Alarm - address? - Vacant mill building - Flames hundreds of feet into air

Jun 13, 1859 - Concord, NH - Main Street at Pleasant Street - South Congregational Church, a bakery, shops and dwelling go up in flames

Jun 13, 1881 - Derry, NH - Major Fire - Maple Street - Leatherboard Mill burned first of three times

Jun 13, 1990 - Portsmouth, NH - 6th Alarm - Islington Street - New Hampshire Provision Company meat packing plant damaged by fire - Fire fought by 14 towns with 150 firefighters

Jun 14, 1959 - Chelsea, MA - Ticoa Rubber Company - Large tire storage building fully involved

Jun 14, 2000 - Warwick,RI - 3rd Alarm - Rocky Point Park - 2 Bldgs fully involved

Jun 15, 1894c. - Plainfield, NH - Meriden Vlg - Meriden Congregational Church destroyed by fire

Jun 15, 1950c. - Amherst, NH - 12 Mack Hill Road - George Hyde residence - Fire in ell started in shavings in a barrel - Heavy heat and smoke damage to attached house, but structure was saved by departments new tanker truck

Jun 15, 1960c. - Corinth, VT - West Corinth Vlg - Maplewood Tourists' Inn - 3 story 42 room summer resort - Inn and other buildings burned down (Bowling all was spared)

Jun 15, 1972 - Derry, NH - Fordway - Major explosion - Sewer pumping station explodes sending 150,000 pound cement roof high into air reducing building to rubble

Jun 15, 1973 - Fremont, NH - 4.8 Richter Scale earthquake noted - Felt from Montreal to Boston

Jun 15, 1973 - New Hampshire, NH - State Department of Resources and Economic announces plans to phase out 15 of 30 fires towers

Jun 15, 1986c. - Westmoreland, NH - Cheshire County Farm - Fire swept through the dairy barn area consuming the entire dairy barn and piggery, destroying a small number of heifers and a larger number of pigs

Jun 16, 1862 - Wentworth, NH - South part of town (Rowen Town) - Small dwelling of Daniel Silver burnt

Jun 16, 1884 - Laconia, NH - Building occupied by Lee Bakery and Ladd & Keaser Grocer damaged by fire *BG*

Jun 16, 1935 - Derry (East Derry), NH - Rockingham Road (three miles south of town) the Ames Place - Large barn destroyed by fire - House saved by East Derry Volunteer Fire Dept

Jun 16, 1948 - Londonderry, NH - Rte 28 at RR Crossing near Derry town line - 4,260 gallon fuel oil tanker vs locomotive - Tanker and driver incinerated - Locomotive derailed, caboose destroyed by fire - 5 crew members injured

Jun 17, 1775 - Charlestown, MA - During Battle of Bunker (Breeds) Hill, the British set fire to 380 dwellings (Charlestown was then a town separate from Boston)

Jun 17, 1816 - Northeast - USA - Late Spring Blizzard hits eastern New York and New England leaving another 12-18 inches of snow (See June 6, 1

Jun 17, 1893 - Brentwood, NH - Fellows Box Factory partially consumed by fire

Jun 17, 1921 - Fremont, NH - Spaulding and Frost Cooperage, the Union Church and Fremont Fire Engine House destroyed by fire - Exeter and Raymond Mutual Aid

Jun 17, 1928 - Hudson, NH - Hudson Field - Airplane Crash Fatal - Two passengers killed on takeoff - plane rose 50 feet into air and then burst into flames - Witnessed by many on ground - Plane nosed dived into earth and exploded - Prominent Nashua businessman/politician/attorney Marcel Theriault killed - Pilot with severe burns was not expected to survive

Jun 17, 1972 - Boston, MA - Hotel Vendome fire kills 9 firefighters

Jun 17, 1980 - Boston (Brighton), MA - Box 5221 - 9th Alarm - Conrail freight yard - Fire in warehouses with water problems

Jun 17, 1989 - Andover (East Andover), NH - Steam powered sawmill burns

Jun 17, 1998 - South Woodstock, VT - Working Fire - Morgan Hill Rd.-3 story barn converted to apartments. 82 yr old Man pulled from building is in stable condition. Barn and Apartments were a total loss. Mutual aid from Woodstock, West Windsor, Bridgewater, Hartford and Reading.

Jun 17, 1999 - Brunswick, ME - 3rd Alarm - 29 Federal St - Large 3 Story Wood Frame Occupied Apartment Building - 1 fatal

Jun 18, 1908 - Sargent's Purchase (Mount Washington), NH - Second Summit House destroyed by fire - Mammoth Historic Fire - All but one building completely destroyed at summit -

Jun 18, 1921 - Westwood, MA - General Alarm - Edwards Stable and Garage -

Jun 18, 1970 - Putney, VT - Fire - Hickory Ridge Rd - House fire - Brattleboro, Westminster, Dummerston

Jun 18, 1998 - Raymond, NH - 3rd Alarm - 56 Main St Sanel Auto Parts - 3 Story Wood Frame 75x40 Apartments over commercial, 10Eng/tnks 2 trucks, 9 lines

Jun 19, 1868 - city?? - State ?? - Wentworth Hotel (Costello Block) burned down 3 story 40x60

Jun 19, 1893 - Milford, NH - Cottage St - Merrill Brothers Sawmill burns down

Jun 19, 1930 - Fremont, NH - 23 Abbott Road - Wood framed house and barn completely destroyed by fire - Caused by careless smoking

Jun 19, 1959 - Londonderry, NH - Mammoth Road - Karafelis Homestead, 1.5 Story Wood Frame 7 room House and 75 ft long 40 high barn both burned to ground

Jun 19, 1965 - Manchester, NH - General Alarm - Elm Street - Martin's Store destroyed by fire causing $2 million damage

Jun 19, 1977 - Derry, NH - Goodhue Road - Dwelling totally destroyed by fire

Jun 20, 1965 - Manchester, NH - General Alarm, 102 Spruce Street - 760 Elm Street, 2 four story blocks - Residential over Commercial spread to Hellenic Community House - A spectacular fire destroyed 3 business blocks on Elm Street across from Merrimack Common in the heart of the city, 2 million dollars damage to the stores in the 2 four story blocks and extensively damaged Kauf's Automotive store

Jun 20, 1982 - Nashua, NH - General Alarm - address - 3 Story 12 unit apt bldg - 4 FF's injured, 25 homeless - Two firefighters were injured when a portion of the roof collapsed on them, 2 FF's injured when a motorcycle parked in the hallway exploded

Jun 20, 1999 - Lawrence, MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 6111 - nr 110 Farnum St - 3 Story Wood Frame with 2 Story att'd

Jun 20, 1999 - Nashua, NH - 4th Alarm - 5 Stanstead Place Kessler Farms Condos - 4 Story Condo Garage fire spread to 2/3 units

Jun 21, 1860 - Absecom Inlet, NH - Loss by collision at sea and subsequent sinking of the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer ROBERT J. WALKER off Absecom Inlet, New Jersey - 20 officers and crew members conducting weather studies

Jun 21, 1868 - Woonsocket,RI - Ward and Harris Dry House (Storage House) - 4 story brick, fire floors 1 and 2 with damaged to contents

Jun 21, 1929 - Ossipee (West Ossipee), NH - Gen Alarm - White Snowmobile Factory & Storehouse

Jun 21, 1994 - Barnstable (Hyannis), MA - 5th Alarm - Main Street - Viet Nam Vets Outreach building, former nursing home

Jun 21, 1996 - Gardner, MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 63 - Parker St - Nina's Pizza

Jun 21, 1999 - Lowell, MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 113 - 279 Dutton St Candle factory - 2 Story Brick Commercial 200x50 Fire floor 1 and basement

Jun 22, 1863 - Raymond, NH - A stranger, woman, killed by cars on the railroad

Jun 22, 1906 - Dover, NH - David Hanson Farm - Barn struck by lightning and destroyed by ensuing fire *BG*

Jun 22, 1913 - Sanford (Springvale), ME - Lower Falls - Smith's Sawmill burns down

Jun 22, 1918 - Derry, NH - Chester & Derry Electric Railroad - Civil War Veteran and well known citizen, 79 year old George Adams struck and killed by trolley as he walked

Jun 22, 1940 - Conway, NH - Sunset Pavilion (Hotel)- Heavily damaged by fire and razed

Jun 22, 1999 - Laconia, NH - 2nd Alarm - 54 Water St - Woodworking Fact - Machinery fire

Jun 23, 1840 - Boston, MA - North Margin Street - Stable occupied by Messrs. White and Smith, truckmen - Building and its contents were nearly consumed -   No horses in the stable at the time -   Incendiary fire * bostonhistory.typepad.com*

Jun 23, 1999 - Quincy, MA - 5th Alarm - Box 8511, 165 Quincy Shore Drive - 8 Story Brick Occupied Apartment Building 100x400 - Fire mostly 1 unit - 3 FF's injured 1 critical

Jun 24, 1855 - Wentworth, NH - Abbott's and Green's Steam Mill burnt

Jun 24, 1914 - Manchester, NH - Box 5 - General Alarm - Elm Street between Merrimack Street and Manchester Street - John B. Varick Company major fire - Small basement fire spread after gas flames erupted from cellar - Several large tanks of alcohol and volatile oils stored under the sidewalk ignited and exploded - $30,000 destroyed in fire - Apparatus from Amoskeag Corporation aided city department - Hanover and Elm Street. - An engine destined for the Fore River Shipyard was employed during the blaze The 175hp engine pumped 1600 G. P. M. through 4 hose lines - Fire spread to R. G. Sullivan store - Heavy, green smoke, from the tobacco, was coming out from the 4th, 5th, and 6th floors

Jun 24, 1923 - Hampton, NH - Major fire - (Beach Precinct) - Garage with 22 cars destroyed along w/ 2 cottages and hotel

Jun 24, 1982 - Boston (West Roxbury)- MA - 6th Alarm - 46 Rockland Street, 2.5 story wood and brick American Legion Hall destroyed

Jun 24, 1999 - Fall River, NH - General Alarm - Rodman Street - 2 Vacant 3 Story Mill Bldgs Heavy fire

Jun 25, 1871c. - Edinburgh - IN - Jeffersonville Railroad Depot, a machine shop, the telegraph office and four dwellings destroyed by fire *NYT*

Jun 25, 1881 - Claremont, NH - Coy Paper Mill in West Claremont - Worker fell in bleach vat and was scalded to death

Jun 25, 1914 - Salem, MA - 1600 buildings leveled by fire - Fire along Derby, Front, Essex, Broad Streets extending 20,000 left homeless - $12,000,000 loss - 50 injured - 8000 people had to sleep on the common at Washington Square - Shoe and Leather districts almost wiped out

Jun 25, 1971 - Nashua, NH - Firefighters go on strike

Jun 25, 1976 - Londonderry, NH - Perkins Road - Unoccupied Old Adams House (200 yrs old) destroyed by fire - Mutual Aid Derry, East Derry, Hudson, Manchester

Jun 25, 1984 - Gloucester, MA - 6th Alarm - Main Street at Porter Street - 3 story block long building containing the Golden Ann Restaurant and several business destroyed by fire

Jun 25, 1996 - Lawrence, MA - 3rd Alarm, 15 Fulton Street - 3 Story Wood Frame

Jun 25, 1996 - Nashua, NH - 3rd Alarm - Box 37 - Bridge St near C St., 200x200 Comm bldg

Jun 25, 1997 - Rochester, NH - 4th Alarm - Autumn St Ext. - Colbath's Equipment - 3 Story Commercial

Jun 26, 1885 - Newport, NH - Major Fire - Nettleton Block Fire - Block, barns, Town Hall, Odd Fellows Hall destroyed

Jun 26, 1900 - Fremont, NH - Sarah A. Smith aged 43 died this day and Mary P. Smith died Jul 30, 1900 from drinking water from a well that had dead rats in it - The rats had died from eating rat poison - The poison in turn killed the Smith's

Jun 26, 1921 - Hampton, NH - Major fire - See Sept 23rd - B St near Ocean Blvd - Destroyed everything north to Ashworth Ave (one source says June 2#)

Jun 26, 1956 - Fremont, NH - 167 Scribner Road - Bassett's barn and corn crib completely destroyed by fire

Jun 26, 1987 - Boston (Dorchester), MA - Plane Crash Fatal - 34 Londsdale Street - Early-morning plane crash in fog - Non-IFR-rated Pilot (only 59 hours IFR experience) from Nashua, NH, killed and $2,000,000 worth of property destroyed by two engine Piper Seneca, veered off instrument approach to Boston, during document taxi flight from New Jersey. 26 people escaped from three triple-decker buildings; 10 cars destroyed. Counted 54 apparatus and EMS at scene -- half companies working, half hooked up and ready. (I was living across square from Station 18 (Ladder 6, Engine 18) a few blocks from scene and turned on scanner after woke up hearing more than usual number of sirens. "Sound three more alarms and send me ten ambulances.") *contrib via web form*

Jun 26, 1998 - Montpelier, VT - 2nd Alarm - Washington County Railroad Bldg - Arson Fire - Two historic locomotives and maintenance bldg

Jun 26, 2003 - Woonsocket,RI - 9th Alarm Level 3 MCI - 168 Florence Dr Large mill complex 1000X1000 five buildings involving 80% of complex with collapse - Exterior operations -

Jun 27, 1755 - Vernon, VT - Fort Bridgman burned in Indian wars

Jun 27, 1871 - Woonsocket,RI - White's Shirt Factory destroyed by fire, caused by boiler room explosion

Jun 27, 1873 - Brentwood, NH - Darius Towle Mill at Crawley Falls Lower Dam burned

Jun 27, 1912 - Londonderry, NH - Sylvester Corning Place - House, barn, several farm buildings totally destroyed by fire

Jun 27, 1918 - Franconia, NH - 2nd Flume House destroyed by fire

Jun 27, 1940 - Conway (North Conway Vlg), NH - The Sunset Pavilion, a ten year old hotel destroyed by fire (Site of current Eastern Slopes Playhouse)

Jun 27, 1947? - Londonderry, NH - Londonderry Builders Lumber and Supply Company - Most buildings in complex destroyed by fire - Finishing Plant and 70,000 feet of lumber destroyed by fire - 3 railroad freight cars burned - Exposures of Londonderry Post Office and Londonderry Grain Company threatened for considerable time - Derry, Manchester, Grenier Field fire department fought fire (Possible conflicting date of Jun 27, 1946)

Jun 27, 1999 - Boston, MA - 7th Alarm - Box 4166 No. Main @ Medford St - ( 3 Story Condos under construction

Jun 28, 1871 - Portsmouth, NH - The New York Times notes that Mayor Adams of the City of Portsmouth is still in an insane asylum

Jun 28, 1965 - Hudson - NH - Building fire - Marsh Road Whip-Poor-Will Golf Course - Club House fully involved on arrival of crews. Heat from the fire scorched the greens 75’ away.

Jun 28, 1999 - North Adams, MA - 2nd Alarm - 158 North St - Homeowner struck by lightning - FF overcome and treated - Lightning Strike - Fire floor 2 bathroom & attic Heavy damage

Jun 29, 1873 - Concord, NH - North Church destroyed by fire - Adjacent chapel damaged, but not destroyed

Jun 29, 1876 - Fall River, MA - Mill #2 of the American Linen Company, built of granite, with a pitched roof, suffered fire damage in the two upper stories. Loss, $183,000 - In rebuilding, the company adopted the flat roof.

Jun 29, 1946 - Manchester, NH - 3rd Alarm - 1117-1127 Elm Street - Moreau and Sons Hardware - Fire in rear of main building - Explosions from drums of chemicals - Fire was started by employee who spilled shellac which ignited - Fire spread to containers of linseed oil, anti-freeze, turpentine, kerosene, creosote, and benzene - Building was heavily involved in less than a minute

Jun 29, 1964 - Milford, NH - Stanley Powers (Westerly) Stone Shed burned down

Jun 29, 1980 - Derry (East Derry), NH - Old Floyd Homestead gutted. Total loss

Jun 29, 1999 - Auburn, NH - 3rd Alarm - 376 Rattlesnake Hill Rd - 50x75 1 Story storage shed heavily involved - Mutual Aid Derry engine, East Derry & Londonderry Tanker, Hooksett for water supply

Jun 29, 1999 - Auburn, NH - 3rd Alarm - 376 Rattlesnake Hill Rd - 50x75 1 Story storage shed heavily involved - Mutual Aid Derry engine, East Derry & Londonderry Tanker, Hooksett for water supply

Jun 29, 1999 - Hull, MA - 4th Alarm - 27 Clifton Ave - 3 dwellings on fire

Jun 30, 1887 - Concord, NH - Earthquake felt in city

Jun 30, 1999 - Greenland, NH - 2nd?? 3rs>?? Alarm - Country View Restaurant ??

Jul 01, 1831 - Claremont, NH - Tornado - 2 miles south of village - 2 large barns and a shed destroyed

Jul 01, 1871 - Colebrook, NH - Main Street - Large fire

Jul 01, 1876 - Laconia, NH - Fire Alarm Telegraph (Fire Box) system activated

Jul 01, 1900 - Cambridge, MA - Arson fire in stables kills ten horses

Jul 01, 1901 - Manchester, NH - Flatiron District of McGregorville - Several buildings aflame caused by careless use of firecracker - A costly fire

Jul 01, 1937 - Newport, NH - Major Fire - Brampton Mill - Store houses with wool and rayon destroyed in spectacular fire

Jul 01, 1947c. (Monday) - Rindge, NH - West Rindge - Fragments of a "UFO" ignited a grass fire in a vacant lot, was extinguished by the Rindge Fire Dept

Jul 01, 1955 - Boston, MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 1547 - 43 Stanhope Street - Red Coach Grill Restaurant

Jul 01, 1998 - Concord, NH - 2nd Alarm - High St Penacook - Arson fire in barn and ell attached to house

Jul 02, 1799 - Gilmanton, NH - Mrs. Caleb Vear Struck by lightning and killed

Jul 02, 1888 - Strafford, NH - Farm buildings of Elmer Clark destroyed by fire *BG*

Jul 02, 1898 - Laconia, NH - 34 Parker Place - Dwelling gutted by fire, fire through roof

Jul 02, 1914 - Exeter, NH - Phillips Exeter Academy main building burns

Jul 02, 1951 - Amherst, NH - Harry Boutelle, then 81 years old, was honored with a surprise party to observe his 65 years with the Amherst Fire Department - He had joined the department at age sixteen in July 1886. He was still responding to alarms and taking charge of the station when the trucks were out - He received a telegram from the Boston fire commissioner congratulating him and inviting him to join the Boston department if he should ever retire from the Amherst department

Jul 02, 1964 - Chester, NH - Line of Duty Death - Firefighter Robert Morisette died fighting a brush fire

Jul 02, 1995 - Nashua, NH - 5th Alarm - 14~20 Morgan Street - Disgruntled former boyfriend doused ex-girlfriend with gasoline and tried to set her on fire on the porch of a multi-family apartment house - 12 residents displaced, several of them having to dive out 2nd story windows as the fire raced up the stairway - Perpetrator accidentally set himself on fire suffering second and third degree burns over 90% of his body and later dying - Girlfriend suffered minor injuries (Conflicting date suggested as Jul 30)

Jul 02, 1999 - Lowell, MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 18 - South @ Summer St -

Jul 02, 2001 - Billerica, MA - 3rd Alarm, 188 Pollard Street - House fire

Jul 03, 1840 - Boston, MA - 34 Tremont Row, store owned by Mr. Pliny Cutler - Fire originated in the third story, occupied by a writing master.  Floors below were occupied by a natural history room and the Jacobs Linen warehouse - Building much damaged

Jul 03, 1875 - Croydon, NH - Large barn struck by lightning - Building and 10 tens of hay destroyed by fire

Jul 03, 1875 - Dorset, VT - Towsley residence destroyed by fire

Jul 03, 1880 - Sargents Purchase, NH - Mount Washington Carriage Road - Horse drawn coach overturned on the Carriage Road near the three-mile mark killing a woman from Michigan

Jul 03, 1896 - Augusta, ME - Water Street - Opera House destroyed by fire - $60,000 loss

Jul 03, 1913 - Albany, NH - Fire at Rocky Run

Jul 03, 1992 - Londonderry, NH - 5th Alarm - Pillsbury Rd - Woodmont Orchards - Barn, multi bldgs, house - Chief Sypec's 1st week on job

Jul 03, 2001 - New Bedford, MA - General Alarm - Ashley Boulevard - Commercial building

Jul 04, 1846 - Claremont, NH - On the Common - Cannon burst and piece hit spectator 30 feet away instantly killing him

Jul 04, 1846 - Claremont, NH - On the Common - Cannon burst and piece hit spectator 30 feet away instantly killing him

Jul 04, 1856 - Claremont, NH - North Street - Mascoma Fire Company from Lebanon fell through wire suspension bridge during holiday parade - A fifer broke his back during the fall and was removed from river, dead

Jul 04, 1875 - Bedford, NH - Barn struck by lightning and burned

Jul 04, 1875 - Chesterfield, NH - Barn0 struck by lightning burned and spread to two other barns, consuming them

Jul 04, 1875 - Sudbury, MA - Barn in eastern part of town struck by lightning and destroyed by fire

Jul 04, 1875 - Tuftonboro, NH - Dwelling struck by lightning kill woman occupant

Jul 04, 1875 - Woburn, MA - Warren Street School on Academy Hill - Long on story building destroyed by fire

Jul 04, 1866 (1886?)- Portland, ME - Major fire - Careless use of firecrackers. 1 mile by half mile area destroyed, 1500 buildings destroyed in business district with another 500 buildings burned outside the district - 10000 of Portland's 13000 residents homeless - 200 acres laid flat

Jul 04, 1896 - Augusta, ME - Opera Block Fire - Former site of Granite Hall block which was destroyed by fire just six years earlier - Block contained city government and treasures offices - A grocer, bank, and café were location on the first floor - Use of firecrackers in a passageway though to be the cause *gendisasters.com*

Jul 04, 1898 - Hampton, NH - Tornado causes loss of life and property on Hampton Beach - Called the "Great Cyclone", 2 killed in building collapse, 24 injured (Large building {Skating rink} filled with spectators for Exeter Brass Band Concert and Re-enactment of the Battleship Maine sinking - 5 drowned when yacht sank

Jul 04, 1902 - Newbury (Wells River), VT - Rear of Baldwin Library - Reservoir collapse

Jul 04, 1925 - Boston (Chinatown), MA - Building Collapse - Box 1471 - 12 Beach Street - 5 Story bldg - Pickwick Club - former Dreyfus Hotel - Entire bldg collapses killing 44

Jul 04, 1946 - Gilford, NH - Camp Niantic at Birch Island burned

Jul 04, 1961 - Hudson, NH - Accident Fatal - Old Derry Road - Hudson Speedway - Off track driver in repair struck by wheel the came off race car on track with deadly consequences
Jul 04, 1962 - Chelsea, MA - Box 342 - Crescent Ave - Boston and Main RR 1 story freight storage building destroyed

Jul 04, 1962 - Fremont, NH - Sandown Road area of French's Hill and Glidden Hill - 3 separate woods fires started by arsonist

Jul 04, 1976 - Fremont, NH - Several suspicious fires set all over town on 4th and 5th

Jul 04, 1984 - Beverly, MA - 5th Alarm - Elliott Chambers Rooming House fire - Raymond St - 3 Story rooming house, 15 dead

Jul 04, 1996 - Lewiston, ME - 3rd Alarm, 117 Lincoln Street - Building fire, fire 3rd floor

Jul 04, 1999 - Brattleboro, VT - 4th Alarm - 11 Linden St - 3 story apartment building and Commercial - Ladder pipes in operation

Jul 04, 1999 - Norwich, VT - Working Fire + - Beaver Meadow Rd - Slaughter house well involved

Jul 05, 1643 - Newbury, MA - Tornado - Meeting house destroyed - 1 Native American killed

Jul 05, 1846 - Hanover, NH - Tenney Street - Blacksmith Shop of William Tenney burned

Jul 05, 1852 - Manchester, NH - Manchester Street - Baldwin and Company steam mill and several adjacent building burn

Jul 05, 1856 - Raymond, NH - Nathaniel D. West's house burned

Jul 05, 1875 - Greenfield, MA - Main Street - Entire business block destroyed by fire

Jul 05, 1875 - Westerly,RI - Babcock's Soap Factory nearly destroyed by fire

Jul 05, 1960 - Manchester, NH - An automobile accident at Elm and Salmon Streets claimed the life of Deputy Chief John H. O'Malley. The chief was responding to a false alarm at Box 2311.

Jul 05, 1977 - Derry, NH - Beaver Lake North Shore Road - Garage and shed destroyed by fire, 200 year old house heavily damaged by fire

Jul 05, 1994 - Nashua, NH - 5th Alarm - 34-36 and 30 Perham Street - 6 Families Homeless - Fire destroyed two buildings and left six families homeless in the tightly packed French Hill neighborhood

Jul 05, 1996 - Somerville, MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 3223, 244 Broadway, 2.5 story 40x40 foot commercial/residential

Jul 05, 2000 - Chatham, NH - Green Hill Rd - Sunrise Camps - Structure fire with mutual aid from East Conway Precinct, North Fryeburg Maine Precinct and Lovell Maine

Jul 06, 1911 - Keene, NH - Emerald Street - Sawmill and store buildings of Impervious Pkg Co along with several other buildings and a few dwellings burned

Jul 06, 1944 - Hartford, CT - Fire Fatal - Circus tent fire - kills 165 and injures 500

Jul 06, 1982 - Boston (South End), MA - 5th Alarm - East Newton Street at St. George Street and Harrison Avenue, 2 vacant 5 story brick apartment buildings destroyed - Fire spread to Bates School which suffered some damage, 2 other occupied apartment buildings and a church were protected

Jul 06, 1996 - Quincy, MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 3216 15 Kidder Street - Structure fire.

Jul 06, 1998 - Westminster, VT - 2nd Alarm - US Rte 5 - Apartment building - Mutual Aid called

Jul 06, 1999 - Essex (Essex Junction), VT - Working Fire + - Corduroy Rd - `Structure fully involved

Jul 06, 2001 - Maynard, MA - 5th Alarm Napa Auto Parts store, with hazards

Jul 07, 1903 - Bedford, NH - Bedford Historic Map site # 36 (District #1) - Building burned

Jul 07, 1906 - Plymouth, NH - Fire at the Beal's Mattress Factory left the boiler room, dry house, and furniture storeroom left in ruins - $4000 loss *BG*

Jul 07, 1907 - New England - USA - Headlines around New England record the havoc wreaked by tremendous thunder storms that hit the region - Hardest hit was southern New Hampshire - Headline read Big Loss By Storm, Bolt Renders Man Insane Little Hope for restoring reason, Another Killed at Concord NH, Fire Damage Will Reach Many Thousands - 7 people reported struck by lightning 3 in Biddeford Maine, - Several building in East Concord at the Silver Farm destroyed by storm - A set of farm building at Sewalls Falls, also in Concord NH, were burned - In Bangor Maine at Exeter Corner, the main barn and other building were destroyed by lightning caused fires - A house and barn were burned in Milford NH - Rockport MA, Lowell MA, Haverhill MA, Bangor ME, Portsmouth NH , West Derry NH, Exeter NH, Hudson NH, and Newburg NY also reported storm related fires and/or losses due to wind, hail and lightning strikes

Jul 07, 1944 - Westbrook, ME - Fatal Fire - County Road Philip's Farm - Firefighter William Hartley of Ladder #1 perishes

Jul 07, 1984 - Williston, VT - Train Crash - Torrential downpours washed out section of RR track - "Montrealer" with two engines and 13 cars - Tracks gave way and 3 train cars plunged into gully, 2nd worst train accident in Vermont history

Jul 07, 2001 - Henniker, NH - 3rd Alarm - 101 Western Ave - Barn attached to dwelling

Jul 07, 2001 - Hillsboro, NH - 3rd Alarm - Central Square, 3 story occupied apartment building with heavy fire on arrival. Extensive Mutual Aid to scene, fire contained to building of origin despite multiple exposures.

Jul 08, 1805 - Claremont, NH - Zara and Orlando Thomas (18 year old and 7 year old struck by lightning and killed

Jul 08, 1869 - Concord, NH - Fisherville - Sander's Block destroyed by fire - $20,000 loss *CT*

Jul 08, 1900 - Derry, NH - Chester Road - Hill Farm - "Electric Fluid" (Lightning Strike) destroys barn and carriage house, several out-buildings and 17 tons of hay

Jul 08, 1900 - Westwood, MA - Fire - Canton Street - National Express Company - Barn fire total loss

Jul 08, 1901 - Colebrook, NH - Main Street from Pleasant Street to Parson Street - Many blocks of stores destroyed by fire covering same territory as the Jul 24, 1870 fire

Jul 08, 1908 - Boston (East Boston), MA - 5th Alarm - Cunard Docks - Very large pier destroyed, over $1,000,000 loss

Jul 08, 1927 - Manchester, NH - Motor Vehicle Accident - Pine St and Willow St railroad crossing - Car stuck on tracks struck by train, ejecting 3 occupants from vehicle - Two women transported to Sacred Hear Hospital in police ambulance

Jul 08, 1998 - Burlington, VT - 2nd Alarm, 19 Spring Street - Vacant Apt Bldg under repair Arson fire, with heavy fire - Exposure to similar type building with heavy fire - Exposure to single family home with light damage

Jul 08, 2004 - New Bedford, MA - General Alarm - Belleville Ave - 3 story vacant mill building

Jul 09, 1870 - Manchester, NH - Manchester Street near Elm Street - Six acres of dense city blocks burn including Drake and Carpenter's Flour and Spice Store, Masonic Temple, 1st Calvinistic Baptist Church, animal stables, carpenters shops and printing shop - Worst non-mill fire in city history - Started in a building in the rear of The Merchants Exchange. Strong winds fanned the blaze destroying the entire square from Nutfield Lane to Chestnut Street, Hanover Street to Manchester Street. The fire started in the establishment of Carpenter & Drake (formerly the Merrill Spice House). Property damage was estimated at nearly $250,000 with about 200 families left homeless.

Jul 09, 1998 - Manchester, NH - 2nd Alarm - 171 Spruce St - 2.5 Story Wood Frame 3 Family Occupied Apartment Building

Jul 10, 1853c. - Attleborough, MA - Knight Cotton Mill, newly constructed, destroyed by fire $45,000 (Saturday prior to 7/16/1853)

Jul 10, 1876 - Portsmouth, NH - Dwelling of former Mayor Frank Miller after lightning struck the stable and was set afire - The fire spread to the house causing considerable damage $3500 loss *BG*

Jul 10, 1885 - Jefferson, NH - Cherry Mountain Slide - Destroyed newly built house and killed or severely injured a farmhand - A million tons of boulders, trees and mud loosen by heavy rain slid for two miles

Jul 10, 1970 - Putney, VT - Fire - US Rte 5 - Barn fire - Dummerston, Westminster, Brattleboro tankers Mutual Aid to scene

Jul 10, 1972 - Derry, NH - Island Pond Road - Ballard Homestead, vacant fire gutted by arson fire

Jul 10, 1998 - Grand Isle, VT - Moccasin Avenue - Unoccupied house, fire due to lightning strike heavily involved

Jul 10, 1998 - Manchester, NH - Massabesic Street at Valley Street - 3 Story apartment building severely damaged by fire, 1 tenant jumped 2 stories to safety

Jul 10, 2000 - Milton, MA - 5th Alarm, 18 Taft Rd, 2.5 Story Wood Frame 30x40 - Fire floor 2 extended up

Jul 11, 1840 - Boston, MA - South Boston - Fire at Store of WB Harding -  Large wooden building was destroyed with nearly all the stock.  Stock insured for $2000 - Wheelwright's shop adjoining, received some damage from the fire *bostonhistory.typepad.com*

Jul 11, 1888 - Hanover, NH - South Main Street - South Hall and sub-South Hall plus two houses burned

Jul 11, 1897 - Berlin, NH - Brown Company Sawmill Fire - The largest sawmill in Berlin which employed over 500 workers - Sawmill, gristmill, an electric plant, a wood working machine shop, a grain house all destroyed

Jul 11, 1908 - Coos County, NH - Forest Fires - Gorham, Pine Mountain - Shelburne, Mount Hayes - The two fires consumed 2,000 acres of forest

Jul 11, 1976 - Litchfield - NH - MVA Fatal - Charles Bancroft Highway (Route 3A) - Auto vs tree with three passengers heavily entrapped with extensive extrication - 2 fatalities

Jul 11, 1982 - Gilman, VT - Fire station destroyed by fire

Jul 11, 2000 - East Hartford, CT - 2nd Alarm - 126 Silver Lane - Apt Bldg - Fire floor 4

Jul 12, 1681 - Boston, MA - Dwellings of Mr. Lamb set afire by the "slave woman" and fire spread to home of Mr. Swan - A young girl died as a result of this fire - The woman was found guilty and publicly burned to death as her punishment *www.damrellsfire.com*

Jul 12, 1803 - Fremont, NH - Flooding noted in area

Jul 12, 1881 - Sanford (Springvale), ME - Hersom and Smith House and stable burn

Jul 12, 1923 - Sandwich, NH - Flat Mountain forest fire - Burned for four days consuming 3500 acres

Jul 12, 1963 - Beverly, MA - General Alarm - St. Alphonsus Church - Railroad Ave - Large wooden Church

Jul 12, 1980 - Merrimack Valley, NH - thunderstorms pelted area with hail, and caused two major fires

Jul 12, 1981 - Bartlett (Glen Vlg), NH - Grant's Store and White Mountain Bank heavily involved in fire - $1,000,000 damage - 75 firefighters and 7 tankers to scene

Jul 13, 1846 - Nantucket, MA - Great Fire - One third of waterfront district burned (300 buildings) including the Atheneum and many businesses supporting the whaling industry

Jul 13, 1864 - Raymond, NH - 20 year old Charles Norton drowns in Norton's pond while gathering lilies

Jul 13, 1897 - Exeter, NH - Squamscott Hotel - 3.5 Story Brick - Interior of floors 3 and 4 gutted by fire - $20,000 damage

Jul 13, 1899 - Milford, NH - Tornado sweeps through Milford

Jul 13, 1896 - Bangor, ME - Western Union office in a 4 story building suffers heavy fire

Jul 13, 1906 - Framingham, MA - Amsden Building in south Framingham collapses while under construction - 13 workers killed

Jul 13, 1907 - Goffstown, NH - House of Nelson Richards burned with owner perishing in the fire

Jul 13, 1920 - Derry, NH - East Broadway - Casey Block - Robie & Radcliffe Store heavily damaged by fire, smoke, and fire

Jul 13, 1983 - Salisbury, MA - 3rd Alarm - Entertainment complex at Salisbury Beach damaged and 150 feet of boardwalk burned - Mutual Aid 7 towns

Jul 13, 1995 - Francestown, NH - 4th Alarm building fire plus Multiple Alarm Brush/Woods fire - New Boston Road near Dennison Road - Harmony Hill Farm (former Foote Farm), largest barn in state, 3 Story 50x150 built 1900, burned to ground - Adjoining house (Expanded Cape) destroyed by fire - Seven horses killed - Cape replaced a Victorian that burned on same site in late 1960's

Jul 13, 1998 - Lawrence, MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 5111 - Park St @ Walnut - 3 Story Wood Frame Vacant

Jul 13, 2002 - Manchester, NH - 3rd Alarm - 795 Elm Street - The Pembroke Building - Historic 6 Story Brick commercial building - Fire started on floor four and spread through roof - Capri Pizza - (Old Hills Dept Store)

Jul 13, 2004 - Mendon, MA - General Alarm - 16 Hastings Street - Lowell's Restaurant - 100x250 2.5 wood frame fully involved - Severe water problems. Request For A District Strike Team. Structure Has Collapsed. 1 Ladder Pipe In Operation, Multi Hand Lines. Tanker Shuttle Operations.

Jul 14, 1899 - Peterborough, NH - Farnsworth Homestead - Carriage House, Storehouse and Ice House destroyed by fire (3rd suspicious fire in 5 months - House and barn destroyed in two previous suspicious fires)

Jul 14, 1950 - Hampton, NH - Major fire - C Street nr Dudley's Hotel - Several business blocks and cottages destroyed - 8 towns Mutual Aid

Jul 14, 1959 - Nashua, NH - General Alarm - Main Street at Park Streets - Three story brick building - Mutual Aid Manchester, Milford, Lowell, Hudson

Jul 14, 1976 - Fremont, NH - Sandown Road - at Bean's 4 Corners - Several tire fires - A frequent occurrence since 1950's

Jul 14, 1983 - Jackson, NH - 4th Gray's Inn - 4 Story, totally destroyed by fire - Burned for 24 hours - Scene of previous fires in 1902, 1903, 1916 - Land was purchased by Town of Jackson as ultimate site for Town Offices - under construction in late 1999

Jul 14, 1999 - Elmore, VT - Working Fire - Elmore Mountain Rd - Building fire

Jul 14, 2004 - Topsham, ME - 5th Alarm - River Rd off Route 196 - Grimmel Industries -A large recycling building with heavy fire, M/A responded from numerous towns

Jul 15, 1818 - Fremont, NH - Dark days - Smoke from distant woods fires obscure the sun

Jul 15, 1843c. - Fall River, MA - Pocasset mill burned - Was rebuilt

Jul 15, 1846c. - Nantucket, MA - Great Fire - One third of waterfront district burned including Athenaeum

Jul 15, 1855 - Manchester, NH - Manchester Print Works #1 mill - South half of building destroyed by fire

Jul 15, 1856c - Nashua, NH - Fire at Nashua Manufacturing Co. causes $115,000 worth of damage, spreads to surrounding neighborhood and destroys tenements on High and School streets plus the Niagra Engine Company firehouse

Jul 15, 1871 - Somerville, MA - Powder House Farm - Large wooden tin can manufactory and fruit canning factory consumed by fire - Exposure to several dwellings, the roof of one caught on fire

Jul 15, 1887c. - Hooksett, NH - Concord Railroad and Suncook Valley Railroad trains collide killing 2 and injuring several

Jul 15, 1889c. - Nashua, NH - Broad Street - Fox and Gibson Furniture manufacturing building and out buildings burned

Jul 15, 1921c. - Putnam, CT - J. B. Tatem's Handle factory on George Street was destroyed by arson fire - $23,000 damage *putnamfire.com*

Jul 15, 1924 - Hartford - CT - Market Street - Clapp & Treat store house fire

Jul 15, 1937c. - Milford, NH - Ash St - Former Granite State Basket Co factory bldg (used for stables) burned down

Jul 15, 1970c. - New Bedford, MA - Double Alarm - Laurans-Standard Grocery Warehouse

Jul 15, 1998 - Boston, MA - 4th Alarm FATAL - Box 1525 - 40 Dwight St - 4 Story Apartment bldg

Jul 15, 2003 - Loudon, NH - 5th Alarm - 409 Loudon Ridge Road - Pearl and Sons Farm - Barn 40x120 heavily involved spread to outbuilding - Using 18 departments with 35 pieces and 75 firefighters

Jul 16, 1831c. - Wentworth, NH - Aiken's Mills - The gristmill, sawmill and shingle mill all burnt

Jul 16, 1864 - Brentwood, NH - The Young Mill at Lower Dam destroyed by fire

Jul 16, 1877 - Worcester, MA - Train Crash - Boston and Albany Railroad near village of Jamesville (Stafford Street area) - 7 trains thrown from track damaging and destroying very expensive freight

Jul 16, 1884 - Brentwood, NH - Robinson-Young Mill on Crawley Falls Lower Dam burned

Jul 16, 1887 - Center Harbor, NH - Senter House (Hotel) - 80x120, 200 gust capacity - Destroyed by fire

Jul 16, 1948 - Londonderry, NH - Rte 28 at RR Crossing - 4260 gallon oil tanker TT vs train - Locomotive derailed, caboose destroyed by fire - Truck driver killed - 5 train crew members serious injured

Jul 16, 1962c. - Amherst, NH - Amherst Street on Milford Hill - In middle of night a Quinn Freight Line truck carrying 58,000 pounds of paper crashed off road through several large trees - Fuel tanks exploded sounding like sonic booms - Truck and all paper burned in spectacular +fire - Driver was thrown 25 feet clear of truck and was escaped serous injury

Jul 16, 1972 - Raymond, NH - Major Fire - Tannery fire 500 ft long bldg, 10 Depts. fought fire

Jul 17, 1694 - Newfields/South Newmarket (Oyster River), NH - 5 garrisons and 21 houses destroyed by fire

Jul 17, 1847 - Raymond, NH - Fisherville section - Young man killed by board thrown by circular saw

Jul 17, 1852 - Lake Village, NH - Two girl, age 15 and 18 drown while bathing

Jul 17, 1918 - Westwood, MA - Fire - Forbes Farm - Lightning strike - Barn and 80,000 lbs of hay

Jul 17, 1923 - Nashua, NH - Robinson Road - Barns of the historic Lund farm destroyed by fire (Property later became the Erion Homestead just around the corner from where I grew up - The cellar hole of one of the barns' as a local landmark for the neighborhood kids)

Jul 17, 1998 - Williamstown, VT - Fatal Fire - address? - House, fire thru roof - 1 fatality (occupant)

Jul 17, 2000 - Lincoln, NH - Simultaneous 4th and 2nd Alarms - Kancamagus Hwy (Rte 112 at Main St) @ Pollard Rd - 3.5 Story Condos 1000x75 Resort/Condo community - And 1/4 mile down road 2.5 Story Wood Frame 50x75 irregular Restaurant Both arson

Jul 17, 2001 - Allenstown, NH - 3rd Alarm Fatal - 62 Main Street - White Rabbit Inn and Catering - Occupied dwelling occupants trapped - 5 victims rescued, owner perished in fire

Jul 18, 1818 - Carroll, NH - Fabyan, 1st Ethan Allan Crawford House (Hotel) burned down

Jul 18, 1864 - Portsmouth, NH - Penhollow Street - Fire in Tripp's 2 story wood paint shop extended to 25 wooden buildings $40,000 loss *PrtmChronicle*

Jul 18, 1864 - Lowell, MA - Durrell and Bridge Tannery - 2 tannery buildings and two dwellings destroyed by fire - $130,000 loss

Jul 18, 1913 - Westwood, MA - Fire - Pond Street - Two barns on fire

Jul 18, 1919 - Derry (East Derry), NH - English Range - William Bisney Farm - House, barn (with a large amount of new machinery, automobile and wagons) garage and shed destroyed by fire

Jul 18, 1935 - Derry (East Derry), NH - Lawrence Road - the Karam residence - Dwelling destroyed by fire - Children home alone at 3:00AM rescued by neighbors - Mother was in Boston, father in sanatorium - Youngest girl was recently object of a wide search when see wandered off (That story made front page news)

Jul 18, 1982 - Fremont, NH - 159 South Road - House built circa 1807 completely destroyed by fire

Jul 18, 1982 - Manchester, NH - 5th Alarm, 277 Pine Street - 4 story wood frame apartment building - 4 year old boy perished, 11 others injured - 37 homeless - 5th alarm sounded within six minutes possible date of Jul 16

Jul 18, 1989 - Manchester, NH - 5th Alarm - Lowell Street - Apartment building fire - 5 families homeless

Jul 18, 1998 - Windham, VT - 1st Alarm - Rte 121 near Windham 4 Corners - Structure fully involved - Mutual Aid Tank and Pumpers from Londonderry and Chester - Cascade from Chester - Grafton to Windham for cover

Jul 18, 1999 - Farmington, ME - 4th Alarm - Rte 4 - 1 Story Wood Frame 100x400

Jul 18, 1999 - Westford, VT - Working Fire - Rte 128 @ McNallow Rd - Mutual Aid response from Fairfax

Jul 19, 1969 - Old Orchard Beach, ME - pier Amusement Center fire - Carousel "Detzel", built in 1924, destroyed in the fire

Jul 19, 1996 - Waltham, MA - 4th Alarm - Box 181 195 Newton Street - 3 Story Apt Bldg

Jul 20, 1871 - Claremont, NH - Earthquake recorded

Jul 20, 1878 - Lowell, MA - Incendiary fire at storehouse of Faulkner and Sons Mills partially destroys building and causes $6000 damaged

Jul 20, 1898 - Londonderry, NH - House of Peter Bonefant near residence of F.A. Hardy (Hardy Road??) destroyed by fire - Fire spread so fast that no personal effects were able to be saved

Jul 20, 1915 - Westwood, MA - Major fire - Canton Street - 2 stables and a hay barn destroyed by fire - Mutual Aid Dedham and Norwood

Jul 20, 1954 - Fremont, NH - 234 South Road - Barn 60x38 and 100,000 pounds of hay destroyed by fire 18 cows and other livestock killed

Jul 20, 1976 - Nashua, NH - General Alarm - West Hollis St at Chestnut - St. Louis de Gonzague Church destroyed by fire

Jul 20, 1977 - Derry, NH - Weston Street on Island Pond - Garrison story le house rocked by two explosions and destroyed by fire

Jul 21, 1875 - Concord NH - St. Paul's School - Two main building destroyed by fire result of lightning strike - $20,000 loss

Jul 21, 1875 - Lewiston, ME - Continental Mill - 10 years old French girls hand fearfully mangled by machinery (This was before child labor laws were implemented)

Jul 21, 1891 - Fremont, NH - 910 Main Street - Isaac Brown's barn destroyed by fire

Jul 21, 1916 - Fremont, NH - opposite 224 North Road - Lyford residence - House and barn completely destroyed by fire - Caused by lightning strike

Jul 21, 1996 - Bath, NH - Porter Hill Rd - 40x80 2sty Wood Frame Farm House, vacant

Jul 21, 2000 - Waterboro, ME - 3rd Alarm - Cooper Hill Rd - 1 Story Wood Frame 60x40 fully involved

Jul 22, 2000 - Hamden, CT - 2nd Alarm - 272 Woodin St - Commercial Garage 75x100 with several autos and oil truck inside - 5E, 1T, 2R

Jul 23, 1903 - Derry, NH - West Derry near bridge - Unoccupied blacksmith shop totally destroyed by fire

Jul 23, 1991 - Manchester, NH - 2nd Alarm - 555 Valley Street at Wilson Street - Sherwin-William Paint Store destroyed by fire. The blaze provided excitement for several hundred spectators, launching aerosol paint cans toward them.

Jul 23, 1998 - Plainfield, VT - 2nd Alarm - East Hill Rd House Fire 3 Towns Mutual Aid

Jul 23, 2000 - Nashua, NH - 1st Alarm - 37 Lake St - 2.5 Story Wood Frame multi unit

Jul 24, 1852 - Medford, MA - Fire in shipyard - Somerville to scene

Jul 24, 1870 - Colebrook, NH - Main Street - Fire that started tin the old Colby Store wiped out every business and store from Person Street to Pleasant Street - Fire fought by bucket brigade

Jul 24, 1870 - Colebrook, NH - Tenement-house fire spread to many nearly businesses burning all - The businesses included a shoe store, post office, tailor, hardware store, tin shop, marble works, carriage shop, two private libraries, the town library, a jeweler, a druggist and many other shops and dwellings - 16 families homeless

Jul 24, 1872 - xx - xx - Fire in Ralph Waldo Emerson's Home

Jul 24, 1969 - Carroll, NH - Mt. Clinton Rd nr US Rte 302 - MVA/MCI - Stake truck overturned ejecting 34 teenage boys - Multiple ambulances and private vehicles transported victims - no fatalities

Jul 24, 1969 - Carroll, NH - Mt. Clinton Rd nr US Rte 302 - MVA/MCI - Stake truck overturned ejecting 34 teenage boys - Multiple ambulances and private vehicles transported victims - no fatalities

Jul 24, 2000 - Lawrence, MA - 4th Alarm - Box 2111 - 296 Howard St - 3 Story Wood Frame 25x40

Jul 24, 2000 - Stoughton, MA - 4th Alarm - 23 Pleasant St - 2.5 Story Brick - Fire all floors

Jul 24, 2004 - Manchester, NH - 3rd Alarm - Box 333 - 467 Beech Street - 3 story apartment house - Heavy fire all floors

Jul 25, 1881 - Goffstown, NH - Buildings of G. F. Farley struck by lightning and burned *www.usgennet.org/usa/nh*

Jul 25, 1893 - Sanford (Springvale), ME - Roberts and Company laundry burns

Jul 25, 1972 - Londonderry, NH - Grenier Industrial Park - L.E. Bagley Warehouse heavily involved in fire - 9000 foot warehouse storing cotton waste which smoldered into the next day - Caused by lightning strike *DNpc*

Jul 25, 1993 - Newport, NH - Multiple Alarm Historic Fire - Eagle Block arson fire, on 58 Main St. 3 Story commercial and residential brick building. - Town Land Mark since 1826. 11 Mutual aid towns

Jul 25, 1996 - Lawrence, MA - 3rd Alarm +, 15 Fouton St - 3 Story Wood Frame - Heavy Fire Fl 2 Rear Of Bldg

Jul 25, 1996 - Nashua, NH - 3rd Alarm - Box 37 - Bridge St- Fire In 200x200 Comm Bldg

Jul 25, 2001 - Gorham - ME- 3rd Alarm 50 New Portland Road - Gorham House Nursing Home - 3 Story Wood Frame

Jul 25, 1895 - Salem, MA - Warren House hotel destroyed, 2 with serious burns *DB*

Jul 26, 1871 - Andover, NH - Proctor Block at Centre, district school house and law office burn

Jul 26, 1885 - Concord, NH - Birchdale Spring's - Birchdale Tavern destroyed by fire

Jul 26, 1989 - Manchester, NH - 3rd Alarm - Perimeter Road - Fibre Corp Processing Corporation - Fire in warehouse with 500 bales of synthetic fabrics and wool, each 600 pounds Damage at $1,000,000

Jul 26, 1998 - Cambridge, VT - Elementary School damaged by fire

Jul 26, 1999 - Fairhaven, VT - Working Fire - Pleasant @ Prospect St - House fire

Jul 26, 2000 - Salem, NH - 2nd Alarm - 116 Bridge St - Commercial bldg

Jul 27, 1861 - Rockingham County, NH - Tornado rips a path through Londonderry, Candia, Deerfield

Jul 27, 1830 - New England - New England - Big flood throughout New England - Bridges out all over Vermont, many drown

Jul 27, 1932 - Chester, NH - Manchester Road - Loren T Rand homestead - House, barn, and several out buildings destroyed by fire, 200 firefighters fought this fire

Jul 27, 1932 - Manchester, NH - Lake Massabesic Pavilion, built 1896, housing a theatre and restaurant destroyed by fire

Jul 27,1949 - Nashua, NH - Milford Road (Amherst Street) - Kessler Farm - Barn destroyed by fire

Jul 27, 1967 - Sanford (South Sanford), ME - at Sanford Airport - Thurston-Erlandsen Corporation completely destroyed by fire

Jul 27, 1998 - Albany, NH - MVA Fatal - Rte 112 - Motorcycle MVA - 1 fatality died five days later

Jul 28, 1867 - Concord, NH - Fire in a livery stable to the rear of the Sherman house and four other stables and a dwelling

Jul 28, 1908 - Milan, NH - Doliff Homestead burned down after being struck by lighting

Jul 28, 1995 - Derry, NH - 3rd Alarm - Brook Street - K of C Hall burns

Jul 28, 1999 - New Bedford, MA - General Alarm - Brook St - old Dawson Brewery - Brick and Wood building in disrepair - 3 story and 1 story sections heavily involved - 6 story section protected - Using 8 engines and 3 ladders

Jul 28, 2004 - Pawtucket,RI - General Alarm - Esten Ave - Hope Webbing - 1 and 2 story brick mill 100x100 - Several ladder pipes up

Jul 29, 1876 - Portland, ME - Block of twelve stores burn on Union Wharf - Total loss of $50,000

Jul 29, 1883 - Sanford, ME - Fairfield Butler house and barn destroyed by fire

Jul 29, 1894 - Auburn, NH - Lake Massabesic - Cyclone destroys building

Jul 29, 1903 - Colebrook, NH - Remick, Forristal and Grammar School buildings burn down

Jul 29, 1903 - Lowell (South Lowell), MA - United States Cartridge Company = 2 large magazine buildings where powder, nitro-glycerin and dynamites were stored exploded killing 20 and injured more than 50 - 65 houses damaged, some completely destroyed - Only two large holes remained where buildings stood ("Blown to Atoms") - Shook felt for 50 miles - In Derry (20 miles away)large buildings were jarred, windows and door were rattled

Jul 29, 1906 - York, ME - Beech Ridge District - Large barn owned by Joseph Moody was struck by lighting - Fire destroyed the barns and its contents of hay and farming implements - $3500 loss *BG*

Jul 29, 1906 - Springfield, VT - Freight Station of the Boston and Maine struck by lightning and burned to the ground - $2000 loss *BG*

Jul 29, 1959 - Plymouth, MA - Obery Street - Plymouth County Farm - Barn fire

Jul 29, 1980 - Salem, NH - South Broadway - Rockingham Park grandstand destroyed by fire - Considerable damage to clubhouse

Jul 29, 1998 - Alburg, VT - Working Fire - Fatal - Route 2 - Mobile home fire heavily involved - 1 fatality

Jul 30, 1870 - Rutland, VT - A barn and several other building in the village burned

Jul 30, 1870 - Tilton, NH - Dwelling of Abner Hall destroyed by fire - $2,000 loss

Jul 30, 1870 - Wade, MA - Miner and Fales' saws mill destroyed by fire - $2000 loss

Jul 30, 1882 - Walpole, MA - Fire at Town Hall - Building saved by Bucket Brigade

Jul 30, 1927 - Manchester, NH - Worst accident in FD history. Captain Frank H. Harvey and firefighter Louis A. Cote died as a result of a collision between Hose 1 and Ladder 3 at Union Street and Lake Avenue while responding to box 711. Six other firefighters were injured. Accident was found to be unavoidable and the drivers were exonerated from blame

Jul 30, 1968 - Londonderry, NH - Sargeant Road - Idle - A - Wile Farm Restaurant - Kitchen and barn destroyed by fire

Jul 30, 1984 - Greens Grant, NH - 100th death attributed to Mount Washington - Neat the base of Mt. Washington auto road - 22 year old woman died when the brakes on her automobile failed while descending the auto road

Jul 30, 1990 - Moultonborough, NH - 2nd Alarm - Moultonborough Neck - Dwelling at former Camp Windward - Summer cottage 40x60 fully involved - Mutual Aid Center Harbor, Holderness, Meredith, Sandwich to scene

Jul 31, 1870 - Concord, NH - Fire in the Northern Railroad roundhouse destroyed about 1/3 of the northern end of the building and badly damaged 3 locomotives

Jul 31, 1870 - Westfield, MA - Crane Brothers paper-felt factory with all its contents burned $13,000 loss

Jul 31, 1878 - Andover (West Andover), NH - Old school house burns

Jul 31, 1919 - Sandwich, NH - Upper Road - Barn of Jesse Mudgett destroyed by fire - House badly damaged

Jul 31, 1952 - Sanford, ME - Old North Berwick ME - Shed fire spread to 2,500 acres of forest, which burned for six days - Corydon Goodwin of Springvale FD died fighting the fire

Jul 31, 1973 - Boston, MA - Logan Airport - 88 die in crash of Delta DC-9

Jul 31, 1981 - Manchester, NH - 5th Alarm - Gam Electronics - Mfg bldg - Suspicious fire

Jul 31, 2001 - Portland, ME - 3rd Alarm - Riverside Drive at the Recycling Facility-Large pile of paper on fire

Aug 01, 1816c. - Raymond, NH - Major Dearborn's cooper shop burned

Aug 01, 1870 - Concord, NH - Fisherville - A farmer driving in his field when his horse was frightened by the whistle of a passing locomotive - The farmer was thrown and caught between the whiffletree and the crossbar and was killed

Aug 01, 1911 - Nashua, NH - Boston and Maine railroad freight sheds burn causing $60,000 loss

Aug 01, 1999 - Barrington, NH - MVA/Construction Acc FATAL - Construction - Worker run over by dump truck

Aug 01, 2000 - Laconia, NH - 2nd Alarm - 77 Court St Odd Fellows Hall - Fire in two rooms - Mutual Aid Gilford, Belmont, Winnisquam, Meredith, Center Harbor and Franklin

Aug 01, 2001 - Wells, ME - 2nd Alarm - US Rte 1 (Post Road) - (Bolduc's) Wells-Moody Motel - Several units Mutual Aid Ogunquit and Kennebunk - 51 year old female guest fatality

Aug 01, 2007 - Belmont, NH - Belmont Fire Department merged with the Winnisquam Department

Aug 02, 1691 - Boston, MA - King's Head near Scarlett's Wharf - Foot of Fleet Street - 14 dwellings, several warehouses and several brewhouses consumed by fire

Aug 02, 1831 - Gilmanton, NH - Barn of Col. Nicholas Durrell struck by lightning and burned to ground - 30 tons of hay and livestock destroyed

Aug 02, 1890 - Sanford (Springvale), ME - Mill Street - Three houses burn

Aug 02, 1923 - Franconia (Franconia Notch), NH - Lafayette House (Gibbs Hotel) 2.5 Story hotel with 75 guest capacity - Moved across road from original location to become dorms for workers at the Profile House - Destroyed by fire

Aug 02, 1946 - Hudson, NH - Lowell Road at Dracut Road - House and barn fully involved

Aug 02, 1983 - Boston, MA - 6th Alarm - Park Square, 176 Commercial Street - 7 story commercial building, 10 firefighters injured

Aug 03, 1879 - Hudson, NH - 1/2 mile east of Taylor's Falls Bridge - Methodist Episcopal Church destroyed by fire

Aug 03, 1907 - Boston, MA - South Boston - B Street at Cargo Street - Cunningham Iron Plant partially destroyed in spectacular fire - $15,000 damage *BG*

Aug 03, 1914 - Derry, NH - Fire - Crystal Ave - Original St. Thomas Aquinas Church destroyed by fire

Aug 03, 1933 - Dover, NH - City Hall, containing Police station in basement burned downed

Aug 03, 1974 - Windham, NH - Range Road - Ernie's Garage - Gas station and metal clad garage completely destroyed by fire

Aug 03, 1973 - Nashua, NH - 2nd Alarm - 10 St. Laurent Street - Berkshire Inn - Kitchen fire with considerable extension - Mutual aid to scene - Several firefighters injured
Aug 03, 2001 - Brookline, MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 4382 - 364 Buckminster Road - 2.5 Brick at Brick single family dwelling 70x40 heavily involved

Aug 04, 1833 - Gilmanton, NH - Two barns struck by lightning burn to ground destroying 40 tons of hay and much farm equipment

Aug 04, 1878 - Lincoln, VT - Hewitt & Gove Building, 2 Story bldg containing Post Office, Town Clerk's Office and Grangers & Good Templar's Lodge

Aug 04, 1948 - Bridport, VT - Farm fire with Mutual Aid from Vergennes (Vergennes engine involved in accident 1 FF killed)

Aug 04, 1967 - Beverly, MA - General Alarm - Knight's Lumber Yard - River St - All bldgs & lumber on sprawling lot fully involved

Aug 04, 2001 - Lewiston, ME - 3rd Alarm - 64 Maple St - 4 story apartment building

Aug 04, 2001 - Weare, NH - 2nd Alarm - 142 Abijah Bridge Road - Occupied Dwelling with two occupants - 1 elderly female unconscious transported status 2

Aug 05, 1969 - Boston (Readville), MA - 5th Alarm Boston Box 3859, General Alarm Dedham Box 422 - 100 Meadow Road - Stop and Shop Grocery Warehouse -

Aug 05, 1988 - Nashua, NH - Hazmat - Poisson Ave - WR Grace Chemical Plant - Large chemical release causes large hydrochloric acid cloud to spread over area causing 2,200 residents to be evacuated for 7 hours - 42 person sent to hospitals - Dozens of business forced to close (Note: Name of street is "Poisson", which is the French word for "fish", although residents refer to the street as "Poison Ave")

Aug 06, 1859c. - Nashua, NH - Mill #1 5 story brick 155x45 burns killing 2 workers

Aug 06, 1861c. - Keene, NH - Court Street north of Courthouse - Large building housing a stove dealer and a mfg of organs and melodeons destroyed by fire

Aug 06, 1866 - Woonsocket,RI - Harris' Mill building #4 partially burned by fire - 20 workers were injured jumping from windows, 6 of them suffered broken arms or legs

Aug 06, 1900 - Londonderry, NH - McAllister Farm near Town Hall - Large set of farm buildings including house destroyed by fire - Caused by lightning strike - House occupied by a couple in their 80's

Aug 06, 1918 - Chester, NH - Manchester Road near Brick Schoolhouse - The former Morse Homestead struck by lightning - House and barn leveled by fire

Aug 07, 1904 - Northfield, NH - Dwelling and barn owned by Mrs. Albert Tibbetts, occupied by her and the Diaz family, destroyed by fire - Children were playing in the barn were the fire started *BG*

Aug 07, 1904 - Newburyport, MA - 2nd Alarm - McKays Wharf - Walker's Paint Shop - 2 story wood frame building - Two workers removed from building in an intoxicated state were removed from the building and arrested for drunkenness - Sparks from the fire set the roofs of several adjoining storehouses on fire but prompt work by the firemen prevented a conflagration *BG*

Aug 07, 1916 - Westwood, MA - Fire - Canton Street - House fire - Mutual Aid Dedham to fire

Aug 07, 1976 - Londonderry, NH - Londonderry Volunteer Fire Department turned over to town

Aug 07, 1979 - Hudson, NH - 2nd alarm - Tolles Street - Browning and Ferris Industries - Baled paper at recycling plant kept firefighters occupied for the better part of a day

Aug 07, 1981 - Rochester, VT - Bethel Mountain - Volunteer Firefighter survived ride down steep mountain road when the brakes on fire truck failed. Truck careened down the road until the left rear wheel came off. The wheel spun off and struck a house. The fire truck continued a distance until it veered off road and became wedged between a large tree and the another house. The house and truck were suffered heavy damage

Aug 07, 1994 - Lawrence, MA - 6th Alarm - 502 Essex Street - Downtown business block heavily damaged in arson fire - $1,000,000 damage - 4 firefighters injured

Aug 07, 2001 - Lawrence, MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 5111 - 66 Willow Street - 4 Story Brick & Wood - Heavy fife floors 3 and 4 - Ladder pipes and deck guns operating

Aug 08, 1927 - Windham (Windham Depot), NH - Former Ed Stickney Store (an old landmark), owned by a B. Cohen - Store, tenement, shed, storehouse destroyed by fire - $7000 loss

Aug 08, 1944 - Hart's Location, NH - US Rte 302 below dam south of Wiley House - Laundry, power plant and garage destroyed by fire

Aug 08, 1981 - Hampton, NH - 4th Alarm - Spindrift Motel - on the beachfront - 4 Story Wood Frame

Aug 08, 1996 - Amesbury, MA - 3rd Alarm - 5th Street - Camp Bowercrest - Six Occupied Camp bldgs destroyed

Aug 08, 1996 - Hinsdale, NH - Rte 119 near Greyhound Park - Barn 40x60 destroyed by fire - Adjacent garage heavily damaged - Mutual Aid Brattleboro and Northfield

Aug 08, 2000 - Wolfeboro, NH - 2nd Alarm - House fire - Friar Tuck Way - Fire damage confined to kitchen. No injuries. Mutual Aid Ossipee Corner, Tuftonboro, West Ossipee.

Aug 09, 1869 - Henniker, NH - West Henniker - Occupied dwelling destroyed by rapidly moving fire

Aug 09, 1869 - Portland, ME - Morrill's Corner - Store destroyed by fire

Aug 09, 1887 - Wolfeboro, NH - Largest shoe factory in New Hampshire and nine dwellings destroyed by fire - Fire started on the 2nd floor of the four story factory, the building was only three years old

Aug 09, 1892 - Merrimack, NH - Reeds Ferry Vlg on road to Bedford - Suicide/Arson fire, 1.5 Story House, barn and woodshed burned to ground by distraught blacksmith

Aug 09, 1910 - Boston, MA - General Alarm - Box 58 - 360 Albany Street - Blacker and Shepard Lumber Yard Fire - 38 engines, 16 ladder, and several other companies operated at this fire

Aug 09, 2000 - Holyoke, MA - 3rd Alarm - Hampshire St @ Chestnut St - 4 Story Brick fully involved - Master streams operating

Aug 10, 1854 - Lowell, MA - Unusual Death - George Scales, a brakeman for the Lowell Railroad was killed - The man was attempting to catch his hat that was blown of his head, and whereupon his head came in contact with a bridge - He was killed instantly

Aug 10, 1869 - Amherst, MA - The Elijah Fitts saw and grist mill burned - $15,000 loss

Aug 10, 1887 - Lawrence, MA - 61 Franklin Street - Tenement building - Fire in barroom within building

Aug 10, 1901 - Berlin, NH - Fire destroys the dwelling causing a $5,000 loss - 3 children and 2 men had to jump from windows to escape the fire *BG*

Aug 10, 1954 - Beverly, MA - General Alarm - National Bank block, 240 Cabot St - 3 Story Brick Comm fully involved

Aug 10, 1959 - Fremont, NH - 8 engine B-52 Bomber crashes near 85 North Road in swamp and woods - entire crew of 8 survived crash - 7 parachuted about 5 minutes before crash and pilot parachuted out just before crash - Extensive coverage by news media, including WBZ-TV channel 4 Boston

Aug 10, 1978 - Manchester, NH - 163 Hancock Street - Granite State Packing Company canning facilities destroyed by fire 4 story 100-year-old building that contained asphalt siding and reinforced 12 x 12 timbers - Supplies of grease and fat fueled the fire

Aug 10, 2001 - West Bridgewater, MA - 3rd Alarm - 286 Pleasant Street

Aug 11, 1690 - Boston, MA - at the Mill Bridge - Blackstone near Hanover Street - 20 buildings destroyed by fire, three buildings blown up as a fire stop

Aug 11, 1834 - Boston (Charlestown), MA - Ursuline Convent burned by rioters

Aug 11, 1876 - Rockingham (Bellows Falls), VT - Five boats carrying lumber go over the falls at Bellows Falls *www.historicvermont.org*

Aug 11, 1921 - Newport, NH - Serious Fire - Wheeler Block - Restaurant destroyed by fire

Aug 12, 1844 - Manchester, NH - Elm Street opp Hanover St - 3 Story Brick 90x63 - Manchester Town Hall destroyed by fire (Manchester wasn't a city yet, therefore it was a "Town" hall - Smoke was first seen coming from the bell tower - Fire then broke through the roof and the building was in ruins in a hour or two

Aug 12, 1867 - Keene, NH - Nim's and Crossfield's Sash and Door factory and an adjourning suffer heavy fire damage - $55,000 loss *CT*

Aug 12, 1867 - Wrentham, MA - Fire destroys a hotel, bank building, shoe store and stable and badly damages a church *CT*

Aug 12, 1882 - Fremont, NH - Black Rocks Vlg, 2 mills buildings at Black Rocks Mills destroyed by fire

Aug 12, 1900 - Laconia, NH - Weirs - http://www.lakewinnipesaukee.net/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=469 On August 12, 1900 about 12 30 pm The worst freight wreck which ever happened on the White Mountain division of the Boston & Maine railroad occurred just above Weirs Beach, New Hampshire. Two men were killed almost instantly and four more of the trainmen were seriously injured, while two locomotives were demolished -and twenty or thirty freight cars and their merchandise piled up into a confused heap on the track. The accident was said to be caused by conflicting orders issued to the crews. The north-bound train was the regular express freight and the down train was an extra with orders to pass the regular at Lakeport. The trains came together, with terrific force, On one side of the track was a high batik of rocks, while on the lake side was another steep bank dropping down to the waters of Lake Winnipesaukee. Both locomotives were demolished by the impact, and the care attached to each were piled up in a hopeless tangle, so blocking and tearing up the roadbed that until late Saturday night the line could not be reopened to traffic. The scene pf the accident was visited by thousands of people on Saturday. The huge locomotives were telescoped together, while the freight cars and their contents were piled ground the spot in almost hopeless confusion. Some of the cars were reduced to kindling wood, and the ground was covered with their contents, including lumber, pulp wood, canned goods, barrels of beer, dressed beef, chickens and vegetables. Wrecking trains were upon the scene early in the morning, but-the track was not cleared for traffic until late Saturday night, as the narrow cut around the curve where the accident took place made the process of removing wreckage a slow job. The train service was interrupted during the day, but passengers were carried around the wreck in teams and a few trains run in both directions. it to estimated that the financial lose of the accident was aggregate $75,000. So great was the force of the collision that the locomotives were simply welded together, and then the forward cars, impelled by the momentum, jumped onto and over them in a wild game of leap frog, stripping them of all their top works and transforming them in a twinkling from powerful -machines into heaps of junk. When it was all over a car loaded with potatoes was resting on the back of the north-bound engine, and in cleaning up the wreck both were pulled away together.

Aug 12, 1947 - Manchester, NH - Two planes crash mid-air over city killing 4 - A-26 bomber crashed at Manchester Country Club and AT-11 trainer crashed at 705 South Beech Street

Aug 12, 1989 - Manchester, NH - 268 Concord Street - Apartment Building - Fifth suspicious blaze within a one square mile section of the inner city since June

Aug 12, 2000 - Cambridge, MA - 4th Alarm - Box 281 - 272 Broadway - 4 Story Wood Frame 20x60 - Fire top floor - Using two ladder-pipes, 1 tower

Aug 13, 1913 - Fremont, NH - 24 Shirkin Road - Wood framed dwelling completely destroyed by fire - Caused by lightning strike

Aug 13, 1988 - Milford, NH - 3rd Alarm - Hitchner Manufacturing - Flames 30-40 feet in air - Exposure to 30,000 propane tank - Area evacuated for half-mile radius

Aug 13, 1997 - Goffstown, NH - 149 Henry Bridge Road - Fire destroyed single family dwelling - Two children who used a lighter to set a roll of household tape on fire - The fire started on the back deck and spread

Aug 13, 2001 - Sturbridge, MA - General Alarm - US Rte 20 - Gina Industries - Factory building - Tanker shuttle

Aug 13, 2001 - Taunton, MA - General Alarm - 550 Whittenton Ave - 1 Story warehouse 150x100 fully involved

Aug 13, 2002 - Watertown, MA - 5th Alarm - Curry Road, 1 story brick commercial building - Sweet Endings and India Tea Company destroyed

Aug 14, 1970 - Fremont, NH - off Brentwood Road - Poplin Farms Egg +Company - Garage and poultry delivery trucks destroyed by fire

Aug 14, 1980's? - Vernon, VT - Major fire - Rte 142 - Dunkley Farm - Fire heavily damaged large dairy farm - Lightning struck a grain silo and spread to other buildings

Aug 14, 1992 - Belmont, NH - 5th Alarm - Historic 140 year old Belmont Mill Complex - 4 story Brick main building destroyed by fire - Extensive damaged to 2 attached mill buildings

Aug 14, 1996 - Gardner, MA - 3rd Alarm - 72 West Street - Bldg fire

Aug 14, 1996 - Malden, MA - 5th Alarm - Box 271 - 68 Summer Street - 3 Story Brick - H shape 300x75

Aug 15, 1877c.? - Machias, ME - Samuel Sylvanus homestead burned by British 1877 - Possible typo in source document ???? maybe 1778

Aug 15, 1878c. - Hartford, VT - White River Junction - Junction House (Hotel) burned to ground, 2.5 and 3.5 Story wood frame 30x150

Aug 15, 1878c. - Raymond, NH - Railroad station and station storage house consumed by fire - Railroad station burned down again in 1892

Aug 15, 1907 - Old Orchard Beach, ME - Known as The Great Fire At Old Orchard Beach - Seventy-five acres of property destroyed in the heart of the resort town - Every Big Hotel with the exception of one, plus dozens of cottages in burned to ground - One killed, three injured - Property loss near $1,000,000 - Hundreds homeless

Aug 15, 1919c. - Milford, NH - Cottage St - Page and Cote Mill burned

Aug 15, 1939 - Milford, NH - Wilton Rd - Hayward's (Ice Cream) Farm - Barn burns down

Aug 15, 1942c. - Bethlehem (Maplewood), NH - Maplewood Resort Colony - Main dwelling at Maplewood Farm and several smaller structures destroyed by fire (other fires at colony occurred Dec 1943, Jan 1963, Jun 1963

Aug 15, 1981 - Concord, NH - Ramada Inn - 2nd suspicious fire in same night caused FF's to rescue 24 guests over ladders

Aug 15, 1999 - Grande Isle, VT - Working Fire - 55 Hyde Rd - 2 Story Wood Frame fully involved per 34C1

Aug 16, 1873c. - Chester, NH - Thomas J. Melvin's store and School House One destroyed by fire - Congregational Church across street has roof set afire (School house one also burned down in Dec 1

Aug 16, 1913 - Woodstock, NH - Big woods fire

Aug 16, 1962 - Somerville, MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 233 - Edwards Furniture Warehouse - Large 2 Story Wood Frame destroyed

Aug 16, 1969 - Milford, NH - Amherst and Grove St - Episcopal Church Infirmary (small cottage house) burned (Rebuilt)

Aug 16, 1973 - Chester, NH - Old Sandown Road - Curtis Probert Farm (old Charlie Smith Farm) barn fully involved connected to dwelling, which was saved - 5 milking goats perished in fire *DNpc*

Aug 16, 1985 - Lynn, MA - 6th Alarm - Central Street at Washington Street - former Olympic Hotel - 4 story brick boarded up building - Squatters rescued from building

Aug 17, 1809 - Concord, NH - Chandler's Clock Manufactory, a house, barn, outbuildings, 2 additional barns destroyed by fire - $100,000 loss

Aug 17, 1877 - Beverly, MA - near the railroad depot - 21/2 story wood building occupied by a sawing and jobbing as well as a furniture shop completely destroyed by fire - $4,300 loss

Aug 17, 1903 - Epping, NH - Moore Block destroyed by fire

Aug 17, 1919 - Milford, NH - Cottage St - Pratt and Company Stave Mill serious fire in boiler room

Aug 17, 1955 - Conn River Valley - NH-VT MA/CT - Flood/ Hurricane - Hurricanes Connie & Diane dump over 20' inches of rain, 190 die, 2 billion dollars damage

Aug 17, 1976 - Fremont, NH - Spaulding and Frost Cooperage - Main Street - Finishing building and storage building burn

Aug 18, 1895 - Fremont, NH - 378 Main Street - Farmer pitching hay (holding pitchfork) struck by lightning and killed instantly - Barn destroyed by fire - 3 others escaped safely

Aug 18, 1931 - Laconia, NH - Doe Avenue (The Weirs) - Barn fire fatal - Extension to porch of 17 room mansion

Aug 18, 1976 - Derry, NH - 28 Elm Street - 3 Story 9 unit Apartment Bldg "in ruins" - Mutual Aid Salem and Londonderry

Aug 18, 1982 - Boston (Roxbury), MA - 6th Alarm - 68-70 Bartlett Street - Vacant 4 story brick

Aug 18, 2000 - Lawrence, MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 5111 - 227 Park St - 3 Story Wood Frame 75x75 vacant - Fire all floors - 3 ladders pipes operating

Aug 19, 1882 - Derry, NH - Major Fire, 1 West Broadway at Martin St, Railroad Ave and North Ave - Eastman Block, Smith Block (Smith Hall), Pillsbury and Hardy Block destroyed by fire - Several stores, a tenement house, railroad bldgs destroyed - Railroad House (Rebuilt as Hotel Bradford), 17 buildings total - Loss of over $100,000

Aug 19, 1926 - Sanford (Springvale), ME - south of Bridge Street - Vacant Butler and Clark shoe shop completely destroyed by fire

Aug 19, 1960 - Warner, NH - Doc Martin dies in a crash on Mt. Kearsarge *www.nhahs.org*

Aug 19, 1960 - Derry, NH - (East Derry) Historic Beaver Lake Pavilion heavily damaged by fire

Aug 19, 1961 - Berlin, NH - 3 Exchange Street - The Historic Berlin House Hotel burned down

Aug 19, 1974 - Sandown, NH - Reed Road - Occupied dwelling destroyed by fire

Aug 19, 1997 - Columbia, NH - Carl Drega burned down his home before going on shooting rampage

Aug 20, 1916 - Marlow, NH - One of the worse fires in Cheshire County history - The fire started in the rear portion of the Marlow Inn consumed the entire north side of Main Street, destroying The Wheeler, Crosby, Britton, and Burnap homes as well as the Marlow Inn, the Ladies Aid Society building, the Granite State Evaporator Company, Ayer's store, and Dodge's grain store *www.hsccnh.org*

Aug 20, 1917 - Eaton, NH - 3 Story Town hall (Odd Fellows Hall) struck by lightning and destroyed by fire - An adjacent house and barn were also destroyed

Aug 20, 1980 - Scarborough, ME - Scarborough Downs - Fire kills four horses - 3rd mysterious racetrack fire in New England during the year

Aug 20, 1993 - Raymond, NH - 5th Alarm - Rte 27 near Candia town line - Stratham Tire fully involved

Aug 20, 1996 - Barrington, NH - 3rd Alarm - 67 Atwood Drive - Vacant House well involved

Aug 20, 1998 - Williamstown, VT - 3rd Alarm - 433 Theriault Hill Rd. 11/2 Story Brick Dwelling Fire Throughout. Mutual Aid Tankers

Aug 20, 1999 - Manchester, NH - 3rd Alarm, 159-161 Central Street - 6 unit apartment building and single family dwelling heavily damaged, 22 people left homeless

Aug 21, 1795 - Nottingham, NH - Farmer from Gilmanton killed farming cart accident while descending a hill

Aug 21, 1961 - Windham, NH - Fordway Extension, 2 Story Duplex gutted by fire, fire through roof

Aug 21, 1995 - Keene, NH - Cypress Street - Old Boston and Maine Railroad freight building destroyed by fire, 144 year old building set on fire by juveniles

Aug 21, 1996 - Moultonborough, NH - 3rd Alarm - Route 25 - Whittier Street Sweetwater Inn - Fire through roof

Aug 22, 1854 - Conway, NH - Huge forest fires threatened many mountains in the White Hills

Aug 22, 1928 - town - USA - Mitchell residence - Garage and large attached barn destroyed by fire - Mr. Mitchell died of burns from am explosion of a gas torch

Aug 22, 1937 - Fremont, NH - 15 Chester Road, 1.5 Story Wood Frame completely destroyed by lighting - Suspected lightning strike

Aug 22, 1988 - Nashua NH - 5th Alarm - 67½ Palm Street - Large apartment house, several children trapped - Multiple rescues made, multiple ambulances (3 from Hudson) to scene

Aug 22, 1991 - Bow, NH - Merrimack Station - 3 day coal silo fire

Aug 22, 2000 - North Andover, MA - 3rd Alarm - 3rd Alarm - 285 Holt Rd - Wheelabrator trash processing plant - 6 Story 40x120

Aug 23, 1900c. - Boston, MA - Timoth Fay and Company wholesale grocers lost to fire ($400,000 loss)

Aug 23, 1902 - Bedford, NH - Bedford Historic Map site #9 (District - Building struck by lightning and burned to ground

Aug 23, 1912 - Auburn, NH - Southern part of town (Pingree Hill Road??)- Alvin Pingree Barn struck by lightning - Resulting fire destroyed barn, house, many other buildings

Aug 23, 1916 - Goffstown, NH -    Buildings of B. Frank Hazen struck by lightning and burned

Aug 23, 1923 - Franconia, NH - (3rd) Profile House Grand Hotel burns down - Fire started in the rear on the fifth floor

Aug 23, 1949 - Amherst, NH - Amherst Street - barn of Clarence Adams burned to ground due to spontaneous combustion

Aug 23, 1996 - Charlestown, NH - 4th Alarm - Cedar Industrial Park off Rte 12, 1 Story Metal 150x150

Aug 23, 1999 - West Windsor (Brownsville), VT - 2nd Alarm - Rte 44A - Ascutney Resort - Carpenters shop well involved

Aug 23, 2001 - Rochester, NH - 4th Alarm - Rochester Neck Road - Waste Management Paper Recycling building

Aug 24, 1919 - Wolfeboro, NH - Cobb and Lord Excelsior Mill at Wolfeboro Falls burned to ground - Mill was struck by lightning - It was an active mill running at full capacity - Several other New England towns reported extreme weather and damage including $100,000 damage to tobacco crops at Northampton MA, and a flying machine struck by lightning and set afire in Derry NH

Aug 24, 1990 - Boston (Mattapan), MA - Plane Crash Fatal - Twin engine plane crashes between two homes killing three family members

Aug 24, 1992 - Dummer, NH - Hill Road, 2 Story Wood Frame farmhouse and garage destroyed by fire - Milan provides coverage for Dummer - Stark FD mutual aid to scene, 1956 Oldsmobile and two other garaged cars destroyed

Aug 24, 2000 - Milford, MA - 3rd Alarm - 74 Central St - 3 Story vacant furniture warehouse spread to exposures, 2 3 Story Wood Frame rooming houses and 3 Story Vacant commercial bldg

Aug 25, 1851 - Concord, NH - Conflagration - old Mechanic's Row 3 Story Wood, Stickney Block, Eagle Coffee House, Merchants Exchange - Dense business district south to Park Street, over to School at Main Street, east to Main Street at Railroad tracks

Aug 25, 1899 - Concord, NH - Earthquake felt in city

Aug 25, 1907 - Boston (Charlestown), MA - Third Alarm - Spice Street near Cambridge Street - Boston Excelsior Company - 2 story 30x80 factory and contents two-thirds destroyed *BG*

Aug 25, 1918 - Chester, NH - Haverhill Road across from former Dr. Brown place (which burned a few years earlier) - Barn with sleigh, carriages and hay destroyed by fire - House save by bucket brigade

Aug 25, 1945 - Londonderry, NH - B-17 crashes killing 3 crew members and injuring 2 others - 3 miles south of Grenier Field and 1/2 west of Mammoth Road near Crowell's Corner

Aug 25, 1975 - Beverly, MA - 5th Alarm, 1st Baptist Church, 221 Cabot St - 4 Story Wood Frame Church - Only free standing Steeple remained

Aug 25, 1981 - Boston (Dorchester), MA - 6th Alarm - Fields Corner - 318 Adams Street, 2 vacant dwellings destroyed - 3 dwellings blocks away had minors fires from embers

Aug 26, 1989 - Auburn, NH - Fatal Fire, 294 Chester Road - Rooming house fire, 2.5 story with 13 units - Significant damage to building - Took FF's 6 hrs to control, 1 fatality

Aug 26, 1991 - Manchester - NH - 2nd Alarm, 221 Manchester St. several people homeless, shut down D&S II Market and caused about $100,000 in damage. The building was the scene of two previous blazes in the past 10 months - one classified as arson and the other deemed suspicious.

Aug 27, 1896 - Concord, NH - Ferry Street Railroad Crossing - Train, the White Mountain Express derails at 20 MPH and crashes, 15 passengers in smoking car with serious injuries, 1 fatality

Aug 27, 1967 - Lyndon, VT - Great fire - First Congregational Church -

Aug 28, 1825 - Gilmanton, NH - Earthquake recorded

Aug 28, 1825 - Hart's Location (Crawford Notch), NH - Fatal Land Slide - The Willey Slide at Willey House - Mountain slide kills 9 family members killed seeking shelter in an outbuilding after fleeing house - Slide split just before reaching house and one of the paths destroyed the outbuilding, totally sparing the house

Aug 28, 1828 - Andover, NH - Sumner and Favor clothing mill swept away by freshet

Aug 28, 1903 - Derry, NH - Charles Kimball Shoe store in West Derry - Store damaged by fire and large stock of boots and shoes destroyed - $6500 loss - The same store also sold hammocks and ice cream! *BG*

Aug 28, 1905 - Westwood, MA - Fire - High Street - Barn destroyed by fire

Aug 28, 1923 - Hull, MA - Conflagration destroys 44 buildings and kills 2

Aug 28, 1968 - Chelsea, MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 341 - Crescent Ave - Marson Storage Bldg fully involved

Aug 28, 1999 - St. Johnsbury, VT - Working Fire - 116 Eastern Ave - 3 Story Wood Frame - Occupied Apt. Building - Fire on top floor - contained to Apt. of origin - all occupants out - 1 subject trapped on porch -

Aug 29, 1869 - Manchester, NH - Mechanics Row - Brugger's Stocking Mill burned - Started in carding room

Aug 29, 1915 - Sargent's Purchase, NH - Mount Washington - Tip Top house burned down

Aug 29, 1966 - Limestone, ME - Fire - 5 potato storage houses destroyed, 12 more damaged -

Aug 29, 1998 - Chester, VT - 3rd Alarm - Route 11 East - Structure Fire

Aug 29, 2000 - Jackson, NH - Multiple Alarm - Rte 16 adj to covered bridge Iron Mountain Inn - Hotel converted to Apartments - Heavy fire top floor - 4 Story Wood Frame - Heavy fire top floor - One person rescued from roof

Aug 30, ####c. - Colebrook, NH - Charles Hodge Farm - All farm buildings on property and two adjacent barns destroyed by lightning and resulting fire

Aug 30, 1834 - Andover, NH - Considerable earthquake noted

Aug 30, 1969 - Fremont, NH - 673 Main Street - Townsend Poultry Farm completely destroyed by fire

Aug 30, 1996 - Rochester, NH - 4th Alarm - Rte 11 - Lilac Falls Motel, 1 Story Motel

Aug 30, 2000 - Jackson, NH - 2nd Alarm+ - Rte 16 adj to covered bridge - Historic Iron Mountain Hotel - 4 Story Wood Frame - Heavy fire top floor - One person rescued from roof

Aug 31, 1899 - Holyoke, MA - Parson, Green and Company (stationary establishment) $600,000 loss from fire

Aug 31, 1921 - Canaan, NH - George Lake place in Lockhaven - House and barn destroyed by fire

Aug 31, 1985 - Merrimack, NH - US Rte 3 - 2nd Alarm - Explosion and fire damaged machinery on floor 8 of at the Anheuser-Busch brewery

Aug 31, 2000 - Saco, ME - 3rd Alarm - Main St and Beach St - 1st Parish Church - Church 40x90 heavy fire with extension to exposures

Sep 01, 1898 - (South) Londonderry, VT - House fire with exposure to barn - Husband and wife died with livestock they tried to save from burning barn

Sep 01, 1898 - Exeter, NH - Mrs. Tilton's house and barn near Exeter burned

Sep 01, 1924 - Fremont, NH - 447 Main Street - Wood Frame house and barn completely destroyed by fire - Caused by lightning strike

Sep 01, 1964 - Manchester, NH - John E. Devine appointed Chief. Chief Devine served 33 years on the department

Sep 01, 1967 - Dublin, NH - Monoplane Crash Fatal - Near Rte 137 - Millionaire owner of Steamtown USA in Bellows Falls VT killed when his monoplane crashed while approaching his private airstrip

Sep 01, 1967 - Manchester, NH - 2nd Alarm - Dow Street at Canal Street - 2.5 Story Warehouse housing Dupuis Moving, National Van Lines and other businesses heavily damaged in 25 MPH winds - 2 firefighters hurt when ladder collapsed

Sep 01, 1980 - Randolph, VT - Rte 12 - House gutted by fire - Extensive Mutual Aid

Sep 02, 1853 - Augusta, ME - Six sawmills, a flour mill, a kyanzing plant and a dwelling destroyed by fire causing $750,000 loss

Sep 02, 1898 - Boston, MA - Dreyfus and Sons factory fire causes $30,000 damage

Sep 02, 1908 - Waterville, ME - At the Fairgrounds - Dirigible catches fire and crashes 500 feet to ground killing aeronaut

Sep 02, 1947 - Derry, NH - Severe thunderstorm with winds in excess of 75 mph causing much damage, particularly in Griffin street area - Widespread outage of utilities

Sep 02, 1968 - Seabrook, NH - MVA Fatal - Rte 107 (New Zealand Road) Baby in baby carriage struck and killed by car swerving trying to avoid dog in road

Sep 02, 1980 - Salisbury, MA - Shaheen's Water Slide at Salisbury Beach - Customer and lifeguard severely electrocuted in water - Both went into cardiac arrest and were in serous condition after being revived

Sep 02, 1981 - Boston (East Boston), MA - Multiple Alarm - Putnam Street and Bennington Street - Several apartments buildings on fire, 1 resident killed, 5 firefighters injured

Sep 03, 1856 - Manchester, NH - Elm Street between Lowell Street and Concord Street - House, stores, and stable destroyed by fire

Sep 03, 1868 - Alstead, NH - Prentice and Scripture Paper Mill together with the post office, a grocery store, a dwelling, consumed by fire - The Masonic Hall located above the post office was a victim of the fire - An adjacent store and two other dwellings were badly damaged in the fire

Sep 03, 1875 - Hudson, NH - A short distance from the Meeting House - Extension Table Building along with Saw and Grist Mill, barn and a storehouse burns causing $12,000 loss

Sep 03, 1877 - Goffstown, NH - Two dwelling-houses burned at Goffstown Center near the later Methodist parsonage *usgennet.org/usa/nh*

Sep 03, 1949 - Kennebunkport, ME - Kennebunkport Playhouse - Less than 4 hours after the final curtain of the season fell, the playhouse was engulfed in flames as the cast celebrated in a house less than 25 yards away.- $65,000 loss

Sep 03, 1993 - Fremont, NH - 115 Sandown Road - Old barn in Fremont, circa 1765, torched

Sep 03, 1998 - Wilmington, VT - 2nd Alarm - 43 Old Town Rd - 1.5 Story Wood Frame - Mutual Aid Response

Sep 03, 2000 - Benton, NH - MVA Fatal - Long Pond Road - SUV rolled over several times, slid on roof, striking tree - Ejection and entrapment - Jaws from Haverhill working - 1 fatality, 2 with minor injuries

Sep 03, 2000 - West Springfield, MA - 3rd Alarm - 109 Charles Ave - Gas grill fire ext'd to house - 5 Eng, 1 Ladder, 3 Amb

Sep 04, 1782 - Claremont, NH - Joel Rays, a Revolutionary War Soldier burned to death and buried in West Claremont

Sep 04, 1909 - Milford, NH - Garity Stone Polishing Shed burned to ground

Sep 04, 1914 - Isle of Shoals / Appledore Island, ME - Appledore Hotel Complex and Several small cottages destroyed by fire

Sep 04, 1953 - Manchester, NH - General Alarm - Dow Street - J. E. Faltin Motor Transportation warehouse completely destroyed - One employee killed

Sept 04, 1963 - Nashua, NH - Middle Dunstable Road - Abandoned barn burned to the ground and spread to a large brush fire that took several hours to contain

Sep 05, 1921 - Wentworth, NH - "Conflagration" destroys general store,/post office and seven other buildings - Warren, Plymouth and Fairlee VT among departments that fought fire

Sep 05, 1930 - Londonderry, NH - MVA - Mammoth Rd at Mack's Apples - MVA Fatal - Car off curve at high speed, rolled several times, slid 200 ft, slammed into stone wall - 5 victims (from Nashua) serious injuries, 2 trapped under car, 3 trapped inside - All transported to Sacred Heart Hospital Manchester - 1 fatality

Sep 05, 1957 - Everett, MA - 5th Alarm Everett Box 129, 2nd Alarm Chelsea Box 26 - Conflagration at the Chelsea town line

Sep 05, 1959 - Richmond, ME - MVA Fatal - Tractor trailer broad-sized automobile killing seven people

Sep 05, 1980 - Bridgewater, NH - MVA Fatal - Rte 3A - Single car struck ledge, rolled over and burst into flames - 2 teens dead at scene, 3rd teen died at hospital

Sep 05, 1982 - Nashua - NH (Dunstable MA) - Gregg Road - Vacant apartment attached to barn on former Gov Gregg's homestead - Nashua, Dunstable, Hudson, and Hollis responded to call - Stateline runs through middle of property

Sep 05, 1998 - Lyndon (Lyndonville Vlg), VT - Working Fire - Firefighter FATAL - US Route 5 - Lyndonville Tap & Die - 100x300 Bldg - Wall collapse on Fire Fighter Eugene McDonough Line of Duty Death

Sep 05, 1998 - St. Johnsbury, VT - Church Street - PMI building - Firefighter Eugene McDonough was killed during this fire - He was the first firefighter to die in the line of duty in the fire department's long history

Sep 06, 1856 - Andover (East Andover), NH - Buildings of Major Nehemiah Emerson burned

Sep 06, 1881 - Fremont, NH - Dark days - Also noted in Hudson NH History - Noted in news reports from Toronto, Bangor, Utica, Boston, Fall River and Providence - Forest fires in Canada combined with pollen from pine and fire trees gave the sky a very darkened saffron hue from early morning until about five o'clock in the afternoon - It was so dark that some cities had their gas street lamps lit midday - See also May 19, 1780

Sep 06, 1898 - NH & ME, NH - Several buildings burned by lightning strikes

Sep 06, 1903 - Pelham, NH - Trolley Accident Fatal - Half mile west of Pelham Center, 2 trolleys head on - 6 killed, 55 others injured

Sep 06, 1917 - Derry, NH - Leatherboard Mill fire with moderate damage to mill- Mill had two previous major fires 1881, 1900 and another major fire in 1918

Sep 06, 1967 - Stewartstown, NH - Fire Fatal - 3 room occupied dwelling (log cabin) completely burned killing 69 year old blind woman and her nephew

Sep 06, 1970c - (East) Derry, NH - Labor Day - Barn that housed East Derry's first fire engine in 1930's burned to ground - Large two story 90X150 barn filled to the rafters with 4000 bales of hay - East Derry, Derry, Londonderry and Grenier Field fought this fire

Sep 06, 1980 - Concord, NH - MVA Fatal - I-93 southbound - Voluntarily committed mental patient from NH State Hospital struck and killed in high speed lane

Sep 06, 1980 - Derry, NH - Rte 102 in Derry Vlg - Chase's Mill lumber building - Many of 600 FF's attending New Hampshire State Firemen's Assn Convention assisted in fighting the fire around midnight - Several of the firemen were still wearing formal clothes from the FF's Ball

Sep 06, 1989 - Manchester, NH - Notre Dame Bridge vanishes into history as it is toppled into the Merrimack River

Sep 06, 2000 - Brockton, MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 2111 - 555 Main Street - 3 Story Wood Frame vacant 50x60 Heavy fire floor 2 & 3 - Master streams operating

Sep 06, 2000 - Stonington, CT - 3rd Alarm - Wyassup Rd - Arbor Acres (Chicken Farm Complex)

Sep 07, 1898 - Revere, MA - Bathing pavilion burned - $50,000 loss

Sep 07, 1898 - Taunton, MA - near Whittendon Junction - Passenger train wreck, 15 hurt with some fatalities

Sep 07, 1900c - Portland, ME - G.E. Jordan wood yard - Several shed burned

Sep 07, 1912 - Hampton, NH - Several homes - Mason house burned

Sep 07, 1998 - Dover (West Dover Vlg), VT - 2nd Alarm - Mount Snow Village Road - House fire

Sep 07, 2000 - Fairfield, VT - MVA - Rte 36 - Car off bridge falling 30 feet - Victim ejected - Jaws working to extricated driver.

Sep 08, 1881 - Amherst, NH - Forest fires and unusual weather conditions in area cause greatly darkened skies - The darkened yellow sky was in a the worst way between 11AM and 2PM when homes needed inside lighting, schools were dismissed and hens roosted - Noted in Bedford history book as Sep 06, 1881

Sep 08, 1889 - Conway (North Conway Vlg), NH - McMillan House Inn, 110 year old inn and all out buildings destroyed by fire

Sep 08, 1898 - Bridgewater, MA - Bridgewater Box Company Destroyed by fire - $15,000 loss

Sep 08, 1898 - Hoosic Falls - NY - Power Station destroyed by cyclone

Sep 08, 1898 - Newport,RI - the "Ocean House" burned to ground

Sep 08, 1906 - Epping, NH - Freight Train vs horse wagon - Horse cleared railroad crossing, but wagon with driver did not - Driver thrown 30 feet and killed instantly

Sep 08, 1974 - Hudson, NH - General Alarm - Derry Road (Rte 102 - Alvirne High School 3/4 destroyed by fire - Fire started in gymnasium and spread causing over $5,000,000 damage.

Sep 08, 1997 - New Bedford, MA - General Alarm - William St at Johnnycake Hill - Moby Dick Marine Specialty Store - Historic 122 year-old bldg nearly destroyed by suspicious fire

Sep 09, 1775 - Newfoundland - Canada - Atlantic Hurricane Season of 1775 kills over 4150 people, many of them sailors - Hurricane also affect North Carolina and Virginia *wiki*

Sep 09, 1821 - Lake Sunapee Region, NH - Severe tornado passes through Wendell(Sunapee), New London, Sutton, Wilmot, and Andover

Sep 09, 1898 - Lee, MA - Lee Woolen Mill Co. (formerly Bostwick) destroyed by fire - $18,000 loss

Sep 09, 1927 - Derry, NH - Box 34 - 68 North High Street - Former Fellow Place, former Ripley Place, owned by Julius Ochon - Barn, shed, and ell destroyed by fire - House badly scorched by saved - $5000 loss

Sep 09, 1960 - Lancaster, NH - Methodist Church destroyed by fire

Sep 09, 1968 - Danbury, CT - former Lee Hat Company warehouse destroyed by fire - $1,000,000 loss

Sep 09, 1983 - Portsmouth, NH - 3rd Alarm - address? - Damaged six buildings, forcing 50 people to the street, several to the hospital

Sep 09, 1989 - Newport,RI - General Alarm - Bellevue Ave - the Ocean House, 200x200 Hotel, burned to the ground. Fire started of the 4th floor in the dining room wing

Sep 09, 1998 - Jay, VT - 2nd Alarm - East Richford Slide Road - Single family home total loss - Arson team to scene

Sep 10, 1859 - Concord, NH - Main Street at Warren Street - Odd Fellows Hall with adjacent businesses and residences burn

Sep 10, 1861 - Concord, NH - Concord and Northern Railroad car houses burned

Sep 10, 1887 - Sanford (Springvale), ME - Near the Railroad Station - Knight's corn canning factory totally destroyed by fire

Sep 10, 1900 - Rochester Region , NH - Wildfires in Milton, Farmington, and in West Lebanon Maine - Fire got into lumberyard in New Durham and destroyed $10,000 of lumber

Sep 10, 1934 - Hampton, NH - Fire - Plaice Cove - Box 55 - 3 Two Story bldgs destroyed

Sep 10, 1967 - Epping, NH - Hartford Road in West Epping - Recently vacated 1.5 Story Wood Frame four room dwelling destroyed by fire - Family (2 adults, 6 children) had recently moved across the street and still had much of their furniture still in the dwelling

Sep 10, 1967 - Keene, NH - Bloomer block between Winter and Central Streets, 2 Story Wood & Brick, 24 homeless, 4 businesses destroyed, 20 apartments evacuated

Sep 10, 1980 - Brattleboro, VT - Building collapse Fatal - C & S Wholesale Grocers - 7 acre warehouse under construction kills 1 and injures 4

Sep 10, 1988 - Manchester, NH - 5th Alarm - 305 Second Street - 3 story wooden warehouse, originally the Connare Tire Warehouse - 4 businesses, two auto repair shops, a furniture repair business, and a furniture warehouse - Suspicious fire caused, $500,000 damage

Sep 10, 2000 - Piermont, NH - 3rd Alarm - end of River Rd - Gould's Store - Mutual Aid tanker shuttle - Heavy fire

Sep 11, 1946 - Fremont, NH - 325 Main Street - Piper's Lunch Room across from the Spaulding and Frost Cooperage damaged by fire

Sep 11, 1997 - Newport, NH - General Alarm - New England Ordinance Explosive plant fire. (Gov't Explosive Contract Operation). - Mutual aid from 5 towns. HazMat & Fire Hazard

Sep 12, 1862 - Raymond, NH - former house of Daniel Roberts burned

Sep 12, 1870 - Raymond, NH - Train accident fatal - Cattle roaming on tracks cause several train cars to derail - Railroad brakeman dies after two legs are broken and lower body being pierced

Sep 12, 1898 - Milton, NH - Waumbek Woolen mill burned, $75,000 loss - Mill was closed for 8 years, was about to re-open

Sep 12, 1900 - Plymouth, MA - Forest fire burns for four days burning an area ten miles long and 6 miles wide - Over 1000 firefighters fought the fire

Sep 12, 1963 - Chelsea, MA - 4th Alarm - Maple Street - Standard Textile Company destroyed by fire

Sept 12, 1976 - Pelham,NH - Mammoth Road at Burns Road - Hay barn heavily involved - Mutual Aid 3 towns to scene

Sep 13, 1898 - Salisbury, NH - Chapman's Hotel and Little's Store destroyed (by fire?)

Sep 13, 1900 - Derry, NH - Major Fire - Leatherboard Mill burned 2nd of three times

Sep 13, 1903 - Dover, NH - Dover Point Road - The large barn owned by True Hanson destroyed by fire - 10 tons of hay, a horse, and several farming implements lost to the fire - $2000 loss *BG*

Sep 14, 1852 - Somerville, MA - Powder Hill Farm - Dwelling fire

Sep 14, 1880 - Fremont, NH - Modgetown woods fire fought by 100 men

Sep 14, 1900c. - Peabody (West Peabody), MA - Daniel Brown Farm - Farmhouse, barns, out-buildings all burned

Sep 14, 1967 - Springfield, VT - Brand new Springfield High School, scheduled to open in two months, 75% destroyed by fire

Sep 14, 2000 - Lawrence, MA - 3rd Alarm - Gilbert St - 3 Story Wood Frame - Basement fire extended up

Sep 14, 2000 - Loudon, NH - MVA FATAL - Bear Hill Rd - Pickup truck vs tree - Six minors in bed of pick-up. Seven Pt.'s 1 status 1, 5 status 2 and 1 status 3. Mutual Aid from Chichester (1), Raceway (2), Belmont (1), & Concord (1). 2 Pt.'s later air lifted, one to Hanover another to Boston Children's - 10 year old female fatal

Sep 15, 1855c. - Wentworth, NH - Dwelling of Joshua Foster Jr. in south part of town burnt

Sep 15, 1870 - Lewiston - ME - House and out-building of B.F. Lemert were wholly consumed by fire

Sep 15, 1878 - Andover (Cilleyville), NH - Store, shoe shop, paper mill destroyed by fire

Sep 15, 1884c. - Green's Grant (The Glen), NH - First Glen House - 3.5 Story 120x44, 2 Story 50x40, 3.5 Story 120x44 (total 414 foot total front) - 600 guest capacity - Destroyed by fire - Also burned 1886(1893?), 1924, and 1967

Sep 15, 1900 - Laconia (The Weirs), NH - Train Wreck, 2 freight trains in a tremendous head-on collision resulting in fire, death, and serious injury - The two locomotives telescoped together while the following freights cars were piled around the point of collision. Some of the cars were reduced to kindling - Conflicting date of Aug 12, 1900

Sep 15, 1900 - Salisbury (Salisbury Beach), MA - Conflagration - the Ocean House (large hotel) and 30 houses totally destroyed by fire

Sep 15, 1953c. - Warren, NH - old North Woodstock Rd - Moosilaukee Inn burned down

Sep 15, 1968 - Newmarket, NH - Main Street - 3 Story American Legion Building housing the Legion, a beauty shop and apartments extensive damaged by fire - Heavy fire floor 3 and through roof - Mutual Aid Lee, Madbury, Durham/UNH

Sep 15, 1971 - Londonderry, NH - MVA - Mammoth Road north of Central School - Convertible automobile versus three horses in roadway - Two of the horses ended up struck in the passenger compartment of the car - The horses compounded there own injuries by their attempts to free themselves - The larger horse, trapped in the rear seat area and weighing 1100 pounds, was put down almost immediately. The smaller horse load in the front passenger compartment struggled for 45 minutes but also had to be put down. The horses were removed from the car with the aid of a tow truck - Fire Chief Homer Brewer was driving directly behind the car involved and was able to radio immediately for an ambulance - The driver of the car, a nurse at Eliot Hospital in Manchester in route to work, was taken to Elliot Hospital as a patient

Sep 15, 1998 - Derry (East Derry), NH - 2nd Alarm - 62 Orchard Terrace 60x100 Barn Fully Involved (Lightning Strike)

Sep 15, 1998 - Waterbury, VT - 2nd Alarm+ - Greg Hill Rd - Single family home fully involved on arrival - Waterbury and Waterbury Center to scene with tanker trucks from Stowe

Sep 15, 1999 - Weathersfield (Ascutney), VT - Skyline Drive - Barn and farmhouse - Exposure problems

Sep 16, 1790 - Dublin, NH - (Friday prior to 09/16/1790 - Home of Samuel Griffin Esquire of Packersfield consumed by fire

Sep 16, 1830 - Gloucester, MA - Great Fire - Main St (then Front St) from Town Landing to Porter Street, 27 dwellings and 43 stores and workshops destroyed

Sep 16, 1870 - Warren, NH - The Merrill House and a barn, as well as the barn and carriage house of A.W. Weeks were destroyed by fire

Sep 16, 1906 - Milford, NH - Fire at the home of New Hampshire Governor McLane - Barn and ell badly damaged, house suffered smoke damaged - $1500 loss *BG*

Sep 16, 1921 - Lebanon, NH - West Street - Lombard's Garage - Explosion resulted in fire that destroyed the garage, a house, and a 10 tenement block - Several other building damaged - Several other buildings damaged, 1 firefighter seriously hurt by falling timber

Sep 16, 1983 - Portsmouth, NH - 3rd Alarm - address? - 6 bldgs damaged by fire

Sep 16, 1999 - Williamstown, VT - Working Fire - Casino Rd, 20x20 hay barn fully involved - Mutual Aid Response from 2 Barre(town) tankers and 1 Brookfield tanker

Sep 17, 1817 - Candia, NH - John Brown's property - 2 year old boy drowns in well

Sep 17, 1862 - Wentworth, NH - Thomas J. Smith's dwelling house and barn burnt

Sep 17, 1865 - Augusta - ME - Water Street - Massive fire causes $500,000 damage in business district - The entire district from the passenger bridge to Winthrop Street and from the river to above the railroad track in ruins - Every lawyers office in the city was destroyed

Sep 17, 1967 - Chandler's Purchase, NH - Cog Railroad accident 3/4 mile from summit and Skyline Curve - Train slid out of control, crashing, after passing tampered with siding switch - 8 fatalities, 75 injured

Sep 17, 1980 - Bedford, NH - MVA Fatal - Rte 101 - Truck vs tree with fire - Driver burned to death

Sep 17, 1995 - Topsham, ME - 6th Alarm - Pejepscot Mill - Fire causes $1,000,000 to 100 year old mill along the Androscoggin River

Sep 18, 1898 - Strafford Springs, CT - 2 prisoners in lockup killed by fire

Sep 18, 1923 - Westwood, MA - Fire - Fire in bogs at Canton Meadows - Burned until October 17

Sep 18, 1941 - Boston (Charlestown), MA - 5th Alarm - Box 4156 - Rutherford Ave - Railroad yards - Boston and Maine Railroad shed destroyed by fire causing $1,500,000 loss

Sep 18, 1961 - Strafford (Center Strafford), NH - Austin-Cate Academy total loss

Sep 18, 1970 - Derry, NH - Manchester Road - Hadco - Fire causing $150,000 damage, 13 firefighters sent to hospital with acid burns and other injuries

Sep 18, 1996 - Plymouth, NH - 2nd Alarm, 11 Langdon Street / Fox Park - Fire seriously damaged an apartment building, leaving 29 people homeless. - Many were Plymouth State College students living off-campus. Four apartments were destroyed, eight were damaged by water and smoke. Two firefighters required treatment, for exhaustion and a laceration

Sep 18, 1998 - Murray - KY - Murray State University - One killed, one injured in act of arson. *nj.com*

Sep 19, 1680 - Boston, MA - Old South Meeting House - Fire in a private room in the clock tower *http://www.damrellsfire.com*

Sep 19, 1874 - Fall River, MA - The holocaust known as the Granite Mill fire occurred in the early morning of Saturday. It is the most appalling disaster in the history of our cotton manufacture. The barn shaped roof was the sixth story of the mill; the only exit was the staircase in the tower of the mill. When the fire occurred it quickly cut off access to the tower and operatives in the sixth floor were obligated to jump from the windows to save their lives. In attempting this method of escape thirty operatives were killed and many more suffered serious and life long injuries. The fire is supposed to have been caused by a friction spark which kindled some cotton; the fire department ladders were not long enough to reach the sixth floor and fire nets were not available.

Sep 19, 1896 - Berlin, NH - Berlin Manufacturing Company destroyed by fire

Sep 19, 1898 - York, ME - Lightning strike and fire destroys farm buildings

Sep 19, 1951 - Carroll (Fabyans), NH - White Mountain Hotel - 3/4 story T-shaped 250x300 hotel leveled by suspicious fire (Former Second Fabyans House) (First Fabyans House burned while under construction in 1

Sep 19, 1966 - Londonderry, NH - Pillsbury Road - Woodmont Orchards - Cooling system shed fire spread to attached apple storage plant warehouse(barn) - 3 towns mutual aid

Sep 19, 1980 - Fitchburg, MA - Water Street - Explosion of 3 tanks and fire destroyed Great American Chemical plant - 5 firefighters and 4 civilians injured - 3,000 residents evacuated

Sep 20, 1845 - Lake Champlain, VT - Adirondack Tornado - The Traveled over a 275 mile track - Starting as a waterspout on Lake Ontario, then as a tornado over northern New York. Arrival at Lake Champlain In Vermont, it reverted to a waterspout - Considerable damage and injury

Sep 20, 1859c. - Chester, NH - Chester House - Store and ell burns

Sep 20, 1887 - Sanford (Springvale), ME - Paine Street - Frost Barn burned

Sep 20, 1920c. - Bedford, NH - Pulpit Road - Pulpit Farm buildings destroyed by fire

Sep 20, 1971 - Lakes Region - LRMFA - New Lakes Region Dispatch Center is open in basement of Belknap County Courthouse *R-H*

Sep 20, 1982 - Lowell, MA - 6th Alarm - Perry Street - Large wooden building containing furniture and appliances gutted

Sep 20, 2000 - Templeton, MA - 3rd Alarm - US Rte 202 - Mill building - Heavy fire

Sep 21, 1851 - Cambridge, MA - East Cambridge near the railroad bridge - A stable and two dwellings destroyed by fire

Sep 21, 1869 - Concord, NH - West Concord Congregational Church 63x46 with a 3x25 projection destroyed by fire

Sep 21, 1900c. - Worcester, MA - Frank E, Sessons and Company - Casket factory fire

Sep 21, 1903 - Lee, NH - The Haines house at Lee Hook - House and barn a total loss to fire - $3000 loss *BG*

Sep 21, 1938 - Northeast - USA - New England Hurricane of 1938 - Telephone and power out in Amherst NH for two weeks - As the Hurricane of 1938 approached Long Island Sound, the eye of the storm was 50 miles wide. Sustained winds were in the area of 70 to 110 miles per hours as the hurricane threatened Rhode Island. Over 400 deaths were caused due to extreme flooding. Massachusetts where the Blue Hill Observatory just west of Boston recorded winds of 186 mph. The hurricane passed through central Massachusetts and into the Connecticut River Valley of New Hampshire. Sustained winds of 80 mph produced severe damage in much of the state. It wasn't until after sunset that the storm passed out of the northern most reaches of the state and into Canada. Over 700 victims died from this fury of nature. Estimates put damage around $400,000,000 - Forecasters had badly erred in their prediction the hurricane would pass out to sea wide to the east of New England. In Hancock NH Hancock Congregational church in the village suffered when the storm tore off the steeple, and forced it back through the roof of the church upside down.

Sep 21, 1938 - Peterborough, NH - Transcript Bldg and Taylor Bldg heavy fire - Many other bldgs between Contoocook River and Main St involved in fire - Mutual Aid from as far as Nashua - During Great Hurricane of 1938 - Keene could not respond as roads were washed out

Sep 22, 1851 - Pawtucket,RI - The stone Goff and Battey Cotton Batting building nearly consumed by fire

Sep 22, 1853 - Manchester, NH - Manchester Print Works mail building destroyed by fire

Sep 22, 1979 - Manchester, NH - 3rd Alarm - Brown Ave - Springs Poultry Farm - 3 story wood (built 1897) fully involved - Heat cracked apparatus windshields cracked, taillights melted, paint - Building had been condemned earlier

Sep 22, 1980 - Milford, NH - Savage Road - Fred A Conroy historic farm house 1.5 story wood frame destroyed by fire

Sep 22, 1998 - No. Ferrisburgh, VT - 2nd Alarm - Town Line Rd - Wil-Con Farm - Barn fire - 30 animals, much heavy equipment lost - Barn total loss - 6 towns with 60 firefighters mutual aid to scene

Sep 22, 2000 - Bloomfield, VT - MVA Fatal - Mill Brook Rd - Car vs pedestrian, 18 year old male victim

Sep 23, 1815 - Raymond, NH - Hurricane uproots many large trees and causes considerable damage to many buildings

Sep 23, 1894 - Newfields, NH - (until 1895, known as the town of South Newmarket) - Main Street - Shutes Hotel, the stables of J.C. Hanson burned spreading to the old Kennard House (2 tenement) and to shed

Sep 23, 1915 - Hampton, NH - Major Fire - See June 26 - B St near Ocean Blvd - 40 cottages, 6 hotels, 2 theaters, 1 church over 10 acre area destroyed

Sep 23, 1950 - Boston (Brighton), MA - Box 5235 - Everett Street - Basement fire, 2 firefighters killed

Sep 23, 1962 - Boston (Brighton), MA - 5th Alarm - Box 5246 - Lincoln Street - New York Central Railroad building spread across tracks to other buildings on Braintree Street

Sep 23, 1967 - Holderness, NH - Unoccupied dwelling and barn 30x30 destroyed by fire in windy conditions - Mutual Aid Ashland, Plymouth, Moultonborough++-, Center Harbor, Meredith and the Belknap College Fire Department

Sep 23, 1980 - Troy, NH - Memorial Drive - 4 bedroom unoccupied ranch story le house gutted by fire - Fitzwilliam, East Swanzey and Meadowood to scene

Sep 23, 1998 - Franklin, NH - 4th Alarm - Former JP Stevens Mill on East Bow St., 125 year old Mill Building. Mutual Aid from 14 towns

Sep 24, 1851 - Newburyport, MA - Plum Island - Sandy Beach Hotel consumed by fire

Sep 24, 1851 - Norway, ME - Bennet's Hotel and 5 other buildings destroyed by fire

Sep 24, 1966 - Laconia, NH - Fire Fatal, 135 Pleasant Street, 150 year old occupied apartment building, 2 fatalities

Sep 24, 1980 - Boston (Dorchester), MA - 8th Alarm - St. William Roman Catholic Church

Sep 24, 1993 - Beverly, MA - 3rd Alarm, 220 Rantoul Street - 3 Story Wood Frame Comm bldg

Sep 25, 1853 - Hartford (White River Jct), VT - Train Accident - 90 car freight train vs passenger train - Both engines destroyed as well as one car from each train - 60 injured, 18 badly - The freight train engineer was missing *NYT*

Sep 25, 1911 - Fremont, NH - 17 Danville Road - 1.5 Story house and a shed completely destroyed by fire

Sep 25, 1915 - Derry, NH - Major Fire - Island Pond North Shore Road - Rockingham House Hotel destroyed by fire

Sep 25, 1966 - Boston, MA - Fire fatal - South End - 5 Story occupied rooming house - 4 fatalities

Sep 26, 1874 - Gorham, NH - Lary's Grist Mill destroyed by fire

Sep 26, 1892c. - Newbury (Wells River), VT - Coosuck House Hotel (Wells River House) Built c.1830 - Adjacent horse stable struck by lightning destroyed Hotel and six buildings

Sep 26, 1901 - Groveland, MA - The Town Hall building on King Street, containing all grades from the third to eighth in the central part of town, was totally destroyed by fire - Some of the displaced classes where held at the firehouse!

Sep 26, 1968 - Windham, NH - MVA/Fire Fatal - Rte 111 - Car vs 6000 gallon oil tanker - Impact sheared tank off truck frame - Flames 50 feet in air scorching trees 200 feet away - Car driver burned to death - Tanker driver hospitalized

Sep 26, 2003 - Wolcott, VT - Buck's Furniture Warehouse - Large 3 story warehouse (old gristmill) full of furniture destroyed by fire - 75 firefighters to scene - Mutual Aid Elmore, Hardwick, Craftsbury, Morrisville, Hyde Park and Johnson

Sep 27, 1879 - Gloucester, MA - General Alarm - Main Street - Carter's Factory and 7 other bldgs

Sep 27, 1891 - Sanford, ME - Simon Littlefield's barn burns

Sep 27, 1925 - Nashua, NH - Factory Street - H. Avery furniture company building destroyed by fire

Sep 28, 1856 - Hanover, NH - Burke House (dwelling) burned

Sep 28, 1900c. - Hartford, CT - Large boarding house and 40 horses, total destruction

Sep 28, 1909 - Corinna (region), ME - Rained for several days during the last days of September 1909 caused by a "disturbance" off the coast of New England. The story from Sept. 30, 1909 called it one of the worst floods in the history of Northern Maine. It affected the counties of Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, and Washington. It washed out many railroad lines, roads and bridges. Some of the more interesting stories in the paper were about the possibility of the dam bursting at Katahdin Iron Works and with so many logs clogging the rising rivers that in Brownville, 100 men spent two days dynamiting the logs that had backed up at the bridge. The log jams also made the flooding worse by causing the water to backup in flatlands, other streams, lakes and ponds. The thing noted by the paper that this rain affected the potato harvesting, but at the same time, it had been a very dry season and the rain was badly needed to restore the normal levels of water.

Sep 28, 1960 - Berlin, NH - Gorham Theater (where Welch's Restaurant later stood), destroyed by fire

Sep 28, 1996 - Windham, NH - 5th Alarm, 24A and 26 Fish Road on Corbett's Pond, 2 unoccupied camps leveled by fire, 2 other camps damaged

Sep 28, 1998 - Peru, VT - Working Fire - Bromley Village - Birch Development - Bldg heavily involved

Sep 29, 1948 - Nashua, NH - Park Street Theater burns down

Sep 29, 1974 - Derry, NH - East Broadway - Microburst down 500 trees causing extensive damage to many houses and cars, 14 roads blocked by debris

Sep 29, 1997 - Chester, VT - 3rd Alarm - Rte 11 East - Structure fire - Mutual Aid to fire

Sep 30, 1857 - Hooksett, NH - Robie's Store destroyed by fire - Rebuilt (burned again Oct 1906 and rebuilt)

Sep 30, 1963 - Sanford, ME - Sand Pond Road - Old Johnson homestead destroyed by fire

Sep 30, 2000 - Beans Grant, NH - MVA - Mt. Washington Auto Rd 2 miles up - Car with failing brakes rolled over - 4 on board - All out of vehicle under own power - 2 transported with injuries - Gorham FD to scene

Oct 00, 1972 - Lakes Region, NH - LRMFA - Waterville Valley joins the association *R-H*

Oct 01, 1905 - Laconia, NH - Kellogg Carriage manufactory - Fire in paint room spread to consume two-thirds of building $4,000 loss - Most of the stock carriages were saved *BG*

Oct 01, 1912 - Derry, NH - Pinehurst Street near Pumping Station - House badly damaged by fire with fire through roof - In hydrant district

Oct 01, 1927 - Milford, NH - Richardson's Crossing - Train Vs Car - 3 killed - Victims were observing scene of single fatality train vs car crash of a few days earlier. From a most inopportune vantage point, they didn't notice the on coming train

Oct 01, 1966 - Boston, MA - 5th Alarm - Box 1671 - 34 Trumbull Street - Large four story brick and wood fully involved - Wall collapse with firefighters trapped killing five - A fire buff was also killed - Fire Lieutenant John McCorkle Engine Co. 24 - Fire Lieutenant John Geswell Ladder Co. 26 - Firefighter Francis Murphy Engine Co. 24 - Firefighter James Sheedy Ladder Co. 4 - Firefighter Robert Clougherty Engine Co. 3 - Andy Sheehan who sparked at Eng 3 and Lad 3 and was always welcomed perished, he was age 25....

Oct 01, 1981 - Nashua, NH - 3rd Alarm - Main Street - the Senior Place - 3 Story Brick - Extensive damage - Started in a ground floor kitchen and worked its way up through the roof

Oct 01, 2000 - Boston, MA - 4th Alarm - Box 7133 - 50 Midway St - 3 Story Brick 50x75 - Fire floors 2 & 3 - Using 5 big lines

Oct 01, 2000 - Guilford, VT - MVA FATAL - Sweet Pond Rd - Single car off road vs embankment

Oct 02, 1876 - Old Town, ME - Stickney and Company - Multiple mill buildings destroyed by fire

Oct 02, 1886 - Green's Grant, NH - Glen House and stables destroyed by fire - Conflicting information indicates 1893

Oct 02, 1903c. - Newport,RI - Photograph Gallery of Miss Amie Dupont damaged by fire causing $15,000 damage - Large number of negatives of New York Socialites and leading members of Metropolitan Opera Company destroyed

Oct 02, 1995 - Nashua, NH - 4th Alarm - 40 Whitney Street - Apartment house with heavy fire and explosion

Oct 03, 1785 - Ferrisburg, VT - Historical fire - Tree bark set afire to mark way on foggy evening rekindled in morning spreading to a chest of clothes. - The chest also contained most of the deeds and important papers of the town, destroying them.

Oct 03, 1908 - Chelsea, MA - Multiple Alarm, 1/4 of city destroyed, 19 killed - The second-worst fire in Chelsea history destroyed nearly 3,000 buildings

Oct 03, 1918 - Derry, NH - Oak Street - Oak Street School damaged by fire - Caused by soft coal spontaneous combustion in basement

Oct 03, 1918 - Nashua, NH - Nationwide Influenza epidemic hits hard forcing city schools, churches, stores, banks and pool halls to close for several weeks (until October 28) - 208 Nashuans die (about 1 in every 125 residents), 500,000 die across America

Oct 03, 1918 - Putnam, CT - Byron D. Bugbee department store fire causing $60,000 damaged *putnamfire.com*

Oct 03, 1979 - Windsor Locks, CT - F4 Tornado -

Oct 03, 1987 - Londonderry, NH - MVA Fatal - Rte 102 at Acropolis Drive - 2 car accident with 3 fatalities

Oct 03, 1997 - Brattleboro, VT - 3rd Alarm - Spring Street near Elliot Street - Building Fire - 3 Story Wood Frame Fire Floor 3 - 5 Engines & 2 Ladders Mutual Aid

Oct 03, 2000 - Bethel, VT - MVA Fatal - Rte 12 at Campbrook Road - Tractor Trailer (Gasoline Tanker) vs bridge abutment - Truck over railing burst into flames

Oct 03, 2000 - Boston, MA - 4th Alarm - Box 6153 10 Chelsea St - 3 Story Wood Frame Occupied Apartment Building 30x60 with exposure problems

Oct 04, 1861 - Concord, NH - Main Street, Centre Street, Bridge Street - Day's Marble Works, Merrimack House (Hotel Union) destroyed by fire

Oct 04, 1869 - Canton, CT - Recorded over 12 inches of rain - Known as "Saxby's Gale" or The Great New England Rainstorm and Flood. Great Wind And Tide Damage in along the Maine coast. Flooding occurred throughout New England - The "October Gale" hit Cape Cod and the Island. 40 fishing ships washed shore On Cape Cod, 57 Men killed Foot and a half of snow fell at Middletown CT.

Oct 04, 1889 - Stowe, VT - Mt. Mansfield Hotel burns *www.historicvermont.org*

Oct 04, 1948 - Nashua, NH - West Pearl Street at Main Street - Parkinson Building burns down

Oct 05, 1816 - Andover, NH - Henry Potter run over by a load of corn and killed

Oct 05, 1881 - Pelham, NH - North Pelham - Marshall and Company Woolen Mill totally destroyed by fire - $5000 loss *BG*

Oct 05, 1900c. - Hanover, NH - Commercial Hotel (an old landmark) damaged by fire

Oct 05, 1985 - Beverly, MA - 5th Alarm - Welch Machinery Building - River St, 2 story, wood frame factory, 100 x 250

Oct 05, 1991 - Boston, MA - JFK building - 24 story office building employing 3,000 workers - Fire started in rooftop cooling tower caused $1,000,000 damage

Oct 05, 1993 - Rochester, NH - 3rd Alarm, 18 Maple Street - 3 Story Wood Frame

Oct 05, 2000 - Moultonboro, NH - High Angle Rescue/Fatal Chainsaw Accident end of Shaker Jerry Road off Moultonboro Neck in a remote section of Wentworth Shores - Tree worker dies as result of chainsaw accident 60' up a tree - Chainsaw kicked back and struck victim in neck - Mutual Aid Laconia Ladder truck and Don's Tree Service of Gilford with truck mounted crane

Oct 05, 2002 - Manchester, NH - 4th Alarm - Amherst Street at Dutton Street - 5 buildings involved, 2 totally involved, 2nd Alarm on arrival

Oct 06, 1852 - Somerville, MA - Powder Hill Farm - Barn fire (See Sept 14, 1852)

Oct 06, 1865 - Raymond, NH - Caleb Shannon perishes in fire when the house goes up in flames

Oct 06, 1881 - Gloucester, MA - Main Street - Sawyer's Block - Fire caused by a defective stove pipe caused $3000 damaged *BG*

Oct 06, 1990 - Colchester, VT - Fire, 1302 Ethan Allen Ave (in the former Fort Ethan Allen) half of building saved by firewall dividing bldg in half) (also an arson fire started by ex-boyfriend of a resident)

Oct 06, 2000 - Lowell, MA - 3rd Alarm, 20 Fisher St - 2.5 Story Wood Frame dwelling 40x50 - Fire and smoke rear of house with exposure problems

Oct 07, 1929 - Milford, NH - Averi and Locicero-Falsari Blocks involved in "Big Fire"

Oct 07, 1960 - Pelham - NH - Windham Road - Balcoms Sawmill fire - Mutual aid tankers requested
Oct 08, 1861 - Wentworth, NH - William H. Moores farm, 2 barns burned - Set by incendiary

Oct 08, 1905 - Laconia, NH - Main Street - Smith Block annex occupied by the Lougee Dry Goods store - Store a suffered total loss of stock ($500) - Loss of $12,000 to building and fixtures *BG*

Oct 08, 1929 - Carroll, NH - White Mountain House - 3 story 100x40 hotel (150 guests) with 50 room 3.5 story addition - destroyed by fire

Oct 08, 1990 - Rochester, NH - 3rd Alarm - East Rochester 3 Story Apartment bldg

Oct 08, 1997 - Fitchburg, MA - 5th Alarm - Water Street - Fire destroyed a vacant factory, the former Great American Chemical Corp. building on Water Street 500,000-square-foot building, once a woolen mill, had been vacant since the early 1980s,

Oct 08, 1999 - Ryegate, VT - 2nd Alarm - Renfrew Dr - Page Farm - Barn heavily involved

Oct 09, 1852 - Lowell, MA - Unusual Death - Mills of the Merrimack Company - Night watchman was fatally injured while oiling a shaft that revolved at 118 rounds per minute - His clothes had become entangled at the top of the shaft whereupon he was carried upon it - His head and arms were bashed at each revolution of the shaft into a wall and the hanger for the shaft - His boots were ripped from his feet and thrown some 20 feet away and his clothes were in tatters - The hanger was covered with his blood and hair - He was found barely alive by the overseer of the mill who noted that the gates to the mill had not been open for the morning shift - In his last breath he uttered the words "Help me"

Oct 09, 1905 - Colebrook, NH - T.G. Rowan Hotel fire $18,000 loss

Oct 09, 2000 - Lyndeborough, NH - 3rd Alarm FATAL - 23 Glass Factory Rd - 2 Story Wood Frame Dwelling fire reported victims trapped - Call came in as a heater overturned with fire followed by several additional calls - 3 ambulances and all available EMT's requested to scene - Extra PD requested to scene - At least 1 victim with serious burns transported to Nashua, died at hospital

Oct 09, 2005 - New Hampshire, NH - Floods - Governor Lynch declares State of Emergency due to server flooding - 300 National Guards members deployed - Several roads heavily washed out, bridges damaged or destroyed - 1 house in Ashuelot Village in the town of Winchester was washed away - Several dams compromised - Areas heavily affected include Acworth, Alstead, Belmont, Bradford, Canterbury, Claremont, Croydon, Enfield, Fitzwilliam, Gilford, Gilsum, Goshen, Hillsborough, Hinsdale, Keene, Langdon, Lempster, Loudon, Marlow, Newport, Plymouth, Roxbury, Salisbury, Stoddard, Sullivan, Tilton, Troy, Washington, Walpole - Towns from Swanzey to Wolfeboro received 7 to 11 inches of rain - My brother Tim Bolduc was activated to join his National Guard unit for flood duty - While preparing to depart, he collapsed and died.

Oct 10, 1903 - Derry (West Derry), NH - Large Ice House of H.P. Hood Dairy burned - Exposures threatened but saved $3,000 loss

Oct 10, 1975 - Derry, NH - the Fordway - Occupied 2 Story wood frame dwelling destroyed by fire - Total loss

Oct 10, 2000 - Franklin, MA - 3rd Alarm, 20 Dean St - House fire

Oct 11, 1865 - Hopkinton,RI - Locustville Cotton Mill fire - $50,000 loss

Oct 11, 1866 - Fitzwilliam, NH - The First Mount Monadnock "Mountain House", a 3? story hotel with room for 100 guests. burned to ground about two hours after it was closed for its first season

Oct 11, 1872 - Mont Vernon, ME - Butler stave mill on Hopkins Stream destroyed by fire

Oct 11, 1899 - Fremont, NH - 179 Sandown Road - the Merrifield residence - Chimney fire extended through house and barn, both completely destroyed by fire

Oct 11, 1951 - Milton, NH - Fire Fatal - Milton Mills Road, 2 and 3 year old girls playing in family auto burned to death in car fire - It was suspected that the girls were playing with matches

Oct 11, 1985 - Portsmouth, NH - Fire fatal - (316?) Islington Ave - 3 Story apartment building, 2 fatalities on top floor - Another victim badly burned jumped from top floor died following March - Ruled arson

Oct 11, 1988c. - Dalton, NH - Vacation home destroyed by fire, 2 local volunteer firefighters were arrested for arson - One of many devastating fires that plagued the Jefferson NH area over a five month period, since early May

Oct 11, 1996 - North Hampton, NH - Dwelling Explosion - 5 Deer Run Road - 2 Story Wood Frame house blown off foundation by gas explosion - Small fire resulted - Extensive structural damage

Oct 12, 1870 - Pelham, NH - Beaver Woolen Mills - Fire in the picker room building along with the saw and grist mill destroyed all

Oct. 12, 1899 - Nashua, NH - General Alarm - Old Box 9 - Goodrich Block (built 1868), 77 Main Street at Water Street , gutted by fire - Chemical 1, Hose 1, Steamer 4, Steamer 1 first on scene - Nelson's 5 and 10 , A.E. Wallace's Drug Store and N.J. Allton's grocery. - The Chief and several firefighters were at a muster in Manchester when the fire broke out and had to take the first train back to Nashua *NT*
Oct 12, 1900c. - Fort Fairfield, ME - E.P. Grimes Lumber mill - Building, equipments and lumber burned

Oct 12, 1900c. - Laconia, NH - A.J. Hart and Son - Stable gutted by fire

Oct 12, 1951 - Whitefield, NH - Miller Farm - Large dairy barn 90x40 with valuable machinery and 150 tons of hay destroyed by fire -

Oct 12, 1963 - Boston, MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 3446 - Washington Street near Codman Square - Building fire (concurrent with 5th alarm Box 1611 on Shawmut Ave)

Oct 12, 1963 - Boston, MA - 5th Alarm - Box 1611 - Shawmut Ave - Morgan Memorial Complex

Oct 12, 1995 - Manchester, NH - Maple Street - Queen City Tire and Battery - Fire gutted building and damaged five vehicles - One employee with 2nd degree burns to legs

Oct 12, 1999 - Weymouth, MA - 2nd Alarm - Box 2358, 20 Bakers Ave - 2 Story Wood Frame 25x15

Oct 13, 1872 - Milton Plantation, ME - Mount Zircon Hotel badly damaged by fire

Oct 13, 1960 - Derry, NH - Local fire buffs chastised on the front page of the Derry News as less than 50 show up during the Fire Prevention Week unveiling of Derry's new fire engine

Oct 13, 1999 - Essex, VT - 2nd Alarm - 295 Brown River Rd - 2 family home - Fire floor 2 around gas heater

Oct 14, 1870 - Raymond, NH - on the Green - Dwelling destroyed by fire - Probable work of arsonist

Oct 14, 1927c - Epping, NH - Motor Vehicle Accident - Car vs train - 1 fatality

Oct 14, 1961 - Boston, MA - 84 Mass Ave - Block long WGBH radio and TV complex destroyed by fire

Oct 14, 1973 - Chelsea, MA - Conflagration - Observed as far as 50 miles - Flames blown forward by fierce winds, jumped quickly from building to building. hundreds of homeless took refuge at the Chelsea National Guard Armory, the fire had leveled a fifth of the city. It was the third worst fire in Greater Boston history, taking 2,000 firefighters from as far away as Manchester, New Hampshire, almost a week to extinguish completely.

Oct 14, 1999 - Ashland, MA - 2nd Alarm - 232 Main St - House well involved

Oct 14, 2000 - Fairhaven, VT - MVA - US Rte 4 near Exit 4 and New York state border - Gasoline Tanker rollover

Oct 15, 1690 - Boston, MA - near the Old South Meeting House - Several buildings consumed including a newly established "printing office"

Oct 15, 1839c. - Candia, NH - Andersons Tavern and adjoining block of buildings flattened by fire, 23 horses and 11 swine killed - $7,000 loss

Oct 15, 1872 - Hampden, ME - Barn and house of Captain Levi Emerson destroyed by fire

Oct 15, 1872 - Sanbornton, NH - Moody's Farm - Barn, house, and outbuildings destroyed by fire

Oct 15, 1874 - New Boston, NH - Fire at F. S. Richard's tannery

Oct 15, 1878c. - Salem, NH - North Salem - Matthew Taylor Woolen/Flannel Mfg Mill destroyed by fire (2nd time)

Oct 15, 1891 - Manchester, NH - Amoskeag Mills - 30 foot diameter 68 ton flywheel shattered killing 3 employees and injuring several others, 2 Story Brick 30x50 building destroyed and damaged attached building

Oct 15, 1904c. - Exeter, NH - 3 fires within 24 hours - On Saturday, Fellows Box Mill fire, caused by shavings in the boiler room - Another minor fire occurred later Saturday - On Sunday just after midnight on Epping Road 2 miles out of town - The Sarah G. Harris House - House, barn, 10 tons of hay, shed, hen house, ice house all lost to fire

Oct 15, 1914c. - Milford, NH - Garden St - Duerschmidts Bakery destroyed by fire

Oct 15, 1919 - Epping, NH - Brown Grain Store, Perkins Hotel 3 Story, 3 other businesses destroyed by fire - Epping bucket brigade, Raymond, Newmarket, and Exeter FD's

Oct 15, 1947 - State of Maine, ME - Forest Fires through the state consume 200,000 acres along with 851 permanent homes and 397 cottages - Much of Goose Rocks section of Kennebunkport wiped out by forest fire - 15 people lose their lives in the state due to the fires - Property loss of $30,000,000 - 110,000 acres of timber burned or badly damaged

Oct 15, 1947 - State of NH, NH - Woods fires in Laconia, Raymond, Portsmouth, Rye, Hampstead/Atkinson, Farmington and Sandwich - Houses destroyed on Province Lake and Bald Mountain near Sunapee

Oct 15, 1953c. - Derry, NH - Windham Rd (aka Doak Grant) - Former Poor Farm burned to ground

Oct 15, 1962 - Manchester, NH - Firefighter Fatal - Lt. Frank J. Bruton of Eng 10 died while fighting a garage fire at 383 Laurel Street - DOA at Sacred Heart Hospital.

Oct 15, 1999 - Fitchburg, MA - 2nd Alarm - 737 Water St - 2.5 Story Wood Frame

Oct 15, 2000 - Shelburne, NH - MVA FATAL - US Rte 2 nr Maine state line (In front of Mt. Washington Bed and Breakfast) - Car vs motorcycle - 2 fatalities - Berlin and Gorham Ambulances to scene

Oct 16, 1785 - Fremont, NH - and most of New England - Dark Days caused by extreme wildfires west of New England

Oct 16, 1780 - Royalton, VT - Town burned by Indians *www.historicvermont.org*

Oct 16, 1785 - Fremont, NH - Dark Days

Oct 16, 1903c. - Quincy, MA - Hammond Beef warehouse gutted by fire $8,000 damage

Oct 16, 1903c. - Wiscasset, ME - Hilton House and most of furniture destroyed by fire $10,000 loss

Oct 16, 1953 - Boston (south Boston), MA - 2nd Alarm - Box 7545 - Explosion and Fire US Aircraft Carrier Leyte in dry-dock - 37/39 killed and 40 injured

Oct 16, 1999 - Arlington, MA - 2nd Alarm - Box 282 - 84 Lake St - 2.5 Story Wood Frame - Attic Fire Through roof

Oct 16, 2000 - Wolfeboro, NH - 3rd Alarm - Box 21 - 16 North Main St at Lake St - Yum-Yum Shop - 1.5 Brick Bakery 40x50 - Heavy fire rear through roof - Exposure problem side 2 - 2 ladder pipes operating - Mutual Aid Alton, Ossipee, West Ossipee FD, Tuftonboro, Lakeside Ambulance, NHSP, Carroll County Sheriff, NH Electric Co-op, Wolfeboro Municipal water, Wolfeboro Fire Auxiliary

Oct 17, 1905 - Concord, NH - Three business blocks were ablaze in a mid night fire - 4 story brick Pickering Building, 2 story wood Batchelder's Block, 4 story Welch & Sullivan Block were involved and all badly damaged $35,000 loss *BG*

Oct 17, 1906 - Hooksett, NH - Robie's Store and Benney's Tavern destroyed by fire

Oct 17, 1947 - Mount Desert, ME - Catastrophic Forest Fire - Half the eastern side of Mt. Desert Island burned - 67 seasonal estates on Millionaires Row burned - 5 hotels destroyed, 170 permanent dwellings burn, 17,000 acres burn - Under control Oct 27 - All out Nov 14

Oct 17, 1947 - Waterboro/Shapleigh, ME - Forest fire started between Ross Corner and Newfield - Over 20,000 acres burned including Ossipee Mountain - 58 homes in South Waterboro burned - Several lakeside cottages burned

Oct 17, 1953 - Boston, MA - Boston Harbor - Aircraft Carrier USS Leyte explosion kills 37 and injures 40 - Described by survivors are if a subway train was going through the ship (There was no ammunition on board the ship at the time) - The skipper of the Leyte was in only his third week of command

Oct 17, 1999 - Lawrence, MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 5111 - 138 Walnut St - 3 Story Wood Frame 25x40 - Fire top floor

Oct 17, 1999 - West Springfield, MA - 3rd Alarm - Bridge St - 2.5 Story Wood Frame

Oct 17, 2000 - Enosburg, VT - MVA Fatal - East Sheldon Road - Truck rollover with ejection of passenger - 1 fatality, 1 other injury

Oct 17, 2000 - Templeton, MA - 3rd Alarm Fatal - 491 Hubbardston Rd - House, fire through roof fire - Mutual Aid Several Towns with tankers

Oct 17, 2000 - Westminster, VT - MVA Fatal - Patch Rd nr Morse Brook Rd - Jaws working - 2 teenage fatalities - 3 other teens injured

Oct 18, 1775 - Falmouth (Portland), ME - 75% of town destroyed by British naval bombardment and subsequent attack by troups ordered to burn the town
Oct 18, 1885 - Andover (Andover Centre), NH - Serious train wreck - 2 trains collide - 3 workers killed, others seriously injured

Oct 18, 1887 - Chester, NH - Wilcomb Evaporator Factory leveled by fire

Oct 18, 1894 - Wolfeboro, NH - Hasty Farm - Several buildings burned

Oct 18, 1909 - Putnam, CT - Four industries were wiped out by fire, a slipper factory, Novelty Works, Fisher Shoe Shop and Dorsey & Bone, wood turners *putnamfire.com*

Oct 18, 1917 - Conway (North Conway Vlg), NH - Kearsarge (Kiarsarge) House - 3.5 story Grand Hotel destroyed by fire - Inn have been closed just two weeks earlier for the season

Oct 18, 1970 - Hudson, NH - Lowell Road at Central Street - Auto Body Shop heavily involved with structural collapse

Oct 18, 1983 - Hudson, NH - Fatal Helicopter Crash - Roosevelt Ave - Pilot of Boston WCVB-TV Bell Jet Ranger helicopter killed during a fiery crash parking lot of a 96 unit apartment complex

Oct 18, 1992 - Westbrook, ME - 3rd Alarm - Box 42 - Dana Court - Vacant tire warehouse fire

Oct 18, 1996 - Wolfeboro, NH - General Alarm - Box 512 - South Main Street - Kingswood Regional High School - Heavy fire in woodworking shop causing several hundred thousand dollars in damage

Oct 19, 1861 - Lee?? Somersworth?? Walpole??, NH - Willow Mill at Great Falls - Townsend's Flannel Factory destroyed by fire

Oct 19, 1864 - St. Albans, VT - 22 Confederate soldiers robbed banks & attempted to burn down many buildings and a covered bridge (in Sheldon), 1 shed did burn

Oct 19, 1865 - Keene, NH - Richards Block (a single building) and two other buildings owned by Colony brothers consumed by fire - Post Office building torn down to prevent further spread of fire *NYT*

Oct 19, 1900c. - Lynn, MA - address? - 4 Story Brick commercial building ablaze - Heavy fire started top floor - Heavy damage throughout

Oct 19, 1917 - Caribou, ME - House and barn destroyed by fire - Brands from the fire threatened to ignite the entire village - $15000 loss *BG*

Oct 19, 1996 - Nashua, NH - 5th Alarm - Burke St - Elderly housing complex under construction (near complete) heavily involved - 8 depts. Mutual Aid - Occurred during the Annual FF's Ball being held at the Nashua Marriott

Oct 20, 1870 - Concord, NH - Earthquake - Four shocks felt in city

Oct 20, 1987 - Litchfield, NH - Fatal Fire - address - House fire - 3 family members die

Oct 20, 1988 - Berlin, NH - Earthquake 4.0 Richter Scale

Oct 20, 1999 - Laconia, NH - 2nd Alarm - Lexington Drive - Structure Fire

Oct 20, 1999 - Sanford, ME - 1st Alarm FATAL - Amherst St - House fire - 1 fatality

Oct 20, 2000 - Bradford, VT - HazMat - Bradford Water System - Chlorine gas leak (12 gallons) - Vermont HazMat Team, Williston HazMat Team, Mallets Bay HazMat Team to scene - 40 FF's and HazMat personnel on scene

Oct 20, 2000 - Colchester (Mallets Bay), VT - Construction Accident FATAL - Prim Road - Cement Wall of septic system collapsed - 2 Heavy Rescues requested - 1 Fatality, 2 victim transported for shock

Oct 20, 2000 - Lawrence, MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 2111 - 151 Garden Street - 2.5 Story Wood Frame house 30x50 - Heavy fire floor 2 and attic, through roof - Using two ladder pipes

Oct 20, 2002 - Berlin, NH - General Alarm - 703 First Avenue - 3 Story Wood Frame apartment house with extension to two other buildings including Toni's Pizza Parlor - Heat damage to several other buildings

Oct 21, 1892 - Gorham, NH - First Alpine House (White Mountain Station House) - 4 Story 100x50 with 3.5 Story 80 by 40 ell, 100 guest capacity - Destroyed by fire

Oct 21, 1924 - Hudson, NH - Lowell Road - Large barn and several out buildings destroyed by fire

Oct 21, 1947 - Rochester and Farmington, NH - "Disastrous Fires" along Boston and Maine railroad bed

Oct 21, 1996 - Derry, NH - 100 year storm floods 200 homes - Epping, NH -- A 16-year-old boy was swept into the Lamprey River, a family of five was rescued from their home by boat and nearly 100 people were evacuated from their residences - Officials also took steps to prevent a dam off Route 27 from giving way. - Evacuations of some 100 people along the Lamprey River, between 40 and 50 homes

Oct 21, 1998 - Ansonia, CT - 4th Alarm - Main Street - Historic District - 6 Story bldg w/ several business

Oct 21, 1998 - Dover (West Dover Vlg), VT - Working Fire - Route 100 - Dot's of Dover Restaurant - A level 5 fire school was being held at the West Dover Station less than a mile away providing a substantial response in less than 3 minutes. Mutual Aid East Dover Vlg

Oct 21, 2000 - Plainfield (Moosup), CT - 6th Alarm Brunswick Ave - 3 story Brick Mill building

Oct 21, 2000 - Salisbury, MA - 3rd Alarm 46 Central Ave - 2.5 Story Wood Frame 40x20

Oct 21, 2002 - Berlin, NH - General Alarm - 699 Upper Main Street - Vacant apartments over vacant store extended to 3 other buildings - Arsonist caught for this and previous days fire

Oct 22, 1946 - Boston, MA - Box 1463 - 70 Chauncy Street - Furrier business, basement fire - Burning fur gave off very heavy smoke - 3 firefighters perish

Oct 22, 1951 - Lincoln, NH - 4 story Hotel owned by Franconia Paper and Pulp - 4 story 50 room hotel - Heavy fire floor 4 and through roof - Heavy water and smoke damage throughout - Woodstock and Plymouth to scene

Oct 22, 1994 - Hudson, NH - 4th Alarm - Concrete Systems - Fire in boiler room - Heavy damage

Oct 22, 1994 - Manchester, NH - 3rd Alarm, 168 South Main Street - Caused $200,000 damage. It housed a ceramics business and a Goodwill Industries facility - Half of cellar heavily involved on arrival

Oct 22, 1999 - New Ipswich, NH - 1st Alarm - 123 Davis Village Rd - Cellar fire

Oct 23, 1859 - Wentworth, NH - Dwelling house of Josiah Norris Jr. destroyed by fire - Caused by defective chimney

Oct 23, 1864 - Eastport, ME - Fire at Union wharf destroys 15 businesses, including some of the finest stores, the Frontier Bank, and the telegraph office - $500,000 loss *CT*

Oct 23, 1887 - Sanford, ME - Atwood Allen house burns

Oct 23, 1942 - Benton, NH - Mt. Moosilaukee - Tip-Top house burned down

Oct 23, 1996 - Hudson, MA - 5th Alarm - Larkin Lumber Company - Old woodworking shop building, 12 towns and 100 firefighters fought fire

Oct 23, 1998 - Berlin (Riverton Vlg), VT - Working Fire - Chandler Road - 2 Story Wood Frame occupied house - Fire in 2 bedrooms - Mutual Aid Northfield

Oct 23, 1999 - Chelsea, MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 41 - 64 Washington Ave - 3 Story Wood Frame 60x40

Oct 24, 1682 - Boston, MA - Started by "the dock" and spread south to Drawbridge Street (North Street) - Consumed considerable property in what was considered the richest district in town

Oct 24, 1898 - Rockland, ME - Fire in sausage factory $2,000 loss

Oct 24, 1944 - Derry, NH - Derry Fibre Mills - 4 story mill destroyed by fire $250,000 loss - 4 Story apartment building severely damaged by fire

Oct 24, 1978 - Bethlehem, NH - Sinclair House - Large 5 Story Grand Hotel with 350 guest capacity destroyed by fire - Vacant 2 year after 118 years of service

Oct 24, 1998 - Burlington, VT - Working Fire FATAL - 30 School St - 2 fatalities - Another victim with serious injuries --- From Oct 26 1998 > > We are looking for any information about a fire in Vermont. A young man, aged 18 was killed. His name was Drew Norton, and he was a resident of Kearney, Nebraska. Please sent us any information about this. We, (the friends of Drew), would like more details about his death. You can contact us via email, firebrand7@hotmail.com, or mmzab@kearney.net. Thank you.

Oct 24, 1999 - Pembroke, NH - 3rd Alarm - 420 Buck St - ~150 year-old home fully involved

Oct 25, 1895 - Nashua, NH - Main Street - Holman Block - Confectionary plant burned to ground

Oct 25, 1898 - Bridgeport, CT - Nonpareil Cork Company factory damaged by fire - Driver of engine killed responding to alarm

Oct 25, 1903 - Hampton (Hampton Beach), NH - Washington Hotel, a few blocks west of the Casino - Hotel, cottage and store as well as a house, cafe and another small hotel destroyed by fire

Oct 25, 1931 - Lowell, MA - Fatal motor vehicle accident - French Street at the canal - Car accidentally plunged off the end of French Street into the canal drowning three or the four occupants

Oct 25, 1947 - Dayton, ME - Most of small town destroyed by encroaching forest fire

Oct 25, 1947 - Rochester, NH - Blaze causes a $1 million dollar loss caused by forest fire - The fire jumped the Salmon Falls River and threatened the Berwich Maine town hall

Oct 25, 1963 - Boston (Brighton), MA - 5th Alarm - Box 5276 - off 108 Holton Street - Railroad tank car fire

Oct 25, 1968 - Hanover, NH - Plane Crash Fatal - Northeast Airlines Yellowbird FH-227 crashes into Moose Mountain killing 32 of 42 on board

Oct 25, 1973 - Nashua, NH - 2nd Alarm - Pittsburgh Ave - US Insulation - Warehouse with fire through roof

Oct 25, 1986 - Fremont, NH - Earthquake, mild rumblings felt noted in town

Oct 25, 1999 - Pittsfield, NH - 2nd Alarm - 370 Catamount Rd - Garage 20x20 heavy fire

Oct 26, 1821 - Fall River, MA - The original building of the Troy Cotton and Woolen Manufactory, operating 1800 spindles, was burned to the ground. The blaze was occasioned by friction in the picker rooms.

Oct 26, 1900c - Centreville,RI - Grain Store burned

Oct 26, 1969 - Beverly, MA - 3rd Alarm - South School Stone St - Former school bldg - 3 Story Wood Frame - fully involved in thickly settled neighborhood

Oct 26, 2000 - Cornish, NH - 2nd Alarm - Rte 12A - Structure fire

Oct 26, 2000 - Derry, NH - MVA Fatal - Hampstead Rd at 'S' curve - Two status 1 patients - Trauma Team activated - Delayed response to hospital as ambulance could not make it up icy hill near scene - 1 Fatality 60 year old male - A co-worker of mine and her husband were first on scene and performed first aid at this East Derry accident - A 2nd co-worker of mine was at the scene a minute later, all by coincidence

Oct 26, 2000 - Webster, NH - Fire FATAL - Merrimack Circle - 1 victim MedHelo to Boston with third degree burns died

Oct 27, 1885 - Sanford, ME - Moulton Brothers' Sawmill burns

Oct 27, 1924 - New Hampton, NH - Wildfire consumes over 600 acres of land - In Livermore NH over 750 acres were consumed from a separate fire - In Salem NH 7 separate brush fire destroys 3 sets of buildings

Oct 27, 1944 - Gardner, MA - Fire - Logan Street - Gardner Gas Plant - Deputy Chief LOD Death

Oct 27, 1989 - Manchester, NH - 3rd Alarm, 100-102 Union Street - 3 story apartment building fire leaves 25 homeless

Oct 27, 1999 - Springfield, MA - 2nd Alarm - 384 Union St - 6 Story Occupied Apartment Building - Heavy fire floor 6

Oct 27, 2001 - Bennington, NH - 2nd Alarm - Motel fire

Oct 28, 1852 - Somerville, MA - Fire at the spike factory

Oct 28, 1882 - Fall River, MA - On Saturday afternoon, fire destroyed the Flint Mill excepting the engine and boiler house.

Oct 28, 1906c. - Newport,RI - Loriland residence damaged by fire - $7,000 damage

Oct 28, 1915 - Peabody, MA - St. John's Parochial School fire kills 22

Oct 28, 1924 - Amherst, NH - Baboosic Lake - 4 cottages and several out buildings destroyed by arsonist - One of the owners received a threatening letter from the K.K.K. prior to the arson

Oct 28, 1969 - Manchester, NH - Multiple Alarm - Box 3211 - Baldwin and Charles Streets J. J. Moreau & Son - Heavy fire rear of building - Exposure problems several to buildings 300 feet away due to extreme radiant heat - Under control 12 hours later - Moreau's was the largest hardware store North of Boston, Over a million dollars damage.

Oct 28, 1976 - Fremont, NH - 370 North Road - The Sleeper House, built circa 1830 destroyed by fire

Oct 28, 1999 - Barnstead, NH - 2nd Alarm - 304 Parade Rd across from Fire Station - Single story dwelling - Converted from store - 3 victims MedHelo- One to Shriner's Burn Center Boston (1 year-old) and two to Brigham's and Woman's Boston

Oct 28, 1999 - Durham, NH - 3rd Alarm - 148 Packers Falls Rd - Occupied House - Elderly woman rescued

Oct 28, 2000 - Boston, MA - 5th Alarm - Box 7311 - 573-575 East Broadway - 4 buildings, - 3 Story Wood Frame, 2.5 Story Wood Frame Funeral Home, 2.5 Story Wood Frame dwelling occupied, and a fourth building - High wind problems, 1st two buildings destroyed

Oct 28, 2000 - Brighton, VT - MVA Fatal - Rte 114 - Single car vs tree with ejection - 1 fatality

Oct 29, 1727 - Amesbury, MA - Earthquake centered off NH and MA coast 6.0 Richter Scale - Damage to bldgs in Boston, Haverhill, Portland

Oct 29, 1824 - New Castle, ME - House and barn fire -

Oct 29, 1951 - Hudson, NH - Colson Road - Colson Farm - Barn fire - 2 barns totally destroyed with exposure to a third barn and dwelling - Over 4000 young chicks perished

Oct 29, 1963 - Chelsea, MA - 4th Alarm - Box 211 - Second Street - Several rag shops ablaze

Oct 29, 1969 - Manchester, NH - Moreaus's Hardware fire

Oct 29, 1969 - Peterboro, NH - Two train boxcars broken free in Jaffrey NH ran freely until reaching Peterboro, crossing busy Main St, and crashing into a single parked car (new Oldsmobile) in Cumberland Farm's parking lot, destroying the vehicle

Oct 29, 1971.- Kennebunkport, ME - Kennebunkport Playhouse burns to ground

Oct 29, 1997 - Campton, NH - 3rd Alarm - Peg Wood Hill in Waterville Estates - Five people homeless as fire tore through an eight-unit condominium complex, a total loss

Oct 29, 1999 - Freeport, ME - 2nd Alarm - Nr 110 Wardtown Rd - 2 Story Wood Frame

Oct 29, 2000 - Boston, MA - 9th Alarm - Box 7441 - 9 Swallow Street - 6 buildings involved - Several 3 Story Wood Frame's - High wind problems

Oct 29, 2000 - Lewiston, ME - 3rd Alarm - Shawmut Street - 3 Story Wood Frame Apt Bldg - Mutual Aid Auburn and Lisbon

Oct 29, 2000 - Lincoln, NH - 4th Alarm - Rte 112 (Kancamagus Hwy) - Main Lodge "Village at Loon Mountain" Resort - 4.5 Story Wood Frame Long Condo Building heavily involved

Oct 29, 2000 - Nottingham, NH - FATAL FIRE - 3rd Alarm - Box Seaman's Point Road - Victim died on November 11 from injuries due to 2nd and 3rd degree burns and electrocution attempting to extinguish brush fire with garden hose 86 year old male victim

Oct 30, 1905 - Hanover, NH - Bridgeman Block (largest business block in town) destroyed by fire - Fire started in basement of Rand's Upholstery store and ran the length of the block through the basement - Many Dartmouth College students living in block barely escaped with their lives - $100,000 loss (Conflicting date of Oct 30, another year)

Oct 30, 1906 - Nashua, NH - Cooperative Foundry fire - $1,000 loss

Oct 30, 1906 - Newport, NH - Sugar River Bridge at Riverside Farm - Horse drawn wagon with heavy load of sand broke through middle of bridge tumbling 2 horse, wagon and driver in river - Driver escaped drowning

Oct 30, 1912 - Putnam, CT - Quinebaug House burns *putnamfire.com*

Oct 30, 1924 - Nashua, NH - Main Street - The Nutt Block - Box 114 - 3 story tenements over commercial - Nuttbrown Grocery, heavy fire in basement and floor 1 extended up partition to floor 3 - Touraine Fabric store also heavily damaged

Oct 30, 1960 - Hudson, NH - MVA Fatal - Old Derry Road at Hudson Speedway - Race car driver rolled his vehicle over several times and became entrapped in vehicle requiring extrication - He died from his injuries

Oct 30, 1969 - Hudson, NH - 222 Central Street - Wet Pet Aquarium - 2 story apartments over commercial with heavy fire in the pet shop

Oct 30, 2000 - Salem, MA - 4th Alarm - Box 3251 - 13 Lynn Street - 3.5 Story Wood Frame - Fire through roof

Oct 31, 1962 - Fremont, NH - unknown location - Mr. Harriman's house and barn burned down

Oct 31, 1991 - North Shore, MA - Remnants of Hurricane Grace clashed with a N'or Easter creating the "Perfect Storm" - Several ships wrecked with many lives lost

Oct 31, 1999 - Thetford, VT - 1st Alarm - US Rte 5 - Barn well involved

Oct 31, 2000 - Hiram (South Hiram), ME - Working Fire - 152 Durgin Town Road - Dwelling fire

Oct 31, 2000 - Waterbury, CT - 3rd Alarm, 20 Woodlawn Terrace - Two 3 Story Wood Frame fully involved with exposure problems

Nov 00, 1971 - Lakes Region, NH - LRMFA - Barnstead Parade joins the association *R-H*

Nov 01, 1623 - Plymouth, MA - Seven dwellings destroyed by fire

Nov 01, 1716 - Fremont, NH - Dark days, caused by very heavy high level smoke from wild fire far to the west blocking the sun (October 21, 1716 old style calendar)

Nov 01, 1778 - Bridport, VT - Major Fire - Town Burned down by rouges loyal to Britain

Nov 01, 1891 - Beverly, MA - General Alarm - Allen Box Co Conflagration - Federal Street Area - Shoe factory district, 12 Buildings destroyed, 14 heavily damaged, and 35 suffered minor damage from embers.

Nov 01, 1990 - Laconia, NH - 2nd Alarm double fatal - New Salem Street - Single family house, 2 young boys killed, 4 others injured

Nov 01, 1997 - Irasburg/Coventry, VT - Orne Covered Bridge over Black River totally destroyed by fire, by arsonists (Bridge was 116 yrs old)

Nov 01, 1999 - Alfred, ME - 1st Alarm ++ - Rte 4 nr Grammar Rd - J & J Auto Salvage - Several cars and large tire pile - Flames 60 ft into air - MUTUAL AID 3 foam units - LDH laid from county Jail - Overnight operations

Nov 01, 1999 - Lawrence, MA - 3rd Alarm - Nr 805 Essex St - 3 Story Wood Frame Duplex 30x40 - Cellar fire ext'd to floor 1

Nov 01, 1999 - Nashua, NH - 2nd Alarm - 11 Granite St - 2.5 Story Wood Frame occupied - MedHelo for civilian victim - Arson + attempted double murder

Nov 02, 1870 - Litchfield, NH - David Bancroft's dwelling destroyed by fire - $3,500 loss

Nov 02, 1875 - Fall River, MA - Fire wiped out the Massasoit Cotton Mill. This plant was collegially termed "The Doctor's Mill", being owned and operated by Nathan Durfee.

Nov 02, 1877 - Fall River, MA - Early in the morning an explosion, thought to have been due to leakage of gas during the night, took place in the Border City Mill, #1. The mill was speedily reduced to ruins.

Nov 02, 1900c - Bath, ME - Knikler Hotel and 2 houses burned

Nov 02, 1900c. - Acton (South Acton), MA - Henry Barker's Cider Plant - Main 2 buildings destroyed by fire

Nov 02, 1900c. - Milltown, ME - Duren Mill, a hemlock mill, totally destroyed by fire

Nov 02, 1900c. - Peabody, MA - Gibbs Hay & Son morocco factory burned

Nov 02, 1900c. - Saco, ME - James M. Chadbourne Farm buildings destroyed by fire caused by exploding lantern

Nov 02, 1900c. - Taunton, MA - American Smelt and Refining Company - Partially destroyed by fire

Nov 02, 1906 - Canterbury, NH - 2.5 miles east of center - Charles F. Jones farm buildings destroyed by fire - 2 story house, ell, large barn all lost

Nov 02, 1906 - Haverhill (Woodsville), NH - Residence of Joseph M. Howe - Stables destroyed by fire - Ell connecting to house badly damaged $1,000 loss

Nov 02, 1906c. - Webster, MA - S. Slater and Son Woolen Factory - Steam cylinder of a slasher machine in the dressing room exploding killing one and seriously injuring three

Nov 02, 1946 - Manchester, NH - 3rd Alarm - Elm Street, between Kidder Street and Hollis Street - 4 story brick block long building (200 feet of frontage) - Entire southern half of block destroyed by fire with rest of block heavily damaged - Total $750k-$1 million damage - Manchester's most disastrous fire in 37 years occurred - First floor was occupied by Auto Electric, where the fire was thought to have started - Hardware and Plumbing Company, Camera Shop - Much of upper floors were being remodeled to included businesses and many apartment - Two people on the roof were rescued

Nov 02, 1953 - Boston, MA - 3rd Alarm - Fire and Explosion - Box 7124 - Freighter Black Falcon unloading chemical at dock - 7 victims perish

Nov 02, 1999 - Norwalk, CT - 2nd Alarm - Garfield Street - 5 Story Brick Factory

Nov 03, 1714 - Boston, MA - Warehouse fire - Fire totally destroys warehouses at 18 and 19 Long Wharf *BK-Hbfd1872*

Nov 03, 1869 - Nashua, NH - Fire station housing an engine, a brand new steams, a hook and ladder, 2 hose wagons with hose totally destroyed in suspicious fire causing $10,000 loss - An adjacent cottage and barn heavily damaged by fire

Nov 03, 1901 - Lisbon, NH - Brigham's Hotel, the bank building, Oliver's store, the Parkes Block and the Barker company store destroyed by fire - $150,000 loss *BG*

Nov 03, 1903 - Wolfeboro, NH - Brewster Free Academy burned down, total loss

Nov 03, 1927 - Winooski River Valley, VT - Great Flood including Rutland - 84 die

Nov 03, 1942 - Rutland, VT - Flood - Many houses destroyed after 36 hour downpour - 4 deaths

Nov 03, 1952 - Keene, NH - Keene Fire Dept Dalmatian mascot "Smokey" killed in auto accident

Nov 03, 1999 - Manchester, NH - 2nd Alarm - Box 356 - 455 Hanover St - 3 Story Wood Frame 6 unit Occupied Apartment Building 50x80 - Heavy fire top floor - Ext'd to 3 Story Wood Frame 30x50 Apartments over store with fire in attic

Nov 04, 1903 - Seabrook, NH - The Parker House, two dwellings, a store, and a stable destroyed by fire - $12000 loss

Nov 04, 1906 - Alton, NH - Alton Bay B&M Railroad Station, warehouse and wharf destroyed by fire - $30,000 loss

Nov 04, 1911 - Chester, NH - Dr. Brown's house a blacksmith shop, shed and barn, along with a one story house, a country store, and another dwelling near the cemetery destroyed by fire (Total four families burnt out of homes)

Nov 04, 1999 - Natick, MA - 2nd Alarm - 14 Arlington Road - 3 Story Wood Frame house - Fire floor 2

Nov 05, 1870 - Boston, MA - Lead Company factory burns -

Nov 05, 1884 - Sanford (Springvale), ME - Water Street - Day's Blacksmith Shop destroyed by fire

Nov 05, 1949 - Nashua, NH - Working Fire - 66 Canal Street - Floor Shine Wax Company

Nov 05, 1993 - Manchester, NH - 3rd Alarm Fire and HazMat, 195 South Beech Street - Baylis American chemical warehouse - causing the largest evacuation in city history - Extensive mutual aid, 1000 gallons of foam used

Nov 05, 1999 - Attleboro, MA - Gen Alarm - Springs Rd - LaSallette Monastery - 3 & 4 Story Wood & Stone 200x100 - Fire thru roof -1 Fatality

Nov 05, 1999 - Fairhaven, VT - 2nd Alarm - 54 Blissville Rd - Structure heavily involved

Nov 05, 1999 - Milton, MA - 6th Alarm - Box 4315, 22 Wharf Street - Hood Cold Storage Plant - 3 Story 200x100

Nov 06, 1973 - Litchfield, NH - Charles Bancroft Highway (Route 3A) - Abandoned dwelling fully involved Mutual Aid to scene

Nov 06, 1974 - Hudson,NH - Lowell Road - Kashulines Farm - Large barn well involved extended to and heavily involving a garage - Deck guns operating

Nov 06, 1982 - Stow, MA - General Alarm - State Fire Academy destroyed by fire - 150x300 complex - $2,000,000 loss - Arson - Scene of earlier suspicious fire on Oct 16, 1982 that destroyed a smoke house

Nov 06, 1993 - Rochester, NH - 3rd Alarm - High Ave - East Rochester Lilac Auto Sales, 2 Story Comm

Nov 06, 1996 - Berlin, NH - Working Fire+ - 97 Grafton Street - 3 story, 6 unit apartment building - Fire began in the basement and forced the evacuation of several families - Building uninhabitable - Scene of 2nd suspicious fire 12.04.1996

Nov 06, 1997 - Manchester, NH - 3rd Alarm - 323 Concord Street - Occupied apartment building, 22 left homeless - Caused by teens with experimenting with accelerants

Nov 06, 1999 - Londonderry, NH - 2nd Alarm - 14 Pleasant St - 1.5 Story Wood Frame Cape 24x36 full dormer in rear - Arson squad to scene - Scene of arson fire night before - Home of suspect involved in road rage incident week earlier

Nov 06, 2003 - Somersworth, NH - 4th Alarm - 3rd Alarm on arrival - 200 Main Street, the Bleachery - Large 3 story wooden mill, 200 by unknown - Newington Ladder protecting exposure GE building roof from large embers encountering dry hydrants - Mutual Aid - Rochester, Dover, Farmington, Berwick, South Berwick, Newington, North Berwick, Greenland, Rollinsford

Nov 07, 1828 - Bedford, VT - Barn fire due to lightning strike

Nov 07, 1904 - Lowell, MA - Huntington Hall (Merrimack Street??) consumed by flames - $75,000 loss

Nov 07, 1907 - Dover, NH - Charles Mills house, barn, out-buildings destroyed by fire - $3,500 loss

Nov 07, 1933 - Bangor, ME - Fatal Fire - 31 Kenduskeag Ave, the Elmbank Mansion landmark - Shed fire causes the death of owner who was trying to extinguish the fire - The home was sold two years later and became Gay's Nervous Hospital *bangorinfo.com*

Nov 07, 1935 - Peterborough, NH - (2nd) Town House heavily involved in fire (1st Townhouse destroyed by fire ~1915)

Nov 07, 1973 - Litchfield, NH - Talent Road in area of drive in theatre - Dwelling fire, 2 towns Mutual Aid to scene

Nov 07, 1987 - town??, NH - Fatal fire

Nov 07, 1998 - Colebrook, NH - Multi Alarm - Spring @ Colby St - Vacant building occupied by squatter destroyed and spread to former Grammar School - Mutual Aid Beecher Falls VT - Exposure to Apartment building - 600,000 gallons of water used - Fire started adjacent to fireplace

Nov 07, 1999 - Holyoke, MA - 2nd Alarm - Cabot at Park Street - Building fire with collapse

Nov 08, 1903 - Mason, NH - Maple View Farm - Several buildings including the house burned to ground - A servant noticed the early morning flames and alert the sleeping dwellers who escaped saving only the apparel they were wearing *BG*

Nov 08, 1947 - Salem, NH - Fatal Fire - Policy Road near Canobie Lake - Passerby trying to stomp out small brush fire electrocuted by unseen live wire that started fire

Nov 08, 1997 - Concord, NH - Storrs Street - Empty warehouse two-story cement block building - Heavy smoke showing from both floors and heavy fire on the first floor rear - Mutual aid Manchester, Bow, Pembroke and Boscawen

Nov 09, 1727 - Newbury, MA - Earthquake noted

Nov 09, 1810 - Exeter, NH - Moderate Earthquake in Seacoast Region - Noted in Fremont history

Nov 09, 1872 - Boston, MA - Great Fire - Boxes 52,123,48 - Franklin Street and Washington Street Section of Boston - City had 475 FF's at time - Fire started in dress warehouse - 547 bldgs totally destroyed - 780 buildings involved - $75,000,000 property loss - All engines pulled by men (Epidemic of horse distemper) 14 die including 9 Firefighters - Over 70 insurance companies go bankrupt as a result of claims from this fire

Nov 09, 1877 - Nashua, NH - The Ferry Road seven miles out of town - Unoccupied dwelling, carriage house and shed set afire by tramps

Nov 09, 1906 - Chester, NH - 40 years of firefighting in Chester NH featured front page in the Derry Enterprise Newspaper

Nov 09, 1924 - Laconia, NH - The Weirs - Ten buildings valued at $275,000 dollars destroyed by fire - Fire started in dance hall and spread to Methodist Episcopal Church, a building block containing the Post Office and 3 stores, the Casino, a restaurant, the Third Regiment Building, the New Weirs Hotel, and the Auditorium

Nov 09, 1939 - Berlin, NH - Main St and Mason St - Entire 3 story Morin Block burned down - Mutual Aid Northumberland (Groveton) and Gorham - J.C. Penney Store, a restaurant, clothing store, beauty salon, two insurance company offices, 2 doctors offices, and a social club - Two firefighters from Ladder 4 died in the line of duty - One fell thirty feet off the roof. A second firefighter was struck by a fire truck while working a hose connection.

Nov 09, 1961 - Beverly, MA - General Alarm - Endicott College - Bullock Hall - Large 3 story stucco dormitory bldg - Fully engulfed at its height

Nov 09, 1977 - Derry, NH - Island Pond Road - Old Country Auto Shop completely wrecked by fire

Nov 09, 1994 - Londonderry, NH - 4th Alarm - Sanborn Road - LeClerc's Tire Shop, 20 foot high 100x300 foot tire pile fire, 16 departments and 120 firefighters fought fire

Nov 09, 1999 - Eliot, ME - Working Fire Fatal - 6 Sargents Lane off Hanscom Rd - Mobile Home fully involved - 2 young adult male occupants, 1 safe, 1 fatal - Smoldering cigarette on couch given as cause of fire - [Added info Joshua Stow -24 - died in fire- (J. N.)]

Nov 10, 1839c. - Candia, NH - Clarks Mill burns down

Nov 10, 1851 - Hanover, NH - Center village - Store of John Smith burned

Nov 10, 1892 - Camden, ME - Town devastated by conflagration that began in George Cleveland's building on the east side of Main street and destroyed a great portion of the downtown *town.camden.me.us/fire*

Nov 10, 1906 - Pittsfield, MA - Grocery store in the Academy of Music building burned - $5,500 loss

Nov 10, 1907 - Conway, NH - Kearsarge - Orient House - Small Hotel burned down - 91 years old

Nov 10, 1913 - Hampton Beach, NH - ? ? ? ? ?

Nov 10, 1945 - Hudson - NH - Ferry Street Balcom Ice House on Ottarnic Pond - Large wooden ice house heavily involved

Nov 10, 1949 - Keene, NH - 3 story store house 100x100 destroyed by fire

Nov 10, 1982 - Fitchburg, MA - data lost

Nov 10, 1991 - Boston, MA - 2nd Alarm - Police Headquarters - Arson - Smoke spread throughout the building, including the 7th floor 911 emergency communication center. Numerous rescues were carried out and a total of sixteen (16) police officers and emergency medical service dispatchers were treated for smoke inhalation.

Nov 10, 1991 - Everett, MA - 7th Alarm - A former department store that had been renovated into fifteen separate stores, 150 elderly residents of upper floors of the building had to be evacuated - More than 200 firefighters from 14 area fire departments were called to the scene - The worst fire in the history of Everett

Nov 10, 1997 - Westminster, VT - 5th Alarm - US Rte 5 (Main Street) - Barn fire

Nov 10, 1999 - New Haven, CT - 3rd Alarm - 143 Rowe St - 3 Story Wood Frame well involved

Nov 11, 1863 - Wentworth, NH - Dwelling house and barn occupied by Hiram Webster on Atwell Hill burned - Set by incendiary

Nov 11, 1870 - Lawrence, MA - Great Fire - Buildings and lumber valued at $125,000 burned

Nov 11, 1875 - Isle of Shoals / Star Island (Gosport), NH - 4 Story 35x175 Oceanic Hotel burned to ground

Nov 11, 1889 - Lynn, MA - Conflagration - Conflagration I - Area is now downtown - 330 Buildings destroyed

Nov 11, 1898c. - Milan, NH - Scaffolding collapse kills one of Gorham's oldest citizen - Was working on brothers house, thrown to ground and died quickly

Nov 11, 1980 - Brattleboro, VT - Arsonist started fires in three unlocked buildings in downtown section - Mutual Aid from VT, NH, and MA fire depts.

Nov 11, 1982 - Boston (Roxbury), MA - 6th Alarm - Washington Street at Palmer Street - Business complex

Nov 12, 1875 - Nashua, NH - Incendiary fire causes $12,000 loss

Nov 12, 1906c. - Acton, MA - American Smokeless Powder Company - Explosion - 1 seriously injured - Portion of building wrecked

Nov 12, 1907 - Whitefield, NH - Hunt's Block destroyed by fire, 10 residents rescued over ladders

Nov 12, 1913 - Franconia, NH - Franconia House (aka Edson House) , hotel burned

Nov 12, 1917 - Camden, ME - "The Elms" hotel (formerly the Bay View House) burned down - The slate roof contained the fire for a time, but then the roof collapsed and flames surged

Nov 12, 1928 - Salem, NH - Rockingham Race Track - Auto race fatality - 1.25 wooden oval track with turns banked at 38 degrees - Driver killed

Nov 12, 1954 - Nashua, NH - Train Wreck - Union Station - East Hollis Street - 1 Fatal - 21 injured 2 - The "Red Wing Express," from Montreal to Boston, derailed at Bridge Street Crossing, near Union Street

Nov 12, 1962 - Chelsea, MA - 4th Alarm - Box 25 - Eastern Storage Warehouse 600' long and other buildings destroyed

Nov 12. 1996 - Hudson, NH - 2nd Alarm - 95 Wason Road - Split entry dwelling (duplex ?) with heavy fire side 1 - Possibly 96 Wason Rd

Nov 12, 1998 - Sheldon, VT - Working Fire - Rte 105 - Recently Vacated House destroyed - Crews from St. Albans town, Enosburg, Highgate and Franklin

Nov 12, 1999 - Lawrence, MA - 3rd Alarm - 100 East Haverhill Street - 2 Story Wood Frame Apartments over Commercial - Fire floor 1,2 cockloft

Nov 13, 1841 - Claremont, NH - Union Factory (on island south of Freeman and O'Neil works) burns

Nov 13, 1911 - Hampton, NH - Hampton Beach - Pentucket House and three cottages destroyed by fire

Nov 13, 1913 - Franconia, NH - Livery stable at Mr. Carr's home burned to ground in 2nd suspicious fire in 2 days

Nov 13, 1918 - Londonderry, NH - Manchester Road near Hardy - Elkins Homestead/Farm - Dwelling, ell, sheds, and 2 large barns burned to ground

Nov 13, 1959 - Milford, NH - the Acre - Dixie's Market and Slaughter House burned down

Nov 13, 1982 - Boston (Roxbury), MA - 9th Alarm - Dudley Street at John Eliot Square, 2 large vacant brick buildings destroyed - 350 year old Church across street was threatened by strong winds

Nov 13, 1997 - Wolfeboro, NH - 2nd Alarm - Box 13 - Lehner Street - Wolfeboro Municipal Power - 2 Story Brick Bldg

Nov 13, 1999 - Braintree, MA - 3rd Alarm - 450 Grossman Drive - Baby's-R-Us - 1 Story Brick Commercial

Nov 13, 1999 - Newfane, VT - 3rd Alarm - 45 Wildwood Acres - House, fire floor 2

Nov 14, 1861 - Concord, NH - Main Street at Center Street - Several businesses, dwellings, shops and stores burned

Nov 14, 1918 - Derry, NH - Box 58 - New England Fibre Mill (Former Perkins and Hardy Shoe Factory) - Mill 4 story 350x40 3/4 involved in fire - Seagraves motor pump and 12 men from East Manchester assisted at fire - No wind and heavy rain aided firefighting efforts in protected exposures - Building also burnt 21 years earlier

Nov 14, 1919 - Newport, NH - Major Fire - Richards Block - Upper 2 stories totally gutted

Nov 14, 1952 - Westport, MA - Fatal Fire - Address ??, 2.5 Story Wood Frame House, 1 Adult and 8 children die (Originally incorrectly listed as Oct 31, 1952)

Nov 14, 1962 - Revere, MA - 3rd Alarm, 118 Revere Beach Blvd - Skipper Restaurant gutted by fire

Nov 14, 1973 - Lynn, MA - Conflagration - Conflagration II - large area of Junk Yards and rag shops - extending into thickly settled residential area and commercial district - This fire was impetus for starting Metro Fire Mutual Aid Control Program.

Nov 14, 1996 - New Castle, NH - 2nd Alarm - 57 Cranfield Street, 18th century home occupied by couple in their 90's - contents destroyed but structure salvageable

Nov 14, 1997 - Rockingham, VT - Saxtons River Village - 2nd Alarm 10 Oak Street - House Well Involved

Nov 14, 1998 - Guilford, VT - 2nd Alarm - Shaw Rd? - House fire - Halifax & Bernardston MA Mutual Aid

Nov 14, 1999 - Newton, MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 433 - 2150 Commonwealth Ave - 2.5 Story Wood Frame 30x50 Single Family Dwelling - Cellar fire ext'd

Nov 14, 1999 - Wolfeboro, NH - 2nd Alarm - Box 32, 20 Filterbed Road - Barn/workshop heavily involved

Nov 14, 2003 - Pawtucket,RI - Conflagration - Bennett Highway, Cottage Street - Mostly vacant textile/cotton mill complex under reconstruction, built 1902 - At least 5 building involved - 550,000 square feet 3 story - 10 square blocks evacuated - Winds at 35-40 mph - Curvin-McCabe Elementary School on fire

Nov 15, 1883c. - Nashua, NH - Main Street at Bower Street - Fox and Gibson furniture manufacturing building burned

Nov 15, 1904c. - Exeter, NH - 203 Water Street - Grocery store total loss to fire

Nov 15, 1910c. - Berlin, NH - New Albert Theater Building - Fire struck again and gutted interior of building

Nov 15, 1910c. - Thetford (Post Mills), VT - Main Street - Commodore House (Boarding house) burned

Nov 15, 1934 - York (York Beach), ME - Major Fire - Railroad Ave adjacent to Fire Station - Two 21/2 Story Wood Frame's heavily damaged

Nov 15, 1934c. - Harpswell, ME - Orrs and Bailey Island - Small office building - Fire fought by bucket brigade until Brunswick FD arrived on scene

Nov 15, 1942 - Boston (East Boston), MA - 5th Alarm - Box 6153 - Maverick Square - Six firefighters killed by collapsing wall

Nov 15, 1950c. - Amherst, NH - Baboosic Lake Road - Arthur Gagnon's barn destroyed by fire, also destroyed a great amount of hay and killing 400 chickens and other animals

Nov 15, 1960c. - Wolfeboro, NH - North Main Street - Dwelling fire - Assistant Fire Chief suffered a heart attack and died

Nov 15, 1969c. - Bedford, NH - New Boston Road west of Wallace Road - Large barn located at Vose homestead burned in mysterious fire

Nov 15, 1981 - Somerville, MA - 6th Alarm - Foley Street - Central Steel - 3 story industrial building destroyed

Nov 15, 1987 - Claremont, NH - Fatal Fire - address - 3 Story apartment building - Heavy fire floors 2 and 3, 28-year-old woman killed, 15 other residents fled to safety

Nov 15, 1997 - Somerville, MA - 4th Alarm - Box 345, 15 Fenwick St 3 Stucco/Stucco - Fully involved

Nov 16, 1857 - Raymond, NH - Leavitt house consumed by fire resulting in one death

Nov 16, 1875 - Peterborough, NH - Elm Street - Felt's Machine Shop destroyed by fire

Nov 16, 1900c. - Lowell, MA - Harvard Brewing Company - Main building, upper floor and roof burned causing $75,000 loss

Nov 16, 1900c. - Plymouth, MA - Icehouse and barn destroyed by fire

Nov 16, 1900c. - Rochester (North Rochester), MA - Stillman Ryder's sawmill burned

Nov 16, 1906c. - Nottingham, NH - Earthquake lasting 8 seconds felt in town - no damage

Nov 16, 1906c. - Westport, CT - 83 year old woman burned to death in fire while alone at son's house

Nov 16, 1911 - Westwood, MA - Fire - High Street - Barn destroyed by fire

Nov 16, 1984 - Beverly and Salem, MA - 3rd Alarm - Railroad Bridge over Beverly Harbor - Bridge destroyed - Railroad traffic interrupted for two years. Smoke seen from Boston, some 20 miles away.

Nov 17, 1859 - Raymond, NH - on the Green - Stephen Heath's unoccupied house burned

Nov 17, 1883 - Nashua, NH - old Washington Hotel and two other buildings burned - $20,000 loss

Nov 17, 1890 - Sanford, ME - Main Street near the railroad - Barn destroyed by fire, adjoining house partially destroyed

Nov 17, 1999 - New Ipswich, NH - 2nd Alarm - 7 Leel Road - Mobile home with addition heavily involved

Nov 18, 1755 - Amesbury / Gloucester, MA - Earthquake 6.0 Richter Scale damages 1200 buildings in eastern Massachusetts Colony - Noted in Fremont NH history - Earthquake felt from Nova Scotia to the Caribbean damages some buildings in New England

Nov 18, 1755 - New England - US - Earthquake felt from Nova Scotia to the Caribbean damages some buildings in New England

Nov 18, 1872 - Concord, NH - Moderate Earthquake

Nov 18, 1899 - Fremont, NH - 244 North Road - Lyford residence - Wood Frame House - Fire caused by upset lantern completely destroys dwelling

Nov 18, 1906 - Francestown, NH - Small earthquake felt by several residents

Nov 18, 1924 - Abington, MA - Ashland Novelty Company burns to ground

Nov 18, 1924 - Goffstown, NH - Prospect Street - 2 dwellings and a barn destroyed by fire

Nov 18, 1966 - Litchfield, NH - Colby Road - Dwelling fire extended to a barn, destroying both - Extensive Mutual Aid to scene

Nov 18, 1995 - Rochester, NH - 4th Alarm - 80 Pine Street - 3 Story Wood Frame

Nov 18, 1999 - Royalton, VT - Working Fire - 842 Rte 114 - House fire-

Nov 19, 1898 - Hancock Pt, ME - Steamer Sebenoa runs into Hancock Point Lighthouse in broad daylight

Nov 19, 1904 - Bristol, NH - Eight buildings in the manufacturing district destroyed by fire - Fire started in the picker stick works of Ladd and Price - Burned in the fire was a crutch manufactory, a saw mill, a tenement house, a machine shop and other building - Foreman of the Bristol Hook and Ladder Company, John Cunningham, was badly injured when he fell through a burning stairway - $25,000 loss *BG*

Nov 19, 1907 - Sanbornton, NH - Old Seth Thompson Place near Calef Hill (4 miles from Franklin) - House and barn destroyed by fire

Nov 19, 1934 - Fremont, NH - 281 Main Street - Lawler's Store (Barfield's Store/ Vining's Mkt / Bosworth's Mkt), 2.5 Story Wood Frame with attached 2 story ell, 2nd floor of building and the ell destroyed by fire

Nov 19, 1949 - Tyngsborough, MA - Call firefighter arrested for setting 3 forest fires - Admitted to starting 20 brush fires that destroyed 15 buildings - Subject set fires to earn $1.00 / hour call rate to help pay for outstanding maternity bills - He and his wife had seven children *NT*

Nov 19, 1999 - Fall River, MA - 2nd Alarm - 580 Second St - 3 Story Wood Frame occupied dwelling

Nov 19, 2002 - Lyndon, VT - 3rd Alarm - South Wheelock Rd - Dartmouth-Hitchcock Corner Medical Center historic former historic Lyndon Corner Graded School - 3 Story Brick Medical Offices - Heavy fire from the roof - Master stream operation - Mutual Aid 10 fire trucks from Lyndonville, St. Johnsbury, Sheffield-Wheelock, Sutton, East Burke, and Littleton four aerial towers operating structure's roof and interior were completely engulfed in flames. 45 minutes into fire the belfry of the former schoolhouse was nothing but charred, glowing timber. Fire and smoke was visible from I91 - A roofing company was working on the building's roof when the fire started - The Lyndon Corner Graded School was built in 1858. Its bell and belfry had once been part of the Lyndon Academy, built in 1831. Became a medical center about 1992

Nov 20, 1860 - Laconia NH - 25 out building, the post office and telegraph office, the Cerro Gordo house, two newspaper offices and most of the village destroyed by fire

Nov 20, 1884 - Haverhill, MA - Brickett Building - 4 story wood frame stores & hotel - 1 dead - 1 seriously injured - 29 escaped - $22,000 loss

Nov 20, 1937 - Nashua, NH - General Alarm - East Hollis Street - Public Works Building - 4 workers and 2 firefighters injured

Nov 20, 1977 - Carroll, NH - 3rd Crawford House burned down (vacant 2 yrs), 2 and 3 Story Wood 'E' Shaped w/ three 35x200 sections and one 35x100 section, 165 room 400 guest capacity (Conflicting date Sep 05, 1977, however, I belief this was the date the House closed for the season)

Nov 20, 199# - England - lost data - The queen and Prince Andrew pitched in to help save priceless artworks and other valuables housed in the fortress. The fire burned for 15 hours damaging or destroying nine principal rooms and over a hundred other rooms. It took a million and a half gallons of water to put out the blaze. The next five years would be spent restoring the Castle to its former glory.

Nov 20, 1996 - Meredith, NH - 161 Winona Shores Road - House heavily damage by fire - Home of State Rep David Lawton, editor of the weekly newspaper, The Weirs Times

Nov 20, 1998 - Bowdoin, ME - Multi Alarm - Main St - Great Bowdoin Mill Complex slated for demolition

Nov 20, 1999 - Warwick,RI - General Alarm - 4 J.P. Murphy Highway - 2 Story Self-Storage Bldg

Nov 21, 1860 - Laconia, NH - Great Fire of 1860 - Most property on Main Street from Mill Street to Water Street destroyed by fire

Nov 21, 1906 - Goffstown, NH - Grasmere - Yacum Springs barn burned - $800 loss

Nov 21, 1907 - Newport, NH - Draper Manufacturing bobbin roughing plant destroyed by fire - 2 story brick and iron construction - Fire started in boiler room and spread rapidly - Building was less than a year old and not completely constructed - The building replaced the old mill that was destroyed by fire a year earlier - $40,000 loss *BG*

Nov 21, 1919 - Derry, NH - Box 36 - Fire Fatal - Box 36 - 11/13 Fordway - 2 tenement house thoroughly gutted with fire through roof - 1 1/2 year old rescue unconscious from fire and resuscitated using a lung-motor - Elderly female burned to death

Nov 21, 1947 - Hancock, MA - Goodrich Hollow - 90 year old 15 room occupied landmark dwelling destroyed by fire

Nov 21, 1990 - Nashua, NH - 3rd Alarm fire - Apartment building at 6-8 Fulton St. was consumed by flames, forcing four families, 16 people in all, to find another place to live.

Nov 21, 1992 - South Burlington, VT - Arson Spree - Involving several car fires, a couple car ports & large barn - Stretched fire resources in Chittenden County rather thin over two days.

Nov 21, 1999 - Fitchburg, MA - 3rd Alarm - 1380 Main St - 4 Story 125x600 Warehouse

Nov 22, 1851 - Raymond, NH - House of Stephen Osgood, Esquire, consumed by fire

Nov 22, 1861 - Raymond, NH - Joseph Corson's unoccupied house burned by incendiary

Nov 22, 1870 - Andover (East Andover), NH - The old Ebenezer Cilley House burns

Nov 22, 1997 - Ryegate (East Ryegate Vlg), VT - 2nd Alarm Wallace Road - Fully Involved House - 6 Towns Mutual Aid

Nov 22, 1999 - Branford, CT - 3rd Alarm - 1145 Main Street - Branford Builders Supply - 100x200 Fully involved with collapse - Mutual Aid 4 towns engines and tower ladders

Nov 22, 1999 - Lowell, MA - 2nd Alarm - Box 822 - 65 Rogers Street - Mill 75x100 irregular - Fire at loading dock

Nov 23, 1881 - Amherst, NH - Strong earthquake wakes residents with a loud rumbling noise, early Sunday morning - Dishes fell off shelves - Older residents in town felt it was the strongest quake the town ever experienced

Nov 23, 1881 - Sanford, ME - Lebanon Road near the Corner - Structure destroyed by fire

Nov 23, 1883 - Sanford, ME - Nathaniel Chadbourne house destroyed by fire

Nov 23, 1884 - Henniker, NH - Moderate Earthquake

Nov 23, 1900c. - Portland, ME - Locomotive Works and Machine Factory, fire in wheel foundry

Nov 23, 1900c. - Searsport, ME - Dwelling destroyed by fire with 1 fatality

Nov 23, 1907 - Berlin, NH - Albert Theater Building - Fire started on bottom floor in the Garneau furniture store - Bldg heavily damaged by fire and roof collapse and eventually entire building collapsed

Nov 23, 1907 - Marlboro, NH - Whitney & Clark Blanket and Satinet Mill damaged by fire - $15,000 loss - 75 workers temporarily out of work

Nov 23, 1992 - Hudson, NH - 3rd Alarm, 207 Central Street - Meadows Restaurant destroyed by fire

Nov 24, 1891 - Beverly, MA - General Alarm - Queen Hotel Fire - General Alarm - Lothrop St on waterfront - 5 story wood frame hotel, 110 rooms - total loss

Nov 24, 1892 - Sanford, ME - Sanford Mills, Mill No. 6 destroyed by fire

Nov 24, 1904 - Rochester, NH - Farmington Rd - Dwelling destroyed by fire with occupants barely escaping with their lives - The owner of the house, because of his efforts saving a crippled aged war veteran who was a tenant, lost several fowl, and two pigs - Caused by chimney fire that extended into the walls *BG*

Nov 24, 1905 - Haverhill - NH - Woodsville - Mill buildings of the Woodsville Lumber Company destroyed by fire - $15,000 loss *BG*

Nov 24, 1907 - Sharon, NH - Farm buildings destroyed by fire including house, shed, 2 barns - Unoccupied at time - New owner was planning extensive improvements in the spring - $2,000 loss

Nov 24, 1907 - unknown, MA - Gloucester Road - Summer residence under construction of prominent Boston Banker/Broker being built for his daughter - House destroyed by fire with $40,000 loss

Nov 24, 1908 - Pittsfield, NH - Novelty Shop Mfg Co burns

Nov 24, 1993 - Goffstown, NH - DMCO Fiberglass Company destroyed by fire

Nov 24, 1996 - Beverly, MA - 3rd Alarm+ - Former Briscoe School - 3 Essex St - 3 Story brick, historic school buildings connected, 1 building totally gutted, 2nd building 2nd & 3rd floors & roof destroyed, extensive Mutual Aid

Nov 24, 1997 - Hartford - VT (Hartland Village) - Working Fire - Grout Rd - Garage Fully Involved - Attached to House

Nov 24, 1998 - Albany, NH - Working Fire - Off Rte 16 at Pine Knoll Campground 35ft 5th wheel trailer heavy fire Conway Fire-Rescue to scene

Nov 24, 1999 - Lynn, MA - 3rd Alarm Fatal - Chatham Street - 5 fatalities

Nov 25, 1922 - Milford, NH - Thursday Thanksgiving Day, 1922 - Milford, NH - Jones Crossing - White Mountain Freezer Company burned down

Nov 25, 1924 - Nashua, NH - East Hollis Street at Dearborn Street - Nashua Street Department building - Fire in boiler room - Two firefighters were injured when STEAMER 3 blew up. Steamer 3 had been in service since 1872. The chamber on the steamer exploded causing the horses to bolt. Driver Percy Lintott of Steam 3 was bowled over. Fireman E.C. York was struck by a piece of flying metal and received a gash to the head.

Nov 25, 1929 - Hampton, NH - Hampton Beach - The "Dance Carnival" destroyed by fire

Nov 25, 1933 - Sanford (Springvale), ME - Clark's Court - Cook apartment block - Serious fire

Nov 25, 1965 - Milford, NH - Line of Duty Death - Harold H. Richardson

Nov 25, 1968 - Salem, NH - Multi-Alarm - Milville Circle - 5 family members die - House destroyed

Nov 25, 1969 - Hudson, NH - Kimball Hill Road - Thompson's Market burned, 2 apartments over grocery store

Nov 25, 1986 - North Walden, VT - Fatal Fire - Mobile home fire killed an infant and a toddler

Nov 25, 1996 - Manchester, NH - Multiple MVAs - Child struck by a car walking to school on Lake Ave, cement truck flipped over, car snapped a utility pole in half, some of two dozen accidents, snow-covered streets

Nov 25, 1999 - Hampton, NH - 3rd Alarm - Box 51 - 29 Exeter Road - 2.5 Story Wood Frame 30x40 unoccupied house

Nov 26, 1852 - Lowell, MA - Belvidere Section - Flanders Mills storehouse, Crosby and Corning Bedstead Manufactory and two other buildings destroyed by fire

Nov 26, 1881 - Farmington, NH - Smalls Block destroyed by fire - Building occupied by a milliner, a grocer, a furniture dealer, the lodge rooms of the Masons, the Odd Fellows and the Daughters of Rebecca - $6000 loss *BG*

Nov 26, 1888 - Portsmouth, NH - Schooner Oliver Dyer broke anchor in a gale and was cast against the rock ledges fifty yards from shore - One fatality, the other members of the crew were saved by the heroic efforts of the U.S. Life Saving Service *SANE*

Nov 26, 1898 - Northfield, NH - Participant killed while taking part in a "Shingling Bee"

Nov 26, 1898 - off Gloucester, MA - 292 foot long luxury Steamship Portland sinks in storm taking 192 lives

Nov 26, 1907 - Franconia, NH - Franconia Inn at Sugar Hill completely destroyed by fire - $40,000 loss - Known formerly as the Goodnow House, had accommodations for 300 guests - Fire could be seen for 20 miles due to its elevation on the hill *BG*

Nov 26, 1932 - Moultonborough, NH - Long Island (Lake Winnipesaukee) Green Castle Estate (summer home of F.A. Green of Lynn MA) - Estates along with valuable antiques and artwork destroyed by fire $1,000,000 loss

Nov 26, 1997 - Chelsea, MA - 7th Alarm - Box 121, 285 Broadway - Taxpayer

Nov 26, 2003 - Deering, NH - 3rd Alarm (2nd Alarm on arrival) 70 Gove Road - Occupied dwelling - Mutual Aid to scene or cover, Hillsboro, Antrim, Francestown, Weare, Henniker, Bennington, Dunbarton, Francestown, Bradford, Lyndeborough, Washington, Acworth - Note: Listed as Carl Road on some maps

Nov 26, 2003 - Lempster, NH - 3rd Alarm - 114 Charlestown Turnpike - Dwelling fire - Mutual Aid Marlow, Unity, Washington, Stoddard, Goshen, Gilsum, Newport, Acworth, Sunapee, Claremont

Nov 27, 1676 - Boston, MA - Much of North End, including the church of historic preacher, Increase Mather, destroyed by fire

Nov 27, 1890 - Fremont, NH - Devastating fire in Black Rocks Village - Democratic Hall, Wilkinson's Shoe Shop (2 story 74 feet long), totally destroyed by fire - Wilkinson's Store partially destroyed by fire - Caused by defective wood stove

Nov 27, 1894 - Lyndon, VT - Great Fire - Fire started in the back room of Webb's hotel at Elm and Depot Streets. Total of 23 buildings lost.

Nov 27, 1918 - Fremont, NH - near 750 Main Street - Wood frame Colonial Cape burned - Caused by children with matches

Nov 27, 1922 - Springfield, MA - 2nd Alarm+ - Union Station - Basement fire spread upward into waiting room and through roof

Nov 27, 1928 - Limington, VT - Silo fire - Mutual Aid Colebrook

Nov 27, 1928 - Milford, NH - off Elm St - Albert Foster Tannery burned down - (3rd of 3 times)

Nov 27, 1942 - Newport, NH - Major Fire - Box 47 - Johnson Block on Main Street - Fire gutted large store w/ Christmas stock in brick block

Nov 27, 1966 - Gardner, MA - Fatal Fire, 242 West Broadway, 1 FF 2 civilians die

Nov 27, 1970 - Derry, NH - High Street at Beacon Street - TNT Market gutted by fire

Nov 27, 1970 - Windham, NH - Fatal fire - Lowell Road - Occupied dwelling fire, 2 victims perish

Nov 27, 1986 - Nashua, NH - Fatal fire - address?, 2.5 story apartment house, 2 elderly sisters parish

Nov 27, 1998 - Jamaica, VT - Working Fire - Goodaleville Rd - House heavily involved - Mutual Aid requested

Nov 27, 1999 - Bartlett/Glen Vlg, NH - 2nd Alarm - Dundee Rd - 2 Story Wood Frame occupied house - 220 year-old house, one of oldest in Bartlett

Nov 27, 2001 - Berlin, NH - General Alarm - 824 Western Ave - Garage fire extended to and destroying 4 story 5 unit vacant apartment building - Exposure 3 story occupied multi family dwelling consumed - The vacant apartment building was a 200 year old balloon constructed structure that had served as a hospital in the days when horse drawn ambulances were used

Nov 28, 1867 - Lyndon, VT - Historic Fire - Walker's Hotel burns

Nov 28, 1870 - Concord , NH - The 120 year old Methodist Institute, erected by the Congregational Society in 1751, was destroyed by fire

Nov 28, 1889 - Boston, MA - General Alarm - Box 52 - 69-87 Bedford Street - Several buildings involved - Four firefighters killed when the Ames building collapsed - $4,000,000 property loss

Nov 28, 1898 - Boston, MA - Many ships wrecked in harbor and bay by severe storm - the passenger steamer "Portland" wrecked off Highland Light taking 163 lives (101 passengers, 62 crew) Bodies washed up on shores for weeks

Nov 28, 1903 - Meredith, NH - Meredith Shook and Lumber Company - Fire in dry house gained considerable headway before being extinguished - $10,000 damage - 2nd fire in the dry house in four months - The dry house was destroyed by fire three years prior *BG*

Nov 28, 1942 - Boston, MA - Fire Fatal - Box 1521 - 15-17 Piedmont Street - Coconut Grove Nightclub - 490 die - Combustible curtains, overcrowding, and barred doorways contribute to catastrophe - Boston College Football players cancelled their planned attendance after an upset loss

Nov 28, 1951c. - Chester, NH - House and barn destroyed by fire - 2,000 hens lost in fire - Fire spread so fast that only a few pigs are saved

Nov 28, 1960 - Hudson, NH - MVA Fatal - Kimball Hill Road - Auto vs tree heavily entrapping 4 juveniles - 2 fatalities

Nov 28, 1981 - Lynn, MA - General Alarm - Conflagration III - 4 Blocks in factory district destroyed - Hvy damage to 5 Story elderly housing - (17 building destroyed, 6 damaged) - 93 engines, 27 ladders from Massachusetts and New Hampshire assisted Lynn FD

Nov 28, 1997 - Manchester, NH - Fire - 282-288 Auburn Street - more than two dozen people homeless - Fire was deliberately set, a sprawling three-story building with 12 apartments. Four 3-family structures that are connected and share common basements and attics.

Nov 28, 1997 - St. Johnsbury, VT - 3rd Alarm - Elliot Street, 2 structures heavily involved

Nov 28, 1998 - Thetford, VT - Barker Rd.- Structure Fire - MUTUAL AID Strafford, Fairlee VT Lyme NH

Nov 28, 1998 - Westover, VT - 2nd Alarm - Bluebrook Rd A House

Nov 28, 2003 - Weare, NH - 3rd Alarm - 141 Duck Pond Road - Heavy fire in an attached 2.5 Story Wood Frame 40x60 building - Heavy fire also in 2.5 Story Wood Frame 20x40 garage - 2.5 Story Wood Frame attached dwelling 20x40 not involved - Mutual Aid Dunbarton, Henniker, Hopkinton, Goffstown, New Boston, Hillsborough - Brush burn permit had been issued earlier in the day for this address

Nov 29, 1849 - Peterborough, NH - The Second "South Factory" (built ~1805) destroyed by fire

Nov 29, 1876 - Nashua, NH - Canal Street - Cross and Tolle's Lumber Yard - Barn with five horses destroyed by fire - Extension to sawmill with some damage to machinery - $5100 loss

Nov 29, 1878 - Fall River, MA - Chace Thread Mill was damaged by fire to the extent of $50,000 loss

Nov 29, 1907 - Newport, NH - North Newport - Draper Company Bobbin Mill - 80% destroyed by fire - $40,000 loss

Nov 29, 1981 - Somerville, MA - 6th Alarm - 200 McGrath Highway - Sporting goods warehouse

Nov 29, 1987 - Claremont, NH - 4th Alarm - Old Joy foundry on North Street. 4 alarms, 100+ firefighters at the scene. (**North Street near the Sugar River - Abandoned 6 Story factory building - old Joy Manufacturing Co. - Heavy damage to four floors

Nov 29, 1996 - Nashua, NH - 3rd Alarm - 70 Palm Street - 3 Story occupied apartment house, extensive damage

Nov 29, 1996 - Rochester, NH - 3rd Alarm - Summer Street - Barn fire

Nov 30, 1961 - Hudson, NH - 31 Central Street - Dwelling fire - Resident tried to extinguish fire himself suffering severe burns and later succumbing to his injuries
Nov 30, 1865 - Dover, NH - Folsom Carpet factory destroyed by fire - $50,000 loss

Nov 30, 1865 - Portsmouth, NH - Congress Street - Congress Block 3 story brick built 1845 destroyed by fire - Started in drug on shelf containing alcohol based medicines - The alcohol fed fire quickly spread consuming a bookstore and several meeting lodges (Upper 2 floors of block burned again in Jan 1###)

Nov 30, 1875 - Melrose, MA - Main and Essex Streets - Former church, later a Concert Hall burned down *melrosehistory.net*

Nov 30, 1920 - Concord, NH - North Main Street at Park Street - White's Opera House 4 story Brick 75x75 destroyed by fire

Nov 30, 1962 - Essex Junction, VT - HazMat - One of first "known" Haz-mats occurred. Truck carrying Vinyl Acetate rolled and caught fire - 1 FF and 1 Civilian

Nov 30, 1986 - Lexington, MA - General Alarm - Four downtown business burn causing over $1,000,000 damage

Nov 30, 1998 - Manchester, NH - Fatal Fire, 220 Pine Street at Auburn Street - 3 story apartment building destroyed by fire, 1 fatality

Dec 01, 1865 - Dover, NH - Folsom Carpet factory destroyed by fire - $50,000 loss

Dec 01, 1882 - North Windham, ME - Barn, house and several outbuildings of Doctor Cobb destroyed by fire *BG*

Dec 01, 1905 - Dover, NH - Cocheco Print works - Stubborn fire on the basement level in the singeing room - Several stream of water worked for a considerable period of time consider fire in thousands of yards of cloth - Smoke damage to middle and upper stories *BG*

Dec 01, 1954 - Berlin, NH - Northeast Airlines DC-3 crashes on approach to Berlin

Dec 01, 1974 - Lakes Region, NH - LRMFA - Center Barnstead joins the association *R-H*

Dec 01, 1999 - Durham, NH - 3rd Alarm - Coe Drive - Oyster River High School - Heavy fire rear near woodworking shop - Arson - Set by boyfriend of girl who attended school - "Thought she would have more time with him if school burned"

Dec 01, 1999 - Lyndeborough, NH - 4th Alarm - Rte 31 across from General Store - 2.5 Story Wood Frame Farmhouse 30x40 & 2 barns - Using 9 engines, 1 ladder, 1 PSNH bucket truck - 10 towns at scene - Wind chill -24F - Resident charged with arson

Dec 02, 1675 - Worcester (Quinsigamond), MA - Major fire - All houses in settlement - Burned to ground by Nipmuc Indians

Dec 02, 1902 - Brentwood, NH - Rowe Brothers Mill Complex, a house, and a sawmill across the river consumed by fire

Dec 02, 1913 - Boston, MA - Arcadia Hotel fire kills 28

Dec 02, 1965 - Manchester, NH - 2nd Alarm - Fire destroyed the roller skating rink at old Pine Island Amusement Park off Brown Ave. Previous fire had destroyed the dance hall

Dec 02, 1966 - Derry, NH - Smith Road near Windham townline - Mobile home with extensive additions destroyed by fire - $10,000 loss

Dec 02, 1980 - Londonderry, NH - off Brown Ave on the Manchester line - The Elms resort hotel built in 1930s - 3 story wood frame - Kitchen fire extended

Dec 02, 1989 - Newport, VT - Hunter's Lodge - Fire destroyed boarding house claiming 1 victim

Dec 02, 1993 - Londonderry, NH - Rte 102 - 2nd Alarm - Londonderry Square office condo complex - Fire gutted the large stylish clock tower

Dec 02, 1999 - Weymouth, MA - 2nd Alarm - 573 Broad Street

Dec 03, 1854 - Keene, NH - Hurricane combined with a fierce snow storm sweeps through region - More than a dozen barns heavily damaged or destroyed by storm - Several homes and bridge suffered considerable damage - Over 50 chimneys toppled over - Thousands of trees were blown over - 12 to 18 inches of snow also fell - Worst hurricane in region until the Hurricane of 1938 *www.hsccnh.org*

Dec 03, 1899 - Clinton, MA - Clinton Theater burned - $150,000 loss

Dec 03, 1913 - Boston, MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 771 - 1201 Washington Street - Arcadia Lodging House - 5 story brick - 28 of 170 occupants perish during fire

Dec 03, 1946 - Westwood, MA - Fire - High Street - Company 1 - Franklin Fire House - Building equipment and Forestry truck destroyed

Dec 03, 1976 - Litchfield, NH - Charles Bancroft Highway (Route 3A) - Barn fully involved - 3 towns Mutual Aid to scene

Dec 03, 1996 - Berlin, NH - 97 Grafton Street, NH - 3 Story Wood Frame vacant apartment house - Fire in basement spread to first floor - 2nd suspicious fire at site in a month (Nov 06)- First fire left several residents homeless

Dec 03, 1998 - Boston, MA - 9th Alarm - Canal St -

Dec 03, 1999 - Kingston, NH - 3rd Alarm - Rte 107 (Marshall Road) The Glass Shop - Several buildings and vehicles involved-10 towns MUTUAL AID

Dec 03, 1999 - Worcester, MA - 5th Alarm FATAL - Vacant 5 Story Brick cold storage bldg - 6 Firefighters perish

Dec 04, 1913 - Merrimack, NH - ? - Data lost

Dec 04, 1928 - Hartford, CT - 2nd Alarm - 355-359 Trumbull Street - Hotel Trumbull

Dec 04, 1999 - Hampton, NH - 2nd Alarm - Box 143 Ashworth Avenue - 2.5 Story Wood Frame - Heavy fire floors 2 & 3

Dec 05, 1867 - Fall River, MA - An explosion of one of the boilers of the main building of the Globe (Bay State) Print Works on Globe Street started a fire which entirely consumed the structure. No lives were lost, although there were some narrow escapes, and several people were severely injured.

Dec 05, 1892 - Raymond, NH - 25 buildings destroyed by fire including 2 churches, entire Odd Fellows Block, entire Prescott Block, several businesses and dwellings - Fire started in Knights of Pythias Hall - Mutual Aid Manchester and Portsmouth - Every store but one in village destroyed - Adjacent hotel to original fire building spared by very strong winds in opposite direction - Worst fire in town since August 1878

Dec 05, 1933 - Keene, NH - Upper Washington Street - 3 Story Wood Frame Chair Factory Warehouse totally destroyed by fire

Dec 05, 1998 - Brownington, VT - Working Fire Fatal - House fire - 3 fatalities children

Dec 05, 1998 - Ludlow, VT - Recreational Hwy - Okemo Ski Resort - Bldg fire

Dec 05, 1999 - Concord, NH - 27 Pleasant Street - South Congregational Church - Church occupied by 80 singers preparing for a performance of Handel's "Messiah" - Major fire in the basement with extension to floor above

Dec 05, 1999 - Amesbury, MA - 2nd Alarm - 97 King Street - Occupied Apartment Bldg - Heavy fire one room

Dec 05, 1999 - Lawrence, MA - 2nd Alarm - Box 2111 - 155 Essex Street - 2 Story Brick & Wood Commercial 100x75 - Roof collapse

Dec 05, 1999 - Thetford, VT - 2nd Alarm - West Fairlee Rd - Barn fully involved - Drafting ops

Dec 06, 1869 - Haverhill, NH - Carrier tannery fire - $9000 loss *CT*

Dec 06, 1898 - Portland, ME - $20,000 fire

Dec 06, 1902 - Laconia, NH - Major fire - Downtown - Fire with large explosion - Masonic Temple and adjacent livery stable destroyed by explosion

Dec 06, 1973 - Fremont, NH - Spaulding and Frost Cooperage - Main Street - All but one building destroyed by fire (the present company novelty shop was spared), 100 employee temporarily out of work - West side of fire station severely burned - Exeter FD aerial ladder credit with saving station with their constant spray of water - Major fire, 2.5 story mill over 100 feet long - Flames seen from Portsmouth Ave in Exeter

Dec 07, 1900 - Derry (Derry Depot), NH - Norton Block - Heavy fire basement, floors 1 and 2

Dec 07, 1902 - Peterborough, NH - Main St at Grove St - Granite & Tarbell Block - Stores and small manufacturing (slate roofed bldgs dating from 1840's - Upper floor heavily involved

Dec 07, 1912 - Salem, NH - Electric Train Accident - Salem Depot - Train vs auto at "fast rate of speed" - Auto pushed 50 feet until striking utility pole where auto was smashed into shapeless mess - Both victims ejected up to 50 feet - Both victims unconscious - 1 victim with four fractured bones, collapsed lung and several severe lacerations

Dec 07, 1960 - Nashua - NH - Train vs propane truck - Hills Ferry Road - Family of five in the truck and the train engineer perished in the collision - The truck exploded - Several of the car deceased truck passengers were found over 100 yards from the point of impact - A train passenger caught fire causing evacuation of the drain
Dec 07, 1996 - Pittsfield, NH - Rte 107 - Town transfer station - 75x100 steel frame building destroyed by fire, $300,000 loss

Dec 07, 1997 - Albany, NH - Fatal Snowmobile Accident - Bear Notch Road - Fish & Game and Medical Examiner Response Medical coverage by Conway FD

Dec 08, 1855 - Hanover, NH - House of Joseph Pinneo, next to the Medical Building, burned - Medical Building was severely threatened

Dec 08, 1898 - Danbury, CT - Factory fire puts 400 out of work

Dec 08, 1961 - Hartford, CT - Hartford Hospital Fire - 13 Story hospital 810 bed hospital - Cigarette thrown down trash shoot that according to the NFPA Journal handled 5,000 tons of trash each day - Trash smoldered but did not ignite under an access door on the 14th floor was opened - Fire shot up the shoot and out the access doors on several floors - Fire spread rapidly on ninth floor killing 16 people

Dec 08, 1975 - Peterborough, NH - Grove Street - Transcript Newspaper Bldg destroyed by fire

Dec 08, 1977 - Londonderry, NH - Weymouth Road - Londonderry Furniture - Large 2 story "landmark" mill building - Floor 2 and roof burned through, floor 1 gutted - Blaze fought for 11 hours in minus 8 degree Fahrenheit weather - Mutual Aid Derry, East Derry, Hudson, Manchester, Litchfield

Dec 08, 1996 - Orange, NH - 3rd Alarm - Cardigan Mountain Road - Fire gutted home leaving a family of four homeless

Dec 08, 1997 - Chester, VT - 4th Alarm - Main Street at Rte 35 - Readex Company - Large Commercial Bldg in Downtown District Two Story Wood Frame 40by120 Ten town mutual aid to fire - Power cut to town due to fire Chester Pumping Station failed causing need massive pumper shuttle For a while, mutual aid cover trucks were unable to move up to fire as they were stuck in Chester FD when power to town was cut, station doors were stuck with Grafton and Cavendish pieces inside. No injuries reported. Tri-Mountain Mutual Aid sent 5 tankers to fire in addition to Meadowood NH FD sending air-supply and lighting unit to scene Chester VT FD

Dec 08, 2000 - Bath, NH - Working Fire + - Pettyboro Road Ammonoosuc Estates - Building fully involved - Mutual Aid four towns

Dec 09, 1786 - Eastern Mass, MA - Second large snow storm of week leaves total snow on ground at 48 inches of depth

Dec 09, 1898c. - Merrimack, NH - Frank S. Weishart house destroyed by fire - Barn and out buildings saved

Dec 09, 1904 - Nashua, NH - Box 16 - The Commercial Inn - Heavy fire floor 2 and top of building - 3 Occupants of room started fire in an ornamental fire place thinking it was a real fireplace - They fell asleep and awoke to the room being on fire - The three were charged with arson and held on $1,500 bail each.

Dec 09, 1936 - Putnam, CT - General Alarm - Box 41 - Bradley Theatre - Five lines of hose were laid and thousands of gallons of water were poured into the raging inferno - $35,000 loss (Possibly Dec 9, 1937) *putnamfire.com*

Dec 09, 1937 - Pittsburg, NH - P. Moussseau house fire - Colebrook Mutual Aid

Dec 09, 1960 - Barre, VT - B52 Bomber out of Westover Air Force Base crashes with 8 members on board

Dec 09, 1961 - Hudson, NH - Clement Road - Dwelling, barn and outbuilding destroyed by fire - Family of eleven displaced

Dec 09, 1968 - Sandown, NH - The home of Elina Walker destroyed by fire along with many licac trees

Dec 09, 1980 - Jonesville, VT - Fire in town's business district, commercial buildings and dwellings left 2 dozen homeless - Arson suspected

Dec 09, 1995 - Wolfeboro, NH - General Alarm - Box 20 - Railroad Ave / Depot Square - Pedro's Mexican Restaurant - 2 story 60x300 building heavily involved in restaurant portion - 14 towns fought the fire including 2 ladders, 17 engines, and 5 rescues - Fire fought during snow, sleet and freezing rain - Site of former Hatch Theater until 1987

Dec 09, 1996 - Nashua, NH - 6th Alarm - 96 palm Street - Occupied apartment house, 15 people homeless result of child playing with a cigarette lighter

Dec 09, 1999 - Loudon, NH - 2nd Alarm - 214 Bee Hole Road - 1 Story Wood Frame Ranch 20x30 occupied

Dec 09, 2000 - Stratford, NH - MVA/HazMat - US Rte 3 - 4000 gallon capacity Kerosene Tanker vs pickup truck - Road closed 4 hours - 30 gallons of 2000 gallon load spilled

Dec 10, 1899 - Enfield, NH - Wollen mill burns $100,000 loss

Dec 10, 1905 - Manchester, NH - Clapp's Corner in West Manchester - Merrimac Hotel - Fire in kerosene room spread to destroy two floors and burn through the roof *BG*

Dec 10, 1947 - Deerfield, NH - Line of Duty Death of Chief Leon W. Harvey, original chief of the department since 1932 - Struck by falling chimney

Dec 10, 1962 - Litchfield, NH - Charles Bancroft Highway (Route 3A) - Large barn fire with tank explosion damaging a dwelling - Car load of fire buffs crashed in route to fire with all passengers beings transported to hospital

Dec 10, 1982 - Thornton, NH - Auto accident/fire - Suspected murder made to look like an accident

Dec 10, 1983 - (Norton??) Newport, VT - FATAL Fire - House at Earth People's Park, a secluded commune near the US-Canadian border - A woman and two children died in fire - Four others with burns and minor injuries

Dec 10, 1995 - Wolfeboro, NH - General Alarm - Railroad Ave - Pedro's Border Cafe, Depot Square Hair Salon, and Bob Rice's Weather Service - (Pedro's was the former All-Star Sports Pub at site of old Hatch Theater), 2 Story Wood Frame 60x300 building, 14 towns mutual aid, 100 firefighters, 2 aerial ladders and 17 engines

Dec 10, 1999 - Burlington, VT - Working Fire FATAL - Saint Paul St near Carbur's Restaurant - 3 story apartment building - 1 victim FATAL

Dec 10, 1999 - Norwich, VT - 2nd Alarm - 1228 New Boston Rd - 1.5 Story Wood Frame Barn 40x60 fully involved

Dec 11, 1910 - Derry, NH - Major fire - Chester Rd - Benjamin Chase Co burned

Dec 11, 1920 - Derry, NH - East Derry - Broadlawn Milk Farm (former Nestling property) described as "The finest set of buildings in East Derry, without a doubt" - Large barn, house, and shed destroyed by fire - Derry News reported that the sky was lit up for miles and attracted over 2,000 spectators - The house built was in 1856

Dec 11, 1924 - Nashua, NH - Main Street Bridge burns - Totally destroyed for 2nd time - One of only two automobile bridges across the Nashua River, it was the primary artery linking north and south ends of the city - It was rebuilt, this time not of wood, but of steel and concrete and opened June 1926

Dec 11, 1960 - Revere, MA - 3rd Alarm - Revere Beach Blvd - Lite-O-Line arcade building destroyed by fire

Dec 11, 1970 - Windham, NH - Mammoth Road - Construction company garage destroyed by fire fed by fuel oil with numerous explosion - Spectacular lume-up

Dec 11, 1992 - Chelsea, MA - 3rd Alarm - 18 Fourth Street - Print shop and Chelsea Record newspaper office gutted by arson fire - Five fighters injured 0 Mutual Aid Boston, Winthrop, Revere - 50 mph wind gusts

Dec 11, 1995 - Methuen, MA - 3rd Alarm - address? - During the General alarm at Malden Mill, separate fire

Dec 11, 1995 - Methuen, MA - General Fire devastates large Malden Mills Complex (4 mill bldgs) - Fire critically burned a dozen factory workers and leveled several brick factory buildings in the country's largest fire of 1995 - 56 engines, 14 ladders, 15 ambulances (some making multiple trips) - Winds gusts that evening were over 40 mph

Dec 11, 1996 - Manchester, NH - 283 Silver Street - Apartment house heavy fire floor 1

Dec 11, 1999 - Portland, ME - 3rd Alarm - 591 Congress Street - 5 Story Brick occupied apt bldg - Heavy fire

Dec 11, 1999 - Rochester, NH - 4th Alarm - Hanson St - Former American Legion Hall - Restaurant - 2.5 Story Wood Frame 50x50 exposure problems

Dec 11, 2000 - Derry, NH - Industrial Accident Fatal - Manchester Rd at Sanmina Corp - Man pinned under crane - MedHelo requested - Fatality - Victim was same individual charged in two fatalities when the crane truck he was driving struck cars on I-93 four years ago

Dec 11, 2000 - Royalton (South Royalton), VT - MVA Fatal - I-89 - Car vs pedestrian - Volunteer Fire Fighter Edward Russ got of out his car to help another motorist that had hit the guardrail and spun into the passing lane when he was struck

Dec 12, 1825 - Andover, NH - 5 year old William Tilton dies when cloths catch fire

Dec 12, 1905 - Berlin, NH - J.D. Lary boarding house involved in heavy fire - Occupant succumbed to flames after making several trips into house to save property, including a set of Victor Hugo novels

Dec 12, 1977 - Derry, NH - (East Derry) Chester Road - Dwelling - Fire through roof with collapse - Mutual Aid Derry and Chester to scene

Dec 12, 1982 - Rockport, MA - Broadway - Rockport Methodist Church, 106 year old church destroyed by fire

Dec 12, 1992 - Hampton, NH - 5th Alarm - Mainsail Motel Complex - Fire in 3 sty main building spread into 2 sty 200 foot long north wing, consuming 32 units, 200 firefighters fought this blaze in driving rain just after midnight - The rain later changed to snow - Winds were sustained at 30 mph gusting to 57 mph

Dec 12, 1999 - Merrimack, NH - 2nd Alarm - 7 Depot Street - 3 Story Wood Frame Colonial 8 unit apt bldg 40x100- Fire in 2 units

Dec 12, 1999 - Portsmouth, NH - 3rd Alarm - 241 Middle Street - 4 Story Brick Apt Bldg - Fire in basement apt ext'd up

Dec 13, 1828 - Raymond, NH - Harriman Road - Child of Joseph Brown died from drinking hot coffee from a pot

Dec 13, 1861 - Rumney, NH - Barn of Alden L. Clifford burnt - Set by incendiary

Dec 13, 1883 - Sanford (Springvale), ME - Sanborn's shook mill burns

Dec 13, 1983 - Boston (East Boston), MA - 6th Alarm - 85 Orleans Street - 3 story wood frame apartment house spreads to two adjacent buildings

Dec 13, 1992 - Manchester, NH - 3rd Alarm, 185-187 Pine Street - Wind spread flames to 183 Pine Street - Arson

Dec 13, 1999 - Berlin, NH - 3rd Alarm - School Street at Burgess Street - Vacant Burgess Middle School - Fire in Gymnasium

Dec 14, 1861 - Wentworth, NH - Hall Farm - Barn fire Set by incendiary

Dec 14, 1897 - Lowell, MA - Huntington Hall burns - Also consumed by fire Nov 7, 1904

Dec 14, 1900c. - Andover, MA - Philips Andover Prep School - Farm building burns

Dec 14, 1900c. - Dover, NH - Star Clothing Company Store totally loss to fire

Dec 14, 1970 - Windham, NH - Indian Rock Road - Dwelling destroyed by fire

Dec 14, 1979 - Mechanics Falls, ME - Fatal Fire - address, 10 room wood frame house - 4 children parish in fire

Dec 14, 1990 - Revere - MA - 10th Alarm - 34 High Street and area near Bell Circle - Fire in vacant house spread to several other dwellings in high winds - Over 120 people forced from their homes in the tightly packed neighborhood

Dec 14, 1995 - Manchester, NH - North End off Union Street - 76-year-old man, who had been receiving death threats, died of multiple stab wounds before his house was destroyed by fire, authorities said

Dec 14, 1995 - Rochester, NH - 3rd Alarm - 7 Pine Lane - 2 Story Wood Frame

Dec 14, 2000 - Chesterfield, NH - Plane Crash FATAL - Jackson Hill - Twin Engine Cessna 310 crashed in dense woods - Pilot with serious injuries and burns - MedHelo to Mass General Hosp - Pilot died on Dec the 20th

Dec 14, 2001 - Greenville, NH - 5th Alarm - 68 Old Wilton Road - Pilgrim Foods

Dec 15, 1740 - Merrimack River Valley, NH -MA - Greatest flood ever known at that time for the Merrimack and smaller rivers

Dec 15, 1867 - Fall River, MA - During a heavy snow storm, fire was discovered in the new granite structure of the American Print Works. The fire originated in the engine room. In less than four hours the ruin was complete with a loss of nearly $1,000,000, together with the destruction of the Bay State Print Works. The corporation was so badly handicapped for several years that reorganization was necessary.

Dec 15, 1878c. - Granville, VT - Methodist Episcopal Church burned

Dec 15, 1882c. - Chester, NH - Chester Center - Samuel Marston's House, C.A. Wilcomb's Store destroyed by fire - Roof on Congregational Church across street caught on fire

Dec 15, 1905 - Derry, NH - Derry Depot Fire Department Highlighted in Derry News

Dec 15, 1907 - Manchester, NH - 239 Sagamore Street - Dwelling fire caused by a quart of furniture polish exploding - $1000 loss *BG*

Dec 15, 1917c. - Marlow, NH - Fire destroyed the 4 remaining industrial buildings not destroyed in 1916 fire *www.hsccnh.org*

Dec 15, 1934c. - Manchester, NH - Central Block gutted by fire

Dec 15, 1938c. - Augusta, ME - Kennebec Pulp and Paper Company sulphite plant and storehouse suffer $500,000 damage by fire

Dec 15, 1942 - Boston, MA - 5th Alarm - Box 1461 - Sallinger's Department Store - 6 story building - $425,000 damage

Dec 15, 1943c. - Bethlehem (Maplewood), NH - Maplewood Resort Colony - Cottage destroyed by fire (other fires at colony occurred Aug 1942, Jan 1963, Jun 1963)

Dec 15, 1946c. - Amherst, NH - Cox Nursing Home "burned out"

Dec 15, 1949c. - Amherst, NH - Austin Road - Television shop destroyed by fire - Adjoining house saved, credited to two recent additions to fire department, a tanker truck and an alarm system allowing for faster response

Dec 15, 1962c. - Claremont, NH - Green Mountain - WTSV radio transmitter building destroyed by fire

Dec 15, 1970c. - Nashua, NH - (exact date unknown) 80 Amherst Street (across from Sargent Ave) 3 unit apartment building, fatality,

Dec 15, 1973c. - Haverhill, MA - Main Street- Odd Fellows Hall burns

Dec 15, 1978c. - Middleboro, MA - Fatal Fire - Plympton Street - Four family members die

Dec 15, 1997 - Bow, NH - 4th Alarm - 658 Rte 3A - 1.5 Story Wood Frame house - Extreme winter weather conditions

Dec 15, 1997 - Lawrence, MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 2111 - 17 Woodland CT - 2.5 Story Wood Frame 25x40 House Vacant

Dec 15, 1997 - Northwood, NH - 3rd Alarm - 28 1st NH Tpk - 1.5 Story Wood Frame dwelling 20x30 with attached 20x20 extension

Dec 15, 2007 - Gloucester, MA - 8th Alarm - Middle Street - 4 story apartment building fully involved extended to a large temple fully involved - 1 fatality

Dec 16, 1898 - Salem (north Salem), NH - D.W. Taylor & Company store and adjacent tenement house burned to ground - Fire started on floor 2 of store which house meeting rooms of the Junior Order of American Mechanics and the Daughters of American Revolution - Methodist Church caught fire several times but was saved - $20,000 loss

Dec 16, 1902 - Brentwood, NH - Crawley Falls near present day fire station - Robert Rowe and Son's Carriage Wood Works mill and the Sanborn house destroyed by fire

Dec 16, 1920 - Milford, NH - Cottage Street - Paige and Coty toy factory, 2 Story 50x24 burned to ground

Dec 16, 1969 - Leominster, MA - At around 02:00AM - A carelessly discarded cigarette on the second loading dock at the Standard Proxiloid Company sparked a fire that was made worse by the celluloid powder embedded in the walls. This caused the two story wood factory to explode shattering the plate glass of the A&M deli and coffee shop across the street (still standing today) - Burning debris was sent into the Monosnoc Brook, and the yard of the D.P.W.(across the bridge from fire) which was where all the fire trucks were parked at this 4 alarm fire *2nd person account 01/2005 *

Dec 16, 1979 - Lynn, MA - 3rd Alarm - address? - Barrel repairing factory

Dec 16, 1979 - Woburn, MA - 3rd Alarm - 89 Prospect Street, 2 story wood frame duplex destroyed by fire

Dec 16, 1999 - Williston, VT - 2nd Alarm - 70 Porterwood Road - House heavily involved - Tanker shuttle

Dec 16, 2003 - Nashua, NH - 4th alarm - Worcester Street - 2.5 story apartment building

Dec 17, 1870 - Exeter, NH - Phillips Academy burns - Large wooden building (1st of 2 times)

Dec 17, 1903 - Derry, NH - Home of George Short destroyed by fire - Cottage house, ell and stable reduced to ashes - $3,500 loss

Dec 17, 1905 - Chester, NH - 2 miles from village - Southwick House - Large and commodious building, a pretty summer house for seasonal borders with a capacity of 40 guests - Totally destroyed by fire - $6,000 loss - Building had both hot and cold running water

Dec 17, 1951 - Sanford, ME - New Dam Road - House fire - 1 fatality

Dec 17, 1989 - Claremont, NH - Fatal fire - 285 Mulberry Street - 1.5 story raised ranch - Woodstove fire extended - 4 year old girl died from burn injuries

Dec 17, 1999 - Saugus, MA - 2nd Alarm - Box 712 - 5 Liberty Street - 2.5 Story Wood Frame 20x50 - Heavy fire

Dec 17, 2005 - Barre City VT - Dwelling fire - 4 children and their mother perish *vt-alert*

Dec 18, 1828 - Peterborough, NH - Central Vlg - Phoenix Factory, 2 Story Wood and Brick 200 ft long destroyed by fire

Dec 18, 1925 - Hinsdale, NH - New England Tobacco Company - Large barn containing 75 acres of cure destroyed by fire

Dec 18, 1925 - Holden, MA - Fire a the dwelling of John J Hoey kills six

Dec 18, 1926 - Milford, NH - Elm St nr Keyes Field - Grange Hall burns down (Old Armory)

Dec 18, 1979 - Boston, MA - 5th Alarm - 431 Norfolk Street at Morton Street - 3 story brick and wood building (former school) with restaurant, daycare, and several other businesses

Dec 18, 1979 - Brockton, MA - General Alarm - 30 Oak Street Extension - Oak Park Apartments - 6 story brick elderly apartment complex - Fire contained to fourth floor

Dec 18, 1979 - Lawrence, MA - 4th Alarm - 500 Essex Street - Several stores and offices destroyed or heavily damaged by fire 6 fire fighters injured

Dec 18, 1979 - Orleans, MA - address?, 200 year old building - Explosion and fire destroy a deli and two other businesses

Dec 18, 1988 - Nashua, NH - 3rd Alarm - address? - Apartment house fire, 1 critically injured, 10 homeless

Dec 18, 1996 - Hancock, NH - Old Antrim Road - 3 story farm house burned out and extended gutted an attached barn on Old Antrim Road.

Dec 18, 1999 - Lawrence, MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 6111 - 72 Crescent Street - 3 Story Wood Frame - Heavy fire

Dec 19, 1875 - Orford, NH - Lower Street - Tavern Stand - (Carlton House - Orford Hotel) Burned down

Dec 19, 1882 - Concord, NH - Moderate Earthquake - Described by some old timers as the heaviest earthquake shock, in memory, felt

Dec 19, 1896 - Andover (East Andover), NH - Dwelling and store owned by E.E. Cole burns with extension to other buildings

Dec 19, 1903 - Goffstown, NH - Central House partially destroyed by fire *usgennet.org/usa/nh*

Dec 19, 1906 - Sanford, ME - Brook Street at Davis Ave - House fire resulting in Sanford's first fatality by fire

Dec 19, 1922 - Nashua, NH - Fire destroys American Box and Lumber Company

Dec 19, 1932 - Athol, MA - Dwelling fire, mother and daughter killed - Phone operator saw flashing light on her switchboard for that circuit (caused by the fire in the home) and was able to contact fire department after monitoring the screams and horror that was occurring

Dec 19, 1979 - Nantucket, MA - Zero Main Street - Fire causes $2,000,000 in damaged to three buildings along the waterfront

Dec 19, 1982 - Burlington, VT - address - Four families homeless, several businesses damaged - Below zero temps - 2 persons rescued over ladders from third-story

Dec 19, 1982 - Rockport, MA - General Alarm - Rockport Methodist Church - Broadway opp Fire HQ - Historic 2 Story Wood Frame church destroyed during snowstorm

Dec 19, 1997 - Concord, NH - 4th Alarm, 11-13 Wall Street - Comm Bldg - Dentist Off/Apts - Oil delivery gone bad

Dec 19, 2000 - Grafton, VT - Rescue Fatal - on logging road half-mile off Hakey Road - Man pinned under large tree - Air bags requested to lift the tree off the man

Dec 20, 1800 - Newport, NH - Moderate Earthquake in Dartmouth at Sunapee Region

Dec 20, 1852 - Rockingham (Bellows Falls), VT - Valley Hotel destroyed by fire

Dec 20, 1861 - Wentworth, NH - School house in Buffalo School District (Set by incendiary) - Many members of the Kimball family were charged with this and several incendiary fires in the area, which were accompanied by crude letters of revenge being left near scene - This was part of a pattern of intimidation which included town folk being shot at in broad daylight on several occasions

Dec 20, 1927 - Derry, NH - West Broadway - Adams Memorial Building - Heavy fire in basement involving school department offices, tax collectors office, and courtroom - 4 lines operating - Fire spread up into walls and ceilings requiring extensive overhaul in basement and of auditorium floor above - $20,000 damage with a settlement of $8,333 insurance

Dec 20, 1940 - Tamworth, NH - Earthquake 5.5 Richter Scale - Walls cracked in Keene Police Station 80 miles away - Chicopee MA water main burst spilling 400,000 gallons - Recorded in Fremont NH History

Dec 20, 1948 - Fremont, NH - 910 Main Street - Barn and ell completely destroyed by fire

Dec 20, 1965 - Amherst, NH - Post Office - Mail truck arriving at Post Office at 6:12AM burst into flames when rear doors were opened destroying most of contents, including Christmas mail destined for Amherst and surrounding towns

Dec 20, 1979 - Malden, MA - Double Fatal fire, 12 Appleton Street, 2 family three story dwelling gutted by fire - Mother and adult son died in fire

Dec 20, 1980 - Stowe, VT - von Trapp Family Lodge destroyed, 25 room Resort Lodge, 1 Fatality - Baroness Maria Augusta (Kutschera) von Trapp (real life Heroine of the Movie "The Sound of Music") and 45 others escaped safely - A guest at the lodge, was found dead in the ruins

Dec 20, 1997 - Wilmot, NH - Fire Fatal - Kearsarge Valley Road - House fully involved

Dec 20, 1998 - Andover, VT - Weston Rd - Structure Fire - Mutual Aid Chester, Londonderry & Weston

Dec 20, 2000 - Milan, NH - Ice/Snowmobile Rescue - off Cooperville Road - Snowmobile broke through the ice - 2 riders landed in about six feet of icy water in an old gravel pit - Both treated for hypothermia at Androscoggin Valley Hospital - Berlin FD with a rescue boat

Dec 20, 2000 - Williamstown, MA - MVA FATAL - Rte 43 half mile west of 5 corners - Car wedged under Tractor Trailer hauling road salt - 5 towns 8 departments on the scene, Williamstown, Hancock, and Pownal, Vermont FD's, Village and North Adams Ambulances; MASP, MA Highway, and Williamstown Highway

Dec 21, 1900c. - Manchester, VT - Barn, 8 cows, large amount of hay and several wagons destroyed by fire

Dec 21, 1905 - Portsmouth, NH - near Quincy Station - Dwelling and barn owned by John Hooper destroyed by fire *BG*

Dec 21, 1915 - Boston (West End), MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 1356 - 347=357 Cambridge Street - 2 firefighters killed when floors collapsed

Dec 21, 1945 - Nashua, NH - High Street - Fire levels O'Donnell and Shea blocks causing $100,000 damage

Dec 21, 1979 - Medford, MA - 3rd Alarm - 414 Salem Street - Golden Grain Bakery - Fire spread to adjacent paint store and TV service shop

Dec 21, 1980 - Saugus, MA - Fire destroyed the 100 year old Saugus Center Methodist Church

Dec 21, 1990 - Lynn, MA - 6th Alarm - West Baltimore Street - Apartment house fire

Dec 21, 1997 - Concord, NH - 3rd Alarm - 54 Pleasant St Sacred Heart Parish House, 2.5 Story Wood Frame Rekindle

Dec 21, 1997 - Rockingham, VT - Saxtons River Village - Working Fire Route 121 - Shed fire attached to house

Dec 22, 1680 - Boston, MA - Dwelling of Samson Sheeaff heavily involved - Occupants had to leap out second floor windows - Fire spread to two other buildings - A 2nd dwelling was blown up as a fire stop for which the owner was award 50 pounds for his loss *http://www.damrellsfire.com*

Dec 22, 1813 - Portsmouth, NH - Great Fire - State St and Daniel St area, 108 houses, 64 shops, 100 barns destroyed by fire - Mutual Aid Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Dover, Exeter, Durham, Newburyport and Salem.

Dec 22, 1938 - Colebrook, NH - Fire at town hall

Dec 22, 1956 - Nashua, NH - During the evening hours of December 22, 1956, Officer Latvis was riding in the Nashua Police Ambulance responding to an emergency call for an injured woman. As the ambulance approached the intersection of West Pearl and Chestnut Streets it was hit in the rear by another automobile, causing the ambulance to spin around and careen into a utility pole. The force of the impact caused Officer Latvis to be thrown from the ambulance. He sustained a fractured skull. Officer Latvis was rushed to Memorial Hospital and then to the Deaconess Hospital in Boston where he died the next day. Officer Latvis was 38 years old at the time and a four-year member of the Nashua Police Department. He was survived by his wife and two children.

Dec 22, 1957c. - Sandown, NH - Andrew J. Skiwinski home destroyed by fire

Dec 22, 1959 - Revere, MA - 4th Alarm - Revere Beach Blvd - Oceanview Ballroom - 3.5 story Wood 150x300 destroyed by fire, 1 FF fatality

Dec 22, 1979 - Greenville, NH - address - Dwelling fire - Sole elderly female occupant perished

Dec 22, 1982 - Seabrook, NH - Multiple Alarm - Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant 1/2 mile from reactor - Several office trailers burned

Dec 22, 1990 - Bethlehem, NH - Main Street - Alpine Motel - Vacant turn-of-the-century 3 story 40 room North Country hotel. Heavily damaged by fire that started on top floor structure. Scene of previous arson fire

Dec 22, 1998 - Concord, VT - Working Fire - Victory Hill Rd nr Rte 2 - House fire - Mutual Aid to scene

Dec 22, 2000 - New Haven, VT - Snowmobile Accident Fatal - 1 snowmobiler at high rate of speed thrown from machine

Dec 23, 1829 - Sanford (Springvale), ME - Goodwin's shop burns

Dec 23, 1884 - Beverly, MA - General Alarm - South School - Stone St, 2 Story Wood Frame School House

Dec 23, 1898c. - Stewartstown, NH - Hiram Harriman farm building occupied by 2 families destroyed by fire

Dec 23, 1905 - Milford, NH - 70 Nashua St - Charles Smith factory destroyed by fire - Third building at this site destroyed by fire in 25 years

Dec 23, 1943 - Derry, NH - Martin St - Benson's Lumberyard mostly destroyed by fire - 6 buildings leveled including Richardson's Cider Mill, others gutted - Benson residence, Cote tenement burned, 3 families homeless - High winds

Dec 23, 1977 - Providence, RI - Providence College - Ten women students in Rhode Island killed in the deadliest college dorm fire in U.S. history. Fire started in a closet where two hair dryers were left on to dry wet mittens. *nj.com*

Dec 23, 1979 - Milford, MA - River Street - Bickford Shoe - 5 story wood mill destroyed, fire spread to adjacent buildings - Mutual Aid 7 towns

Dec 23, 2000 - Manchester, NH - 34 Elm Street - Apartment building - Triple fatal, 2 civilians and Firefighter David Anderson

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 *somervillelocal76.org*

Dec 24, 1876 - Portsmouth, NH - Chestnut Street at Porter Street - "The Temple", a vacant 25x45 church burned

Dec 24, 1899 - Wolfeboro, NH - Clowith Piper Saw Mill employing 30 workers burned down (Built 1851)

Dec 24, 1906 - Franklin, NH - Eaton Block - Fire floor three - Considerable water damage to the stock of Cherrier and Morrill dealers in stoves and tinware on the ground floor - $1000 loss *BG*

Dec 24, 1925 - Hudson - NH - Building fire Presentation of Mary School - Lowell Road - Large building under construction. Two workers burned. Out of town departments to scene

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 off tables and throwing pictures on to floors

Dec 24, 1958 - Hudson NH - Lowell Road at Winn Ave - Large barn fully involved
Dec 24, 1961 - Boston, MA - Fatal Fire - Hotel Bostonian - Arson

Dec 24, 1965 - Hudson, NH - Derry Road at Cutler Road - Connies Restaurant - Kitchen fire spread gutting restaurant - Mutual Aid to scene

Dec 24, 1975 - Kensington, NH - Route 108 - 3 die in house fire

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, 1993 - Bartlett, NH - Multiple Alarm - Fox Ridge Condo/Resort -

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. *Scott Meyer, Capt. NAFD*

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 *BG*


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.

Dec 26, 1802 - Portsmouth, NH - Great Fire - Market Square and Daniel Street, 120/132 buildings burn

Dec 26, 1905 - Concord/Boscawen (Penacook), NH - Exchange Block practically ruined by fire - $25,000 loss

Dec 26, 1913 - Londonderry, NH - Gilman Adams Place - Large 2 Story house, ell. Sheds, 2 barns and other out buildings - House built 1837

Dec 26, 1903 - Salem, NH - Salem Depot - Dwelling fire - Chimney fire extended burning roof off - The Salem fire brigade with their lone hand tub and 400 feet of hose protected adjacent property from catching fire *BG*

Dec 26, 1975 - Hampstead, NH - Rte 111 - Bison Corp - 3 injured when roof collapse under heavy snow - Company manufactured roof trusses

Dec 26, 1979 - Norfolk, MA - Sweetfield subdivision - 3 newly built unoccupied houses destroyed by fire

Dec 26, 1992 - Rochester, NH - 3rd Alarm - 275 Milton Rd - 2.5 Story Wood Frame -

Dec 26, 1996 - Merrimack, NH - Upham Road - House built in early 1800's with same family for seven generations destroyed by fire

Dec 27, 1976 - Whitman, MA - Fatal fire - Lantz Ave - 3 teenage brothers perish in dwelling fire

Dec 27, 1977 - Quincy, MA - WEEI 590AM Traffic Helicopter Crashes - 2 Die, 4 Hurt - Traffic reporter Kevin O'Keefe was on a week's vacation and the person taking his place Henry (Chip) Whitmore plus the pilot Richard (Red) Bank were the two fatalities - Well known local TV personality Rex Trailer was normally the backup pilot, but as fate would have it, he wasn't flying that day

Dec 27, 1980 - Nashua, NH - Main Street - Star Cinema - 3 Story Brick - 3 FF's injured - Mutual Aid 12 towns - Fire spread to exposure bldg of offices and apartments

Dec 27, 1993 - New Hampshire, NH - Firefighters Battle Flames and Frigid Weather in Nashua, Stoddard, Andover, Wakefield, and Manchester

Dec 27, 1999 - Norwich, VT - 2nd Alarm - 931 Turnpike Rd - Structure fire

Dec 27, 2000 - Montgomery, VT - Snowmobile Accident Fatal - Regan Road - Snowmobile vs tree

Dec 27, 2000 - Morgan, VT - Snowmobile Accident Fatal - Dumas Road - Snowmobile into tree

Dec 28, 1856 - Chester, NH - Chester Center ravished by fire - Richard's and Greenough's stores, Schoolhouse number one leveled

Dec 28, 1856 - Concord, NH - Phœnix Hotel burns

Dec 28, 1900c - Burlington, VT - Business block damaged by fire

Dec 28, 1966 - Everett, MA - Fire caused by oil tank truck and a train collision kills 13

Dec 28, 1975 - Chester, NH - Rte 121 at Candia Road - Dwelling fire - Heavy internal damage

Dec 28, 1975 - Derry, NH - Hampstead Road opposite Damaron Road - Dwelling completely gutted by fire

Dec 28, 1979 - Chelsea, MA - Fatal fire - 424 Broadway - 3 Story brick apartments over commercial - Heavy fire floor 2,3 and roof

Dec 28, 1985 - Winooski, VT - 4th Alarm - 31 East Spring St - Spring Garden Housing - address - Elderly housing complex, 19 sent to hospital, 1 critical

Dec 28, 1996 - Manchester, NH - 4th Alarm - 36 Massabesic Street - Photo Studio gutted

Dec 28, 1997 - Halifax, VT - Working Fire - 100 Brook Rd - 2.5 Story Wood Frame house

Dec 28, 1997 - Medford, MA - 4th Alarm - Box 76 - 478 Main Street - 3 Story Wood Frame Occupied Apartment Building

Dec 28, 2000 - Canaan (Beecher Falls), VT - East Hereford PQ - Major Explosion - TQM Natural Gas line control building destroyed in explosion and fireball that followed - 1 worker with 2nd degree burns - Beecher Falls VT FD covers East Hereford, even though it is across the boarder in Canada - Homes in Pittsburg NH about 1000 feet away on Halls Stream Road suffered damage

Dec 29, 1905c. - Plainville, MA - Grand Army Hall burned - $8000 loss

Dec 29, 1942 - Hudson/Nashua, NH - Rochester Railroad Bridge (abandoned) was the scene of unannounced Army bridge demolition training blasts - Two blasts in particular caused considerable damage to the Hudson Community Church shattering all the stain glass in the building and sending church goers into the street in panic - The Crown Hill section of Nashua had dozens of buildings with broken glass and similar damage - After much denial and posturing, the Army paid damages

Dec 29, 1981 - Rockingham (Bellows Falls Vlg), VT - Star Hotel 3 Story Bldg destroyed - Bellows Falls Firefighters Terry Brown and Dana Fuller perish in the Star Hotel Fire

Dec 29, 1982 - Florida, MA - Rte 2 (Mohawk Trail) at Dead Man's Curve - Gasoline Tanker Crash crashed and exploded - Adjacent gift shop caught on fire as flames from tanker shot 100 feet into air

Dec 29, 1989 - Nashua, NH - 3rd Alarm - Amherst Street - K-Mart - Heavy fire rear of store

Dec 30, 1866 - Concord, NH - Fisherville - Penacook Cotton Mill - Large stone 3 story building Heavy fire upper story - $50,000 loss

Dec 30, 1876 - Chester, NH - Baptist Church at Chester Center leveled by fire

Dec 30, 1889 - Fall River, MA - Richard Borden Mill.

Dec 30, 1896 - Manchester, NH - Accident / line of duty death (1st in city) - Lieutenant Thomas E. Gorman, 37, of Engine and Ladder 6 Gorman died while responding to box 53 on Bedford Road - Mishap occurred at Granite Square when the horse drawn Ladder started to skid on the icy roadway. Thinking that the truck was going to overturn, Lt Gorman jumped off the truck and was run over by the rear wheels

Dec 30, 1916 - Westwood, MA - Fire - Nahatan Street - House fire - Mutual Aid Dedham to fire

Dec 30, 1961 - Epsom, NH - 3 die in house fire

Dec 30, 1974 - Litchfield, NH - Derry Road (Route 102) - Apartment building explosion causing extreme damage and subsequent fire - One handicapped person rescue from building

Dec 30, 1990 - Rochester, NH - 3rd Alarm - 21 Maple St - 2.5 Story Wood Frame

Dec 30, 1993 - Derry, NH - Chase's Grove - 1.5 Story Wood Frame House (Year round cottage) - Explosion from propane tanks with fire+ - Dwelling destroyed

Dec 30, 1994 - Southbridge, MA - 6th Alarm - downtown - 4 story apartment/business building, 1 fatality, victim jumped to their death

Dec 30, 1997 - Derry, NH - 2nd Alarm - Chase's Grove - Single family dwelling destroyed by fire

Dec 30, 1997 - Lawrence, MA - 3rd Alarm - 363 Hampshire St - 3 Story Wood Frame Occupied Apartment Building

Dec 30, 1998 - Brookline, NH - MVA Fatal - Rte 13 nr Scabbard Mill Brook Rd - Cadillac vs Tractor Trailer head-on - Jaws

Dec 30, 1998 - Claremont, NH - 2nd alarm - Rte 12 - 2.5 Story Wood Frame - Heavy Fire - Mutual Aid from Newport, Unity, Charlestown, Cornish, Meriden, Plainfield NH and Ascutney & W. Windsor VT

Dec 30, 1998 - Swanton, VT - Working Fire - Merchants Row - Fire in occupied apartment building - 5 towns Mutual Aid

Dec 30, 2000 - Pepperell, MA - Snowmobile versus Town Salting Truck - Brookline St. at Cheyenne Drive- 15 year old male snowmobiler fatally injured - truck driver uninjured-trauma team activation at St. Joseph Hospital, Nashua, NH - PFD E5 & R3 - PAS Amb.61 & Medic 1 on scene

Dec 30, 2002 - Brattleboro, VT - 3rd Alarm - Rte 30 - Brattleboro Memorial Hospital - Fire in the physical therapy wing - Staging area Rescue Inc Parking lot - Mutual Aid Westmoreland, Hinsdale, Putney, Vernon, Keene, Chesterfield, Dummerston, Marlboro VT, 9m3, 38c1, 19c3,to scene Westminster to cover Putney- Rescue Inc 101 and 102 plus 6 additional Ambulances over initial response - Keene 2 ambulances, DiLuzio 2 ambulances, LeFevbre 2 ambulances directly to scene at back of Ganette bldg and report to rescue 2 - Patients to Cheshire Hosp and Franklin Hosp - Raybar Bus company providing buses to keep ambulatory patients warm

Dec 31, 1872 - Boston, MA - Box 42 - 284 Washington Street - Fire floors 3 and 4 of a business building - $20,000 loss

Dec 31, 1875 - McIndoe Falls, VT - Peabody Mill destroyed by fire

Dec 31, 1917 - Derry, NH - Box 32 - Rear of Pillsbury Block off West Broadway - Paint Shop on floor two gutted, with fire through roof - Close exposures protected

Dec 31, 1925 - Haverhill, MA - General Alarm - 3 stores and an office building burn causing $300,000 loss - Mutual Aid Merrimac, Methuen, West Newbury

Dec 31, 1926 - Nashua, NH - Main Street - Fire heavily damages Goodrich Block

Dec 31, 1952 - Stoddard, NH - Forest Road (Rte 31) - Spalding Tavern burned

Dec 31, 1982 - Boston, MA - 78 Salem Street - North End Fish house - Restaurant fire with heavy damage

Dec 31, 1982 - Londonderry, NH - 2nd Alarm Fatal - Brittany Arms Apt nr Gilcreast Rd - 3 Story Brick Occupied Apartment Building - Five fatalities 3 others hospitalized

Dec 31, 1987 - Burlington, VT - Fatal Plane Crash - Burlington Int'l Airport - Single-engine Piper Lancer crashed short of the main runway 15, during emergency landing killing 2 adults, serious injuring 3 young boys

Dec 31, 1987 - Manchester, NH - Fire fatal - Titus Ave - Single family dwelling, 2 young sisters perish in suspicious fire (Murder/Arson)

Dec 31, 1992 - Rochester, NH - Rte 11 Northgate Apartments - Fire in one unit

Dec 31, 1997 - Newington, NH - 3rd Alarm - Abandoned housing at Pease Tradeport - Four-unit wood-framed dwelling, former Air Force housing

Dec 31, 1999 - Grand Isle, VT - Working Fire - 346 US Rte 2 by draw bridge - Barn fire fully involved

misplaced data - Manchester, NH - 3,000 ton coal shed - Captain Frank W. Tebbett's, 54, Eng Co 7, seriously injured falling 50 feet through roof resulting in his death



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DAMAGED DATA The queen and Prince Andrew pitched in to help save priceless artworks and other valuables housed in the fortress. The fire burned for 15 hours damaging or destroying nine principal rooms and over a hundred other rooms. It took a million and a half gallons of water to put out the blaze. The next five years would be spent restoring the Castle to its former glory.

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1907-1909 Putnam CT Pine Tree Worsted Company was totally destroyed by fire >1936 Putnam CT Wheaton Building and Lumber Company 1850: July 4, 1850 Balloonist Eugene Goddard made an ascension over Manchester on the back of a horse 1941-1942 - Winter: Air Force B-18 crashes on Mount Waternomee From: Connie Lafond 1964    11-30-2005 09:11 AM MST   To: John Alex 1954 Replies: 0   I remember when Rock Graziano was killed --things like that make an impression. Perhaps they stick because my first impression of that kind of tragedy was my Uncle George who was killed on the job as a Nashua Firefighter back in '49--in that awful accident that occurred with four firefighters on a hook and ladder. The truck turned over, killing two. One was Uncle George. (My son Mark is now a firefighter)--those things stay with you; personal sacrifices.