Incident Log Archive 1675 - 1993
Nov 01, 1623 - Plymouth - MA - Seven dwellings destroyed by fire
Jun 11, 1638 - Fremont - NH - Earthquake noted
Jul 05, 1643 - Newbury - MA - Tornado - Meeting house destroyed - 1 Native American killed
Jan 14, 1653 - Boston - Massachusetts Bay Colony - Great Fire destroys one third of the then small town
Dec 02, 1675 - Worcester (Quinsigamond) - MA - Major fire - All houses in settlement - Burned to ground by Nipmuc Indians
Feb 21, 1676 - Medfield - MA - 32 houses burned and 17 killed
Mar 30, 1676 - Wrentham - MA - Town burned
Nov 27, 1676 - Boston - MA - Much of North End, including the church of historic preacher, Increase Mather, destroyed by fire
Sep 19, 1680 - Boston - MA - Old South Meeting House - Fire in a private room in the clock tower
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
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 publically burned to death as her punishment
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
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
Oct 15, 1690 - Boston - MA - near the Old South Meeting House - Several buildings consumed including a newly established "printing office"
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
Jul 17, 1694 - Newfields/South Newmarket (Oyster River) - NH - 5 garrisons and 21 houses destroyed by fire
Nov 03, 1714 - Boston - MA - Warehouse fire - Fire totally destroys warehouses at 18 and 19 Long Wharf
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)
Oct 29, 1727 - Amesbury - MA - Earthquake centered off NH and MA coast 6.0 Richter Scale - Damage to bldgs in Boston, Haverhill, Portland
Nov 09, 1727 - Newbury - MA - Earthquake noted
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 18, 1736 - Portsmouth - NH - Dwelling of Richard Waldron (Secretary of the Colonial Province of New Hampshire) destroyed by fire
Dec 15, 1740 - Merrimack River Valley - NH -MA - Greatest flood ever known at that time for the Merrimack and smaller rivers
Nov 18, 1755 - New England - US - Earthquake felt from Nova Scotia to the Caribbean damages some buildings in New England
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
Apr 10, 1772 - Fremont - NH - Flooding noted in area
Jun 17, 1775 - Boston (Charlestown) - MA - British set over 300 houses on fire during Battle of Bunker Hill
Jun 17, 1775 - Charlestown - MA - During Battle of Bunker (Breeds) Hill, the British set fire to 380 dwellings
Mar 25, 1776 - Fremont - NH - Worker killed trying to repair cog wheel at gristmill
Nov 01, 1778 - Bridport - VT - Major Fire - Town Burned down by rouges loyal to Britain
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
Sep 04, 1782 - Claremont - NH - Joel Rays, a Revolutionary War Soldier burned to death and buried in West Claremont
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 16, 1785 - Fremont - NH - and most of New England - Dark Days caused by extreme wildfires west of New England
Oct 16, 1785 - Fremont - NH - Dark Days
Dec 09, 1786 - Eastern Mass - MA - Second large snow storm of week leaves total snow on ground at 48 inches of depth
Sep 16, 1790 - Dublin - NH - (Friday prior to 09/16/1790 - Home of Samuel Griffin Esquire of Packersfield consumed by fire
Aug 21, 1795 - Nottingham - NH - Farmer from Gilmanton killed farming cart accident while descending a hill
Jan 20, 1798 - Concord - NH - North end of Main Street - George's Hattery Shop damaged by fire, saved by bucket brigade
Mar 06, 1798 - Hanover - NH - Dartmouth Hall burned
Jul 02, 1799 - Gilmanton - NH - Mrs. Caleb Vear Struck by lightning and killed
Feb 03, 1800 - Hanover - NH - Shop of Jedediah Baldwin (in lower of end of what became the Bridgeman's Block burned)
Dec 20, 1800 - Newport - NH - Moderate Earthquake in Dartmouth at Sunapee Region
Dec 26, 1802 - Portsmouth - NH - Great Fire - Market Square and Daniel Street, 120/132 buildings burn
Feb 20, 1803 - Raymond - NH - Freetown Sawmill - Daniel Moody is killed trying to free water wheel frozen by ice
Jul 12, 1803 - Fremont - NH - Flooding noted in area
Jul 08, 1805 - Claremont - NH - Zara and Orlando Thomas (18 year old and 7 year old struck by lightning and killed
Dec 24, 1806 - Portsmouth - NH - Great Fire - Bow Street and Market Street - St. John's Church and 20 buildings burn
May 13, 1807 - Raymond - NH - David Lane killed by cart wheel
Aug 17, 1809 - Concord - NH - Chandler's Clock Manufactory, a house, barn, outbuildings, 2 additional barns destroyed by fire - $100,000 loss
Apr 19, 1810 - Hanover - NH - Northeast part of village - Doctor Smith's barn and two nearby houses burn
Nov 09, 1810 - Exeter - NH - Moderate Earthquake in Seacoast Region - Noted in Fremont history
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
Feb 15, 1812 - Concord - NH - North End - Building containing Main and Robertson Traders and Roger's Cabinet Making shop consumed by fire
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.
Sep 23, 1815 - Raymond - NH - Hurricane uproots many large trees and causes considerable damage to many buildings
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 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
Aug 01, 1816c. - Raymond - NH - Major Dearborn's cooper shop burned
Oct 05, 1816 - Andover - NH - Henry Potter run over by a load of corn and killed
Sep 17, 1817 - Candia - NH - John Brown's property - 2 year old boy drowns in well
Jul 15, 1818 - Fremont - NH - Dark days
Jul 18, 1818 - Carroll - NH - Fabyan, 1st Ethan Allan Crawford House (Hotel) burned down
Sep 09, 1821 - Lake Sunapee Region - NH - Severe tornado passes through Wendell(Sunapee), New London, Sutton, Wilmot, and Andover
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.
May 27, 1822 - Keene - NH - Sparhawk Tavern (The old Chandler House) - Large 3 story building, burned
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
Dec 25, 1823 - Eaton - NH - Dwelling fire fatal - House destroyed by fire - Wife died trying to save invalid husband
Oct 29, 1824 - New Castle - ME - House and barn fire -
Mar 25, 1825c. - Raymond - NH - fatal dwelling fire
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
Dec 12, 1825 - Andover - NH - 5 year old William Tilton dies when cloths catch fire
Mar 03, 1827 - Exeter - NH - Potato starch mill burned to ground
May 15, 1827c. - Pittsfield - NH - Main Street - Woolen Mill 5 story burned to ground
Aug 28, 1828 - Andover - NH - Sumner and Favor clothing mill swept away by freshet
Nov 07, 1828 - Bedford - VT - Barn fire due to lightning strike
Dec 13, 1828 - Raymond - NH - Harriman Road - Child of Joseph Brown died from drinking hot coffee from a pot
Dec 18, 1828 - Peterborough - NH - Central Vlg - Phoenix Factory, 2 Story Wood and Brick 200 ft long destroyed by fire
Jan 02, 1829 - Bath - ME - Store fire -
Dec 23, 1829 - Sanford (Springvale) - ME - Goodwin's shop burns
Jan 25, 1830 - Hanover - NH - The Acropolis on observatory Hill burned
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
Mar 24, 1831 - Middlebury - VT - Major Fire - Center of Vlg - 6 building burned
Jul 01, 1831 - Claremont - NH - Tornado - 2 miles south of village - 2 large barns and a shed destroyed
Jul 16, 1831c. - Wentworth - NH - Aiken's Mills - The gristmill, sawmill and shingle mill all burnt
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 04, 1833 - Gilmanton - NH - Two barns struck by lightning burn to ground destroying 40 tons of hay and much farm equipment
Aug 11, 1834 - Boston (Charlestown) - MA - Ursuline Convent burned by rioters
Aug 30, 1834 - Andover - NH - Considerable earthquake noted
Apr 16, 1836 - Keene - NH - Phoenix Hotel - 3 story brick 52x56 burned
May 11, 1836 - Nantucket - MA - Main Street - Washington House Hotel, house, Frank Hussey's store and a hardware shop burned
Jun 06, 1836 - Colebrook - NH - Green Gables burn
Jun 10, 1837 - Boston - MA - Broad Street Riot - Fireman involved in fisticuffs with immigrants
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"
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
Jan 27, 1839 - Andover - NH - Bridge at Dyer's Crossing and below the "Hog-Back" swept away by freshet
Oct 15, 1839c. - Candia - NH - Andersons Tavern and adjoining block of buildings flattened by fire, 23 horses and 11 swine killed - $7,000 loss
Nov 10, 1839c. - Candia - NH - Clarks Mill burns down
May 14, 1840 - Manchester (Amoskeag Vlg) - NH - Island Mill on the Merrimack River just below Amoskeag Falls employing 125 destroyed by fire
Mar 13, 1841 - Claremont - NH - West side of Sugar River - Nicholas Farwell's cotton cloth mill destroyed by fire
Nov 13, 1841 - Claremont - NH - Union Factory (on island south of Freeman and O'Neil works) burns
May 17, 1843 - Exeter - NH - Powder Mill Road - Powder Mill explosion - Building and one worker blown to bits by 150 pounds of gun powder
Jul 15, 1843c. - Fall River - MA - Pocasset mill burned - Was rebuilt
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
Feb 05, 1845 - Andover - NH - 2 children die from injuries from fire after they were left along a short while
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
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
Jan 06, 1846 - Concord - NH - Railroad passenger car storage building destroyed by fire - Former rum and molasses storehouse
Apr 21, 1846? 1896? - Andover - NH - House, barn, carriage house, sheds, stocks and farming tools of James and HC Weymouth burned
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 05, 1846 - Hanover - NH - Tenney Street - Blacksmith Shop of William Tenney burned
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 15, 1846c. - Nantucket - MA - Great Fire - One third of waterfront district burned including Athenaeum
Jan 22, 1847 - Milford - NH - Dwelling of Dr. Stickney, opposite new town house, caught fire
Jul 17, 1847 - Raymond - NH - Fisherville section - Young man killed by board thrown by circular saw
Apr 18, 1848 - Haverhill - NH - Haverhill Corner - Fire started in Towle Tavern causing several buildings to be destroyed by fire
Apr 28, 1848 - Gilmanton - NH - Severe Freshet on Suncook River damages several mills and sweeps away most equipment
May 22, 1848 - Augusta - ME - steamer Halifax blew up while in the Kennebec River Dam Lock claiming 7 lives
Feb 15, 1849 - Concord - NH - Downing-Abbot Coach Manufactory - Large complex entirely consumed by fire (except for fireproof blacksmith shop)
Nov 29, 1849 - Peterborough - NH - The Second "South Factory" (built ~1805) destroyed by fire
Mar 16, 1850 - Manchester - NH - Stark Mill #2 burns
Apr 14, 1851 - Fremont - NH - Flooding noted in area
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
Sep 21, 1851 - Cambridge - MA - East Cambridge near the railroad bridge - A stable and two dwellings destroyed by fire
Sep 22, 1851 - Pawtucket - RI - The stone Goff and Battey Cotton Batting building nearly consumed by fire
Sept 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
Nov 10, 1851 - Hanover - NH - Center village - Store of John Smith burned
Nov 22, 1851 - Raymond - NH - House of Stephen Osgood, Esquire, consumed by fire
Jan 01, 1852 - Beverly - MA - General Alarm - Atlantic House Hotel Cabot St - 3 Story Brick Hotel with 2 Story ell - Fully involved
Apr 16, 1852 - Somerville - MA - Cambridge Street - Barn with five horses and one cow consumed by fire
Apr 29, 1852 - Boston - MA - Box 52 - Causeway at Charlestown Street - House fire - 1st fire to be sent through newly installed fire alarm system
May 27, 1852 - Somerville - MA - Medford Street - Two separate fires on same street - First in a barn and then in a dwelling
Jul 05, 1852 - Manchester - NH - Manchester Street - Baldwin and Company steam mill and several adjacent building burn
Jul 17, 1852 - Lake Village - NH - Two girl, age 15 and 18 drown while bathing
Jul 24, 1852 - Medford - MA - Fire in shipyard - Somerville to scene
Sep 14, 1852 - Somerville - MA - Powder Hill Farm - Dwelling fire
Oct 06, 1852 - Somerville - MA - Powder Hill Farm - Barn fire (See Sept 14, 1852)
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 28, 1852 - Somerville - MA - Fire at the spike factory
Nov 26, 1852 - Lowell - MA - Belvidere Section - Flanders Mills storehouse, Crosby and Corning Bedstead Manufactory and two other buildings destroyed by fire
Apr 15, 1853c. - Claremont - NH - Red Water Brook Road - dwelling of Arnold Farr burns down killing three children ages 7 to 14
Apr 19, 1853 - Carroll - NH - Fabyan, 1st Crawford House Hotel (Old Moosehorn Tavern, Mount Washington House) burned down, containing 100 rooms for 150 guests
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
Jul 10, 1853c. - Attleborough MA - Knight Cotton Mill, newly constructed, destroyed by fire $45,000 (Saturday prior to 7/16/1853)
Sep 02, 1853 - Augusta - ME - Six sawmills, a flour mill, a kyanzing plant and a dwelling destroyed by fire causing $750,000 loss
Sep 22, 1853 - Manchester - NH - Manchester Print Works mail building destroyed by fire
Mar 16, 1854c. - Claremont - NH - Meacham Factory works burns
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 22, 1854 - Conway - NH - Huge forest fires threatened many mountains in the White Hills
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
Dec 24, 1854 - Haverhill - MA - Monuments Square, 22 room (Jenness) boarding house and a 2nd house burned
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
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 24, 1855 - Wentworth - NH - Abbott's and Green's Steam Mill burnt
Jul 15, 1855 - Manchester - NH - Manchester Print Works #1 mill - South half of building destroyed by fire
Sep 15, 1855c. - Wentworth - NH - Dwelling of Joshua Foster Jr. in south part of town burnt
Dec 08, 1855 - Hanover - NH - House of Joseph Pinneo, next to the Medical Building, burned - Medical Building was severely threatened
Dec 24, 1855 - Somerville - MA - 2 story wood Engine-house destroyed by fire
Feb 05, 1856 - Manchester - NH - Elm Street - Patten's Block - 3 newspapers, library, stores and offices destroyed by fire
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 05, 1856 - Raymond - NH - Nathaniel D. West's house burned
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
Sep 03, 1856 - Manchester - NH - Elm Street between Lowell Street and Concord Street - House, stores, and stable destroyed by fire
Sep 06, 1856 - Andover (East Andover) - NH - Buildings of Major Nehemiah Emerson burned
Sep 28, 1856 - Hanover - NH - Burke House (dwelling) burned
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
Jan 01, 1857 - Brentwood - NH - Crawley Falls/Lower Dam - Albert Brown's Spoke and Wheel Manufactory burns down, presumably along with his house
Apr 23, 1857 - Raymond - NH - Barn burned by incendiary
Jun 03, 1857 - Manchester - NH - Jonesville - Nashua Street at Bridge Street - Baldwin and Company steam mill destroyed by fire, 1 employee burned to death
Sep 30, 1857 - Hooksett - NH - Robie's Store destroyed by fire - Rebuilt (burned again Oct 1906 and rebuilt)
Nov 16, 1857 - Raymond - NH - Leavitt house consumed by fire resulting in one death
Apr 12, 1858 - Woonsocket - RI - Baptist Church and adjoining buildings destroyed by fire
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 29, 1859 - Hanover - NH - Three barns to the rear of the Tontine burned
Feb 01, 1859 - Concord - NH - Concord Railroad Station and Depot Hall consumed by fire
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)
Jun 13, 1859 - Concord - NH - Main Street at Pleasant Street - South Congregational Church, a bakery, shops and dwelling go up in flames
Aug 06, 1859c. - Nashua - NH - Mill #1 5 story brick 155x45 burns killing 2 workers
Sep 10, 1859 - Concord - NH - Main Street at Warren Street - Odd Fellows Hall with adjacent businesses and residences burn
Sep 20, 1859c. - Chester - NH - Chester House - Store and ell burns
Oct 23, 1859 - Wentworth - NH - Dwelling house of Josiah Norris Jr. destroyed by fire - Caused by defective chimney
Nov 17, 1859 - Raymond - NH - on the Green - Stephen Heath's unoccupied house burned
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
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 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
Nov 21, 1860 - Laconia - NH - Great Fire of 1860 - Most property on Main Street from Mill Street to Water Street destroyed by fire
Jun 12, 1861 - Boston - MA - Boston - MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 1291 - 80 Batterymarch Street
Jul 27, 1861 - Rockingham County - NH - Tornado rips a path through Londonderry, Candia, Deerfield
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
Sep 10, 1861 - Concord - NH - Concord and Northern Railroad car houses burned
Oct 04, 1861 - Concord - NH - Main Street, Centre Street, Bridge Street - Day's Marble Works, Merrimack House (Hotel Union) destroyed by fire
Oct 08, 1861 - Wentworth - NH - William H. Moores farm, 2 barns burned - Set by incendiary
Oct 19, 1861 - Lee?? Somersworth?? Walpole?? - NH - Willow Mill at Great Falls - Townsend's Flannel Factory destroyed by fire
Nov 14, 1861 - Concord - NH - Main Street at Center Street - Several businesses, dwellings, shops and stores burned
Nov 22, 1861 - Raymond - NH - Joseph Corson's unoccupied house burned by incendiary
Dec 13, 1861 - Rumney - NH - Barn of Alden L. Clifford burnt - Set by incendiary
Dec 14, 1861 - Wentworth - NH - Hall Farm - Barn fire Set by incendiary
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
Jan 01, 1862 - Wentworth - NH - Dwelling house of Alden L. Clifford burnt - Set by incendiary
Apr 27, 1862 - Wentworth - NH - Dwelling house and barn of Robert Eames at the Mountain Farm destroyed by fire - Set by incendiary
May 19, 1862 - Manchester - NH - Manchester Street between Chestnut Street and Elm Street over to Hanover Street - A number of tenements burned
Jun 16, 1862 - Wentworth - NH - South part of town (Rowen Town) - Small dwelling of Daniel Silver burnt
Sep 12, 1862 - Raymond - NH - former house of Daniel Roberts burned
Sep 17, 1862 - Wentworth - NH - Thomas J. Smith's dwelling house and barn burnt
Jan 01, 1863 - Hanover - NH - 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
Apr 09, 1863 - Fremont - NH - Aurora Borealis noted
May 17, 1863 - Wentworth - NH - Cyrus C. Clifford's dwelling house on the mountain burnt
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 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
Jun 22, 1863 - Raymond - NH - A stranger, woman, killed by cars on the railroad
Nov 11, 1863 - Wentworth - NH - Dwelling house and barn occupied by Hiram Webster on Atwell Hill burned - Set by incendiary
Jul 13, 1864 - Raymond - NH - 20 year old Charles Norton drowns in Norton's pond while gathering lilies
Jul 16, 1864 - Brentwood - NH - The Young Mill at Lower Dam destroyed by fire
Jul 18, 1864 - Portsmouth - NH - Penhollow Street - Fire in Tripp's 2 story wood paint shop extended to 25 wooden buildings $40,000 loss
Jul 18, 1864 - Lowell - MA - Durrell and Bridge Tannery - 2 tannery buildings and two dwellings destroyed by fire - $130,000 loss
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
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
Oct 06, 1865 - Raymond - NH - Caleb Shannon perishes in fire when the house goes up in flames
Oct 11, 1865 - Hopkinton - RI - Locustville Cotton Mill fire - $50,000 loss
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
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###)
Dec 01, 1865 - Dover - NH - Folsom Carpet factory destroyed by fire - $50,000 loss
Feb 18, 1866 - Somerville - MA - Sycamore Street - Grammar school fire - Charlestown , East Cambridge and Medford to scene
Feb 22, 1866 - Somerville - MA - Broadway in East Somerville - Barn fire at the old Cutter Estate near the nunnery - Steamer from Charlestown to scene
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
Aug 6, 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
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
Dec 30, 1866 - Concord - NH - Fisherville - Penacook Cotton Mill - Large stone 3 story building Heavy fire upper story - $50,000 loss
Feb 04, 1867 - Wentworth - NH - School house in district #2 burnt - Set by incendiary
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
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 30, 1867 - Raymond - NH - Shattica section of town - Sawmill belonging to John V, Emerson burns
May 30, 1867 - Andover (West Andover) - NH - Depot store burns
Jul 28, 1867 - Concord - NH - Fire in a livery stable to the rear of the Sherman house and four other stables and a dwelling
Aug 12, 1867 - Keene - NH - Nim's and Crossfield's Sash and Door factory and an adjourning suffer heavy fire damage - $55,000 loss
Aug 12, 1867 - Wrentham - MA - Fire destroys a hotel, bank building, shoe store and stable and badly damages a church
Nov 28, 1867 - Lyndon - VT - Historic Fire - Walker's Hotel burns
Dec 5, 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 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.
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
May 06, 1868 - Hanover - NH - North Main Street - E.K. Smith's candy shop 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.
Jun 19, 1868 - city?? - State ?? - Wentworth Hotel (Costello Block) burned down 3 Sty 40x60
Jun 21, 1868 - Woonsocket - RI - Ward and Harris Dry House (Storage House) - 4 story brick, fire floors 1 and 2 with damaged to contents
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
Mar 15, 1869c. - Cambridge (East Cambridge) - MA - Lumber Yard fire - 5 engines from Boston sent to assist
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
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
Jul 08, 1869 - Concord - NH - Fisherville - Sander's Block destroyed by fire - $20,000 loss
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 10, 1869 - Amherst - MA - The Elijah Fitts saw and grist mill burned - $15,000 loss
Aug 29, 1869 - Manchester - NH - Mechanics Row - Brugger's Stocking Mill burned - Started in carding room
Sep 21, 1869 - Concord - NH - West Concord Congregational Church 63x46 with a 3x25 projection 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.
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
Dec 07, 1869 - Haverhill - NH - Carrier tannery fire - $9000 loss
Feb 14, 1870 - Huntington - MA - The Hampshire Woolen Mill and the Huntington Manufacturing Company Marseilles Factory totally destroyed by fire - $200,000 loss
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 - Total loss $100,000
Apr 16, 1870 - Nashua - NH - First Congregational Church destroyed by fire, and buildings from Park Street to Pearson Street burned
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 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 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 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
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
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 15, 1870 - Lewiston - ME - House and out-building of B.F. Lemert were wholly consumed by fire
Sept 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
Oct 12, 1870 - Pelham - NH - Beaver Woolen Mills - Fire in the picker room building along with the saw and grist mill destroyed all
Oct 14, 1870 - Raymond - NH - on the Green - Dwelling destroyed by fire - Probable work of arsonist
Oct 20, 1870 - Concord - NH - Earthquake - Four shocks felt in city
Nov 02, 1870 - Litchfield - NH - David Bancroft's dwelling destroyed by fire - $3,500 loss
Nov 05, 1870 - Boston - MA - Lead Company factory burns -
Nov 11, 1870 - Lawrence - MA - Great Fire - Buildings and lumber valued at $125,000 burned
Nov 22, 1870 - Andover (East Andover) - NH - The old Ebenezer Cilley House burns
Nov 28, 1870 - Concord - NH - The 120 year old Methodist Institute, erected by the Congregational Society in 1751, was destroyed by fire
Dec 17, 1870 - Exeter - NH - Phillips Academy burns - Large wooden building (1st of 2 times)
Dec 25, 1870 - Lynn - MA - South Common Street - Orthodox Congregational Church burns
Jan 22, 1871 - Cambridge - MA - Furniture factory burns
Feb 21, 1871 - Woonsocket - RI - Six story tenement house, occupied by French families, destroyed by fire
Mar 02, 1871 - Newburyport - MA - Industrial Accident - Bartlett Mills - Young female worker got dress caught on pulley and was instantly killed
Mar 24, 1871 - Boston - MA - South Boston - Suffolk Glass Works burn -
Apr 26, 1871 - Manchester By the Sea - MA - General Alarm - Multiple Bldgs - Central St by Waterfront - ( 3 Story Wood Factories, 6 houses, several outbuildings )
May 23, 1871 - Andover (East Andover) - NH - Freewill Baptist Church burns
Jun 06, 1871 - Manchester - NH - Manchester and North Weare Railroad bridge over Merrimack River destroyed by fire
Jun 25, 1871c. - Edinburgh - IN - Jeffersonville Railroad Depot, a machine shop, the telegraph office and four dwellings destroyed by fire
Jun 27, 1871 - Woonsocket - RI - White's Shirt Factory destroyed by fire, caused by boiler room explosion
Jun 28, 1871 - Portsmouth - NH - The New York Times notes that Mayor Adams of the City of Portsmouth is still in an insane asylum
Jul 01, 1871 - Colebrook - NH - Main Street - Large fire
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 20, 1871 - Claremont - NH - Earthquake recorded
Jul 26, 1871 - Andover - NH - Proctor Block at Centre, district school house and law office burn
Apr 14, 1872 - Ayer - MA - Forty buildings in business district destroyed by fire
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
Jul 24, 1872 - xx - xx - Fire in Ralph Waldo Emerson's Home
Oct 11, 1872 - Mont Vernon - ME - Butler stave mill on Hopkins Stream destroyed by fire
Oct 13, 1872 - Milton Plantation - ME - Mount Zircon Hotel badly damaged by fire
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
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 18, 1872 - Concord - NH - Moderate Earthquake
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
Jan 28, 1873 - Beverly - MA - General Alarm - Norwood's Shoe Factory - Rantoul St @ Railroad Ave - 3 Story Wood Frame factory
Feb 11, 1873 - Beverly - MA - General Alarm - Odd Fellows Bldg - Railroad Ave - 4 Story Wood Frame Social Hall and school house
Mar 24, 1873 - Raymond - NH - Freight engine causes fire that destroys a fairly new bridge just east of village
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)
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
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 03, 1873 - Portland - ME - Green Street - Reddy and Kelley Foundry burns
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 27, 1873 - Brentwood - NH - Darius Towle Mill at Crawley Falls Lower Dam burned
Jun 29, 1873 - Concord - NH - North Church destroyed by fire - Adjacent chapel damaged, but not destroyed
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
Mar 04, 1874 - Provincetown - MA - Adams Hall, 2 story bldg destroyed by fire during blizzard and 3 foot snow drifts
May 06, 1874 - Williamsburg - MA - Dam Break - 43 ft earthen dam on Mill Creek - Landslide resulting in flood kills 144
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
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
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 26, 1874 - Gorham - NH - Lary's Grist Mill destroyed by fire
Oct 15, 1874 - New Boston - NH - Fire at F. S. Richard's tannery
Feb 06, 1875 - Putnam - CT - St. St. Mary's Church reduced to a smoldering mass of ruins
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
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
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 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 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 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)
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
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 11, 1875 - Isle of Shoals / Star Island (Gosport) - NH - 4 Story 35x175 Oceanic Hotel burned to ground
Nov 12, 1875 - Nasbua - NH - Incendiary fire causes $12,000 loss
Nov 16, 1875 - Peterborough - NH - Elm Street - Felt's Machine Shop destroyed by fire
Nov 30, 1875 - Melrose - MA - Main and Essex Streets - Former church, later a Concert Hall burned down
Dec 19, 1875 - Orford - NH - Lower Street - Tavern Stand - (Carlton House - Orford Hotel) Burned down
Dec 31, 1875 - McIndoe Falls - VT - Peabody Mill destroyed by fire
Feb 06, 1876 - Claremont - NH - Unity Road near brickyard - House and barn of Harvey Barney, along with out building destroyed by fire
Feb 14, 1876 - Pittsfield - NH - Downtown - Disastrous fire, in area of Union Block apparently consuming several blocks
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.
Jul 01, 1876 - Laconia - NH - Fire Alarm Telegraph (Fire Box) system activated
Jul 29, 1876 - Portland - ME - Block of twelve stores burn on Union Wharf - Total loss of $50,000
Oct 02, 1876 - Old Town - ME - Stickney and Company - Multiple mill buildings 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
Dec 24, 1876 - Portsmouth - NH - Chestnut Street at Porter Street - "The Temple", a vacant 25x45 church burned
Dec 30, 1876 - Chester - NH - Baptist Church at Chester Center leveled by fire
Jan 23, 1877 - Whitefield - NH - Brown's Box Factory totally destroyed by fire $50,000 loss
Feb 16, 1877 - Provincetown - MA - Town hall destroyed by fire - In one hour the building was a mass of ruins
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
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 20, 1877 - Cambridge - VT - Dwelling, barn, and sawmill belonging to John Safford 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
Aug 15, 1877c.? - Machias - ME - Samuel Sylvanus homestead burned by British 1877 - Possible typo in source document ???? maybe 1778
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
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 09, 1877 - Nashua - NH - The Ferry Road seven miles out of town - Unoccupied dwelling, carriage house and shed set afire by tramps
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
Jan 06, 1878 - Nashua - NH - Three downtown blocks burn down.
Mar 10, 1878 - Webster - NH - Macurdy's General Store destroyed by fire
Mar 30, 1878 - Raymond - NH - House and barn of John Cram consumed by fire - Household goods saved by quick action of occupants and neighbors
Jul 20, 1878 - Lowell - MA - Incendiary fire at storehouse of Faulkner and Sons Mills partially destroys building and causes $6000 damaged
Jul 31, 1878 - Andover (West Andover) - NH - Old school house burns
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 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
Sep 15, 1878 - Andover (Cilleyville) - NH - Store, shoe shop, paper mill destroyed by fire
Oct 15, 1878c. - Salem - NH - North Salem - Matthew Taylor Woolen/Flannel Mfg Mill destroyed by fire (2nd time)
Nov 29, 1878 - Fall River - MA - Chace Thread Mill was damaged by fire to the extent of $50,000 loss
Dec 15, 1878c. - Granville - VT - Methodist Episcopal Church burned
Feb 19, 1879 - Claremont - NH - A miller at the sugar River Gristmill caught in machinery and killed
Mar 06, 1879 - Waterville - ME - along Messalonskee River - Shank Mill burned down - 50 employees out of work
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
Aug 03, 1879 - Hudson - NH - 1/2 mile east of Taylor's Falls Bridge - Methodist Episcopal Church destroyed by fire
Sep 27, 1879 - Gloucester - MA - General Alarm - Main Street - Carter's Factory and 7 other bldgs
Jan 15, 1880 - Fremont - NH - North side of Fremont - portable sawmill boiler exploded killing 2 and injuring 2
Mar 24, 1880 - Keene - NH - Clarke's Block on the square at Washington Street destroyed by fire - Mutual Aid from Fitchburg
Sep 14, 1880 - Fremont - NH - Modgetown woods fire fought by 100 men
Feb 08, 1881 - Hanover - NH - Elm Street - House at Daniel Blaisdell Estate totally destroyed by fire
Jun 13, 1881 - Derry - NH - Major Fire - Maple Street - Leatherboard Mill burned first of three times
Jun 25, 1881 - Claremont - NH - Coy Paper Mill in West Claremont - Worker fell in bleach vat and was scalded to death
Jul 12, 1881 - Sanford (Springvale) - ME - Hersom and Smith House and stable burn
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 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
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
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 17, 1882 - Haverhill - MA - Washington St, 10 acres of shoe factories (300 shoe shops) burn down
Mar 23, 1882 - Andover - NH - Proctor House, Union Hall and carpenter shop burn causing $75000 loss
Apr 18, 1882 - Rye (Beach) - NH - (1st) Farragot House (Hotel) burned - 4 Story 40x60
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
Jul 30, 1882 - Walpole - MA - Fire at Town Hall - Building saved by Bucket Brigade
Aug 12, 1882 - Fremont - NH - Black Rocks Vlg, 2 mills buildings at Black Rocks Mills destroyed by fire
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
Oct 28, 1882 - Fall River - MA - On Saturday afternoon, fire destroyed the Flint Mill excepting the engine and boiler house.
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 19, 1882 - Concord - NH - Moderate Earthquake - Described by some old timers as the heaviest earthquake shock, in memory, felt
Feb 14, 1883 - Pembroke - ME - Fire - Pembroke Ironworks "Agent's" Mansion destroyed by fire
May 05, 1883 - Hanover - NH - Lebanon Street - Great fire, 13 houses burn
Jul 29, 1883 - Sanford - ME - Fairfield Butler house and barn destroyed by fire
Nov 15, 1883c. - Nashua - NH - Main Street at Bower Street - Fox and Gibson furniture manufacturing building burned
Nov 17, 1883 - Nashua - NH - old Washington Hotel and two other buildings burned - $20,000 loss
Nov 23, 1883 - Sanford - ME - Nathaniel Chadbourne house destroyed by fire
Dec 13, 1883 - Sanford (Springvale) - ME - Sanborn's shook mill burns
Apr 24, 1884 - Fall River - MA - April 24, 1884 - At 6 P.M. 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
May 16, 1884 - Worcester - MA - Major Fire - South Worcester - Packachoag Mills destroyed, 1 fatality
May 30, 1884 - Milford - NH - off Elm St - James Lewis Tannery burned down - (1st of 3 times)
Jul 16, 1884 - Brentwood - NH - Robinson-Young Mill on Crawley Falls Lower Dam burned
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
Nov 05, 1884 - Sanford (Springvale) - ME - Water Street - Day's Blacksmith Shop 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 23, 1884 - Henniker - NH - Moderate Earthquake
Dec 23, 1884 - Beverly - MA - General Alarm - South School - Stone St, 2 Story Wood Frame School House
Jan 18, 1885 - Boston - MA - Bay State Sugar Refinery fire extended to Standard Dye Works - $335,000 loss
Feb 21, 1885 - New Britain - CT - Daley Street and Bunting Street - Many wood framed stores and apartments burn - 1 dead - $200,000 loss
Mar 02, 1885 - Woonsocket - RI - Harris Woolen Company - Several businesses in large mill building burned out
May 29, 1885 - North Smithfield - RI - Incendiary fire burned a large new barn and badly scorched a dwelling
Jun 26, 1885 - Newport - NH - Major Fire - Nettleton Block Fire - Block, barns, Town Hall, Odd Fellows Hall destroyed
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 26, 1885 - Concord - NH - Birchdale Spring's - Birchdale Tavern destroyed by fire
Oct 18, 1885 - Andover (Andover Centre) - NH - Serious train wreck - 2 trains collide - 3 workers killed, others seriously injured
Oct 27, 1885 - Sanford - ME - Moulton Brothers' Sawmill burns
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
Jul 04, 1886 - Portland - ME - Major fire - Careless use of firecrackers. 1 mile by half mile area destroyed, 1500 buildings destroyed in business district
Oct 02, 1886 - Green's Grant - NH - Glen House and stables destroyed by fire - Conflicting information indicates 1893
Jan 04, 1887 - Hanover - NH - Dartmouth Hotel and all buildings on east side of Main Street south to the Tontine burned
Feb 07, 1887 - White River Jct (Hartford) - VT - Wreck of the Central Vermont train
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
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 16, 1887 - Sanford - ME - Hotel Hanson, a dwelling, stable and carriage house destroyed by fire - Started in bowling alley below hotel
Apr 22, 1887 - Sanford - ME - Sargent house destroyed by fire
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
Jun 30, 1887 - Concord - NH - Earthquake felt in city
Jul 15, 1887c. - Hooksett - NH - Concord Railroad and Suncook Valley Railroad trains collide killing 2 and injuring several
Jul 16, 1887 - Center Harbor - NH - Senter House (Hotel) - 80x120, 200 gust capacity - 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 10, 1887 - Lawrence - MA - 61 Franklin Street - Tenement building - Fire in barroom within building
Sep 10, 1887 - Sanford (Springvale) - ME - Near the Railroad Station - Knight's corn canning factory totally destroyed by fire
Sep 20, 1887 - Sanford (Springvale) - ME - Paine Street - Frost Barn burned
Oct 18, 1887 - Chester - NH - Wilcomb Evaporator Factory leveled by fire
Oct 23, 1887 - Sanford - ME - Atwood Allen house burns
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
Feb 07, 1888 - Amherst - NH - Earthquake noted in town
Mar 11, 1888 - Manchester - NH - Blizzard - 40 inches of snow over 3 days leaving 12 to 15 foot snow banks throughout city
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
Jul 11, 1888 - Hanover - NH - South Main Street - South Hall and sub-South Hall plus two houses burned
Jan 23, 1889 - Fall River - MA - Anawan Mill
Jul 15, 1889c. - Nashua - NH - Broad Street - Fox and Gibson Furniture manufacturing building and out buildings burned
Sep 08, 1889 - Conway (North Conway Vlg) - NH - McMillan House Inn, 110 year old inn and all out buildings destroyed by fire
Nov 11, 1889 - Lynn - MA - Conflagration - Conflagration I - Area is now downtown - 330 Buildings destroyed
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
Dec 30, 1889 - Fall River - MA - Richard Borden 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 29, 1890 - Sanford - ME - Mousam River Mills mixing mill burns
Mar 28, 1890 - Concord - NH - Earthquake, heavy rumbling for 30 seconds
Mar 30, 1890 - Claremont - NH - North Street - 7 family tenement building burned
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
May 05, 1890 - Sanford - ME - Joshua Little (damaged data) 2 adults with serious burns
May 14, 1890 - Manchester - NH - Eliot Hospital - Fire in wing of hospital where kitchen was housed - 1 fatality, a domestic
Aug 02, 1890 - Sanford (Springvale) - ME - Mill Street - Three houses burn
Nov 17, 1890 - Sanford - ME - Main Street near the railroad - Barn destroyed by fire, adjoining house partially destroyed
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
Jan 01, 1891 - Nashua - NH - Front Street - Furniture building of Howard, French and Heald burned (Their Milford factory burned down on Jan 6, 1912)
Jan 12, 1891 - Harts Location - NH - Train Wreck - 2 brakemen killed in spectacular crash of freight train near Crawford Notch
Feb 20, 1891 - Providence - RI - 3rd Alarm - South Street at the riverfront - City planning mill burned to ground - $40,000 loss
Feb 21, 1891 - Plainfield (Meriden) - NH - Kimball Union Academy destroyed by fire
Apr 09, 1891 - Sanford - ME - Hutrchin's Brothers steam mill destroyed by fire
May 01, 1891?/1892? - Concord - NH - Earthquake felt in city
Jul 21, 1891 - Fremont - NH - 910 Main Street - Isaac Brown's barn destroyed by fire
Sep 27, 1891 - Sanford - ME - Simon Littlefield's barn burns
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
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 24, 1891 - Beverly - MA - General Alarm - Queen Hotel Fire - General Alarm - Lothrop St on waterfront - 5 story wood frame hotel, 110 rooms - total loss
Feb 07, 1892 - Manchester - NH - John B. Varick company block - Fire involving loss of $100,377.50 - Another estimate was given at $144,000
Apr 15, 1892 - Claremont - NH - House, barns and other buildings at old town farm completely destroyed by 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 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 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
May 04, 1892 - Fall River - MA - Picker room fire in the Durfee Mill.
Jun 11, 1892 - Orono - ME - Worst fire in town history to date
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
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
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
Nov 24, 1892 - Sanford - ME - Sanford Mills, Mill No. 6 destroyed by fire
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
Dec 06, 1892 - Raymond - NH - Town in ashes as 25 building are laid flat in the worst fire in town since August 1878 - Mutual Aid Manchester and Portsmouth
Jan 18, 1893 - Sanford - ME - Goodall Worsted Company - Dying and finishing mill and exposure dwelling destroyed by fire
Jan 28, 1893 - Hanover - NH - Frost's Jewelry Store heavily damaged by fire with considerable loss
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
Feb 09, 1893 - Dover - NH - Strafford County Farm (Asylum for mentally ill and others) - 44 residents burned to death in inferno
Feb 09, 1893 - Providence - RI - 2nd Alarm Fatal - Dyer Street - 1 killed
Mar 10, 1893 - Beverly - MA - General Alarm - Cove School - Hale Street, 2 Story Wood Frame Schoolhouse - All students safely evacuated
Mar 14, 1893 - Exeter - NH - Exeter Manufacturing Company - 5 Story Brick 125x40 destroyed by fire - $160,000 loss - Mutual Aid Haverhill, Dover, Portsmouth
Jun 17, 1893 - Brentwood - NH - Fellows Box Factory partially consumed by fire
Jun 19, 1893 - Milford - NH - Cottage St - Merrill Brothers Sawmill burns down
Jul 25, 1893 - Sanford (Springvale) - ME - Roberts and Company laundry burns
Jan 04, 1894 - Raymond - NH - Raymond Fire department organized
Apr 11, 1894 - Swanton - VT - Fatal Fire - 6 year old boy burned to death
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
May 23, 1894 - Claremont - NH - North side of Sugar River - Monadnock Mills Sawmill considerably damaged by fire
Jun 15, 1894c. - Plainfield - NH - Meriden Vlg - Meriden Congregational Church destroyed by fire
Jul 29, 1894 - Auburn - NH - Lake Massabesic - Cyclone destroys building
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
Oct 18, 1894 - Wolfeboro - NH - Hasty Farm - Several buildings burned
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.
Jan 01, 1895 - Fall River - MA - Sagamore Mill fire.
Feb 14, 1895 - Lynn - MA - 300 buildings destroyed by fire including many factories and business
Mar 07, 1895 - Colebrook - NH - Monadnock House (Hotel) burned
Apr 22, 1895 - Worcester - MA - Major fire - 418-422 Main Street - Kinnecutt Block burned, 2 FF deaths
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
Oct 25, 1895 - Nashua - NH - Main Street - Holman Block - Confectionary plant burned to ground
Feb 20, 1896 - Wolfeboro - NH - Center Street - Hersey dwelling badly damaged by fire
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
Mar 01, 1896 - Fremont - NH - Flooding noted in area
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
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
Sep 19, 1896 - Berlin - NH - Berlin Manufacturing Company destroyed by fire
Dec 19, 1896 - Andover (East Andover) - NH - Dwelling and store owned by E.E. Cole burns with extension to other buildings
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 roll over overturn, Lt Gorman jumped off the truck and was run over by the rear wheels
Feb 24, 1897 - Wolfeboro - NH - South Main Street - Estabrook Dormitory at Brewster Academy gutted by fire
May 24, 1897 - Lyndon - VT - Great Fire - Fire started in Lyndon House Lyndon Corner. - All west side Main Street south from York St destroyed.
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 13, 1897 - Exeter - NH - Squamscott Hotel - 3.5 Story Brick - Interior of floors 3 and 4 gutted by fire - $20,000 damage
Dec 14, 1897 - Lowell - MA - Huntington Hall burns - Also consumed by fire Nov 7, 1904
Feb 02, 1898 - Westwood - MA - Fire - Pond Street - Town Coal Shed destroyed by fire
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
Jul 02, 1898 - Laconia - NH - 34 Parker Place - Dwelling gutted by fire, fire through roof
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 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
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 02, 1898 - Boston - MA - Dreyfus and Sons factory fire causes $30,000 damage
Sep 06, 1898 - NH & ME - NH - Several buildings burned by lightning strikes
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 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 09, 1898 - Lee - MA - Lee Woolen Mill Co. (formerly Bostwick) destroyed by fire - $18,000 loss
Sep 12, 1898 - Milton - NH - Waumbek Woolen mill burned, $75,000 loss - Mill was closed for 8 years, was about to re-open
Sep 13, 1898 - Salisbury - NH - Chapman's Hotel and Little's Store destroyed (by fire?)
Sep 18, 1898 - Strafford Springs - CT - 2 prisoners in lockup killed by fire
Sep 19, 1898 - York - ME - Lightning strike and fire destroys farm buildings
Oct 24, 1898 - Rockland - ME - Fire in sausage factory $2,000 loss
Oct 25, 1898 - Bridgeport - CT - Nonpareil Cork Company factory damaged by fire - Driver of engine killed responding to alarm
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 19, 1898 - Hancock Pt - ME - Steamer Sebenoa runs into Hancock Point Lighthouse in broad daylight
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 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
Dec 06, 1898 - Portland - ME - $20,000 fire
Dec 08, 1898 - Danbury - CT - Factory fire puts 400 out of work
Dec 09, 1898c. - Merrimack - NH - Frank S. Weishart house destroyed by fire - Barn and out buildings saved
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 23, 1898c. - Stewartstown - NH - Hiram Harriman farm building occupied by 2 families destroyed by fire
Jan 01, 1899 - Exeter - NH - Front Street - Goodwin Block fire, 20 tenants left homeless
Feb 28, 1899 - Holyoke - MA - Windsor Hotel and several stores burn
Mar 05, 1899 - Peterborough - NH - Farnsworth Homestead - Barns destroyed by fire (1st of 3 suspicious fires in 5 months)
Mar 10, 1899 - Exeter - NH - West End - John Fellows Box Mill destroyed by fire
Mar 15, 1899c. - Newbury - VT - Newbury Center Vlg - Gibson's Tavern burned down
Mar 29, 1899 - Hartford - CT - J.L. Howard factory burned
Apr 09, 1899 - Peterborough - NH - Farnsworth Homestead - Dwelling destroyed by fire (2nd of 3 suspicious fires in 5 months)
May 14, 1899 - Manchester - NH - address? - $100,000 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
Jul 13, 1899 - Milford - NH - Tornado sweeps through Milford
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)
Aug 25, 1899 - Concord - NH - Earthquake felt in city
Aug 31, 1899 - Holyoke - MA - Parson, Green and Company (stationary establishment) $600,000 loss from fire
Oct 11, 1899 - Fremont - NH - 179 Sandown Road - the Merrifield residence - Chimney fire extended through house and barn, both completely destroyed by fire
Nov 18, 1899 - Fremont - NH - 244 North Road - Lyford residence - Wood Frame House - Fire caused by upset lantern completely destroys dwelling
Dec 03, 1899 - Clinton - MA - Clinton Theater burned - $150,000 loss
Dec 10, 1899 - Enfield - NH - Wollen mill burns $100,000 loss
Dec 24, 1899 - Wolfeboro - NH - Clowith Piper Saw Mill employing 30 workers burned down (Built 1851)
Jan 03, 1900 - Candia - NH - at the Clay Lot - Sawmill boiler explosion and fire - Boiler thrown 400 yards - 1 worker killed
Jan 17, 1900 - Derry (Derry Depot) - NH - Cottage House destroyed Mutual Aid response - Fire spread through roof
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 27, 1900 - Chester - NH - the old Haweks Place - Entire set of farm buildings in ruins, destroyed by fire
Feb 04, 1900 - Norwich - CT - Hopkins and Atkins Pistol Shop burned to ground with several other buildings damaged - $400,000 loss
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
Mar 26, 1900 - Andover (Potter Place) - NH - Hotel Potter and other buildings damaged or destroyed by fire
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 09, 1900 - Andover - NH - Cilleyville - Tenement house burns
Apr 15, 1900c. - Groveland - MA - Fire demolished the library located in the Page Building, two-thirds of the 1,787 books were lost.
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
Jul 01, 1900 - Cambridge - MA - Arson fire in stables kills ten horses
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
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 23, 1900c. - Boston - MA - Timoth Fay and Company wholesale grocers lost to fire ($400,000 loss)
Sep 07, 1900c - Portland - ME - G.E. Jordan wood yard - Several shed burned
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 13, 1900 - Derry - NH - Major Fire - Leatherboard Mill burned 2nd of three times
Sep 14, 1900c. - Peabody (West Peabody) - MA - Daniel Brown Farm - Farmhouse, barns, out-buildings all burned
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
Sep 15, 1900 - Salisbury (Salisbury Beach) - MA - Conflagration - the Ocean House (large hotel) and 30 houses totally destroyed by fire
Sep 21, 1900c. - Worcester - MA - Frank E, Sessons and Company - Casket factory fire
Sep 28, 1900c. - Hartford - CT - Large boarding house and 40 horses, total destruction
Oct 05, 1900c. - Hanover - NH - Commercial Hotel (an old landmark) damaged by fire
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 19, 1900c. - Lynn - MA - address? - 4 Story Brick commercial building ablaze - Heavy fire started top floor - Heavy damage throughout
Oct 26, 1900c - Centreville - RI - Grain Store burned
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 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 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
Dec 07, 1900 - Derry (Derry Depot) - NH - Norton Block - Heavy fire basement, floors 1 and 2
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 21, 1900c. - Manchester - VT - Barn, 8 cows, large amount of hay and several wagons destroyed by fire
Dec 28, 1900c - Burlington - VT - Business block damaged by fire
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 13, 1901 - Andover - NH - Proctor Academy and most of town library burned
Jan 19, 1901 - Marlboro - NH - Sacred Heart Church burns to ground
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 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
Feb 28, 1901 - Westwood - MA - Fire - Washington Street - House fire totally destroyed
Mar 15, 1901 - Sanford - ME - Lebanon Street - Serious house and shed fire
Apr 29, 1901 - Andover - NH - Tucker Mountain - All building belonging to Frank Chandler on Tucker Mountain burned
May 05, 1901 - Dedham - MA - Fire - Westfield Street - House total loss
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
Jul 01, 1901 - Manchester - NH - Flatiron District of McGregorville - Several buildings aflame caused by careless use of firecracker - A costly fire
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
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!
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
Mar 16, 1902 - Fremont - NH - Ridge Road - Unoccupied wood frame house and barn destroyed by fire caused by sparks from train
Jul 04, 1902 - Newbury (Wells River) - VT - Rear of Baldwin Library - Reservoir collapse
Aug 23, 1902 - Bedford - NH - Bedford Historic Map site #9 (District - Building struck by lightning and burned to ground
Dec 02, 1902 - Brentwood - NH - Rowe Brothers Mill Complex, a house, and a sawmill across the river consumed by fire
Dec 06, 1902 - Laconia - NH - Major fire - Downtown - Fire with large explosion - Masonic Temple and adjacent livery stable destroyed by explosion
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 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
Jan 15, 1903 - Peterborough - NH - Walbridge & Taylor Mill - Gas explosion in laundry spread rapidly throughout building
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
Apr 24, 1903c. - Farmington - ME - Exchange Hotel burned - $5000 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 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
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
Jul 07, 1903 - Bedford - NH - Bedford Historic Map site # 36 (District #1) - Building burned
Jul 23, 1903 - Derry - NH - West Derry near bridge - Unoccupied blacksmith shop totally destroyed by fire
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
Aug 17, 1903 - Epping - NH - Moore Block destroyed by fire
Sep 06, 1903 - Pelham - NH - Trolley Accident Fatal - Half mile west of Pelham Center, 2 trolleys head on - 6 killed, 55 others injured
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 10, 1903 - Derry (West Derry) - NH - Large Ice House of H.P. Hood Dairy burned - Exposures threatened but saved $3,000 loss
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 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
Nov 03, 1903 - Wolfeboro - NH - Brewster Free Academy burned down, total loss
Dec 17, 1903 - Derry - NH - Home of George Short destroyed by fire - Cottage house, ell and stable reduced to ashes - $3,500 loss
Jan 10, 1904 - Auburn - NH - Derry Road - House and barn destroyed by fire
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 28, 1904 - Manchester - NH - Chestnut Street - Building fire - 3 small children rescued by Patsy Sweeney from sure peril
Feb 06, 1904 - Exeter - NH - High Street - Henhouse, shed, and ell destroyed by fire - House saved
Feb 18, 1904 - Hanover - NH - Dartmouth Hall burned
Feb 23, 1904 - Derry (West Derry) - NH - Abbott Davis and Company Paint Shop badly gutted by fire - Many carriages ruined - $4,000 damage
Mar 04, 1904 - Boston - MA - 4th Alarm - South End - Kimball Furniture Company
Apr 10, 1904 - Colebrook - NH - Several stores, tenements and a paint shop burn
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 17, 1904 - Derry (West Derry) - NH - Dwelling destroyed by fire - Exposure problems, house 25 feet away scorched - $2,000 loss
Jun 04, 1904 - Ammonoosuc Valley - NH - Many acres of fine timber and building destroyed by forest fires
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
Nov 07, 1904 - Lowell - MA - Huntington Hall (Merrimack Street??) consumed by flames - $75,000 loss
Nov 15, 1904c. - Exeter - NH - 203 Water Street - Grocery store total loss to fire
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.
Jan 05, 1905 - Berlin - NH - Clement's Opera House - 2 commercial blocks, hotel, drug store $150,000 loss
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 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
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
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
Jun 10, 1905 - Squaw Mountain - ME - First forest fire lookout tower opens
Aug 28, 1905 - Westwood - MA - Fire - High Street - Barn destroyed by fire
Oct 09, 1905 - Colebrook - NH - T.G. Rowan Hotel fire $18,000 loss
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)
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 15, 1905 - Derry - NH - Derry Depot Fire Department Highlighted in Derry News
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 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 26, 1905 - Concord/Boscawen (Penacook) - NH - Exchange Block practically ruined by fire - $25,000 loss
Dec 29, 1905c. - Plainville - MA - Grand Army Hall burned - $8000 loss
Jan 05, 1906c - Springfield - MA - Highland Baptist Church destroyed by fire - Line of Duty Death of Captain Sidney Bowers of Engine 4
Jan 08, 1906 - unknown town - NH - Prout's Block and McKelvie Brothers furniture stock damaged by fire - $4,000 loss
Jan 12, 1906c - Boston - MA - Wormward Street - 6 story factory badly damaged by fire - $60,000 damage
Jan 12, 1906c - Bridgeport - CT - Mohican/Mohegan?? Springs Bottling Plant destroyed by fire - $35,000 loss
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
Jan 14, 1906 - Sackville - RI - 2 children burn to death while parents are at church
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
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 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
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 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 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
Mar 01, 1906 - Manchester - NH - State Amory burned $15,000 loss
Mar 29, 1906 - Dover - NH - Masonic Temple - Large 6 story brick building destroyed by fire
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
Jul 13, 1906 - Framingham - MA - Amsden Building in south Framingham collapses while under construction - 13 workers killed
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
Oct 17, 1906 - Hooksett - NH - Robie's Store and Benney's Tavern destroyed by fire
Oct 28, 1906c. - Newport - RI - Loriland residence damaged by fire - $7,000 damage
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
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 04, 1906 - Alton - NH - Alton Bay B&M Railroad Station, warehouse and wharf destroyed by fire - $30,000 loss
Nov 09, 1906 - Chester - NH - 40 years of firefighting in Chester NH featured front page in the Derry Enterprise Newspaper
Nov 10, 1906 - Pittsfield - MA - Grocery store in the Academy of Music building burned - $5,500 loss
Nov 12, 1906c. - Acton - MA - American Smokeless Powder Company - Explosion - 1 seriously injured - Portion of building wrecked
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 18, 1906 - Francestown - NH - Small earthquake felt by several residents
Nov 21, 1906 - Goffstown - NH - Grasmere - Yacum Springs barn burned - $800 loss
Dec 19, 1906 - Sanford - ME - Brook Street at Davis Ave - House fire resulting in Sanford's first fatality by fire
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
Jan 16, 1907 - Exeter - NH - 72 Front Street - Phillips Academy Building - Fire on 2nd floor, attic and roof - $2,000 damage
Jan 25, 1907 - Newfields - NH - School and town Hall building destroyed by fire
Mar 01, 1907 - Hampton - NH - Exeter Road - Trolley Car barn destroyed by fire taking several trolley cars with it
May 04, 1907 - Derry - NH - Major Fire - Beaver Lake - The Elms - 3 Story Wood Frame Hotel and several exposure bldgs destroyed in fire (Former boarding house for Adams Female Academy)
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
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
Nov 07, 1907 - Dover - NH - Charles Mills house, barn, out-buildings destroyed by fire - $3,500 loss
Nov 10, 1907 - Conway - NH - Kearsarge - Orient House - Small Hotel burned down - 91 years old
Nov 12, 1907 - Whitefield - NH - Hunt's Block destroyed by fire, 10 residents rescued over ladders
Nov 19, 1907 - Sanbornton - NH - Old Seth Thompson Place near Calef Hill (4 miles from Franklin) - House and barn destroyed by fire
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 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 29, 1907 - Newport - NH - North Newport - Draper Company Bobbin Mill - 80% destroyed by fire - $40,000 loss
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
Apr 12, 1908 - Chelsea - MA - Great Fire - 3500 buildings burned (2800 destroyed) - 18 victims perish - Damaged over $20,000,000 - 17,000 left homeless
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 -
Jul 08, 1908 - Boston (East Boston) - MA - 5th Alarm - Cunard Docks - Very large pier destroyed, over $1,000,000 loss
Jul 11, 1908 - Coos County - NH - Forest Fires - Gorham, Pine Mountain - Shelburne, Mount Hayes - The two fires consumed 2,000 acres of forest
Jul 28, 1908 - Milan - NH - Doliff Homestead burned down after being struck by lighting
Sep 02, 1908 - Waterville - ME - At the Fairgrounds - Dirigible catches fire and crashes 500 feet to ground killing aeronaut
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
Nov 24, 1908 - Pittsfield - NH - Novelty Shop Mfg Co burns
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
Apr 08, 1909 - Manchester - NH - Auburn Street - Blaze swept over extensive area - Mutual Aid Concord, Nashua, Portsmouth, Dover and the militia
May 03, 1909 - Portsmouth - NH - McDonough Street - Train Wreck
May 12, 1909 - Plymouth - NH - Main Street - Second Pemigewasset House - 4 Story 230x80 - Destroyed by fire
Sep 04, 1909 - Milford - NH - Garity Stone Polishing Shed burned to ground
Sep 28, 1909 - Corinna - ME - et al - 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.
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
Feb 26, 1910 - Hanover - NH - South Fayerweather Hall completely burned
Mar 15, 1910 - Derry - NH - Major Fire - Madden's Ice House burned
Mar 25, 1910 - Hamilton - MA - General Alarm - Downtown - Conflagration - 43 buildings
Mar 25, 1910 - Westwood - MA - Fire - Lion Fire Engine House - Destroyed by fire
Apr 28, 1910 - Manchester - NH - Hanover Street - Odd Fellows Block burns taking two civilian lives
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.
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
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
Dec 11, 1910 - Derry - NH - Major fire - Chester Rd - Benjamin Chase Co burned
Jan 01, 1911 - Manchester - NH - Merrimack Street Baptist Church, 1st of two blazing disasters for the church
Jan 16, 1911 - Plymouth - NH - Draper and Maynard Sporting Goods Factory - 3.5 Story Wood Mill 104 feet long burns to ground
Feb 18, 1911 - Colebrook - NH - Offices, stores, gristmill burn
Feb 26, 1911 - Milford - NH - Joness Crossing Covered Bridge burned down
May 15, 1911c. - Milford - NH - Osgood District, 1200 acres burn in brush/woods fire
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
Aug 01, 1911 - Nashua - NH - Boston and Maine railroad freight sheds burn causing $60,000 loss
Sep 25, 1911 - Fremont - NH - 17 Danville Road - 1.5 Story house and a shed completely destroyed by fire
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 13, 1911 - Hampton - NH - Hampton Beach - Pentucket House and three cottages destroyed by fire
Nov 16, 1911 - Westwood - MA - Fire - High Street - Barn destroyed by fire
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 19, 1912 - Chester - NH - Chester Street - The "Handsome" Hall Homestead near the Vanderbilt Place - House, barns, all farm building totally destroyed by fire
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
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
Jun 27, 1912 - Londonderry - NH - Sylvester Corning Place - House, barn, several farm buildings totally destroyed by fire
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
Sep 07, 1912 - Hampton - NH - Several homes - Mason house burned
Oct 01, 1912 - Derry - NH - Pinehurst Street near Pumping Station - House badly damaged by fire with fire through roof - In hydrant district
Oct 30, 1912 - Putnam - CT - Quinebaug House burns
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
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
Apr 03, 1913 - Sanford (Springvale) - ME - Kempton Block - Upper story of block destroyed by fire
Jun 22, 1913 - Sanford (Springvale) - ME - Lower Falls - Smith's Sawmill burns down
Jul 03, 1913 - Albany - NH - Fire at Rocky Run
Jul 18, 1913 - Westwood - MA - Fire - Pond Street - Two barns on fire
Aug 13, 1913 - Fremont - NH - 24 Shirkin Road - Wood framed dwelling completely destroyed by fire - Caused by lightning strike
Aug 16, 1913 - Woodstock - NH - Big woods fire
Nov 10, 1913 - Hampton Beach - NH - ? ? ? ? ?
Nov 12, 1913 - Franconia - NH - Franconia House (aka Edson House) , hotel burned
Nov 13, 1913 - Franconia - NH - Livery stable at Mr. Carr's home burned to ground in 2nd suspicious fire in 2 days
Dec 02, 1913 - Boston - MA - Arcadia Hotel fire kills 28
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 04, 1913 - Merrimack - NH - ? - Data lost
Dec 26, 1913 - Londonderry - NH - Gilman Adams Place - Large 2 Story house, ell. Sheds, 2 barns and other out buildings - House built 1837
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
Jan 13, 1914 - Windham (West Windham) - NH - data misplaced ????
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.
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 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
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 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
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
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 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 14, 1914 - Boston (Brighton) - MA - 4th Alarm - Box 820 for 1315 Commonwealth Ave at Long Ave - Apartment building - 4 dwellers die in fire
May 03, 1914 - Hanover - NH - Main Street - Musgrave's Printing Office burned
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 21, 1914 - Manchester - NH - Varick company elm Street - with a loss of $44,000
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 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
Jul 02, 1914 - Exeter - NH - Phillips Exeter Academy main building burns
Aug 03, 1914 - Derry - NH - Fire - Crystal Ave - Original St. Thomas Aquinas Church destroyed by fire
Sep 04, 1914 - Isle of Shoals / Appledore Island - ME - Appledore Hotel Complex and Several small cottages destroyed by fire
Oct 15, 1914c. - Milford - NH - Garden St - Duerschmidts Bakery destroyed by fire
Mar 27, 1915 - Milford - NH - Elm Street - Endicott Inn damaged by fire - Inn was rebuilt
May 12, 1915 - Conway (North Conway) - NH - First Eagle Mountain House burned
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
Jul 20, 1915 - Westwood - MA - Major fire - Canton Street - 2 stables and a hay barn destroyed by fire - Mutual Aid Dedham and Norwood
Aug 29, 1915 - Sargent's Purchase - NH - Mount Washington - Tip Top house burned down
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 25, 1915 - Derry - NH - Major Fire - Island Pond North Shore Road - Rockingham House Hotel destroyed by fire
Oct 28, 1915 - Peabody - MA - St. John's Parochial School fire kills 22
Dec 21, 1915 - Boston (West End) - MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 1356 - 347=357 Cambridge Street - 2 firefighters killed when floors collapsed
Jan 28, 1916 - Newport - NH - Major Fire - Silsby Block near Main St - Roof and top floor burned - Using five heavy streams
Feb 21, 1916 - Jackson - NH - 3rd Gray's Inn destroyed by fire Scene of other fires in 1902, 1903, 1983
Mar 26, 1916 - Gardner - MA - Fire - Chestnut St Fire Station - Building destroyed - 3 horses killed - Steamer 2 damaged
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
Apr 30, 1916 - Fremont - NH - 753 Main street - Wood frame house burned - Caused by defective chimney
Aug 07, 1916 - Westwood - MA - Fire - Canton Street - House fire - Mutual Aid Dedham to fire
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
Dec 30, 1916 - Westwood - MA - Fire - Nahatan Street - House fire - Mutual Aid Dedham to fire
Feb 04, 1917 - Newport - NH - Major Fire - Gamash and Emerson Block on Main St - Gamash Block destroyed
Mar 14, 1917 - Stoddard - NH - Mill Village - Island House (Hotel/summer house) burned
Mar 22, 1917 - Nashua - NH - Spring Street School destroyed by fire.
Apr 20, 1917 - Newport - NH - Serious Fire - Richards Block, Millers Store, 1st Nat'l Bank - Basement fire with extensive damage
May 20, 1917 - Newport - NH - Serious Fire - Dudley Block - Building ablaze at 4:00 AM - Under control in an hour
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
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
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
Dec 15, 1917c. - Marlow - NH - Fire destroyed the 4 remaining industrial buildings not destroyed in 1916 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
Jan 01, 1918 - Hanover - NH - 35 College Street - Dewey House dormitory burned down
Jan 12, 1918 - Hampton - NH - 2nd Fire - House and farm bldg nearly destroyed
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
Mar 16, 1918 - Derry - NH - Chester Rd - Cummings True House (1 burned)
Apr 15, 1918c. - Hooksett - NH - Riverside Inn entirely destroyed by fire - 3.5 story 75x30
May 20, 1918 - Derry - NH - "The White Neighborhood" School District 4 School House - School house and sheds burned to ground
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 27, 1918 - Franconia - NH - 2nd Flume House destroyed by fire
Jul 17, 1918 - Westwood - MA - Fire - Forbes Farm - Lightning strike - Barn and 80,000 lbs of hay
Aug 06, 1918 - Chester - NH - Manchester Road near Brick Schoolhouse - The former Morse Homestead struck by lightning - House and barn leveled by fire
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
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, 500,000 die across America
Oct 03, 1918 - Putnam - CT - Byron D. Bugbee department store fire causing $60,000 damaged
Oct 12, 1918 - Cloquet - MN - Forest fire kills 559
Nov 13, 1918 - Londonderry - NH - Manchester Road near Hardy - Elkins Homestead/Farm - Dwelling, ell, sheds, and 2 large barns burned to ground
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 27, 1918 - Fremont - NH - near 750 Main Street - Wood frame Colonial Cape burned - Caused by children with matches
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
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
May 15, 1919c. - Milford - NH - Smith and Flinigan blocks burn
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 31, 1919 - Sandwich - NH - Upper Road - Barn of Jesse Mudgett destroyed by fire - House badly damaged
Aug 15, 1919c. - Milford - NH - Cottage St - Page and Cote Mill burned
Aug 17, 1919 - Milford - NH - Cottage St - Pratt and Company Stave Mill serious fire in boiler room
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
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
Nov 14, 1919 - Newport - NH - Major Fire - Richards Block - Upper 2 stories totally gutted
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
Jan 15, 1920 - Putnam - CT - Hotel Chickering, a landmark of the town, was totally ruined by fire
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
Mar 03, 1920 - Manchester - NH - Boston and Maine railroad yard - ??
Mar 15, 1920 - Milford - NH - South St - Eastern States Basket and Veneer Co burned down
Mar 22, 1920 - Fremont - NH - Aurora Borealis puts on quite a display, as noted in the town history
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
Jun 10, 1920 - Derry - NH - Box 38 - head of Martin Street - Richardson Vinegar Factory (New England Vinegar), 2 Story mill 40x45 destroyed by fire
Jul 13, 1920 - Derry - NH - East Broadway - Casey Block - Robie & Radcliffe Store heavily damaged by fire, smoke, and fire
Sep 20, 1920c. - Bedford - NH - Pulpit Road - Pulpit Farm buildings destroyed by fire
Nov 30, 1920 - Concord - NH - North Main Street at Park Street - White's Opera House 4 Sty Brick 75x75 destroyed by fire
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 16, 1920 - Milford - NH - Cottage St - Paige and Coty toy factory, 2 Story 50x24 burned to ground
Jan 19, 1921 - Worcester - MA - Box 5114 - Main Street at Federal Street - data missing
May 04, 1921 - Sanford (Springvale) - ME - Witham Street - Trafton's box shop and gristmill burned
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 18, 1921 - Westwood - MA - General Alarm - Edwards Stable and Garage -
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#)
Jul 15, 1921c. - Putnam - CT - J. B. Tatem's Handle factory on George Street was destroyed by arson fire - $23,000 damage
Aug 11, 1921 - Newport - NH - Serious Fire - Wheeler Block - Restaurant destroyed by fire
Aug 31, 1921 - Canaan - NH - George Lake place in Lockhaven - House and barn destroyed by fire
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 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
Jan 02, 1922 - Lyndon - VT - Major fire - Thompson Hall - at Lyndon Institute
Jan 22, 1922 - Peterborough - NH - Mill Street - Baile Basket Factory (old Bell Mill) burned to ground
Feb 13, 1922 - Boston - MA - Friend at Washington Street - Royal Clothing Company destroyed by fire
Feb 22, 1922 - Putnam - CT - Donahue block fire - $125,000 loss
Mar 04, 1922 - Nashua - NH - Main Street - Indian Head Bank and much of Main Street burns down
Mar 05, 1922 - Westwood - MA - Fire - Fox Hill Farm - Cow barns - Mutual Aid Dedham
Mar 14, 1922 - Nashua - NH - Main Street at Temple Street - Telegraph Block (Built 1870c.) housing the Indian Head Bank burns down - 4 story brick
May 09, 1922 - Westwood - MA - Fire - Greenlodge Street - Boarding House fire - Mutual Aid Dedham
May 15, 1922c. - Limestone - ME - Fire, 22 buildings burn
Nov 25, 1922 - Milford - NH - Thursday Thanksgiving Day, 1922 - Milford - NH - Jones Crossing - White Mountain Freezer Company burned down
Nov 27, 1922 - Springfield - MA - 2nd Alarm+ - Union Station - Basement fire spread upward into waiting room and through roof
Dec. 19, 1922 - Nashua - NH - Fire destroys American Box and Lumber Company
Jan 20, 1923 - Concord - NH - Hoyt Electric Company - Fire
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
Jan 30, 1923 - Boscawen (Penacook) - NH - A & P Grocery Store, the Strand Theater and two wooden business blocks burn
Feb 01, 1923 - Springfield - MA - Foot of Elm Street - Springfield Gas and Light Purifying Plant building tank explosion kills 3 and injures 75
Feb 07, 1923 - Nashua - NH - Box 114 - Phillips Building (Jeannotte's Furniture) badly damaged by fire - Chimney fire extended
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
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 24, 1923 - Norwalk - CT - Clifford Hotel, a city landmark - Badly damaged by fire
Mar 09, 1923 - Westwood - MA - Fire - Emerson Estate - House and barn on fire
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 24, 1923 - Worcester - MA - Assumption College - 3 story main building with dorms on top floor destroyed by fire
May 22, 1923 - Conway (Intervale) - NH - Intervale House (Grand Hotel) burns
Jun 24, 1923 - Hampton - NH - Major fire - (Beach Precinct) - Garage with 22 cars destroyed along w/ 2 cottages and hotel
Jul 12, 1923 - Sandwich - NH - Flat Mountain forest fire - Burned for four days consuming 3500 acres
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)
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 23, 1923 - Franconia - NH - (3rd) Profile House Grand Hotel burns down - Fire started in the rear on the fifth floor
Aug 28, 1923 - Hull - MA - Conflagration destroys 44 buildings and kills 2
Sep 18, 1923 - Westwood - MA - Fire - Fire in bogs at Canton Meadows - Burned until October 17
Jan 21, 1924 - Lyndon - VT - Historic Fire - Stern's Store, & every building on the south side of Depot Street from Elm to Broad. - One hundred fifty people were left homeless.
Apr 06, 1924 - Milford - NH - Granite St - Depot Garage - Fire destroyed 2nd floor
May 12, 1924 - Merrimack - NH - Merrimack Fire Department chartered - Josiah Henderson appointed as Fire Chief
Sep 01, 1924 - Fremont - NH - 447 Main Street - Wood Frame house and barn completely destroyed by fire - Caused by lightning strike
Oct 21, 1924 - Hudson - NH - Lowell Road - Large barn and several out buildings destroyed by fire
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 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 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
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 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 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.
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
May 13, 1925 - Hanover - NH - Hanover - NH - Inn stables burned
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
Sep 27, 1925 - Nashua - NH - Factory Street - H. Avery furniture company building 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 31, 1925 - Haverhill - MA - General Alarm - 3 stores and an office building burn causing $300,000 loss - Mutual Aid Merrimac, Methuen, West Newbury
Aug 19, 1926 - Sanford (Springvale) - ME - south of Bridge Street - Vacant Butler and Clark shoe shop completely destroyed by fire
Dec 18, 1926 - Milford - NH - Elm St nr Keyes Field - Grange Hall burns down (Old Armory)
Dec 31, 1926 - Nashua - NH - Main Street - Fire heavily damages Goodrich Block
Jan 01, 1927 - Fremont - NH - 848 Main Street in East Fremont - Union Store burned
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 30, 1927 - Fremont - NH - 326 Main Street - Spaulding and Frost Cooperage - Fire damages the Cooperage Shop and a store room causing $10,000 damage
Feb 08, 1927 - Derry - NH - Box 54 - Wilson Street - Derry Steam Laundry - Boiler room and store house ruined - Main laundry building spared
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
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 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
Aug 04, 1927 - Nova Scotia - Canada - August Gale Off coast - 100 killed - Off Sable Island
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
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
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 14, 1927c - Epping - NH - Motor Vehicle Accident - Car vs train - 1 fatality
Nov 03, 1927 - Winooski River Valley - VT - Great Flood including Rutland - 84 die
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
Feb 02, 1928 - Fall River - MA - Pocasset mill burned for second time
Feb 28, 1928 - Fall River - MA - Conflagration
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
Apr 15, 1928c. - Putnam - CT - M. Kinney and Son Lumber yard of fire - $20,000 damage
May 09, 1928 - Jefferson - NH - Waumbek Hotel - Main building, 4 cottages and several out buildings destroyed by fire
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
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
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 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)
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 the homeward. The fire did not mean the end of school, though!"
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 15, 1929c. - Putnam - CT - City Hotel on South Main Street was wiped out by fire - $15,000 loss
Jun 21, 1929 - Ossipee (West Ossipee) - NH - Gen Alarm - White Snowmobile Factory & Storehouse
Oct 07, 1929 - Milford - NH - Averi and Locicero-Falsari Blocks involved in "Big Fire"
Oct 08, 1929 - Carroll - NH - White Mountain House - 3 story 100x40 hotel (150 guests) with 50 room 3.5 story addition - destroyed by fire
Nov 25, 1929 - Hampton - NH - Hampton Beach - The "Dance Carnival" destroyed by fire
Jan 26, 1930 - Hampton - NH - Major fire - Hampton Academy gutted
Feb 06, 1930 - Sanford - ME - School Street - NJ Prescott Block - Bad fire
Feb 16, 1930 - Nashua - NH - Main Street - Merchants Exchange Building gutted by fire
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
Jun 19, 1930 - Fremont - NH - 23 Abbott Road - Wood framed house and barn completely destroyed by fire - Caused by careless smoking
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
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 19, 1931 - Nashua - NH - 20 Factory Street - Army Navy Store wrecked by fire
Feb 27, 1931 - Nashua - NH - Fire - Box 34 - Tolles Street at Whitney Street - Cohen Wolfman Apartment Block - Fire drive 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
Feb 27, 1931 - Providence - RI - State Pier and 50 tons of freight destroyed by fire - $1,500,000 loss
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 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 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 06, 1931 - Cambridge - MA - 3rd Alarm - Baker School Specialty Company - 66 firefighters caught under falling floor, 2 injured seriously - $15,000 loss
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 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 17, 1931 - Hudson - NH - Kimball Hill Road - Benson's Wild Animal Farm - Toy factory heavily damaged by fire - $14,000 loss
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 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 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 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 26, 1931 - Hampton - NH - Exeter Rd - Box 81 - Steven's Hen House destroyed by fire
Apr 19, 1931 - Nashua - NH - Canal Street (Railroad Square) - Old City Station (Franklin Opera House on upper floor) completely gutted by fire
Aug 18, 1931 - Laconia - NH - Doe Avenue (The Weirs) - Barn fire fatal - Extension to porch of 17 room mansion
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
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
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
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
Mar 10, 1933 - Hudson - NH - old Derry Road - Jasper Poultry Farm - Barn destroyed by fire - $4,000 loss
Apr 02, 1933 - Fremont - NH - Rte 109 (now Rte 107) near Raymond townline - Car vs pole - Fremont's first double fatal MVA
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.
Aug 03, 1933 - Dover - NH - City Hall, containing Police station in basement burned downed
Nov 25, 1933 - Sanford (Springvale) - ME - Clark's Court - Cook apartment block - Serious fire
Dec 05, 1933 - Keene - NH - Upper Washington Street - 3 Story Wood Frame Chair Factory Warehouse totally destroyed by fire
Jan 05, 1934 - Boston - MA - 5th Alarm - Box 2344 - Lansdowne Street - Fenway Park
Jan 29, 1934 - Fall River - MA - The Merchant Mill was wiped out by fire. Mill was unoccupied for two previous years.
Feb 14, 1934c. - Sandwich - NH - Great Sandwich Fire - Main Street - Merryfield Store and six other building destroyed by fire
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
Sep 10, 1934 - Hampton - NH - Fire - Plaice Cove - Box 55 - 3 Two Story bldgs destroyed
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 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
Dec 15, 1934c. - Manchester - NH - Central Block gutted by fire
Feb 11, 1935 - Hudson - NH - House and farm buildings of Elmer Clement burned - $7,200 loss
Mar 07, 1935c. Thursday - Londonderry - NH - former Starr place - House and barn destroyed by fire
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 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
Jun 09, 1935 - Derry - NH - Box 36 - High Street - Dwelling badly gutted by fire
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
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)
Nov 07, 1935 - Peterborough - NH - (2nd) Town House heavily involved in fire (1st Townhouse destroyed by fire ~1915)
Jan 16, 1936 - Melrose - MA - Trinity Chruch Parish House destroyed by fire
Feb 29, 1936 - Colebrook - NH - Spring Street - Dr. Battle Building and a barber shop burns
Mar 10, 1936 - Kittery - ME - Franklin Shiphouse at the Portsmouth Navy Yard "went up in flame"
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 18, 1936 - New Ipswich - NH - Dam burst causing Souhegan River to flood downtown Milford causing considerable damage
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
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)
Jul 01, 1937 - Newport - NH - Major Fire - Brampton Mill - Store houses with wool and rayon destroyed in spectacular fire
Jul 15, 1937c. - Milford - NH - Ash St - Former Granite State Basket Co factory bldg (used for stables) burned down
Aug 22, 1937 - Fremont - NH - 15 Chester Road, 1.5 Story Wood Frame completely destroyed by lighting - Suspected lightning strike
Nov 15, 1937c - Nashua - NH - General Alarm - Public Works Building
Dec 09, 1937 - Pittsburg - NH - P. Moussseau house fire - Colebrook Mutual Aid
May 19, 1938 - Conway (Conway Vlg) - NH - Mill destroyed by fire
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
Dec 15, 1938c. - Augusta - ME - Kennebec Pulp and Paper Company sulphite plant and storehouse suffer $500,000 damage by fire
Dec 22, 1938 - Colebrook - NH - Fire at town hall
Mar 15, 1939c. - Candia - NH - (Town Meeting Day) Town Hall burns down (Former Methodist Meeting House)
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
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)
Aug 15, 1939 - Milford - NH - Wilton Rd - Hayward's (Ice Cream) Farm - Barn burns down
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.
Jan 08, 1940 - Sanford - ME - Sanford High destroyed by fire
Jan 27, 1940 - Fremont - NH - 232 South Road - Wood Frame Dwelling completely destroyed by fire
Feb 06, 1940 - Fall River - MA - Fire destroyed the old Weetamoe Mill owned by the city.
Mar 25, 1940 - Fall River - MA - The former Osborn Mill No.1.
Jun 08, 1940 - Fall River - MA - The old Estes Mill on Sucker Brook was completely destroyed.
Jun 09, 1940 - Albany - NH - Clement's Inn (aka Piper House, aka Wing's Tavern) destroyed by fire
Jun 22, 1940 - Conway - NH - Sunset Pavilion (Hotel)- Heavily damaged by fire and razed
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)
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 24, 1940 - Tamworth - NH - 2nd Earthquake 5.5 Richter Scale causes 1 death in Ossipee - Causes house to burn down in Conway - Topples Christmas Trees in Albany NY - Recorded in Amherst NH history book as knocking books of tables and throwing pictures on to floors
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 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
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
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
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 21, 1942 - Fremont - NH - 239 South Road - Landmark 1835 Greek Style House suffered a minor fire
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
Oct 23, 1942 - Benton - NH - Mt. Moosilaukee - Tip-Top house burned down
Nov 03, 1942 - Rutland - VT - Flood - Many houses destroyed after 36 hour downpour - 4 deaths
Nov 15, 1942 - Boston (East Boston) - MA - 5th Alarm - Box 6153 - Maverick Square - Six firefighters killed by collapsing wall
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 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
Dec 15, 1942 - Boston - MA - 5th Alarm - Box 1461 - Sallinger's Department Store - 6 story building - $425,000 damage
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 class 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
Jan 03, 1943 - Colebrook - NH - Fire at Socony Gas Station
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 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
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
Jul 06, 1944 - Hartford - CT - Fire Fatal - Circus tent fire - kills 165 and injures 500 (June 6, 1944 ??)
Jul 07, 1944 - Westbrook - ME - Fatal Fire - County Road Philip's Farm - Firefighter William Hartley of Ladder #1 perishes
Aug 08, 1944 - Hart's Location - NH - US Rte 302 below dam south of Wiley House - Laundry, power plant and garage destroyed by fire
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 27, 1944 - Gardner - MA - Fire - Logan Street - Gardner Gas Plant - Deputy Chief LOD Death
Jan 31, 1945 - Auburn - ME - Lacoste Babies Home orphanage fire kills 17
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
Dec 21, 1945 - Nashua - NH - High Street - Fire levels O'Donnell and Shea blocks causing $100,000 damage
Dec 25, 1945 - Derry - NH - Box 58 - Railroad Ave - Cassey Block - 1 building gutted by fire
Feb 02, 1946 - York - ME - Fire with Mutual Aid - United Methodist Church - York Village
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.
Feb 03, 1946 - Boston (South Boston) - MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 7221 - 384-388 West Broadway - 2 firefighters killed
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
Mar 10, 1946 - Brockton - MA - Strand Theater fire roof collapse kills 13 firefighters
May 11, 1946 - Sanford - ME - 32 High Street - House fire with two fatalities
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
Jul 04, 1946 - Gilford - NH - Camp Niantic at Birch Island burned
Sep 11, 1946 - Fremont - NH - 325 Main Street - Piper's Lunch Room across from the Spaulding and Frost Cooperage damaged by 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
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
Dec 03, 1946 - Westwood - MA - Fire - High Street - Company 1 - Franklin Fire House - Building equipment and Forestry truck destroyed
Dec 15, 1946c. - Amherst - NH - Cox Nursing Home "burned out"
Jan 05, 1947 - Milford - NH - First Congressional Church severely damaged by fire
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
Jan 15, 1947c. - Amherst - NH - Nichols Road - Edgewood Farm Rest Home destroyed by fire
Mar 20, 1947 - Raymond - NH - on the Plains - Dwelling, couch fire, one fatality
Mar 27, 1947 - Derry - NH - North Main Street across railroad bridge - 1 Story House destroyed by fire spread to exposure barn, barn was saved
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 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
Jun 03, 1947 - Rutland - VT - Great Flood
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)
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
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
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
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 timer 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 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 21, 1947 - Rochester and Farmington - NH - "Disastrous Fires" along Boston and Maine railroad bed
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
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 21, 1947 - Hancock - MA - Goodrich Hollow - 90 year old 15 room occupied landmark dwelling destroyed by fire
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
Jan 15, 1948 - Boston - MA - 5th Alarm - Box 7115 - 23-27 Sleeper Street - Armour Leather Company - Building destroyed by fire in frigid conditions
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
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
May 22, 1948 - Derry (East Derry) - NH - Thwing Farm - Large historic barn 108x60, built about 1775 destroyed by fire
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
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
Aug 04, 1948 - Bridport - VT - Farm fire with Mutual Aid from Vergennes (Vergennes engine involved in accident 1 FF killed)
Sep 29, 1948 - Nashua - NH - Park Street Theater burns down
Oct 04, 1948 - Nashua - NH - West Pearl Street at Main Street - Parkinson Building burns down
Dec 20, 1948 - Fremont - NH - 910 Main Street - Barn and ell completely destroyed by fire
Dec 25, 1948 - Milford - NH - Souhegan St - Ehrman Building damaged in "bad fire"
Jan 13, 1949 - Nashua - NH - 2 firefighters injured in collision responding to call. 3 others injured
Jan 13, 1949 - Nashua - NH - St. Jean block fire
Jan 18, 1949 - Williston - VT - Williston Academy (then used as Village School) burned to ground
Mar 19, 1949 - Hampton - NH - Hampton Town Hall destroyed by fire
May 15, 1949c. - Milford - NH - Mont Vernon Rd - Frank Hartshorn and Co. Sawmill burned down (Lightning strike)
July 27,1949 - Nashua - NH - Milford Road (Amherst Street) - Kessler Farm - Barn destroyed by fire
Aug 23, 1949 - Amherst - NH - Amherst Street - barn of Clarence Adams burned to ground due to spontaneous combustion
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
Nov 05, 1949 - Nashua - NH - Working Fire - 66 Canal Street - Floor Shine Wax Company
Nov 10, 1949 - Keene - NH - 3 story store house 100x100 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
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
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 27, 1950 - Sanford (South Sanford) - ME - Cran residence - Five year old boy dies in house 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
Jul 14, 1950 - Hampton - NH - Major fire - C Street nr Dudley's Hotel - Several business blocks and cottages destroyed - 8 towns Mutual Aid
Sep 23, 1950 - Boston (Brighton) - MA - Box 5235 - Everett Street - Basement fire, 2 firefighters killed
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
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
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
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
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 12, 1951 - Whitefield - NH - Miller Farm - Large dairy barn 90x40 with valuable machinery and 150 tons of hay destroyed by fire -
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
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
Dec 17, 1951 - Sanford - ME - New Dam Road - House fire - 1 fatality
Feb 14, 1952c. - Milford - NH - Souhegan St - Ehrman Building burned
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
Nov 03, 1952 - Keene - NH - Keene Fire Dept Dalmatian mascot "Smokey" killed in auto accident
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)
Dec 31, 1952 - Stoddard - NH - Forest Road (Rte 31) - Spalding Tavern burned
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 23, 1953 - Keene - NH - Southwest New Hampshire District Fire Mutual Aid (SWNHDFMA) formally organized
Mar 23, 1953 - SWNHDFMA - NH - Southwest New Hampshire District Fire Mutual Aid formally organized
Mar 29, 1953 - Fairchild AFS - WA - World's largest bomber (at the time), a ten engine B-36, crashed on takeoff killing 7 crewmembers
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
Sep 04, 1953 - Manchester - NH - General Alarm - Dow Street - J. E. Faltin Motor Transportation warehouse completely destroyed - One employee killed
Sep 15 , 1953c. - Warren - NH - old North Woodstock Rd - Moosilaukee Inn burned down
Oct 15, 1953c. - Derry - NH - Windham Rd (aka Doak Grant) - Former Poor Farm burned to ground
Oct 16, 1953 - Boston - MA - USS Leyte carrier explosion kills 39
Oct 16, 1953 - Boston (south Boston) - MA - 2nd Alarm - Box 7545 - Explosion and Fire US Aircraft Carrier Leyte in dry-dock - 37 killed and 40 injured
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
Nov 02, 1953 - Boston - MA - 3rd Alarm - Fire and Explosion - Box 7124 - Freighter Black Falcon unloading chemical at dock - 7 victims perish
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.
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
May 13, 1954 - Sanford - ME - 131 High Street - House fire with 1 fatality
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
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
Aug 10, 1954 - Beverly - MA - General Alarm - National Bank block, 240 Cabot St - 3 Story Brick Comm fully involved
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
Jan 29, 1955 - Sanford - ME - Main Street - Kotis Block destroyed by fire
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
Jul 01, 1955 - Boston - MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 1547 - 43 Stanhope Street - Red Coach Grill Restaurant
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
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
Feb 13, 1956 - Raymond - NH - Fatal fire - Lane Road - Husband and wife die in dwelling fire - Conflicting date of Feb 13, 1959.
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
Jun 26, 1956 - Fremont - NH - 167 Scribner Road - Bassett's barn and corn crib completely destroyed by fire
Feb 03, 1957 - Nashua - NH - Canal Street - (National Guard) Armory burns down
Mar 29, 1957 - Fremont - NH - opp 6 Kelley Road - Wood frame house completely destroyed by 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
May 08, 1957 - Sanford - ME - Forest fire starts near Sand Pond and spreads to Kennebunk over three days - Twenty-five departments fight this fire
Sep 05, 1957 - Everett - MA - 5th Alarm Everett Box 129, 2nd Alarm Chelsea Box 26 - Conflagration at the Chelsea town line
Dec 22, 1957c. - Sandown - NH - Andrew J. Skiwinski home desttoyed by fire
Jan 04, 1959 - Derry - NH - Hampstead Road near Hampstead townline - Jordan Barn fire extended to house destroying both
Jan 07, 1959 - Tyngsboro - MA - Frost Road - Small occupied cottage destroyed by fire - Elderly woman rescued
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
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
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 19, 1959 - Milford - NH - Souhegan St at Swinging Bridge - Ernest Durant House gutted by fire
Apr 22, 1959 - Windham - NH - Rte 28 - Historic Old Witch Hazel Factory - Heavily involved and nearly destroyed by fire
Apr 25, 1959 - Derry - NH - Olesen Road - Unoccupied 8 room farmhouse destroyed by fire
May 03, 1959 - Milford - NH - Old Milford Inn totally burned (150 years old)
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
Jun 14, 1959 - Chelsea - MA - Ticoa Rubber Company - Large tire storage building fully involved
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
July 29, 1959 - Plymouth - MA - Obery Street - Plymouth County Farm - Barn fire
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
Sep 05, 1959 - Richmond - ME - MVA Fatal - Tractor trailer broad-sized automobile killing seven people
Nov 13, 1959 - Milford - NH - the Acre - Dixie's Market and Slaughter House burned down
Dec 22, 1959 - Revere - MA - 4th Alarm - Revere Beach Blvd - Oceanview Ballroom - 3.5 Sty Wood 150x300 destroyed by fire, 1 FF fatality
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
Jan 30, 1960 - Londonderry - NH - Gilcreast Road - 7 room colonial house gutted - Ell and barn destroyed by fire
Feb 20, 1960 - Fremont - NH - unknown location - James Cooper's house burns
Feb 23, 1960 - Hampstead - NH - Stage Road - Pickard Dairy Farm - Attached barn destroyed by fire - 30 cows killed - House protected
Mar 01, 1960 - Chester - NH - Towle Road - Occupied 2 Story Wood Frame Currier Home destroyed by fire
Mar 02, 1960 - Chelsea - MA - Third Street - 3 decker fully involved
Mar 14, 1960 - Revere - MA - General Alarm - Revere Beach Blvd - Beachview Ballroom - 3 story stucco destroyed by fire
Mar 22, 1960 - unknown location - USA - Clyde Elliott house burned
Apr 15, 1960c. - Hampstead - NH - Main Street at Shop Pond - unoccupied Emerson Shoe Factory - Large mill building destroyed by fire
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
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 29, 1960 - Chelsea - MA - 183 Third Street - New Angle Bed Spring Company and five other building involved in fire
Jun 15, 1960c. - Corinth - VT - West Corinth Vlg - Maplewood Tourists' Inn - 3 Sty 42 room summer resort - Inn and other buildings burned down (Bowling all was spared)
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.
Aug 19, 1960 - Derry - NH - (East Derry) Historic Beaver Lake Pavilion heavily damaged by fire
Sep 09, 1960 - Lancaster - NH - Methodist Church destroyed by fire
Sep 28, 1960 - Berlin - NH - Gorham Theater (where Welch's Restaurant later stood), destroyed 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
Nov 15, 1960c. - Wolfeboro - NH - North Main Street - Dwelling fire - Assistant Fire Chief suffered a heart attack and died
Dec 09, 1960 - Barre - VT - B52 Bomber out of Westover Air Force Base crashes with 8 members on board
Dec 11, 1960 - Revere - MA - 3rd Alarm - Revere Beach Blvd - Lite-O-Line arcade building destroyed by fire
Jan 01, 1961 - Brookline - MA - Harvard Street at Pierce Street - First Presbyterian Church fire
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
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.
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 21, 1961 - Berwick - ME - Pine Hill Road - Chimney fire extended to fully engulfed all rooms on first floor - Two occupants, who suffered 2nd degree burns, escaped through windows
Jan 21, 1961 - Concord - NH - 2nd Alarm ++ - Box 624 - St. Paul's School - The Big Study Hall, 3 story brick, built in 1872, is destroyed by fire in minus 25*F weather - Flames shot hundreds of feet into the air - Roof collapsed and walls partially collapsed - Fire started in first floor lavatory - Three firefighters suffered injuries and two suffered frostbite - Firefighters had to use blow torches to uncouple the hoses after the fire was brought under control - Mutual Aid Bow, Loudon, Penacook, and Manchester
Jan 22, 1961 - Nashua - NH - 2nd Alarm - 72 King Street - 21/2 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 23, 1961 - Fremont - NH - 378 Main Street - Barn completely destroyed by fire
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 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 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 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
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 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 27, 1961 - Nashua - NH - Main Street - Beasom Block heavily damaged by fire suffering $500,000 damage
Apr 10, 1961 - Milford - NH - Osgood Road - Henry Curtis Farm - Large Barn fire - Most cattle killed
May 25, 1961 - Milford - NH - Elm St - Matt Crosby Farm - Barn fire
Aug 19, 1961 - Berlin - NH - 3 Exchange Street - The Historic Berlin House Hotel burned down
Aug 21, 1961 - Windham - NH - Fordway Extension, 2 Story Duplex gutted by fire, fire through roof
Sep 18, 1961 - Center Strafford - NH - Austin-Cate Academy total loss
Oct 14, 1961 - Boston - MA - 84 Mass Ave - Block long WGBH radio and TV complex destroyed by fire
Nov 09, 1961 - Beverly - MA - General Alarm - Endicott College - Bullock Hall - Large 3 story stucco dormitory bldg - Fully engulfed at its height
Dec 08, 1961 - Hartford - CT - Hartford Hospital Fire - 13 Story hospital 810 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 shoot up the shoot and out the access doors on several floors - Fire spread rapidly on ninth floor killing 16 people
Dec 24, 1961 - Boston - MA - Fatal Fire - Hotel Bostonian - Arson
Dec 30, 1961 - Epsom - NH - 3 die in house fire
Jan 01, 1962 - Newton - NH - 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 02, 1962 - Milford - NH - Melendy Road - Sliney Poultry Farm - Brooder house fire kills 9000 seven week old pullets
Jan 04, 1962 - Hanover - NH - Cold Region Experimental Lab - 3 Story building - Fire in basement asphalt storage area
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
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 06, 1962 - New Durham - NH - Fire leaves 7 homeless
Jan 08, 1962 - Methuen - MA - Marston's Corner - Star Haven General Store destroyed by fire - 21/2 story barn converted, contained four businesses - $85,000 loss
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
Jan 09, 1962 - Pelham - NH - Bridge Street - Oham Arslamiam Farm - Vegetable washing and packing plant 20x50 destroyed by fire - Fire also destroyed detached garage
Jan 11, 1962 - Manchester - NH - 2nd Alarm - 80 Orange Street - Two 3 story brick apartment houses on fire
Jan 13, 1962 - Manchester NH - Double Fatal fire - Bartlett Inn rooming house
Jan 15, 1962 - Laconia - NH - Barn containing 14 boats stored for winter destroyed by arson fire
Jan 18, 1962 - Hampton - NH - Ocean Blvd - Allen's Hotel - Heavy fire rear of building top two floors
Jan 20, 1962 - Boston - MA - 3rd Alarm - 408~414 Market Street - 4 Story brick apartments over stores - 1 civilian killed
Jan 26, 1962 - Warner - NH - Mount Kearsarge - Twin Engine Apache Airplane crashed into mountain around midnight killing three
Jan 27, 1962 - Sheldon - VT - Machia Dairy Farm - Huge barns fire consumes equipment, cows, and 90 tons of hay
Jan 29, 1962 - Buckland - MA - House, barn, store destroyed by fire killing 9 occupants of dwelling
Jan 31, 1962 - Manchester - NH - 11 Congress Street - Fire sweeps through 3 story apartment building
Feb 14, 1962c. - Providence - RI - Elmwood Section - 3 story rooming house fire - 5 killed
Feb 15, 1962 - Milford - NH - Wilton Rd - Ryder Concrete Mixing Plant fire
Feb 23, 1962 - Revere - MA - 658 Ocean Ave - Box 335 - Roll-A-Way roller skating rink, 1 story building destroyed by fire
Feb 25, 1962 - Chester - NH - Raymond Road - Cottage Style home occupied by newlyweds burns to ground - The couple escaped safely
Mar 08, 1962 - Portsmouth - NH - fire - WHEB Radio Station - Office and studios destroyed by fire
Mar 16, 1962c. - Amherst - NH - Mack Hill Road at Manchester Road - Elmcroft, built about 1800, and in ramshackle condition leveled by suspicious fire
May 11, 1962 - Fremont - NH - 378 Main Street - Gagnon's Saw Mill and Box Shop - Completely destroyed by fire
May 14, 1962 - Merrimack - NH - Gate City Poultry destroyed - Located directly across street from Central Fire Station
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 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
Aug 16, 1962 - Somerville - MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 233 - Edwards Furniture Warehouse - Large 2 Story Wood Frame destroyed
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
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 31, 1962 - Fremont - NH - unknown location - Mr. Harriman's house and barn burned down
Nov 12, 1962 - Chelsea - MA - 4th Alarm - Box 25 - Eastern Storage Warehouse 600' long and other buildings destroyed
Nov 14, 1962 - Revere - MA - 3rd Alarm, 118 Revere Beach Blvd - Skipper Restaurant gutted 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
Dec 15, 1962c. - Claremont - NH - Green Mountain - WTSV radio transmitter building destroyed by fire
Dec 25, 1962 - Derry - NH - Fire - Manchester Rd - Large/140 ft long barn at Hood Dairy burned
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 22, 1963 - Derry - NH - Old Chester Road - Fatal fire - Occupied 4 room cottage destroyed by fire - 1 victim dies
Jan 27, 1963 - Milford - NH - Oak Street - Barretto Granite Company - Equipment building and machinery burned (Rebuilt)
Feb 26, 1963 - Derry - NH - Major Fire - 4 Story Odd Fellows Block, JJ Newbury Store, Walter Young Block, Goodin's Store burned, 2 fatalities (elderly citizens) - Mutual Aid East Derry, Grenier Field, Manchester, Salem, Nashua
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 09, 1963 - Derry - NH - Railroad Ave - VFW Hall 40x70 gutted by fire - Hall was razed shortly thereafter
Mar 29, 1963 - Boston - MA - 5th Alarm - Box 2321 - 146 Massachusetts Ave - Sherry-Biltmore Hotel - 4 guest died
Apr 14, 1963 - Cambridge - MA - Major Fire - John P. Squire Company -
May 12, 1963 - Milford - NH - South St at Baptist Church - Several garages (9 converted horse sheds) destroyed by fire
May 18, 1963 - Chelsea - MA - 3rd Alarm - Crescent Ave - New England Coal and Wood Company destroyed
May 21, 1963 - Milford - NH - Elm St - Martin Comolli Granite Co. Stone Shed/ storage building burned
Jun 09, 1963 - Derry - NH - Tornado - Damage to Birch Street and Hood Meadows area (Hoodcroft)
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)
Jul 12, 1963 - Beverly - MA - General Alarm - St. Alphonsus Church - Railroad Ave - Large wooden Church
Sep 12, 1963 - Chelsea - MA - 4th Alarm - Maple Street - Standard Textile Company destroyed by fire
Sep 30, 1963 - Sanford - ME - Sand Pond Road - Old Johnson homestead 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 25, 1963 - Boston (Brighton) - MA - 5th Alarm - Box 5276 - off 108 Holton Street - Railroad tank car fire
Oct 29, 1963 - Chelsea - MA - 4th Alarm - Box 211 - Second Street - Several rag shops ablaze
Jan 17, 1964 - Peterborough - NH - Main St at Wilder St - West Peterborough - Mill fire - Mutual Aid 7 towns
Feb 19, 1964 - Milford - NH - Nashua St - White Elephant Shop (McLane Mill) damaged by heavy fire
Mar 15, 1964c. - Milford - NH - Merrill Granary at north end of mill yard burned down
Mar 23, 1964 - Milford - NH - Bridge St (old Maple St) at Putnam St - Storehouse at textile mill burned down
Apr 19, 1964 - Chelsea - MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 282 - Maple Street - Rag shop and adjoining lumber yard
Apr 28, 1964 - Malden - MA - 3rd Alarm - 324 Main Street - Clifford, Black and Gorman Furniture Store destroyed by fire, 1 fatality
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 25, 1964 - Manchester - NH - Chief Edward Grady resigns, after 35 years with the department. His resignation with was accepted with regret. <
Jun 10, 1964 - Chelsea - MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 283 - 81 Summer Street - Rag shop fire
Jun 29, 1964 - Milford - NH - Stanley Powers (Westerly) Stone Shed burned down
Jul 02, 1964 - Chester - NH - Line of Duty Death - Firefighter Robert Morisette died fighting a brush fire
Sep 01, 1964 - Manchester - NH - John E. Devine appointed Chief. Chief Devine served 33 years on the department
Apr 06, 1965 - Fremont - NH - opp 189 Beede Road - Beede's Barn completely destroyed by fire
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
Jun 19, 1965 - Manchester - NH - General Alarm - Elm Street - Martin's Store destroyed by fire causing $2 million damage
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
Nov 25, 1965 - Milford - NH - Line of Duty Death - Harold H. Richardson
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 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
Jan 23, 1966 - Milford - NH - Nashua St - Entire White Elephant Complex (McLane Mill) burned down
Mar 20, 1966 - Milan - NH - Phoenix Column Bridge across Androscoggin River built (data loss) collapsed with automobile on it
Apr 14, 1966 - Derry (East Derry) - NH - Hilda Ave - Vacant 3 room cottage burnt to ground
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
Aug 29, 1966 - Limestone - ME - Fire - 5 potato storage houses destroyed, 12 more damaged -
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 24, 1966 - Laconia - NH - Fire Fatal, 135 Pleasant Street, 150 year old occupied apartment building, 2 fatalities
Sep 25, 1966 - Boston - MA - Fire fatal - South End - 5 Story occupied rooming house - 4 fatalities
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....
Nov 27, 1966 - Gardner - MA - Fatal Fire, 242 West Broadway, 1 FF 2 civilians die
Dec 02, 1966 - Derry - NH - Smith Road near Windham townline - Mobile home with extensive additions destroyed by fire - $10,000 loss
Dec 28, 1966 - Everett - MA - Fire caused by oil tank truck and a train collision kills 13
Jan 06, 1967 - Kingston - NH - Fire in a one story wood frame house kills 3 occupants
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 21, 1967 - Plymouth - MA - Box 55 - 25 Brewster Street - 3 story wood frame apartment house - Fire through roof - Fire took 71/2 hours to bring under control - Mutual aid from Kingston and Duxbury - Over 40 firefighters fought the fire.
Jan 22, 1967 - Northwood - NH - US Rte 4 - 2 car accidents kills 5 and injures 3 others
Feb 01, 1967c. - Boston - MA - 5th Alarm - Box 1441 - 141 Tremont Street - C. Crawford Hollidge Store (a rough guess on the date month/day) - 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. (Date Approximate)
Feb 08, 1967 - Tyngsborough - MA - Fatal fire - Beech Street
Feb 18, 1967 - Boston - MA - 67: C. Crawford Hollidge Store, 141 Tremont St., 5 Alarms on Box 1441. Fire occurred on 02/18/67.
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,
Mar 03, 1967 - Fitchburg - MA - 67 Falulah Road - House fire, 2 children killed
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 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
Jul 27, 1967 - Sanford (South Sanford) - ME - at Sanford Airport - Thurston-Erlandsen Corporation completely destroyed by fire
Aug 04, 1967 - Beverly - MA - General Alarm - Knight's Lumber Yard - River St - All bldgs & lumber on sprawling lot fully involved
Aug 27, 1967 - Lyndon - VT - Great fire - First Congregational Church -
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 - 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 06, 1967 - Stewartstown - NH - Fire Fatal - 3 room occupied dwelling (log cabin) completely burned killing 69 year old blind woman and her nephew
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 14, 1967 - Springfield - VT - Brand new Springfield High School, scheduled to open in two months, 75% destroyed by fire
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 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
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
Apr 07, 1968 - Merrimack - NH - Turkey Hill Covered Bridge destroyed by fire
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
Jul 30, 1968 - Londonderry - NH - Sargeant Road - Idle - A - Wile Farm Restaurant - Kitchen and barn destroyed by fire
Aug 28, 1968 - Chelsea - MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 341 - Crescent Ave - Marson Storage Bldg fully involved
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 09, 1968 - Danbury - CT - former Lee Hat Company warehouse destroyed by fire - $1,000,000 loss
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 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
Oct 25, 1968 - Hanover - NH - Plane Crash Fatal - Northeast Airlines Yellowbird FH-227 crashes into Moose Mountain killing 32 of 42 on board
Nov 25, 1968 - Salem - NH - Multi-Alarm - Milville Circle - 5 family members die - House destroyed
Dec 09, 1968 - Sandown - NH - The home of Elina Walker destroyed by fire along with many licac trees
Feb 06, 1969 - Boston - MA - 5th Alarm - Box 1526 - 519-523 Tremont Street - old Clarendon Hotel
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
Apr 15, 1969c. - Fairhaven - MA - Fatal Fire - Main Street - House fire - 3 pre-teen boys die
May 08, 1969 - Swampscott - MA - General Alarm - Ocean House Hotel - On the Waterfront - 8 Story Wood Frame Resort Hotel fully involved
Jul 19, 1969 - Old Orchard Beach - ME - pier Amusement Center fire - Carousel "Detzel", built in 1924, destroyed in the fire
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
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 16, 1969 - Milford - NH - Amherst and Grove St - Episcopal Church Infirmary (small cottage house) burned (Rebuilt)
Aug 30, 1969 - Fremont - NH - 673 Main Street - Townsend Poultry Farm completely destroyed by fire
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 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 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
Nov 15, 1969c. - Bedford - NH - New Boston Road west of Wallace Road - Large barn located at Vose homestead burned in mysterious fire
Nov 25, 1969 - Hudson - NH - Kimball Hill Road - Thompson's Market burned, 2 apartments over grocery store
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
Jan 12, 1970 - Milford - NH - Nashua Rd - Lorden Lumber dry-house burned down
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.
Feb 04, 1970 - Derry - NH - Sawyer Street at Central Street, 2.5 Story Wood Frame 30x100 apartment building gutted by fire
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.
Apr 10, 1970 - Derry - NH - 34 Elm Street - Barn completely engulfed in flames in thickly settled neighborhood
Apr 20, 1970 - Derry - NH - Railroad Ave - 5 unit apartment building destroyed by fire (later razed)
Apr 29, 1970 - Derry - NH - Railroad Ave - 5 unit apartment building gutted by fire, later razed (conflicting date of Apr 20, 1970)
May 04, 1970 - Swanzey - NH - Fire - Swanzey Lake Rd - Barn fire - Meadowood and Winchester Mutual Aid
May 07, 1970 - Dummerston - VT - Fire - Canoebrook Rd - Bldg fire - West Chesterfield, Putney, Brattleboro to scene
May 22, 1970 - Derry (East Derry) - NH - English Range Road - Historic barn and sheds destroyed by fire - Extreme exposure to dwelling successfully protected
Jun 18, 1970 - Putney - VT - Fire - Hickory Ridge Rd - House fire - Brattleboro, Westminster, Dummerston
Jul 10, 1970 - Putney - VT - Fire - US Rte 5 - Barn fire - Dummerston, Westminster, Brattleboro tankers Mutual Aid to scene
Jul 15, 1970c. - New Bedford - MA - Double Alarm - Laurans-Standard Grocery Warehouse
Aug 14, 1970 - Fremont - NH - off Brentwood Road - Poplin Farms Egg +Company - Garage and poultry delivery trucks destroyed by fire
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 18, 1970 - Derry - NH - Manchester Road - Hadco - Fire causing $150,000 damage, 13 firefighters sent to hospital with acid burns and other injuries
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
Dec 11, 1970 - Windham - NH - Mammoth Road - Construction company garage destroyed by fire fed by fuel oil with numerous explosion - Spectacular lume-up
Dec 14, 1970 - Windham - NH - Indian Rock Road - Dwelling destroyed by fire
Dec 15, 1970c. - Nashua - NH - (exact date unknown) 80 Amherst St. (across from Seargent Av, 3 unit apartment building, fatality,
Dec 25, 1970 - Peterborough - NH - Consolidated School - 3/4 of building heavily involved in fire
Feb 15, 1971 - Burlington - VT - St. Paul's Cathedral - Building lost fire
Jun 25, 1971 - Nashua - NH - Firefighters go on strike
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
Oct 29, 1971.- Kennebunkport - ME - Kennebunkport Playhouse burns to ground
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
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 17, 1972 - Boston - MA - Hotel Vendome fire kills 9 firefighters
Jul 10, 1972 - Derry - NH - Island Pond Road - Ballard Homestead, vacant fire gutted by arson fire
Jul 16, 1972 - Raymond - NH - Major Fire - Tannery fire 500 ft long bldg, 10 Depts. fought fire
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
Feb 15, 1973 - Milford - NH - Mont Vernon Rd at Myrtle St - One of oldest homes in town - Severely damaged 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 27, 1973 - Boston - MA - 04/01/73: Box 17 for Sannett's Mattress Factory. Fire occurred on 02/27/73. Hosemen John Prince (Engine 11), Brown P. Stowell & James Sturks (Both Engine 15) LODD.
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
Jul 31, 1973 - Boston - MA - Logan Airport - 88 die in crash of Delta DC-9
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
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.
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.
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 Sty mill over 100 feet long - Flames seen from Portsmouth Ave in Exeter
Dec 15, 1973c. - Haverhill - MA - Main Street- Odd Fellows Hall burns
Jan 13, 1974c. - Dexter - ME - Church Street - Storage barn fire spread to exposures in high winds, burning all night
Jan 15, 1974c. - New Bedford - MA - Fatal Fire - Evergreen Park - 4 children die in flash fire
Mar 29, 1974 - Bristol - VT - north side of Main Street - Boys Club, Kountry Kupboard Restaurant and several other businesses severely damaged by 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
Aug 03, 1974 - Windham - NH - Range Road - Ernie's Garage - Gas station and metal clad garage completely destroyed by fire
Aug 19, 1974 - Sandown - NH - Reed Road - Occupied dwelling destroyed by fire
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 29, 1974 - Derry - NH - East Broadway - Microburst down 500 trees causing extensive damage to many houses and cars, 14 roads blocked by debris
Jan 15, 1975c. - Dexter - ME - Titcomb Block Fire - Fire burned for 12hours
Jan 16, 1975C. - Dexter - ME - Main Street - Fossa's Block Fire - Fire burned throughout day and night
Mar 27, 1975 - Albany - NH - Rte 16 - Piper Trail Restaurant burned to ground on a windy night
May 15, 1975c. - Waterville Valley - NH - Farrel's Lodge at Valley Inn - Inn partially destroyed by fire
Aug 25, 1975 - Beverly - MA - 5th Alarm, 1st Baptist Church, 221 Cabot St - 4 Story Wood Frame Church - Only free standing Steeple remained
Oct 10, 1975 - Derry - NH - the Fordway - Occupied 2 Story wood frame dwelling destroyed by fire - Total loss
Dec 08, 1975 - Peterborough - NH - Grove Street - Transcript Newspaper Bldg destroyed by 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 26, 1975 - Hampstead - NH - Rte 111 - Bison Corp - 3 injured when roof collapse under heavy snow - Company manufactured roof trusses
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
Jan 15, 1976 - Canaan - VT - Beecher Falls Fire Station burns down
Mar 06, 1976 - Manchester - NH - Fire Chief John E. Devine passed away, having served Manchester for 33 years.
Mar 10, 1976 - Fremont - NH - 235 Sandown Road - Barn built circa 1748 destroyed by fire - House and cider mill saved - Suspected arson
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 25, 1976 - Londonderry - NH - Perkins Road - Unoccupied Old Adams House (200 yrs old) destroyed by fire - Mutual Aid Derry, East Derry, Hudson, Manchester
Jul 04, 1976 - Fremont - NH - Several suspicious fires set all over town on 4th and 5th
Jul 14, 1976 - Fremont - NH - Sandown Road - at Bean's 4 Corners - Several tire fires - A frequent occurrence since 1950's
Jul 20, 1976 - Nashua - NH - General Alarm - West Hollis St at Chestnut - St. Louis de Gonzague Church destroyed by fire
Aug 07, 1976 - Londonderry - NH - Londonderry Volunteer Fire Department turned over to town
Aug 17, 1976 - Fremont - NH - Spaulding and Frost Cooperage - Main Street - Finishing building and storage building burn
Aug 18, 1976 - Derry - NH - 28 Elm Street - 3 Story 9 unit Apartment Bldg "in ruins" - Mutual Aid Salem and Londonderry
Oct 28, 1976 - Fremont - NH - 370 North Road - The Sleeper House, built circa 1830 destroyed by fire
Dec 27, 1976 - Whitman - MA - Fatal fire - Lantz Ave - 3 teenage brothers perish in dwelling fire
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
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 13, 1977 - Fremont - NH - Flooding noted in area
Jun 19, 1977 - Derry - NH - Goodhue Road - Dwelling totally destroyed by fire
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 20, 1977 - Derry - NH - Weston Street on Island Pond - Garrison Style house rocked by two explosions and destroyed by fire
Nov 09, 1977 - Derry - NH - Island Pond Road - Old Country Auto Shop completely wrecked by fire
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)
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 12, 1977 - Derry - NH - (East Derry) Chester Road - Dwelling - Fire through roof with collapse - Mutual Aid Derry and Chester to scene
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
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
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
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
Dec 15, 1978c. - Middleboro - MA - Fatal Fire - Plympton Street - Four family members die
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.
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
Oct 03, 1979 - Windsor Locks - CT - F4 Tornado -
Dec 14, 1979 - Mechanics Falls - ME - Fatal Fire - address, 10 room wood frame house - 4 children parish in fire
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 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 19, 1979 - Nantucket - MA - Zero Main Street - Fire causes $2,000,000 in damaged to three buildings along the waterfront
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 21, 1979 - Medford - MA - 3rd Alarm - 414 Salem Street - Golden Grain Bakery - Fire spread to adjacent paint store and TV service shop
Dec 22, 1979 - Greenville - NH - address - Dwelling fire - Sole elderly female occupant perished
Dec 23, 1979 - Milford - MA - River Street - Bickford Shoe - 5 story wood mill destroyed, fire spread to adjacent buildings - Mutual Aid 7 towns
Dec 25, 1979 - Newton - MA - 3rd Alarm - Washington Street - Warren Jr. High School - Cafeteria and Gymnasium destroyed
Dec 26, 1979 - Norfolk - MA - Sweetfield subdivision - 3 newly built unoccupied houses destroyed by fire
Dec 28, 1979 - Chelsea - MA - Fatal fire - 424 Broadway - 3 Story brick apartments over commercial - Heavy fire floor 2,3 and roof
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
Mar 04, 1980 - Derry - NH - Crystal Ave - McDonalds Restaurant gutted by fire - Fire through roof on arrival - Mutual Aid East Derry and Londonderry
Mar 12, 1980 - Vernon - VT - Rte 142 at Pond Rd - Dwelling - Babysitter and 2 children escaped burning house around midday
Apr 16, 1980 - Londonderry - NH - 2nd Alarm+ - East Perimeter Road (Dargue Ave) near Ricker Av - 3 winged 1 Sty Commercial bldg, 40x120 each wing - Heavy fire 1 wing - 6 businesses destroyed - Mutual Aid Manchester, Derry, East Derry
May 18, 1980 - Mt. Saint Helens - WA - Mountain erupts killing 40
Jun 17, 1980 - Boston (Brighton) - MA - Box 5221 - 9th Alarm - Conrail freight yard - Fire in warehouses with water problems
Jun 29, 1980 - Derry (East Derry) - NH - Old Floyd Homestead gutted. Total loss
Jul 12, 1980 - Merrimack Valley - NH - thunderstorms pelted area with hail, and caused two major fires
Jul 29, 1980 - Salem - NH - South Broadway - Rockingham Park grandstand destroyed by fire - Considerable damage to clubhouse
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 20, 1980 - Scarborough - ME - Scarborough Downs - Fire kills four horses - 3rd mysterious racetrack fire in New England during the year
Sep 01, 1980 - Randolph - VT - Rte 12 - House gutted by fire - Extensive Mutual Aid
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 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 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 10, 1980 - Brattleboro - VT - Building collapse Fatal - C & S Wholesale Grocers - 7 acre warehouse under construction kills 1 and injures 4
Sep 17, 1980 - Bedford - NH - MVA Fatal - Rte 101 - Truck vs tree with fire - Driver burned to death
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 22, 1980 - Milford - NH - Savage Road - Fred A Conroy historic farm house 1.5 story wood frame destroyed by fire
Sep 23, 1980 - Troy - NH - Memorial Drive - 4 bedroom unoccupied ranch Style house gutted by fire - Fitzwilliam, East Swanzey and Meadowood to scene
Sep 24, 1980 - Boston (Dorchester) - MA - 8th Alarm - St. William Roman Catholic Church
Nov 11, 1980 - Brattleboro - VT - Arsonist started fires in three unlocked buildings in downtown section - Mutual Aid from VT, NH, and MA fire depts.
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 09, 1980 - Jonesville - VT - Fire in town's business district, commercial buildings and dwellings left 2 dozen homeless - Arson suspected
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 21, 1980 - Saugus - MA - Fire destroyed the 100 year old Saugus Center Methodist Church
Dec 24, 1980 - Salisbury - MA - Normandy Hotel four-story bldg burned
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
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
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 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.
Mar 06, 1981 - Boston - MA - 4 Alarms on Box 2312 for 575 Commonwealth Ave. - Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge, 20 guests rescued from balconies
Mar 06, 1981 - Boston - MA - 8 Alarms on Box 6166 for 21-27 Brooks St. & 63-65 Morris St. All 3 story wood dwellings.
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 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 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
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 31, 1981 - Manchester - NH - 5th Alarm - Gam Electronics - Mfg bldg - Suspicious fire
Aug 07, 1981 - Rochester - VT - Bethel Mountain - Volunteer FF 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 08, 1981 - Hampton - NH - 4th Alarm - Spindrift Motel - on the beachfront - 4 Story Wood Frame
Aug 15, 1981 - Concord - NH - Ramada Inn - 2nd suspicious fire in same night caused FF's to rescue 24 guests over ladders
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
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
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
Nov 15, 1981 - Somerville - MA - 6th Alarm - Foley Street - Central Steel - 3 story industrial building destroyed
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 29, 1981 - Somerville - MA - 6th Alarm - 200 McGrath Highway - Sporting goods warehouse
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
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
Jan 09, 1982 - Wilmington - VT - Fatal Fire - Fire destroyed a ski chalet taking the life of a 42 year-old woman
Jan 18, 1982 - Sanbornton - NH - Earthquake 4.5 Richter Scale - Felt in Nashua
Jan 21, 1982 - Jericho/Underhill - VT - Large barn totally destroyed killed three dozen cows - FF's used over nearly all the water reserves to fight the blaze and took about 4 days to bring the reserves back to capacity
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
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 06, 1982 - Newbury - VT - Newbury Common - 3.5 Story Wood Huntoon home, 225 year old house destroyed by fire
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, 1982 - Boston (East Boston) - MA - Maverick Square - Roller Junction skating rink - Large three story brick heavily damaged by multiple alarm fire
Jun 11, 1982 - Boston (Jamaica Plain) - MA - 9th Alarm - Bartlett Square - American Cellophane - Vacant factory building
Jun 12, 1982 - Boston (South Boston) - MA - 60 Wormwood Street - Boston Glass - Long one story building
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 24, 1982 - Boston (West Roxbury)- MA - 6th Alarm - 46 Rockland Street, 2.5 story wood and brick American Legion Hall destroyed
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 11, 1982 - Gilman - VT - Fire station destroyed by fire
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
Aug 18, 1982 - Boston (Roxbury) - MA - 6th Alarm - 68-70 Bartlett Street - Vacant 4 story brick
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 20, 1982 - Lowell - MA - 6th Alarm - Perry Street - Large wooden building containing furniture and appliances gutted
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 10, 1982 - Fitchburg - MA - data lost
Nov 11, 1982 - Boston (Roxbury) - MA - 6th Alarm - Washington Street at Palmer Street - Business complex
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
Dec 10, 1982 - Thornton - NH - Auto accident/fire - Suspected murder made to look like an accident
Dec 12, 1982 - Rockport - MA - Broadway - Rockport Methodist Church, 106 year old church destroyed by fire
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 22, 1982 - Seabrook - NH - Multiple Alarm - Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant 1/2 mile from reactor - Several office trailers burned
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 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
Feb 12, 1983 - Boston - MA - 6 Alarms on Box 5212 for 90 Windom St. Fire occurred on 02/12/83.
Feb 13, 1983 - Boston (Allston) - MA - 6th Alarm - 90 Windom Street - 3 story commercial-residential, 10 homeless, 1 fatal - Arson
Feb 21, 1983 - Boston - MA - 6 Alarms on Box 2317 for 264-270 Bay State Rd. Fire occurred on 02/20/83.
Feb 21, 1983 - Boston - MA - 6th Alarm - 264 Bay State Road - Boston University - 5 story brick 100x100 faculty office building at Kenmore Square - Fire floor 3 extended up through roof
Feb 21, 1983 - Wilmington - VT - Rte 9 - Cane's Tavern - 3 Story Building/Restaurant badly damaged by fire
Mar 26, 1983 - Nashua - NH - General Alarm - Temple Street at Amory Street - Chagnon Lumber
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.
Jun 09, 1983 - NH - NH - All fourteen of New Hampshire's forestry towers shut for the year down due to lack of funding
Jul 13, 1983 - Salisbury - MA - 3rd Alarm - Entertainment complex at Salisbury Beach damaged and 150 feet of boardwalk burned - Mutual Aid 7 towns
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
Aug 02, 1983 - Boston - MA - 6th Alarm - Park Square, 176 Commercial Street - 7 story commercial building, 10 firefighters injured
Sep 09, 1983 - Portsmouth - NH - 3rd Alarm - address? - Damaged six buildings, forcing 50 people to the street, several to the hospital
Sep 16, 1983 - Portsmouth - NH - 3rd Alarm - address? - 6 bldgs damaged by fire
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
Dec 10, 1983 - Norwich - 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 13, 1983 - Boston (East Boston) - MA - 6th Alarm - 85 Orleans Street - 3 story wood frame apartment house spreads to two adjacent buildings
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
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 29, 1984 - Boston (Back Bay) - MA - 423 Boylston St. 5th Alarm-Box 1534 - 4 story brick Stores, Office Bldg.
Feb 29, 1984 - Boston - MA - 5 Alarms on Box 1534 for 423-429 Boylston St.
Mar 13, 1984 - Lynn - MA - High Street - 6th Alarm Rooming house fire during snowstorm displaces 40 residents
Apr 04, 1984 - Newbury - NH - The original Newbury fire station was severely damaged by fire overnight
Apr 05, 1984 - Boston - MA - 6 Alarms on Box 221 for 404-408 Massachusetts Ave. Abandoned six story apartment building destroyed
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 21, 1984 - Concord - NH - Fire and Game Dept Headquarters gutted by fire, suspected arson
Apr 23, 1984 - Auburn - NH - Londonderry Turnpike, 100 year old Parker-Milne mansion burned down (Arson)
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
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 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.
Jun 12, 1984 - Lowell - MA - 6th Alarm - address? - Vacant mill building - Flames hundreds of feet into air
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
Jul 04, 1984 - Beverly - MA - 5th Alarm - Elliott Chambers Rooming House fire - Raymond St - 3 Story rooming house, 15 dead
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
Oct 22, 1984 - Hudson - NH - 4th Alarm - Concrete Systems - Fire in boiler room - Heavy damage
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.
Jan 09, 1985 - Swanzey - NH - Fatal Fire - address - 1.5 Story dwelling - 82 year old woman died along with her dog
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 22, 1985 - Westbrook - ME - 2nd Alarm - Central Street - Agway Warehouse
Feb 19, 1985 - Cambridge - MA - 6th Alarm - Gore Street, 2 story storage building, former bottling plant warehouse
Mar 03, 1985 - Brockton - MA - Christian High School destroyed by fire
Mar 05, 1985 - Lynn - MA - 195 Union Street - Rooming house - 1 fatality - 30 homeless
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 13, 1985 - Boston - MA - 6 Alarms on Box 4217 for 1st Ave. @ 9th St.
Mar 13, 1985 - Boston (Charlestown) - MA - 6th Alarm - Charlestown Navy Yard - First Ave and Ninth Street - 700 foot long 2.5 story brick building
Mar 14, 1985 - Lynn - MA - 5th Alarm, 101 Union Street - 3 story wood frame rooming house
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
May 04, 1985 - Boston (Back Bay) - MA - 6th Alarm - 731 Boylston Street - 6 story stone and masonry office building
May 24, 1985 - York - ME - Cape Neddick Inn fire
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 31, 1985 - Merrimack - NH - US Rte 3 - 2nd Alarm - Explosion and fire damaged machinery on floor 8 of at the Anheuser-Busch brewery
Oct 05, 1985 - Beverly - MA - 5th Alarm - Welch Machinery Building - River St, 2 story, wood frame factory, 100 x 250
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
Dec 28, 1985 - Winooski - VT - 4th Alarm - 31 East Spring St - Spring Garden Housing - address - Elderly housing complex, 19 sent to hospital, 1 critical
Jan 11, 1986 - Lawrence - MA - 185 Canal Street - Everett Mills - One 2 story building destroyed, 2 others damaged
Mar 04, 1986 - Lebanon - NH - Fatal Fire - West Lebanon Vlg, 2 parents killed themselves and their three children by burning down their home
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.
Mar 26, 1986 - Boston - MA - 5th Alarm - 98 Taylor Street - Box 3254 - 1 story metal clad warehouse - Baled paper, (Shaffer Paper Co.) $690,000
Mar 26, 1986 - Boston - MA - 5 Alarms on Box 3254 for 77-105 Taylor St., not 98 Taylor.
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 07, 1986 - Boston (Brighton) - MA - 2nd Alarm plus - Box 5294 - R.40 Guest Street - MBTA Train collision, 200 transported.
May 08, 1986 - Boston (East Boston) - MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 6242 - 36 Ashley Street - 4 story brick apartment building - $268,000 loss
May 17, 1986 - Boston (Dorchester) - MA - 2nd Alarm - Box 3182 - 309 Adams Street - 3.5 story wood frame occupied apartment building - $110,000 loss
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 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
May 24, 1986 - Boston - MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 3757 - 20 Glenwood Ave - 2 story brick warehouse, $230,000 loss
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
May 30, 1986 - Boston - MA - 581 Centre St. 2nd-2459. 500 gal gas spill at gas station onto street.
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 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
Oct 25, 1986 - Fremont - NH - Earthquake, mild rumblings felt noted in town
Nov 25, 1986 - North Walden - VT - Fatal Fire - Mobile home fire killed an infant and a toddler
Nov 27, 1986 - Nashua - NH - Fatal fire - address?, 2.5 story apartment house, 2 elderly sisters parish
Nov 30, 1986 - Lexington - MA - General Alarm - Four downtown business burn causing over $1,000,000 damage
Dec 25, 1986 - Nashua - NH - 3rd Alarm - Address?, 2.5 story wood frame apartment house, 12 left homeless
Jan 30, 1987 - Danville - VT - Convenience store burned down - Former FF with 18 years of service charged with arson
Feb 21, 1987 - Middletown Springs - VT - Fatal Fire, 100 year old house fully involved - 3 killed
Feb 28, 1987 - Jeffersonville - VT - Smuggler's Notch Ski Resort - Administration building destroyed by fire
Mar 27, 1987 - Concord - NH - General Alarm - Legislative Office Building - Granite building heavily damaged by fire
Mar 31, 1987 - Beverly - MA - 5th Alarm - Mullen Advertising - 622 Hale Street - 3.5 Story Wood Frame Tudor Style Mansion/Commercial property (Former mansion of newspaper publisher William Loeb) - Fire fought in 40 mph winds
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 12, 1987 - Hampton - NH - 5th Alarm - Ocean Blvd - Duff's Hotel, unoccupied 4 story wood gutted by fire
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
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.")
Oct 03, 1987 - Londonderry - NH - MVA Fatal - Rte 102 at Acropolis Drive - 2 car accident with 3 fatalities
Oct 20, 1987 - Litchfield - NH - Fatal Fire - address - House fire - 3 family members die
Nov 07, 1987 - town?? - NH - Fatal fire
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 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
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 - 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)
Jan 15, 1988c. - Hooksett - NH - Rte 3 - Kahula Palace (former China Dragon Restaurant, Playhouse, Hotel) destroyed by fire
Jan 17, 1988 - North Andover - MA - 4th alarm - Rte 125 Signal Resco waste-to-energy plant
Jan 24, 1988 - Brattleboro - VT - Fatal Fire - West Brattleboro in remote section - House destroyed by fire killing 1 occupant
Feb 02, 1988 - Salem - MA - 4th Alarm - Box 56 - 301 Lafayette St, 2.5 Story Wood Frame 40x50
Feb 20, 1988 - Underhill - VT - Univ. of VT Proctor Maple Research Farm laboratory burned to ground
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
Mar 12, 1988 - Seabrook - NH - General Alarm - US Rte 1 - Johnson Matthey Inc - Fire in chemical warehouse - Adams Village Trailer park evacuated
Mar 20, 1988 - Nashua - NH - 5th Alarm - 8-16 Maple St - 3 Story Brick Apartment bldg - Halfway house - Heavy fire through roof
Mar 25, 1988 - Manchester - NH - Fifth Alarm - Lincoln Street - 31 unit apartment bldg - 5 occupants and 1 ff injured
Apr 08, 1988 - Allenstown - NH - 5th Alarm Brush - Chester Turnpike
May 12, 1988 - Barre Town (Lower Graniteville) - VT - Fatal fire - McLeod Hill Road - House fire - 4 year-old boy died
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
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 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
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
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 20, 1988 - Berlin - NH - Earthquake 4.0 Richter Scale
Nov 29, 1988 - Kansas City - MO - Southeast section of city - Construction site explosion kills many firefighters - Several years later several people are found guilty of lighting fires in tractor trailers at the site containing ammonium nitrate
Dec 18, 1988 - Nashua - NH - 3rd Alarm - address? - Apartment house fire, 1 critically injured, 10 homeless
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
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 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
Feb 10, 1989 - Nashua - NH - 4th Alarm - address? Near City Hall - 4 row houses involved, 2oo residents evacuated
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
May 09, 1989 - Lewiston - ME - Lewiston Raceway - Stable fire kills seven horses - Ruled arson
May 27, 1989 - Lowell - MA - Devastating fire gutted Lawrence Manufacturing Mill Co. building, however, most of the mill complex was spared
Jun 09, 1989 - Manchester - NH - 269 Bridge Street - 3 Story apartment building heavily damaged by fire
Jun 17, 1989 - Andover (East Andover) - NH - Steam powered sawmill burns
Jul 18, 1989 - Manchester - NH - 5th Alarm - Lowell Street - Apartment building fire - 5 families homeless
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
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 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
Sep 06, 1989 - Manchester - NH - Notre Dame Bridge vanishes into history as it is toppled into the Merrimack River
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
Oct 27, 1989 - Manchester - NH - 3rd Alarm, 100-102 Union Street - 3 story apartment building fire leaves 25 homeless
Dec 02, 1989 - Newport - VT - Hunter's Lodge - Fire destroyed boarding house claiming 1 victim
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 29, 1989 - Nashua - NH - 3rd Alarm - Amherst Street - K-Mart - Heavy fire rear of store
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 24, 1990 - Hampton - NH - 4th Alarm - Odd Fellows Halls gutted in suspicious fire
Jan 26, 1990 - Rochester (Gonic) - NH - 4th Alarm , 17 Harding Ave - Granite State Plastic
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 29, 1990 - Gilford - NH - 2nd Alarm - 368 Edgewater Drive on Governor's Island - Main house heavily damaged by fire ($400,000 estimated damage)
Jan 31, 1990 - Manchester - NH - Irwin Ave at Paule Ave 2 Sty Duplex / Apartment house fire - Basement fire spread throughout structure - $75,000 damage
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 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 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 Style 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
Mar 01, 1990 - Exeter - NH - Studio Restaurant - Mutual Aid 5 towns with 100 firefighters and 14 pieces
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 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 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 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 25, 1990 - Manchester - NH - 449 Hayward Street - Warehouse fire with heavy damage
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 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
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 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 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 27, 1990 - Keene - NH - Head of Central Square - Stage Restaurant - Dining room gutted by fire
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
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
Aug 24, 1990 - Boston (Mattapan) - MA - Plane Crash Fatal - Twin engine plane crashes between two homes killing three family members
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 08, 1990 - Rochester - NH - 3rd Alarm - East Rochester 3 Story Apartment bldg
Nov 01, 1990 - Laconia - NH - 2nd Alarm double fatal - New Salem Street - Single family house, 2 young boys killed, 4 others injured
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.
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 21, 1990 - Lynn - MA - 6th Alarm - West Baltimore Street - Apartment house fire
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 30, 1990 - Rochester - NH - 3rd Alarm - 21 Maple St - 2.5 Story Wood Frame
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
Jan 21, 1991 - Rochester (Gonic) - NH - 3rd Alarm - 10D Church St - 3 Story Apartment
Jan 26, 1991 - Portsmouth - NH - 3rd Alarm - Lang Road - Beechstone Apartments building #3 - 3 Story Wood Frame 6 unit apartment building
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 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 06, 1991 - Berlin - NH - 86 Merrimack Street - 3 story tenement gutted by caused by child playing with lighter - 3 families left homeless
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 13, 1991 - Sugar Hill - NH - Lovers Lane Road - House destroyed by fire with one occupant later discovered in the ashes, dead
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 20, 1991 - Belmont - NH - 2nd Alarm - Main Street - Clean Air Technologies - Extensive damage to building - Mutual Aid to scene
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 26, 1991 - Belmont - NH - 3rd Alarm - Durrel Mountain Road - Heartsom Farm - Apartment attached to rear of barn - 8 departments to scene
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 11, 1991 - Plymouth - MA - 6th Alarm - address - Brush fire on conservation land
May 03, 1991 - Portsmouth - NH - Multiple Alarm, 104 Bartlett Street - Ricci's Supply Company, 100 firefighters from 15 towns
May 16, 1991 - Lynn - MA - 6th Alarm - address - large H-shaped building burns leaving 90 homeless
May 20, 1991 - Rochester - NH - 3rd Alarm, 108 Wakefield - 3 Story Apartment
Jun 09, 1991 - Manchester - NH - 3rd Alarm - 1037 Elm Street - Six story brick apartment building - Heavy fire floor 6
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.
Aug 22, 1991 - Bow - NH - Merrimack Station - 3 day coal silo fire
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.
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 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
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
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
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
Feb 01, 1992 - Manchester - NH - 3rd Alarm - 450 Merrimack Street - Apartment house - Over 200 firefighters fought this fire that left 8 homeless
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 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 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 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 27, 1992 - Cambridge - MA - 6th Alarm, 19 Market Street - 4 story 16 unit apartment building - Fire floor one extended up to all floors
Feb 29, 1992 - Rochester - NH - 5th Alarm - South Main & Columbus Ave - Al Gor Shoe - 4 Story Brick Mill
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
May 15, 1992 - Henniker - NH - 3rd Alarm - New England College - Unoccupied apartment bldg with heavy damage - 7 towns fought this fire, considered suspicious
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
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
Jul 03, 1992 - Londonderry - NH - 5th Alarm - Pillsbury Rd - Woodmont Orchards - Barn, multi bldgs, house - Chief Sypec's 1st week on job
Aug 14, 1992 - Belmont - NH - 5th Alarm - Historic 140 year old Belmont Mill Complex - 4 Sty Brick main building destroyed by fire - Extensive damaged to 2 attached mill buildings
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
Oct 18, 1992 - Westbrook - ME - 3rd Alarm - Box 42 - Dana Court - Vacant tire warehouse fire
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 23, 1992 - Hudson - NH - 3rd Alarm, 207 Central Street - Meadows Restaurant destroyed by fire
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 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 13, 1992 - Manchester - NH - 3rd Alarm, 185-187 Pine Street - Wind spread flames to 183 Pine Street - Arson
Dec 26, 1992 - Rochester - NH - 3rd Alarm - 275 Milton Rd - 2.5 Story Wood Frame -
Dec 31, 1992 - Rochester - NH - Rte 11 Northgate Apartments - Fire in one unit
Jan 07, 1993 - Concord - NH - 3rd Alarm - 74 Regional Drive - Transformer Serv Inc - Building fire
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
Feb 23, 1993 - Rochester - NH - 3rd Alarm, 125 Charles St, 22.5 Story Wood Frame Victorian style dwelling
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 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 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
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 22, 1993 - Boston - MA - 6 Alarms on Box 1662 for 1761 Washington St. & 629 Massachusetts Ave.
Apr 22, 1993 - Boston (South End) - MA - 6th Alarm - Washington Street at Mass Ave - Block long abandoned hotel
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 25, 1993 - Newport - NH - Historic Fire, 157 year-old Corbin Covered Bridge - Arson fire.
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
Aug 20, 1993 - Raymond - NH - 5th Alarm - Rte 27 near Candia town line - Stratham Tire fully involved
Sep 03, 1993 - Fremont - NH - 115 Sandown Road - Old barn in Fremont, circa 1765, torched
Sep 24, 1993 - Beverly - MA - 3rd Alarm, 220 Rantoul Street - 3 Story Wood Frame Comm bldg
Oct 05, 1993 - Rochester - NH - 3rd Alarm, 18 Maple Street - 3 Story Wood Frame
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 06, 1993 - Rochester - NH - 3rd Alarm - High Ave - East Rochester Lilac Auto Sales, 2 Story Comm
Nov 24, 1993 - Goffstown - NH - DMCO Fiberglass Company destroyed by fire
Dec 02, 1993 - Londonderry - NH - Rte 102 - 2nd Alarm - Londonderry Square office condo complex - Fire gutted the large stylish clock tower
Dec 24, 1993 - Bartlett - NH - Multiple Alarm - Fox Ridge Condo/Resort -
Dec 27, 1993 - New Hampshire - NH - Firefighters Battle Flames and Frigid Weather in Nashua, Stoddard, Andover, Wakefield, and Manchester
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
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
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