Date - Year - Town - State - Alarm - Location - Info
Jan 01, 1862 - Wentworth - NH - Dwelling house of Alden L. Clifford burnt - Set by incendiary
Jan 01, 1865 - Louisville - KY - Galt House Hotel - Extended to warehouses & factories, $1,000,000 loss
Jan 01, 1871 - New Orleans - LA - 70 buildings and 6 steamships burn
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 01, 1963 - West Philadelphia - PA - 9 Story warehouse fire plus three other buildings burn
Jan 01, 2000 - Stannard - VT - Working Fire - 97 Norway Rd - House with attached garage fully involved per 34K1
Jan 01, 2000 - Williston - VT - 2nd Alarm - 2454 North Williston Rd - Structure fire
Jan 02, 1829 - Bath - ME - Store fire -
Jan 02, 1962 - Milford - NH - Melendy Road - Sliney Poultry Farm - Brooder house fire kills 9000 seven week old pullets
Jan 02, 1999 - Lexington - MA - 3rd Alarm - 83 Spring Street - 1.5 Story Wood Frame House 75x25 well involved
Jan 03, 1900 - Candia - NH - at the Clay Lot - Sawmill boiler explosion and fire - Boiler thrown 400 yards - 1 worker killed
Jan 03, 1905 - Huntington - WV - Towboat Defender (in Ohio River) - Boiler explosion - 29 dead - 9 injured
Jan 03, 1905 - Morristown - PA - Noveski home - 9 dead (2 adults - 7 kids) - 1 injured
Jan 03, 1943 - Colebrook - NH - Fire at Socony Gas Station
Jan 03, 1998 - Alburg - VT - Working Fire+ - Little Woods Rd - House fire - Total loss
Jan 03, 1998 - Milford - NH - 3rd Alarm - Chestnut Street - 2.5 Story Wood Frame - 25x30 house
Jan 03, 1999 - Westminster - VT - 2nd Alarm - 112 Metcalf Drive - Attached Garage heavily involved - Putney VT Tanker & Pumper, Walpole NH Tanker & Pumper to Scene - Bellows Falls Vlg, Saxtons River Vlg, and Dummerston VT, Alstead NH to cover
Jan 03, 2001 - Oak Orchard DE - Eleven family members died when fire swept through their home
Jan 04, 1959 - Derry - NH - Hampstead Road near Hampstead townline - Jordan Barn fire extended to house destroying both
Jan 04, 1962 - Hanover - NH - Cold Region Experimental Lab - 3 Story building - Fire in basement asphalt storage area
Jan 04, 1976 - New York - (Brooklyn) - NY - 5th Alarm - Box 1338 - Patchogue Oil Terminal Gowanus Canal
Jan 04, 1999 - Lawrence - MA - 2nd Alarm - Box 5111 - 533 Common St, 200x100 Bldg - Heavy fire
Jan 05, 1962 - unknown town - ME - Patricia Coburn Court - Fire in 1? Story wood frame house kills 1 pregnant adult and 3 young children
Jan 05, 1999 - Boston - MA - 4th Alarm - Box 3165 - 26 Clayton St - 100x100 Metal Clad Storage Bldg - Special Call Tower Company
Jan 06, 1871 - Unknown town - Iowa - 115-year-old woman dies in fire -
Jan 06, 1961 - San Francisco - CA - Thomas Hotel fire - 22 people died
Jan 06, 1962 - New Durham - NH - Fire leaves 7 homeless
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 06, 1999 - Lawrence - MA - 2nd Alarm - Box 6111 - 135 Farnham St - Dwelling - Heavy fire & smoke
Jan 06, 2000 - Poultney - VT - House fire with fatality of 4-year-old boy
Jan 06, 2001 - Atkinson - NH - Working Fire+ - 73 Providence Hill Road - 2 Story Wood Frame House - Fire 2nd floor and through roof - Mutual Aid Plaistow, Salem
Jan 07, 1609 - Jamestown, VA - First English settlement in "New World" destroyed by fire - Settlers suffer from hunger and cold winter conditions as most food and supplies destroyed
Jan 07, 1950 - Davenport - IA - Mercy Hospital fire - 41 people died
Jan 07, 1959 - Tyngsboro - MA - Frost Road - Small occupied cottage destroyed by fire - Elderly woman rescued
Jan 07, 1998 - Lynn - MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 412 - address ?? - 2 Story Brick & Wood Mattress Factory
Jan 07, 1998 - New London - NH & Region - Ice Storm - 3+ day ice storm - Nat'l Guard dispatched - 95% power restored in 7 days
Jan 07, 1999 - Merrimack - NH - 3rd Alarm - 588 D.W Highway - 3Story Victorian with attached Barn converted to Occupied Apartment Building
Jan 07, 2002 - Southbridge - MA - 4th Alarm - 27 Thomas Street - 3 family dwelling
Jan 08, 1906 - unknown town - NH - Prout's Block and McKelvie Brothers furniture stock damaged by fire - $4,000 loss
Jan 08, 1908 - Schenectady - NY - State Street - Ellis Hotel destroyed by fire
Jan 08, 1999 - Somerville - MA - 2nd Alarm - Box 151 - 97 Pennsylvania Ave - Fire in cellar and Floor 1
Jan 09, 1912 - New York (Manhattan) - NY - Equitable Life Insurance Society Building, 120 Broadway: the early morning fire started in the basement and spread through the elevator shaft to other areas of the multistory building; subfreezing temperatures and water transformed the scene into gigantic ice sculptures; 6 people died, including a chief fire officer; the building burned for more than 36 hours and was a total loss.
Jan 09, 1912 - New York (Manhattan) - NY - 5th Alarm plus 3 alarms - Box 15 - Broadway at Pine - Equitable Building - Line of Duty Death
Jan 09, 1982 - New Brunswick - Canada - 5.8 Richter Scale felt throughout New England
Jan 09, 1985 - Swanzey - NH - Fatal Fire - address - 1.5 Story dwelling - 82 year old woman died along with her dog
Jan 09, 1997 - Rochester - NH - 2nd Alarm - Box 7 - 30 Flat Rock Bridge Rd - 1 Story House/Garage Heavy fire
Jan 09, 1998 - Rumney - NH - 2nd Alarm Fatal - 112 Sylvia Drive off Old Rte 25 West of Vlg - House fire - Arson/Murder/Suicide
Jan 09, 1999 - Wolcott - VT - Working Fire - Rte 15 - Very small barn with livestock lost - Morrisville and Hardwick Fire Departments were called to assist Wolcott and Elmore
Jan 09, 2001 - Surry - NH - MVA Fatal - Rte 12 near the Landfill - Multiple car MVA in Surry NH , Companies from Keene, Westmoreland and Surry responded. Initial reports indicate possibly one fatal (confirmed). Two jaws worked the incident one out of Keene the other from Westmoreland
Jan 10, 1883 - Milwaukee - WI - Fire Fatal - Newhall Hotel 6 Story Wood Frame - Fire floor 1 spread up elevator shaft to all floors - 71 of 300 guest die - Guest Tom Thumb & wife survive fire - FF Hermann Strauss carries 16 servants girls located on top floor to safety, over ladder laid over 20 ft alley from next bldg
Jan 10, 1900 - Dawson - Yukon Territory Canada - Business district was wiped out again by a fire that started in the Monte Carlo Theatre and spread through the saloons and music halls on both sides of Front Street. By 1900, the danger of fire diminished through improved fire protection and equipment, and the fact that more buildings were made of galvanized iron and tin.
Jan 10, 1904 - Auburn - NH - Derry Road - House and barn destroyed by fire
Jan 10, 1908 - New York (Manhattan) - NY - 5th Alarm - 4th Ave at East 19th Street - Parker Building - Line of Duty Death
Jan 10, 1924 - Tabor City - NC - Tabor City factory destroyed by fire
Jan 10, 1990 - Manchester - NH - 2nd Alarm, 181 Merrimack Street - 2.5 Story Wood Frame building with attached barn - $80,000 damage, building repairable
Jan 10, 1999 - Barre City - VT - Working Fire - 40 Foster St - Unoccupied House - Williamstown, Berlin Mutual Aid
Jan 10, 1999 - Gloucester - MA - 2nd Alarm - Box 461 - 81 1/2 Maplewood Ave - Gloucester Sweet Shop
Jan 10, 1999 - Rutland - VT - Working Fire - Grove St - Costumes Galore - Apartments over Commercial - 12 homeless
Jan 11, 1820 - Savannah - GA - Fire destroys 460 buildings, mostly residential
Jan 11, 1916 - Schenectady - NY - 143 Barrett - Rooming house fire - 6 killed
Jan 11, 1986 - Boyds - MD - Farmhouse fire kills 4 children and 2 adults
Jan 11, 1997 - Rockingham - VT - 2nd Alarm - Route 103 - House Fire
Jan 12, 1891 - Harts Location - NH - Train Wreck - 2 brakemen killed in spectacular crash of freight train near Crawford Notch
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, 1917 - Haskell - NJ - DuPont Powder Mills - Mammoth explosion felt and heard 50 miles away
Jan 12, 1918 - Hampton - NH - 2nd Fire - House and farm bldg nearly destroyed
Jan 12, 1953 - Longbeach - CA - Sabre Jet plowed through four homes setting them afire and killing four
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 12, 1995 - Keene - NH - Court Street - Keene Fire Station at Southwest NH District Fire Dispatch Center - 3 dispatchers sent to hospital as a malfunctioning gas furnace causes high carbon monoxide readings of 28 parts per million
Jan 12, 1998 - Milton - VT - 2nd Alarm - US Route 7 - Furnace fire extended to rest of house - Fire through roof on arrival - 1 civilian with minor injuries to Fletcher Allen Hospital for smoke
Jan 12, 1999 - Albany - NH - Working Fire - Rte 113 - Commercial Warehouse 125x350 - Concrete company - Fire in attic
Jan 12, 1999 - Derry - NH - 2nd Alarm - 43 Damaron Road - 1.5 Story Wood Frame house
Jan 13, 1908 - Boyertown - PA - Rhodes Opera House fire - ~170 people died
Jan 13, 1908 - Boyertown - PA - Rhoads Opera House - 170 lives lost
Jan 13, 1914 - Windham (West Windham) - NH - data misplaced ????
Jan 13, 1967 - New York (Queens) NY - 5th Alarm (Brooklyn 5 Alms, Manhattan 3 Alms) - Box 4758 - Jamaica Gas Explosion
Jan 13, 1995 - Londonderry - NH - Pillsbury Road (3 houses down from my house) - School Bus rollover - 12 of 25 passenger transported to hospitals via 7 ambulances
Jan 13, 1997 - Methuen - MA - 3rd Alarm - 88 Center Street - House fire -
Jan 13, 1998 - Grand Isle - VT - 2nd Alarm - US Route 2 at Bell Hill Avenue(Rte 314) - Lake Champlain Basin Program Bldg adjacent to ferry terminal - Heavy fire - 11 towns Mutual Aid
Jan 13, 1998 - Montpelier - VT - 2nd Alarm - 4 State St. - 172 year old Historic Bldg - Apartments over stores - Arson fire started by emotional disturbed person
Jan 13, 1998 - Rockingham - VT (Bellows Falls) - 2nd Alarm - Westminster St. - 3 unit apartment Bldg - Arson fire
Jan 13, 1999 - Brookline - NH - Working Fire - 29 Pepperell Rd - Chimney fire with extension - Mutual Aid Townsend & Pepperell
Jan 13, 1999 - Hyde Park (North Hyde Park) - VT - Multiple Alarm - address ?? - Sawmill fire - Bldg burnt to ground - 5 depts. 75 FF's to scene, inc No Hyde Park, Eden - 23 workers out of work
Jan 13, 2001 - Green's Grant - NH - MVA Fatal - Rte 16 - Car over embankment involved in fire
Jan 13, 2001 - Springfield - NH - Snow Cave-in FATAL - Middle school age girl suffocated under snow after snow cave she and her younger brother were building collapsed
Jan 14, 1871 - Mississippi River - USA - Steam Ship TL McGill burns - 65 lives lost
Jan 14, 1906 - Sackville - RI - 2 children burn to death while parents are at church
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!" *Copied from Page 58 of the Town in Transition, Hudson History Book*
Jan 14, 1969 - Pearl Harbor - HI - Nuclear Aircraft Carrier Enterprise hits by explosions taking 27 lives
Jan 14, 1998 - Lawrence - MA - 2nd Alarm - 250 Canal St - Paper Board Company - Fire between floors 4&5
Jan 15, 1865 - Emerela - Ecuador - Conflagration all but destroys town - damage over $100,000 loss
Jan 16, 1895 - Butte - MT - Keyon-Connell building explodes - Fire extended to Butte Hardware - Gunpowder blasts kills entire fire department and 3 cops - Total 75 dead - $1 million loss
Jan 18,1885 - Boston - MA - Bay State Sugar Refinery fire extended to Standard Dye Works - $335,000 loss
Jan 25, 1865 - Buffalo NY - 298 Main Street - Diehl Restaurant fire extended to 13 stores - American Hotel - 3 firefighters killed - $600,000 loss
Jan 15, 1865 - Emerela - Ecuador - Conflagration all but destroys town, damage over $100,000 loss
Jan 15, 1880 - Fremont - NH - North side of Fremont - portable sawmill boiler exploded killing 2 and injuring 2
Jan 15, 1997 - Concord - VT - Historic Fire - One of the oldest houses in Miles Pond burned
Jan 15, 1998 - Orleans - VT - 2nd Alarm+ - Main Street - Bolduc's Valley House Inn & Rest - 3 Story Wood Frame
Jan 15, 1998 - Rutland - VT - Working Fire ire - Route 4 - Best Western Motel
Jan 15, 1998 - Sheffield - VT - Working Fire ire - Wheelock Road - Structure fire, heavily involved
Jan 15, 1998 - Waterford - VT - Working Fire ire - Off State Route 18 - Structure Fire - Monroe NH - St. Johnsbury VT Mutual Aid
Jan 15, 1999 - Fitzwilliam - NH - 2nd Alarm - Rte 119 - 2 car garage fully involved ext'd to house - Heavy fire in house - Tanker shuttle, 4 towns Mutual Aid
Jan 16, 1895 - Butte - MT - Keyon-Connell building explodes - Fire extended to Butte Hardware - Gunpowder blasts kills entire fire department and 3 cops - Total 75 dead - $1 million loss
Jan 16, 1907 - Exeter - NH - 72 Front Street - Phillips Academy Building - Fire on 2nd floor, attic and roof - $2,000 damage
Jan 16, 1952 - Stephentown - NY - 10 room dwelling destroyed by fire with 1 elderly occupant dying
Jan 16, 1967 - Chicago - IL - - 9th Alarm - McCormick Place fire - Exhibition Hall, six year old - During a house wares manufacturing exhibition - 1 security guard killed in early morning fire - 500 firefighters and 94 pieces, including fireboat, to scene
Jan 16, 1999 - Hanover - NH - 2nd Alarm - Grant Rd - House - Mutual Aid Lyme & Thetford VT
Jan 17, 1900 - Derry (Derry Depot) - NH - Cottage House destroyed
Mutual Aid response - Fire spread through roof
Jan 17, 2003 - Whitefield and Berlin - NH - Record overnight temperatures of -29 degrees Fahrenheit
Jan 18, 1982 - Sanbornton - NH - Earthquake 4.5 Richter Scale - Felt in Nashua
Jan 18, 1998 - Bernardston - MA - 3rd Alarm - 9 Gill Road - 5 towns Mutual Aid
Mar 18, 1905 - New York - NY - Ten Firemen of Engine Company No. 137, were overcome at a fire pm a boat lying at the head of Meserole Street. In the hold of the boat was stored a large quantity of hemp. A boatman saw smoke and steam coming from the forward hold and alerted the fire department.� As the firemen reached the boat there was a series of small explosions caused by gases generated in the hemp. Damage to the boat was trifling. The ten Firemen were knocked out by the fumes from the burning hemp
Jan 19, 1952 - Sandspit - British Columbia Canada - Northwest Orient Airlines DC4 Crashes - 36 killed -
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, 1994 - Evans - NY - Sturgeon Point Road and Depot Street - 3 story former Red and White store on is destroyed - Temperature was 10 below zero, the coldest day in 63 years
Jan 19, 1998 - Franklin - VT (East Franklin Vlg) - 2nd Alarm - Route 120 - 200 year old Colonial house - 6 departments Mutual Aid to scene - tanker shuttle
Jan 19, 1999 - Washington - NH - 2nd Alarm - 231 Valley Rd - Barn attached to house - Heavily involved - Mutual Aid Response from Hillsborough, Deering
Jan 20, 1798 - Concord - NH - North end of Main Street - George's Hattery Shop damaged by fire, saved by bucket brigade
Jan 20, 1909 - Chicago - IL - "Appalling and Disastrous Fire" - Dunne Street at 68th Street - Water Crib Fire - Water crib, next to tunnels under construction, sheltered employees while working during the winter months - 60 workers die and several others were forced to jump into the lake to try to save themselves - Fire occurred during morning shift change, therefore many more workers were on site than normally would be
Jan 20, 1961 - Nashua - NH - address? - Recently constructed unoccupied home burns to ground undetected during blizzard - Utility lineman reports the smoldering remains the following day
Jan 20, 1999 - Salem - MA - 2nd Alarm - Box 514 - 5 Hazel St - House fire - Heavy smoke
Jan 20, 2001 - Clarksville - NH - Snowmobile Accident - Deadwater Trail - Speeding snowmobiler vs Fish and Game enforcement officer - Both drivers ejected - F&G Officer with non life threatening injuries to both legs
Jan 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, 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 21, 1991 - Rochester (Gonic) - NH - 3rd Alarm - 10D Church St - 3 Story Apartment
Jan 21, 1998 - Bedford - MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 317 - 441 North Road - 2.5 Story Wood Frame 55x30 attached garage
Jan 21, 2001 - Sugar Hill - NH - MVA - I-93 SB near Exit 39 - Head-on caused by wrong way driver - Several trapped - Jaws from Littleton working
Jan 22, 1847 - Milford - NH - Dwelling of Dr. Stickney, opposite new town house, caught fire
Jan 22, 1913 - Derry - NH - Southern part of town - Millard Miltimore Place - Well known landmark - Fire through roof near chimney when first noticed - House destroyed by fire
Jan 22, 1940 - Evans - NY - Highland Lodge Hotel on Old Lake Shore Rd is destroyed by fire, damage estimated at $ 35,000.
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 22, 1963 - Derry - NH - Old Chester Road - Fatal fire - Occupied 4 room cottage destroyed by fire - 1 victim dies
Jan 22, 1985 - Westbrook - ME - 2nd Alarm - Central Street - Agway Warehouse
Jan 22, 1998 - Bristol - NH - 2nd Alarm - Rte 104 Freudenberg NOK - Commercial Bldg
Jan 22, 1998 - Quincy - MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 5184 - 48 West Elm Ave - Large 2.5 Story Wood Frame Occupied Dwelling
Jan 23, 1961 - Fremont - NH - 378 Main Street - Barn completely destroyed by fire
Jan 23, 1982 - Boston - MA - Logan Airport - World Airways DC-10 with 190 on board plunged into Boston Harbor after skidding off runway during an ice storm - 40 passengers to area hospitals, 23 held over, one critical
Jan 23, 1985 - New York (Manhattan) - 5th Alarm - Box 798 - 11th Ave at West 43 Street
Jan 23, 1998 - Antrim - NH - 2nd Alarm - 79 Gregg Lake Rd - 1.5 Story Wood Frame house
Jan 24, 1988 - Brattleboro - VT - Fatal Fire - West Brattleboro in remote section - House destroyed by fire killing 1 occupant
Jan 24, 2001 - Moosup - CT - Fire destroyed the 115 year old Brunswick Woolen Mill on Brunswick Ave
Jan 25, 1865 - Buffalo NY - 298 Main Street - Diehl Restaurant fire extended to 13 stores, American Hotel, 3 firefighters killed, $600,000 loss
Jan 25, 1901c. - Harrisville - NH - Monadnock Hotel fire - Bucket brigade brought fire under control before Marlboro Fire Department arrived from 8 miles away, 1 hr and 10 minutes after called
Jan 25, 1961 - Allenstown (Suncook) NH - Fire - Ferry Street - Large barn with 40 tons of hay and farm equipment destroyed by fire - Nearby structures threatened but were protected, aided by winds blowing in a direction favoring the effort - One of those buildings housed three race horses - Afternoon fire fought in below zero degrees Fahrenheit temperatures
Jan 25, 1998 - Hart's Location - NH - MVA Fatal - 7-year-old boy died after his father accidentally backed a pick-up truck while plowing the driveway - Boy slipped under the rear wheel and died later in day
Jan 25, 1999 - Acworth - NH - Working Fire - Cole Pond Road - House fire
Jan 25, 1999 - Lowell - MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 15 - Adams @ Suffolk - ( 2.5 Story Wood Frame's
Jan 26, 1906 - Schenectady - NY - South Centre Street - Close Brothers Feed Mill destroyed by fire
Jan 26, 1950 - Yukon - Canada - US Military Transport Plane Lost near Snag Yukon - 44 killed -
Jan 26, 1961 - Raymond - NH - MVA - Fatal - Rte 101?? - Car rear ended tractor trailer truck - Car extensively damaged killing 7 month old boy and injuring six other family members, two severely
Jan 26, 1969 - Dunnville - ON Canada - Victoria Hotel, 13 people died
Jan 26, 1996 - Medford - MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 19 - 109 Traincroft St - 2.5 Story Wood Frame
Jan 26, 1997 - Campton - NH - 2nd Alarm - Route 49 @ King Realty - Structure Fully Involved
Jan 26, 1998 - Highgate - VT - Working Fire -32 Canada Road - House fire - Garage Heavily Involved - Minor extension to house
Jan 26, 1998 - Wardsboro - VT (West Wardsboro Vlg) - Working Fire - Hemlock Hill off route 100 - House fire
Jan 27, 1839 - Andover - NH - Bridge at Dyer's Crossing and below the "Hog-Back" swept away by freshet
Jan 27, 1940 - Fremont - NH - 232 South Road - Wood Frame Dwelling completely destroyed by fire
Jan 27, 1961 - Newfields - NH - Daley Farm - 42 head of Holstein Cattle valued at $40,000 die in barn fire - Note: To give you an idea of how valuable the cattle were, a typical barn was probably worth around $5,000 to $10,000 a that time
Jan 27, 1963 - Milford - NH - Oak Street - Barretto Granite Company - Equipment building and machinery burned (Rebuilt)
Jan 27, 1967 - Cape Kennedy - FL - Fire kills 3 astronauts on Apollo launch pad - Astronauts White, Grissom, and Chaffee
Jan 27, 1997 - Lowell - MA - 2nd Alarm - 595 Broadway Street - Building Fire - Heavy Fire in rear
Jan 27, 1998 - Newbury (Wells River) - VT - 2nd Alarm Jefferson Hill Rd - House heavy fire - Exterior attack
Jan 27, 1998 - Pittsfield - MA - 3rd Alarm - Cram Ave - 2.5 Story Wood Frame
Jan 28, 1893 - Hanover - NH - Frost's Jewelry Store heavily damaged by fire with considerable loss
Jan 28, 1986 - Cape Canaveral - FL - First Space Shuttle disaster - Teacher Sharon "Christa" McAuliffe of Concord NH and Framingham MA perished among several other astronauts
Jan 28, 1995 - Barnet - VT - 2nd Alarm Fatal - East Barnet Vlg - Dwelling fire claims life of 66 year old woman - Mutual Aid Peacham, Waterford, Monroe NH
Jan 28, 1995 - Bloomfield - VT - Working Fire Fatal - address? - Dwelling fire claims life of 74 year old male - Fire fought in below zero temperatures - Stratford Hollow and North Stratford to scene
Jan 28, 1998 - Holyoke - MA - 3rd Alarm - Essex @ Cabot St - 4 Story Occupied Apartment Building - Fire floor 1
Jan 29, 1931 - New York (Manhattan) NY - 5th Alarm + 3rd Alarm - Box 982 - Columbus Ave at West 66th Street - Lincoln Arcade
Jan 29, 1944 - Stephentown - NY - Stage Game Refuge Road - Occupied dwelling destroyed by fire, 1 elderly occupant died
Jan 29, 1989 - Bristol - VT - Fatal fire - Main Street - Duplex - 7 year old boy killed in fire started by child playing with fire - Mother in critical condition with burns
Jan 29, 1990 - Gilford - NH - 2nd Alarm - 368 Edgewater Drive on Governor's Island - Main house heavily damaged by fire ($400,000 estimated damage)
Jan 29, 1999 - Londonderry - NH - 2nd Alarm - 83-89 Highlander Way - Highlander Inn Complex - 1 Story 30x100 with 30x50 ell - Long term rental rooms
Jan 29, 2003 - Essex VT - fully involved farmhouse at Hallett's Farm on Rte 128. Mutual Aid tankers from Westford, Fairfax, Underhill/Jericho, and Richmond shuttled water from dry hydrant in Westford and hydrant in Essex.
Jan 29, 2003 - Kinson - NC - Explosion in the West Pharmaceutical Services plant; 3 people died and more than 20 were injured
Jan 30, 1909 - Schenectady - NY - Arcade Building 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
Jan 30, 1960 - Londonderry - NH - Gilcreast Road - 7 room colonial house gutted - Ell and barn destroyed by fire
Jan 30, 1976 - Chicago - IL - 6326 North Winthrop - Wincrest Nursing Home fire - Minor fire with heavy smoke - 23 residents die
Jan 30, 1998 - Brattleboro - VT - 2nd Alarm, 1921/2 Main St - Cellar fire
Jan 31, 1882 New York (Manhattan) - NY - Potter Building fire
Jan 31, 1992 - Northumberland (Groveton) - NH - Hillside Ave - Fire 1st floor living room and 3rd floor via walls - 35 year old mentally challenged male perished in fire
Jan 31, 1997 - Derry - NH - Beaver Lake Ave - 1 Story dwelling destroyed by fire
Jan 31, 1997 - Nashua - NH - 2nd Alarm - 81 Bluestone Drive - 3story Occupied Apartment Building - Fire floor 3
Feb 01, 1859 - Concord - NH - Concord Railroad Station and Depot Hall consumed by fire
Feb 01, 1950c. - Corinna - ME - The Moosehead Mill burned in the winter of 1950. At the time it was the second largest woolen mill in Maine. Over 350 people lost their jobs that day. The mill was never rebuilt. (very rough date)
Feb 01, 1999 - Freeport - ME - 3rd Alarm - Main St - Brewer Marine - 150x100 boat storage bldg
Feb 01, 1999 - Troy - VT - Working Fire - Bonnin's Machine shop fire - Bldg destroyed - House exposure protected
Feb 01, 2002 - Essex - VT - Structure Fire on Payne St in Fort Ethan Allen. Mutual Aid from Essex Jct. (ladder) and St. Michaels College Fire Dept. (engine).
Feb 02, 1860 - New York - NY - Elm Street - Tenement fire kills approx 200 dwellers - Laws at that time did not require fire escapes
Feb 02, 1885 - New York - NY - 108 Wooster Street - Steinhardt Bros. - 6 story masonry construction - Factory fire extended to numerous houses & tenements - $1.5 million loss
Feb 02, 1898 - Westwood - MA - Fire - Pond Street - Town Coal Shed destroyed by fire
Feb 02, 1946 - York - ME - Fire w Mutual Aid - United Methodist Church - York Village
Feb 02, 2003 - Williston VT - Structure Fire in apartment building on Rte 2 in village. Mutual Aid from South Burlington, Essex, Essex Jct., and Richmond.
Feb 03, 1885 - New York - NY - Barclay Street - Major & Knapp Lithographers - 5 story marble - Fire extended to 3 tenements - 17 escaped - 1 firefighter killed - $275,000 loss
Feb 03, 1895 - Montceau-Lesmines - France - Colliery - Firedamp explosion - 30 dead
Feb 03, 1916 - Ottawa - Ontario - Canada - Parliament buildings are destroyed by fire
Feb 03, 1999 - North Hyde Park - VT - Working Fire - Montgomery Toy Company - Structure fire heavily involved
Feb 04, 1990 - Littleton - NH - 2nd Alarm - Jackson Street - Apartment house gutted by fire - 3 arrested for arson
Feb 04, 1991 - Alton - NH - 2nd Alarm - Main Street next to town hall - 2.5 Story Wood Frame 4 unit apartment - Mutual Aid Laconia, Farmington, Gilford, Gilmanton, Center Barnstead, and New Durham
Feb 04, 1999 - Conway (South Conway) - NH - Walker Pond Rd - Vacant Vacation home destroyed by fire - Start of a string of suspicious fires
Feb 05, 1845 - Andover - NH - 2 children die from injuries from fire after they were left along a short while
Feb 05, 1923 - Wichita - KS - Apartment building fire, in the "ghetto", kills 5 residents
Feb 06, 1871 - New York State - NY - Hudson River Railroad - Oil train burns and bridge collapses killing 21
Feb 06, 1876 - Claremont - NH - Unity Road near brickyard - House and barn of Harvey Barney, along with out building destroyed by fire
Feb 06, 1885 - New Brunswick - NY? - Pennsylvania Railroad - Freight train vs. oil train - 2 factories - 6 houses - hotel - bridge burned - 2 dead - $1 million loss
Feb 06, 1885 - New York - NY - Gold Street - Stahlar Leather - Fire extended to 2 bldgs. - $225,000 loss
Feb 06, 1904 - Exeter - NH - High Street - Henhouse, shed, and ell destroyed by fire - House saved
Feb 06, 1959 - Londonderry - NH - Pillsbury Road opp Valley Cemetery - Pillsbury Place farm complex - Large house badly gutted with extreme exposure problems - Derry and Grenier FD's to scene
Feb 06, 1991 - Berlin - NH - 86 Merrimack Street - 3 story tenement gutted by caused by child playing with lighter - 3 families left homeless
Feb 06, 1998 - Bolton - VT - 2nd Alarm - Wentworth Rd - 3 Story Wood Frame Occupied House - Chimney fire spread to floor 3. Fire through roof on arrival. Richmond, Waterbury, Waterbury Center FD to scene
Feb 06, 1999 - Windham - VT - Working Fire - White Rd (dirt section) near Talc Mine (Continuation of Horse Nail Rd) - Heavy smoke showing on arrival from attic vents, and eaves in rear of house per 120C1 - Londonderry Tanker, Pumper & LDH, South Londonderry Tanker & Pumper Mutual Aid to Scene
Feb 07, 1812 - New Madrid - MO - Most destructive of a series of earthquakes in region occurs - Felt as far away as Quebec Canada to the north, Washington D.C. to the east, and New Orleans to the south
Feb 07, 1887 - White River Jct (Hartford) - VT - Wreck of the Central Vermont train
Feb 07, 1888 - Amherst - NH - Earthquake noted in town
Feb 07, 1892 - New York - NY - Hotel Royal fire - 28 people died
Feb 07, 1904 - Baltimore - MD - 80 city blocks involving 1300-1500 buildings razed by fire - $150,000,000 in damage - No lives lost - This fire pointed out the need to standardize fire hose couplings
Feb 07, 1923 - Nashua - NH - Box 114 - Phillips Building (Jeannotte's Furniture) badly damaged by fire - Chimney fire extended
Feb 07, 1982 - unknown town - unknown state - Fatal fire - historic farmhouse on Broadway
Feb 08, 1690 - Schenectady - NY (Then a Dutch Colony) - Village attacked by French and Indian - Town burned 60 killed 27 taken prisoner "The Massacre of Schenectady"
Feb 08, 1881 - Hanover - NH - Elm Street - House at Daniel Blaisdell Estate totally destroyed by fire
Feb 08, 1902 - Paterson - NJ - Over 500 buildings destroyed by fire
Feb 08, 1927 - Derry - NH - Box 54 - Wilson Street - Derry Steam Laundry - Boiler room and store house ruined - Main laundry building spared
Feb 08, 1976 - New York - (Queens) 3rd Alarm - Box - 6057 Roof Collapse Liberty Ave at 117th Street - Line of Duty Death
Feb 08, 1994 - Concord - NH - Fire Fatal - A homeless man in a fire that swept through his makeshift shelter in a wooded area off Interstate 93 - 1 fatality, 2nd victim was transferred to Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston
Feb 09, 1893 - Providence - RI - 2nd Alarm Fatal - Dyer Street - 1 killed
Feb 09, 1913 - Schenectady - NY - Hotel Bellevue burned
Feb 09, 1942 - New York (Manhattan) - NY - 5th Alarm - Box 852 - North River at West 48th Street - Ship fire - USS Normandie
Feb 09, 1969 - Amherst - NH - Twenty inches of snow fall in 24 hour period - Older residents comment that it was the worst blizzard in memory
Feb 09, 1971 - Southern - CA - Major earthquake kills 65 causing $500,000,000 damage
Feb 10, 1914 - Schenectady - NY - Moderate Earthquake
Feb 10, 1973 - New York (Staten Island) - NY - 3rd Alarm - Box 2586 - Liquefied Tank Fire
Feb 10, 1981 - Las Vegas - NV - Hilton Hotel, Fire broke out in the 8.th floor of the 30-story building, 8 people died, 252 were injured
Feb 10, 1991 - Sanbornton - NH - MVA fatal - I93 - 2 car head-on (wrong way driver) - 4 fatalities (1 at scene, 2 a couple of days later, 1 a week later)
Feb 10, 1999 - Newport - VT - 2nd Alarm - Route 105 - 3 unoccupied homes destroyed - 5 towns Mutual Aid
Feb 11, 1865 - New York - NY - John Street - Bakes and Company Cotton and exposures $100,000 loss
Feb 11, 1885 - New Glasgow - Nova Scotia - Vale Colliery - explosion kills 130
Feb 11, 1885 - West Philadelphia - PA? - Insane Asylum ,18 Dead
Feb 11, 1915 - Independence - MO - Disastrous Music Hall Fire - Mutual Aid Kansas City Missouri and Kansas City Kansas
Feb 11, 1996 - Rochester - NH - 2nd Alarm - 7 Main Street East Rochester Barn fire, attached house saved
Feb 12, 1883 - Schenectady - NY - Union Avenue - Home of Andrew McMullen destroyed by fire
Feb 12, 1885 - Schenectady - NY - Clute's Hat factory destroyed by fire
Feb 12, 1995 - Manchester - NH - 2nd Alarm on arrival - 98 Walker Street - 3 story apartment house fire - 17 homeless - 1 victim with serious injuries after jumping from 3rd floor - Strong winds and exposure problems - 5 engines, 3 trucks, Rescue 1
Feb 12, 1998 - Putney - VT - 2nd Alarm - Westminster (West) Rd
Feb 13, 1823 - Gilmanton - NH - Large Brick Factory and Factory Store and Engine House at Meredith Bridge burn - Girls working in factory picking room jumped from windows with many badly injured
Feb 13, 1912 - Schenectady - NY - Oneida Hotel destroyed by fire
Feb 13, 1991 - Sugar Hill - NH - Lovers Lane Road - House destroyed by fire with one occupant later discovered in the ashes, dead
Feb 13, 1997 - Derry - NH, 205 Londonderry Turnpike - Dwelling destroyed by fire
Feb 13, 1998 - Concord - NH - 3rd Alarm - 465 Josiah Bartlett Rd - 2.5 Story Wood Frame Occupied - (House built 1870 or earlier) destroyed by fire
Feb 14, 1899c. - Dawson - Yukon Territory Canada - Fire destroyed nine buildings
Feb 14, 1923 - New York - NY - Maiden Lane - 6 story office building housing 40 jewelers and silversmith destroyed by fire - Many safes crashed into cellar as walls and floors gave way and topped on top of the bounty
Feb 14, 1923 - Omaha - NE - Armour Processing Plant - Three 9 story buildings involved in fire, plant in ruins
Feb 14, 1995 - Hancock - NH - 2nd Alarm - 150 Bennington Pond Road - Vacant 1.5 Story Wood Frame house fully involved on arrival, destroyed by fire - 7 towns mutual aid - Owner had died previous week
Feb 14, 1998 - Burlington - VT - Fire Truck Accident - Battery Park - Fire truck tipped over with 2 firefighters @ top of ladder. Two firefighters in platform bucket were raising flag of over park when ladder slammed to ground - 2 with minor injuries
Feb 15, 1899 - New York City (Brooklyn) - NY - Brooklyn Navy Yard - Largest building (#28) in yard destroyed by fire $2,000,000 damage in 1899 dollars
Feb 15, 1903 - Fremont - NH - 142 Danville Road - Purington residence - 2.5 Story Wood Frame completely destroyed by fire - Caused by lamp explosion - Exposure barn only a few feet away saved
Feb 15, 1962 - Milford - NH - Wilton Rd - Ryder Concrete Mixing Plant fire
Feb 15, 1998 - Medford - MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 521 - 21 Canal St. - 2.5 Story Wood Frame house
Feb 16, 1943 - Troy - NY - Landslide kills 18 people
Feb 16, 1991 - Portsmouth - NH - 2nd Alarm - 74 Rock Hill Ave - Mariner's Apartment Complex - Fire set to cover up double murder by stabbing - It was rumored that the victims, an older couple, had won over $1000 playing bingo the previous evening
Feb 16, 1998 - Brookline - VT - Working Fire - Athens Rd - Chimney fire with extension Response from Newfane and Williamsville Fire Departments
Feb 16, 1998 - Chester - VT - Working Fire - 1107 Nudist Camp Road - Heavily involved structure
Feb 17, 1865 - Charleston - SC - City fired by retreating rebel forces, many buildings, destroyed, Wilmington Depot explodes, ~300 killed
Feb 17, 1984 - Rochester - NH - Fatal Fire - Spaulding High School - 2 young teenage boys die after playing with Roman candles and bottle rockets became trapped in an equipment storage shed/field house which caught on fire
Feb 17, 1997 - Nashua - NH - 2nd Alarm - Whitney at Pearson St - House Fire
Feb 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, 1879 - Claremont - NH - A miller at the sugar River Gristmill caught in machinery and killed
Feb 19, 1885 - Philadelphia - PA - Chestnut Street - Commercial bldg - Wall collapse kills 2 firefighters
Feb 19, 1901 - Houston TX - Hutchins House - Five Story hotel with 300 guests. A Predawn Kitchen fire spread quickly destroying the building - No deaths or injuries Thieves ransacked the rooms of the belongings left behind as rescuers attended to the guests. The thieves also plundered the cigar stands and saloon inside the hotel
Feb 19, 1959 - Milford - NH - Souhegan St at Swinging Bridge - Ernest Durant House gutted by fire
Feb 19, 1964 - Milford - NH - Nashua St - White Elephant Shop (McLane Mill) damaged by heavy fire
Feb 20, 1803 - Raymond - NH - Freetown Sawmill - Daniel Moody is killed trying to free water wheel frozen by ice
Feb 20, 1885 - New York - NY - 324 27th Street - Marvin's Safe Co. - 8 story brick - $230,000 loss
Feb 20, 1896 - Wolfeboro - NH - Center Street - Hersey dwelling badly damaged by fire
Feb 20, 1947 - Los Angeles- CA - Pico Blvd., Stanford Ave area - Blast at the O'Connor Electroplating Company destroyed/damaged more than 55 structures in a 300-foot radius, 150 people were injured and 15 persons perished.
Feb 20, 1960 - Fremont - NH - unknown location - James Cooper's house burns
Feb 20, 1991 - Belmont - NH - 2nd Alarm - Main Street - Clean Air Technologies - Extensive damage to building - Mutual Aid to scene
Feb 20, 1998 - Hartford - VT - Hartford Vlg - Working Fire - 85 South Main St. Comm. Bldg Lebanon NH ladder mutual aid to scene
Feb 21, 1885 - New York - NY - Beaver Street and William Street - Fire - Restaurant, offices and Apartments - 6 dead - 1 firefighter killed - 50 rescued
Feb 21, 1994 - Mohawk - NY - Ice-jam flooding on Fulmer Creek; 40 homes were evacuated as water reached 6' deep. Some cars were completely submerged as a result of the ice jam.
Feb 21, 1942 - Fremont - NH - 239 South Road - Landmark 1835 Greek Style House suffered a minor fire
Feb 21, 1983 - Wilmington - VT - Rte 9 - Cane's Tavern - 3 Story Building/Restaurant badly damaged by fire
Feb 21, 1997 - Weston - VT - Working Fire - Route 100 - 2 Story Wood Frame - House heavily involved
Feb 22, 1866 - Somerville - MA - Broadway in East Somerville - Barn fire at the old Cutter Estate near the nunnery - Steamer from Charlestown to scene
Feb 22, 1902 - New York (Manhattan) - NY - 5th Alarm - Box 443 - Park Ave at East 34th Street - Armory
Feb 22, 1998 - Lowell - MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 116 - 168 Adams St - 3 Story Wood Frame Vacant House
Feb 23, 1871 - Savannah - GA - Great Fire - $250,000 in lost property
Feb 23, 1960 - Hampstead - NH - Stage Road - Pickard Dairy Farm - Attached barn destroyed by fire - 30 cows killed - House protected
Feb 23, 1991 - Philadelphia - PA - Meridian Plaza - 38 Story High rise office building - Heavy started on floor 22 and took 18 hours to extinguish - 3 firefighters killed
Feb 23, 1995 - Tamworth - NH - 2nd Alarm - Cleveland Hill Road - Barn fully involved on arrival killing 9 horses - Mutual Aid Madison, West Ossipee, Ossipee Corner
Feb 24, 197? - Conway (North Conway Vlg) - NH - "Birchmont" destroyed by fire
Feb 24, 1998 - Rochester NH - 29 Salmon Falls Road - House fire engulfed in flames - Mother and daughter were treated for burns at Frisbie Hospital
Feb 24, 2000 - Barnstead - NH - 2nd Alarm - 22 Shelburne Lane (Locke Lake) - Dwelling 20x30
Feb 25, 1962 - Chester - NH - Raymond Road - Cottage Style home occupied by newlyweds burns to ground - The couple escaped safely
Feb 25, 1997 - Londonderry - NH - 2nd Alarm - 175 Winterwood Drive (Century Village) Occupied Residence - Fire through roof. Scene of earlier chimney fire.
Feb 26, 1920 - New York (Brooklyn) - NY - 3rd Alarm - Brooklyn Union Gas Williamsburgh - Line of Duty Death
Feb 26, 1993 - New York (Manhattan) - NY - 16 total Alarms World Trade Center explosion
Feb 26, 1998 - Swanton - VT - Working Fire - Route 105 - 1.5 Story Wood Frame with attached garage - Fire through roof of garage - Very minor extension to house
Feb 26, 1999 - Burlington - VT - 2nd Alarm - North Avenue - House heavily involved - Fire in home office spread to attic
Feb 26, 2000 - Worcester - MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 1212 - 3rd Alarm - Box 7 Park Ave - 3 Story Occupied 75x150
Feb 27, 1950 - Sanford (South Sanford) - ME - Cran residence - Five year old boy dies in house fire
Feb 27, 1975 - New York (Manhattan) - NY - 5th Alarm - Box 465 NY Telephone Building 2nd Ave at East 13th Street
Feb 27, 1998 - Middletown (Springs) - VT - Working Fire - Rte 133 @ Rte 140 - House Fully Involved - Mutual Aid Ira
Feb 28, 1902 - South Buffalo - NY - Flood waters with floating ice from the Buffalo River & Cazenovia Creek wrecked outhouses, wooden sidewalks, boxes and barrels. Several families rescued from the 2nd floors of their homes.
Feb 28, 1901 - Westwood - MA - Fire - Washington Street - House fire totally destroyed
Feb 28, 1911 - Schenectady - NY - Schenectady Storage Warehouse hit with big Fire
Feb 28, 1998 - Weathersfield - VT (Ascutney Vlg)- Working Fire - Thraser Road nr Rte 5 - Structure Fire - Mutual Aid Claremont NH
Feb 28, 2000 - Henniker - NH - 2nd Alarm - 107 Old Hillsboro Rd - 1.5 Story Wood Frame 24x76 Unoccupied House
Feb 29, 2000 - Barrington - NH - 2nd Alarm - 8 Calef Hill Rd - Garage well involved
Feb 29, 2000 - Fitzwilliam - NH - MVA FATAL - Rte 12 nr Nick's Auto - Tractor Trailer Logging Truck Rollover - 1 Fatal - 1 minor injury
Mar 01, 1896 - Fremont - NH - Flooding noted in area
Mar 01, 1955 - Brownsville - OR - Brownsville Woolen Mill Destroyed by Fire
Mar 01, 1965 - LaSalle - PQ - Explosion - 3 Story Apt Bldg Gas explosion - 28 killed, mostly children
Mar 01, 1998 - Wolfeboro - NH - 2nd Alarm - Center St. at Back Bay - Berry Mills (Vacant)
Mar 02, 1871 - Newburyport - MA - Industrial Accident - Bartlett Mills - Young female worker got dress caught on pulley and was instantly killed
Mar 02, 1931 - Nashua - NH - 341 Main Street - The Fossa Residence, called the "Showcase of the South End" - 21/2 Story Wood Frame 25x60 - Basement fire extended up badly gutting the first floor
Mar 02, 2000 - Rocky Hill - CT - 2nd Alarm - 43 Ashwell Ave - Auto ext'd to 3 bldgs
Mar 02, 2003 - Monterey - MA - Plane Crash - On approach to Great Barrington Airport in Beartown State Forest - Small plane with 7 family members on board - 4 fatals, 2 adults, 2 children - Crash site and survivors not found until well into next day
Mar 03, 1895 - Anderson - IN - Natural Gas explosion destroys commercial block - Fire extended to several others - 2 dead - $400,000 loss
Mar 03, 1912 - Chicago - IL - 655 South Clark - Salvation Army hotel - Barnett House Hotel - 22 dead - many injured
Mar 03, 1990 - Franconia - NH - MVA Fatal - Franconia Notch Parkway (US Rte 3) - 1 adult and 3 children killed in vehicle that crossed center line and crashed head-on with another vehicle
Mar 03, 2000 - Lowell - MA - 3rd Alarm - 103-105 Beacon St - 21/2 Story Wood Frame 25x60 - Heavy Fire floor3
Mar 04, 1904 - Collinwood - OH - Lakeview Grammar School - Fire kills 176 students and teachers
Mar 04, 1908 - Collinwood - OH - Lakeview Elementary School: a fire at around 9:30 a.m. destroyed the wooden structure in Collinwood, a city of 8,000 people 7 miles northeast of Cleveland; 174 children and two teachers were killed
Mar 04, 1928 - Windham (Windham Depot) - NH - Former Gregg place, resident of Fred L. Berry, main house and ell burned to ground - Barn saved - Firefighters arrived on scene in timely manner but no water was available - Furniture, including a piano and an organ were saved by cutting a large hole in the side of the house - $3,500 loss
Mar 04, 1931 - Hampton Beach - NH - Revere Beach MA and New England Coast - A gale and high tidal waves cause $3,000,000 damaged to the coast - 200 left homeless - A second gale on the 9th causes addition damage to Hampton NH, and Portland & Biddeford Maine
Mar 04, 1998 - Richford - VT - 2nd Alarm - St. Pierre Farm - Barn Fire - Over 100 cows killed - Enosburg VT & Sutton PQ MUTUAL AID - USA at Canada border crossing closed
Mar 04, 2000 - Portsmouth - NH - 2nd Alarm - 245 South St - 2.5 Story Wood Frame 30x40 Heavy Fire Floor3
Mar 04, 2000 - Sherburne - VT - Multi-Alarm - Killington Access Rd - Mountain Green Resort - 40 cars and parking garage destroyed
Mar 05, 1910 - Rogers Pass - British Columbia Canada - Avalanche - 62 killed
Mar 05, 1922 - Westwood - MA - Fire - Fox Hill Farm - Cow barns - Mutual Aid Dedham
Mar 05, 2000 - St. Johnsbury - VT - Two 2nd Alarms - 148 at 159 Eastern Ave - 3 Story Wood Frame Apartments over Commercial
Mar 06, 1999 - Scarborough - ME - 3rd Alarm - Box 319 - 2 Prospector Lane - Dwelling well involved
Mar 06, 2000 - Walpole - MA - 3rd Alarm - 767 East St (Rte 2 - Walpole Woodworking - 1 Story Wood Frame 30x100 - Wind and exposure problems
Mar 07, 1935c. Thursday - Londonderry - NH - former Starr place - House and barn destroyed by fire
Mar 07, 1999 - Milford - NH - 3rd Alarm - 95 Powers St Bldg 2 - Woodland Heights Apartments - 3 Story Brick Occupied Apartment Building - 75x150 30 unit bldg - Fire floor 2 ext thru roof - 2 Ladders up - Amherst, Wilton, Brookline, Mont Vernon Mutual Aid - 2 ambulances code 3 to scene - 4 ground ladders working side 3
Mar 08, 1953 - Buffalo - NY - General Alarm - Downtown district - 10 story warehouse building destroyed by fire - Fire spread to an exposure building across the street
Mar 08, 1967 - Nashua - NH - West Hollis Street at Railroad tracks - A classmate of mine, Bobby Dumont, was hopping trains, slipped and fell under train, badly damaging both his legs
Mar 08, 1997 - Salisbury - NH - 2nd Alarm - 55 Humphrey Rd - Garage fire heavily involved - with extension to attached house
Mar 08, 2000 - Rye - NH - 4th Alarm - 101 Lafayette Rd (US Rte - 50x75 Commercial Shops & Apt
Mar 08, 2001 - Atkinson - NH - Working Fire - 8 Commerce Drive - Palmer Gas - Gas explosion with fire
Mar 09, 1923 - Westwood - MA - Fire - Emerson Estate - House and barn on fire
Mar 09, 1931 - Amherst - NH - Baboosic Lake - Moonbeam Ballroom - demolished when porch roof collapsed under heavy rain soaked snow and pulled over much of building
Mar 09, 1931 - Nashua - NH - Box 213 - Manchester Street at Abbott Street - Shea Building -4 unit apartment building fire - Heavy fire 2nd floor ceiling and attic
Mar 09, 1995 - 0945 - Meredith - NH - 86 Cattle Landing Road off Meredith Beck Road - 2.5 Story Wood and Masonry unoccupied hoe valued at $500,000 gutted by fire - Mutual Aid Center Harbor, Laconia, Moultonborough to scene
Mar 09, 1999 - Readsboro - VT - Working Fire - Smith Dr & West Hill - Structure fire well involved - Mutual Aid Response
Mar 09, 2000 - Campton - NH - 2nd Alarm - Ellsworth Hill Rd - 2 Story Wood Frame well involved
Mar 09/10, 2001 - Nashua - NH - Roof of Pennichuck Junior High School, the roof of Harcros Chemicals,. the roof of Marshall's in the Royal Ridge Mall and the roof of a dwelling at 3 Seneca Drive cave in after a heavy wet snowfall - Both the school and Marshall's did not reopen until August of that year - Several other business, barns and homes suffer a similar fate throughout the region
Mar 10, 1871 - Petroleum Centre - PA - Great fire causes $150,000 damage
Mar 10, 1933 - Hudson - NH - old Derry Road - Jasper Poultry Farm - Barn destroyed by fire - $4,000 loss
Mar 10, 1970 - Seattle - WA - Hotel-Fire, 19 people died
Mar 10, 1999 - Brockton - MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 4125 - 11 Bellview Ave - Vacant 3Story Wood Frame 30x50 House Fully Involved
Mar 11, 1993 - Plymouth - NH - 2nd Alarm - 38 high Street - off campus housing for Plymouth State college - 2.5 Story Wood Frame apartment bldg - Rear of bldg gutted, rest of bldg with significant structural damage
Mar 11, 1997 - Troy - NH - 2nd Alarm - Mill Street - Vacant Warehouse -
Mar 12, 1863 - Paterson - NJ - The old Gun mill (better known at the time as Ryle's Mill) - Due to a brisk wind blowing the flames gained considerable headway. In a few minutes the whole roof was in a blaze and as the burning timbers fell below, it set fire to the lower floors. The Gun mill at this time was four stories high with a belfry. It was never rebuilt.
Mar 12, 1936 - Nashua / Hudson - NH - Flood of 1936 starts - Union Railroad Station at Temple and East Hollis Streets under water was one of many vital locations in the region under water - The flood crested on March 19
Mar 12, 1980 - Vernon - VT - Rte 142 at Pond Rd - Dwelling - Babysitter and 2 children escaped burning house around midday
Mar 12, 2000 - Naugatuck - CT - 2nd Alarm - Box 35 321 Hillside Ave - Dwelling Fire
Mar 13, 1977 - Fremont - NH - Flooding noted in area
Mar 13, 1993 - Eastern - USA - Storm of the Century - Blizzards, tornadoes cause 280 deaths from March 12 through March 14
Mar 13, 1998 - Stowe - VT - Working Fire - Bucker Street near Route 100 - Unoccupied Multiple Family Dwelling heavily involved
Mar 13, 1998 - Tinmouth - VT - 2nd Alarm - Maplebrook Farm - 2 Story Barn - 150 cows killed - 3 towns Mutual Aid
Mar 13, 1999 - Dracut - MA - 3rd Alarm - 745 Wheeler Rd - Garage heavily involved - Extend to 1.5 Story Wood Frame 25x60 House
Mar 13, 2000 - Bow - NH - 3rd Alarm - 16 Putney Ave - Garage fire
Mar 14, 1897 - Elkins - WV - Davis Avenue - Elkins Furniture and Hardware fire on floor 2 extended throughout building and extended to entire wooden business block in a brisk wind - Town had no fire department, only a bucket brigade - Hardware store was stocked full of oi1s and varnishes. Powder kegs in another hardware store exploded - The wind shifted and the fire jumped across the street to several buildings which were were damaged. - All of the buildings on the west side Davis Avenue between Third and Fourth Streets were leveled, and at Fourth Street the fire jumped across the street and caught the Randolph Hotel - Businesses and residences destroyed or damaged were: The Elkins Furniture and Hardware Company, Granville Harvey's store, E.M. Peart's residence, J. H. Fout's store, the Inter-Mountain newspaper and printing offices, James S. Posten's residence, Dr. L. W. Talbot's drug store, Harwoods Elkins Cash Grocery, William Pettingale and Company's Clothing store, Monroe's bookstore, Nusbaum's clothing store, Darden's feed store, the Hotel Randolph, the Elkins National Bank, Wilhide's Drug store, Keim's grocery store, Cunningham's restaurant and pool room, Stalnaker's saloon Feight's stable, Platz's bakery, Davis' barber shop, Brandley's jewelry store, Stark Reger's law office, Hanrod's cigar store, the Bee Hive store, the railroad offices and Wilmer's stable.
Mar 14, 1941 - Prairie Blizzard causes deaths in Three Canadian Provinces and United States - 76 killed -
Mar 14, 1998 - Weare - NH - 2nd Alarm - 8 Reservoir Rd - Cinder's Country Store - Fire in restaurant portion of bldg
Mar 14, 1999 - Barre (Barre City) - VT - 2nd Alarm - 62 Prospect St - Granite Shed - Defensive operations - Ladder Pipes & Deck Guns in use
Mar 15, 1871c. - Forestville - NC - Forest Manufacturing Company was totally destroyed by fire (occured on a Sunday)
Mar 15, 1901 - Sanford - ME - Lebanon Street - Serious house and shed fire
Mar 15, 2000 - Northbridge - MA - 3rd Alarm Fatal - 1 Sutton Rd - 2 fatalities - 2.5 Story Wood Frame Apartments over Rest
Mar 15, 2004 - Augelica - NY - Alm's House Fire - 250 long care facility - 9 residents parish
Mar 16, 1912 - New York - NY - 2 Sylvan Place - Rooming House - 3 story wood frame - Building destroyed - 6 rescued by police
Mar 16, 1902 - Fremont - NH - Ridge Road - Unoccupied wood frame house and barn destroyed by fire caused by sparks from train
Mar 16, 1939 - Butte - MT - South Montana Street - big warehouse fire
Mar 17, 1886 - Schenectady - NY - (East of City) Mills of the Shaker township destroyed by fire
Mar 17, 1899 - New York - NY - Windsor Hotel fire
Mar 17, 1951 - Bedford - NH - Bedford Fire House gutted by fire - Fire on floor two started in meeting room by stove - All 3 of Bedford's engines were saved with only minor damage - Manchester Engines 2,10 and 12 Mutual Aid
Mar 17, 1980 - Hoosick Falls - NY - Hotel Fire - 3 killed - Historic 100 year old hotel destroyed
Mar 17, 1998 - Milford - NH - 2nd Alarm - 506 Nashua St - 2.5 story house fire
Mar 17, 1999 - Brattleboro - VT - 2nd Alarm - U.S. Route 5 at the Book Press
Mar 17, 2000 - Windham - NH - 3rd Alarm - Rte 111 @ I-93 Dunkin Donuts - Donut Shop, Dance Studio destroyed
Mar 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 18, 1802 - Schenectady - NY - Emmanuel Baptist Church burned
Mar 18, 1865 - Central NY State - NY - Major spring flooding - Syracuse to Rochester - south into Pennsylvania - "worst in decades"
Mar 18, 1931 - Joliet - IL - Statesville Prison - 7 buildings burn in prison riot
Mar 18, 1936 - New Ipswich - NH - Dam burst causing Souhegan River to flood downtown Milford causing considerable damage
Mar 18, 1937 - New London TX - Explosion and subsequent fire in a school building due to a gas leak in the heating system; 500 people, mostly children, died
Mar 18, 1937 - New London - TX - Fire - Fire and Explosion Fatal - Schoolhouse destroyed - 290 die
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 - Pembroke - NH - 2nd Alarm - 40 Glass Street - 3 Story occupied apartment building - Fire floors 2 and 3
Mar 18, 1999 - Rochester - NH - 3rd Alarm - Walnut St (Rte 202A) - Commercial Barn fully involved
Mar 18, 2000 - Rutland - VT - Gen Alarm - US Rte 4 - Structure fire
Mar 19, 1902 - Schenectady - NY - New York Furniture Company - Heavy damage due to fire
Mar 19, 1931 - Nashua - NH - Hancock Farm - Fire in "L" kills a sleeping farmhand - Elderly owner of farm receives burns trying to save the victim
Mar 19, 1958 - New York (Manhattan) - NY - 5th Alarm - Box 342 Factory/Loft Broadway at Houston
Mar 19, 1999 - Westboro - MA - Multi Alarm - 13 West Main St - 1 Story Brick 60x100 fully involved with collapse attached to a 2 Story Brick 200x70 - 3 Ladder Pipes and 4 Deck Guns - Many hand-lines operating
Mar 20, 1912 - McCurran - OK - San Bois Coal Mine - Explosion - 105 dead
Mar 20, 1961 - Londonderry - NH - Perkins Road - Barn destroyed by fire - 1 firefighter injured - Mutual Aid Derry and Grenier Field
Mar 20, 2000 - Cambridge - MA - 2nd Alarm - Box 713 - 15 Tenney St - 3 Story Wood Frame Fire throughout
Mar 21, 1788 - New Orleans - LA (Then a colony of France) - Good Friday Fire destroys 900 of the city's 1025 buildings
Mar 21, 1885 - Trenton - NJ - Capital Building Destroyed
Mar 21, 1916 - Paris - TX - Most of town destroyed by fire as over 1400 buildings burn
Mar 21, 1925 - Quebec - PQ - Earthquake 6.75 Richter Scale noted in Fremont NH history
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, 1999 - Burke (West Burke) - VT - Working Fire - Cottage Lane - Dwelling - Heavy fire
Mar 21, 2000 - Newbury - MA - 3rd Alarm - Rte 1A @ the Marina - 25 boats heavily involved
Mar 22, 1916 - Nashville - TN - Over 600 buildings burn in residential section of city
Mar 22, 1920 - Fremont - NH - Aurora Borealis puts on quite a display, as noted in the town history
Mar 22, 1960 - unknown location - USA - Clyde Elliott house burned
Mar 22, 1990 - Plymouth - NH - 1 Pleasant Street - Occupied Plymouth State College student apartment house destroyed by fire - Mutual Aid to scene from Ashland, Holderness, Rumney, Campton-Thornton, and Hebron
Mar 22, 2000 - Raymond - NH - 2nd Alarm - 14 Bald Hill Rd - House fire - 1 Civilian with CPR
Mar 23, 1901 - Schenectady - NY - Schenectady Locomotive Works hammer shop destroyed by fire
Mar 23, 1961c. - 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 23, 1993 - Chicago - IL - Paxton Hotel, 1432 North LaSalle Street: four-story brick building with single room occupancy used as permanent or semi-permanent residency
Mar 23, 1995 - Rumney - NH - Baker Valley Lumber saw mill burned to ground - Mill built in 1990, was a replacement for the mill that burned in November of that year
Mar 23, 1999 - Greenfield - MA - 3rd Alarm - 27 James St - House heavily involved - Mutual Aid
Mar 24, 1873 - Raymond - NH - Freight engine causes fire that destroys a fairly new bridge just east of village
Mar 24, 1990 - Lancaster - NH - US Rte 2 - 2.5 Story Wood Frame house destroyed by fire - 70 firefighters fought this fire with Mutual Aid from Whitefield, Northumberland (Groveton), and Jefferson
Mar 24, 1999 - Derry - NH - 2nd Alarm - 95 Goodhue Rd - 1.5 Story Occupied Single Family Dwelling - Hazards in the basement - East Derry FD, Windham and Auburn Mutual Aid Response - 2 civilians transported
Mar 24, 2000 - East Hartford - CT - 3rd Alarm - 118 Governor St - Large 2.5 Story Wood Frame - Fire thru roof
Mar 25, 1776 - Fremont - NH - Worker killed trying to repair cog wheel at gristmill
Mar 25, 1825c. - Raymond - NH - fatal dwelling fire
Mar 25, 1911 - New York (Manhattan) - NY - 4th Alarm Fatal Fire - Box 289 - 23 Washington Place - Triangle Shirtwaist Co. - 10 Story bldg - 146 workers die
Mar 25, 1990 - New York (Bronx) - NY - Fire Fatal - Box 2974 - Southern Blvd at Tremont Ave - Happy Land Social Club - fire kills 87
Mar 25, 1997 - Londonderry - NH - 2nd Alarm - 6 Morningside Drive - 2.5 Story Wood Frame 25x40 - Moderate fire floors 1,2, and attic.
Mar 25, 1999 - Barnet (McIndoe Falls) - VT - Working Fire - US Rte 5 - Barn fire - Mutual Aid Response
Mar 26, 1931 - Hampton - NH - Exeter Rd - Box 81 - Steven's Hen House destroyed by fire
Mar 26, 1993 - Londonderry - NH - I-93 - MVA Fatal - An early morning single car crash killed the son of Derry's first and one of only two mayors - The car driven by Ira Casten swerved off the interstate into the median and struck a granite ledge near the Ash Street Bridge and Mile Marker 13
Mar 26, 1999 - Brockton - MA - 3rd Alarm - 75 North Ash St - 3.5 Story Wood Frame - Fire floors 2, 3 and through roof
Mar 26, 1999 - Brockton - MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 2123 - Main St @ West Chestnut St - Large 3 Story Commercial / Apartments 45x60 - 2 Tower Ladders and numerous big lines working
Mar 27, 1895 - Milwaukee - WI - 20 businesses and YMCA destroyed - $1 million loss
Mar 27, 1915 - Milford - NH - Elm Street - Endicott Inn damaged by fire - Inn was rebuilt
Mar 27, 1947 - Derry - NH - North Main Street across railroad bridge - 1 Story House destroyed by fire spread to exposure barn, barn was saved
Mar 27, 1997 - Manchester - NH - 2nd Alarm - 6 Derry St. - 3 Story Wood Frame Occupied Apartment Building - Fire Floors 2&3
Mar 28, 1890 - Concord - NH - Earthquake, heavy rumbling for 30 seconds
Mar 28, 1997 - Manchester - NH - 2nd Alarm - 45 Nashua Street - 2.5 Story Wood Frame Occupied Apartment Bldg 30X40 - Heavy fire floor2 & roof
Mar 28, 1999 - Manchester - NH - 3rd Alarm, 1991 Bodwell Rd - Sundance Garden Condos - 3 Story Garden Style Apartments 75x150 - 29 units - Reported as balcony fire - First company reported heavy smoke and fire floors 2 and 3 to rear of building
Mar 29, 1953 - Fairchild AFS - WA - World's largest bomber (at the time), a ten engine B-36, crashed on takeoff killing 7 crewmembers
Mar 29, 1953 - Largo FL - Fire in a nursing home, 35 people died
Mar 29, 1957 - Fremont - NH - opp 6 Kelley Road - Wood frame house completely destroyed by fire
Mar 29, 1963 - Fayetteville - AK - Fire at University of Arkansas Band Building - Blaze fed by exploding containers of paint thinner in basement - Instruments, uniforms and equipment destroyed in the fire. Damage $60,000.00
Mar 30, 1867 - Raymond - NH - Shattica section of town - Sawmill belonging to John V, Emerson burns
Mar 30, 1878 - Raymond - NH - House and barn of John Cram consumed by fire - Household goods saved by quick action of occupants and neighbors
Mar 30, 1997 - Bow - NH - 2nd Alarm - 520 Hall St Blue Seal Feed - Fire Conveyer room under silo
Mar 30, 1999 - Marshfield - MA - 2nd Alarm - Box 351 - nr 2100 Ocean St (Rte 13 Anderson Tire Store - Fire floor 1 - Venting roof
Mar 30, 1999 - Warren - VT - Working Fire - German Flats Road - Condominium with heavy fire - Two firefighters with injuries - VTSP fire investigator to scene.
Mar 30, 1999 - Weathersfield (Ascutney) - VT - 2nd Alarm - US Rte 5 near town hall - Commercial Building well involved with extension to connected barn
Mar 31, 1953 - Cheektowga - NY - Fatal fire - School building destroyed in flash fire killing 14 young students and injuring 22 others.
Mar 31, 1997 - Farmington - NH - 2nd Alarm - North Main Street at Winter Ct - 40x70 2.5 Story Wood Frame Occupied Apartment Building
Mar 31, 1998 - Bradford - NH - 2nd Alarm - East Main Street - 2 Story 100x100 Bldg fire
Mar 31, 1999 - Somerville - MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 741 - 26 Gorham St - 2 Story Wood Frame 2 family dwelling
Apr 01, 1998 - Irasburg - VT - 2nd Alarm - Black River Lumber - Old Dump Rd - Building heavily involved - Active working sawmill - Building total loss
Apr 01, 1999 - Brattleboro - VT - Working Fire FATAL - Marlboro Road - Stony Brook Motel Mutual Aid Dummerston tanker - 1 fatality woman - 1 victim minor burns male civilian
Apr 01, 1999 - Brookline - MA - 2nd Alarm - Box 741 - 93 Sherman Rd house - Fire floor 2
Apr 01, 2001 - Arlington - VT - Working Fire - Lake Lauderdale Road - Building fully involved
Apr 02, 1933 - Fremont - NH - Rte 109 (now Rte 107) near Raymond townline - Car vs pole - Fremont's first double fatal MVA
Apr 02, 1999 - Lawrence - MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 5111 - 67 Cross St - 2.5 Story Wood Frame 20x50 occupied dwelling - Heavy smoke all floors
Apr 02, 2001 - Lawrence - MA - 3rd Alarm, 205 Haverhill Street - Apartment building
Apr 03, 1914 - Derry - NH - Birch Street at Wilson Ave - Dwelling and ell badly damaged by fire - Was chimney fire in kitchen that extended
Apr 03, 1998 - Arlington - MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 137 - 43 Everett St - 3.5 Story Wood Frame House - Fire thru roof
Apr 03, 1998 - Hardwick - VT - 2nd Alarm - Elm Street Ext. - Pelletier Lumber Comp. - Building heavily involved
Apr 03, 2000 - Wolfeboro - NH - 2nd Alarm - Box 34 - King St - 1 Story Dwelling - Kitchen fire
Apr 03, 2001 - Hartland - VT - 2nd Alarm - Jilson Road - House fire
Apr 04, 1843 - Schenectady - NY - New Central RR Station catches fire and spreads to and destroys several other buildings including Givens Hotel, a blacksmith shop, a tobacco shop, a warehouse and several barns
Apr 04, 1900 - Kansas City - MO - Convention Hall, Lathrop School and 2nd Presbyterian Church destroyed by fire - Convention Hall was to hold national Democratic Convention that summer
Apr 04, 1956 - New York (Bronx) - NY - 4th Alarm - Box 2904 - 3 Ave at E 175 St. Marquee Collapse - Line of Duty Death
Apr 04, 2000 - Bangor - ME - Fire - 27 State St - Radio Station WWBX/WABI set on fire - Bldg severely damaged - Responsible parties arrested
Apr 04, 2001 - Randolph (South Randolph) - VT - Working Fire - Clay White Road - Angels Sugar House
Apr 05, 1949 - Effingham - IL - St. Anthony's Hospital: fire started in a laundry chute in 125 bed hospital, 77 people died
Apr 05, 2000 - Exeter - NH - 3rd Alarm - Front St - Town Hall - 3 Story Brick 50x100
Apr 05, 2001 - Bridgewater - MA - 3rd Alarm - address ?? - Barn fully involved extended to brush
Apr 06, 1924 - Milford - NH - Granite St - Depot Garage - Fire destroyed 2nd floor
Apr 06, 1965 - Fremont - NH - opp 189 Beede Road - Beede's Barn completely destroyed by fire
Apr 06, 2000 - Lanesboro - MA - Working Fire + Fatal - 765 Rte 7 - House heavily involved
Apr 07, 2000 - East Hartford - CT - 2nd Alarm - 392 Tolland St - Bldg fire
Apr 08, 1999 - Granby - VT - Working Fire plus - Burke Road - Farm house fully involved - Mutual Aid response
Apr 08, 2000 - Durham - NH - 3rd Alarm - 8 Main St - 3 Story Wood Frame 40x60 - Heavy smoke floor 3
Apr 09, 1863 - Fremont - NH - Aurora Borealis noted
Apr 09, 1900 - Andover - NH - Cilleyville - Tenement house burns
Apr 09, 1997 - Nelson - NH - 3rd Alarm - Mill Pond Road - Barn/workshop destroyed by fire - Fire spread to house causing heavy damage
Apr 09, 1998 - Manchester - NH - 2nd Alarm - 130 Spruce - Vacant 3 Story Commercial building
Apr 09, 2000 - Fitchburg - MA - 3rd Alarm - Address missing - 2.5 Story Wood Frame 40x50 Fire thru roof
Apr 10, 1772 - Fremont - NH - Flooding noted in area
Apr 10, 1845 - Pittsburgh - PA - Great Fire - 1/4 of city destroyed - 975 buildings, mostly residential
Apr 10, 1912 - Atlantic Ocean - NS - Titanic Sinks
Apr 10, 1917 - Eddystone - PA - Munitions plant explosion claims 130 lives
Apr 10, 1946 - Butte - MT - Park and Idaho Streets - Butte High School destroyed by fire
Apr 10, 1961 - Milford - NH - Osgood Road - Henry Curtis Farm - Large Barn fire - Most cattle killed
Apr 10, 1970 - Derry - NH - 34 Elm Street - Barn completely engulfed in flames in thickly settled neighborhood
Apr 11, 1877 - St. Louis - MO - 4th, 5th, Walnut and Elm Streets - Southern Hotel - Large 6th story luxury hotel with 300 guests - Many trapped on upper floors - Firefighter O'Toole was credited with saving a dozen from certain death - SEE July 6, 1880 for the tragic death of O'Toole
Apr 11, 1885 - Schenectady - NY - College Hills - Multiple barns destroyed by fire
Apr 12, 1927 - New York (Manhattan) - NY - 5th Alarm - Box 942 - 5th Ave at East 59 Street -Sherry-Netherland Hotel
Apr 12, 1927 - New York City - NY - the Netherland Tower Fire - All floors above the 23rd involved in fire
Apr 12, 1998 - Bolton through Northfield - VT - Large Brush Fire - Along railroad tracks next to Rte I-89 and Middlesex through Roxbury VT - Large Brush Fire - Along railroad tracks Middlesex to Roxbury
Apr 12, 1999 - Clarendon - VT - Working fire - Clarendon Springs Road - Occupied house, heavy fire - Mutual Aid response West Rutland, Rutland City, Rutland Town, Shrewsbury, Ira, Middletown Springs, Brandon, Proctor fire Depts. - Line of Duty Death Clarendon FF (and former Chief) Phil Pinkowski had a Heart attack and died at Rutland Regional Medical center
Apr 12, 2000 - Derry - NH - 2nd Alarm - 16 Drewood Dr (East Derry) - House fire
Apr 13, 1918 - Oklahoma City- OK - State Hospital fire - 38 people died
Apr 13, 2000 - Dunbarton - NH - 2nd Alarm - 223 Twist Hill Rd - 2.5 Story Wood Frame house 50x80 with attached barn - Fire floor 2 & attic
Apr 13, 2000 - Keene - NH - 2nd Alarm - 447 Park Ave Century Apartments - 3 Story Occupied Apartment Building - Fire floor 1
Apr 13, 2000 - Pembroke - NH - 2nd Alarm - 816 Prevey Lane - Former Boys Club - Bldg heavily involved
Apr 13, 2001 - Lempster - NH - 3rd Alarm - Rte 10 at Mountain Road 4 Corners - 4 Story Wood Frame Inn and barn heavily involved
Apr 14, 1851 - Fremont - NH - Flooding noted in area
Apr 14, 1966 - Derry (East Derry) NH - Hilda Ave - Vacant 3 room cottage burnt to ground
Apr 14, 1999 - Brattleboro - VT - 2nd Alarm - Main St - Heavy Fire in large commercial building
Apr 14, 2000 - Northwood - NH - 2nd Alarm - Jeffries Road - House fire
Apr 15, 1899c. - Dawson - Yukon Territory Canada - During a strike by firemen--when the temperature was 45 degrees below zero - Fire in the Bodega Hotel on Front Street and spread along the waterfront - Entire business district was destroyed and damage was estimated at $1 million
Apr 16, 1852 - Somerville - MA - Cambridge Street - Barn with five horses and one cow consumed by fire
Apr 16, 1947 - Texas City - TX - Fire Fatal - Fire on two freighters carrying 51,000 sacks of ammonium nitrate with explosions - Most of town destroyed - 517 killed including all of the Volunteer Fire Department members - 5,000 pound anchor is found 1.5 miles away from blast - Blast registers on seismograph in Colorado
Apr 16, 2001 - New Haven - CT - 4th Alarm - 21 Ferry Street at English Street - Heavy fire in 3 buildings - People trapped
Apr 18, 1906 - San Francisco - CA - Earthquake - Earthquake and conflagration - 460 killed - 28,000 buildings destroyed - $350,000,000 property loss
Apr 18, 1968 - Evans - NY - Rumsey Estate mansion fire - Building became well involved and the slate tile begins to loosen and slide off the roof like guillotines
Apr 18, 1998 - South Burlington - VT - Working Fire - Ruth Street - Flames out bedroom window on arrival - Rear of house 50 percent involved, extension into attic
Apr 20, 1935 - New York (Brooklyn) - NY - 5th Alarm - Box 482 - Furman Street at East River - Rubber Storage Warehouse
Apr 20, 1998 - Shelburne - VT - 2nd Alarm - 140 Harbor Rd - 6 Towns Mutual Aid - Unoccupied 1.5 Story Wood Frame Estate House
Apr 21, 1930 - Columbus - OH - Fatal Fire - 322 die in Ohio Penitentiary -
Apr 21, 2000 - Quincy - MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 6134 - 104 Sagamore - 1 Story Brick 75x80
Apr 22, 1887 - Sanford - ME - Sargent house destroyed by fire
Apr 22, 2000 - North Attleboro - MA - 2nd Alarm - 62 Westfield Dr - House fire - Lightning strike
Apr 23, 1857 - Raymond - NH - Barn burned by incendiary
Apr 23, 1884 - Schenectady - NY - Union Street - Train wreck - Train engine and six freight cars crash into canal
Apr 23, 1946 - Philadelphia - PA - 37 Kater Street - Tenement fire where 7 persons died
Apr 23, 1962 - New York (Staten Island) - NY - 5th Alarm - Box 4552 plus Manhattan 2nd Alarm and Staten Island 2nd Alarm and 4th Alarm - Staten Island Conflagration in Tottenville - Mutual Aid Jersey City
Apr 24, 1884 - Walpole - MA?? Exeter NH ?? - Allen's Twine Shop Burns
Apr 24, 1999 - Corinth - VT - Working Fire - next to 105 Chelsea St - House fire fully involved
Apr 24, 1999 - Lyndon (Lyndonville) - VT - 2nd Alarm - Hill Street - Packing House Lounge - Heavy fire in basement with extension to #1 floor and the attic. All Lyndonville App. E. Burke Lad. 1 & Eng. 1, St. Johnsbury Eng. 3 & Tower 4, - 4 lines stretched - Sheffield-Wheelock Fire Department with station coverage
Apr 24, 1999 - Warren - VT - Working Fire - Brook Rd - House and barn heavily damaged - 1 firefighter injured and transported to hospital
Apr 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, 1959 - Derry - NH - Olesen Road - Unoccupied 8 room farmhouse destroyed by fire
Apr 25, 1999 - Lowell - MA - Devastating fire destroyed the Assumption of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church
Apr 25, 2000 - Wakefield - MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 54 - 30 Marion Circle - 1.5 Story Wood Frame House 20x40 Cellar fire ext'd up
Apr 25, 2000 - Warner - NH - 3rd Alarm - Rte 103 in Davisville - Structure fire
Apr 26, 1908 - Landslide into Li�vre R., Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette - Quebec Canada - 33 killed -
Apr 26, 1967 - Elkins - WV - The old Elkins National Bank Building, occupied by the Lamplight Restaurant, Tyre's Shoe Store and Polly O'Kernick's Fidelity Finance Co. was lost along with Fountain Cut Rate store next door, apartments and a large section of the G. C. Murphy Co. building. A woman who lived in an apartment over Fountain Cut Rate perished in the fire.
Apr 26, 1995 - Sandwich - NH - 3rd Alarm - Skinner St (Rte 11 - House and barn fire
Apr 26, 2000 - Campton - NH - 3rd Alarm - Railroad Ave - 2 Story Wood Frame Occupied Apartment Building -Fire Floor 2 and attic
Apr 27, 1865 - Memphis - TN ??? - Mississippi River - SS Sultana explodes, burns, and sinks killing over 1400, mostly Union Soldiers that were released prisoners of war
Apr 27, 1887 - Schenectady - NY - Centre Street - Weatherwax Foundry destroyed by fire
Apr 27, 2000 - Lowell - MA - 2nd Alarm - 110 Orleans St - 2.5 Story Wood Frame 30x45 occupied dwelling
Apr 27, 2001 - Durham - NH - 4th Alarm brush Area of Fogg Lane
Apr 28, 1848 - Gilmanton - NH - Severe Freshet on Suncook River damages several mills and sweeps away most equipment
Apr 28, 1882 - Fremont - NH - Black Rocks Vlg - House and 10 bushels of potatoes destroyed by fire - Most of furniture was saved - Slight falling rain that evening saved the rest of village from catching fire
Apr 28, 1947 - Trans Canada Air Lines Lockheed Loadstar Crashes, near Vancouver - 15 killed -
Apr 28, 1998 - Cambridge (Jeffersonville) - VT - "All Seasons work and play" - Fire in attic and front of store 4 engines working at scene
Apr 29, 1903 - Slide - Turtle Mountain - Alberta Canada - 70 killed -
Apr 29, 1919 - Sandown - NH - Emma True Homestead destroyed by fire - Barn saved by a dozen men from mill 2.5 miles down road - Occupants did not have a telephone and had to use horse and buggy to ride to mill to summon help
Apr 30, 1916 - Fremont - NH - 753 Main street - Wood frame house burned - Caused by defective chimney
Apr 30, 1999 - Brookline - NH - Working Fire - 29 Pepperell Rd - Chimney fire with extension - Mutual Aid Townsend & Pepperell
May 01, 1891?/1892? - Concord - NH - Earthquake felt in city
May 01, 1900 - Scofield - UT - Blasting powder explosion in coal mine kills 200
May 02, 1920 - New York (Staten Island) 3rd Alarm plus Manhattan 3rd Alarm - National Lead Plant at Port Richmond
May 02, 1993 - Derry - NH - East Derry Hampstead Road next door to East Derry Fire Station - House of E.D. Fire Capt Ludwig is gutted by fire and razed
May 02, 1999 - Springfield - VT - 3rd Alarm - Baltimore Rd - Storage building fire - Mutual Aid tanker response
May 02, 2000 - Brewster - MA - 2nd Alarm - 100 Nickerson Lane
May 02, 2001 - New York (Manhattan) NY - 5th Alarm - Box 1207 - address??
May 03, 1901 - Jacksonville - FL - 1700 buildings destroyed by fire
May 03, 1909 - Portsmouth - NH - McDonough Street - Train Wreck
May 03, 1914 - Hanover - NH - Main Street - Musgrave's Printing Office burned
May 03, 1998 - Johnson - VT - 2nd Alarm - Vermont Studio School - Commercial with 2 apt units - Six departments to scene - Exposure problems
May 03, 1999 - Rockingham (Bellows Falls) - VT - 2nd Alarm - 30 Forest St - Cellar fire
May 03, 2001 - Johnville - New Brunswick - Monquart Covered Bridge destroyed by fire
May 04, 1851 - San Francisco - CA - Much of city destroyed by fire - From Dec 1849 through June 1851, six huge arson fires struck the city
May 04, 1970 - Swanzey - NH - Fire - Swanzey Lake Rd - Barn fire - Meadowood and Winchester Mutual Aid
May 05, 1901 - Dedham - MA - Fire - Westfield Street - House total loss
May 05, 1932 - New York (Manhattan) NY - 5th Alarm - Box 561 Cunard Pier 54 North RIV at West 15th Street
May 06, 1904 - Fremont - NH - Ridge Road - Samuel Smith residence - Wood frame house and 2 sheds completely destroyed by fire caused by sparks from a locomotive
May 06, 1957 - Evans - NY - Evans School # 6 on Black Rd. at South Creek Rd. is destroyed by the Lakeshore Arsonist
May 07, 1885 - Hampton - NY - Ocean House (Hotel) destroyed by fire
May 07, 1970 - Dummerston - VT - Fire - Canoebrook Rd - Bldg fire - West Chesterfield, Putney, Brattleboro to scene
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 08, 1904 - Utica MI - Half of Utica was burned
May 08, 2000 - Billerica - MA - 2nd Alarm Fatal - Rangeway Rd - 2.5 Story Wood Frame Farmhouse 25x50 Heavy fire - 5 lines run - 1 fatal
May 09, 1922 - Westwood - MA - Fire - Greenlodge Street - Boarding House fire - Mutual Aid Dedham
May 09, 1998 - Burlington - VT - 2nd Alarm - 24 & 28 Hayward St - Gas explosion/house fire - Vehicle into gas meter with sparks - Car fled scene - Fire in houses both sides of common driveway - Heavy damage to one house, minor damage to other
May 10, 2000 - Bradford - NH - 2nd Alarm - 28 Ring Rd
May 11, 1886 - Kansas City - MO - Tornado - Missouri River Railroad Bridge destroyed - Top of Jackson County Courthouse blown off - 15 children killed in Lathrop School
May 11, 1946 - Sanford - ME - 32 High Street - House fire with two fatalities
May 11, 1976 - Houston - TX - Tank truck with a load of anhydrous ammonia crashed through a guardrail on a highway interchange and dumped its load onto highway. Many motorists were trapped in a cloud of ammonia vapors - Seven people died, 200 were injured, 57 of which were admitted to 12 hospitals
May 11, 2000 - Alton - NH - 2nd Alarm+ - St. Joan of Arc Church - Church heavily involved in fire
May 11, 2000 - New Bedford - MA - General Alarm - 233-235 Sawyer St - Two 3 Story Wood Frame tenements - Using 7engines, 3 ladders, 1 rescues
May 12, 1924 - Merrimack - NH - Merrimack Fire Department chartered - Josiah Henderson appointed as Fire Chief
May 12, 1963 - Milford - NH - South St at Baptist Church - Several garages (9 converted horse sheds) destroyed by fire
May 12, 1988 - Barre Town (Lower Graniteville) - VT - Fatal fire - McLeod Hill Road - House fire - 4 year-old boy died
May 12, 1998 - Barre - VT - 2nd Alarm - 14 Fairview Street - Storage Bldg fully involved
May 12, 1999 - Williamstown - VT - 2nd Alarm - 255 Casino Rd - Williamstown Electric Motors - unknown size/type structure - Mutual Aid response from Barre City, Berlin, Barre Town, Chelsea, Brookfield and Washington
May 12, 2000 - Boxford - MA - Multi-Alarm - 81 Herrick Road - Gas leak - House explosion
May 13, 1807 - Raymond - NH - David Lane killed by cart wheel
May 13, 1925 - Hanover - NH - Hanover - NH - Inn stables burned
May 13, 1949 - New York (Manhattan) 2nd Alarm - Box 308 - Holland Tunnel Line of Duty Death
May 13, 1954 - Sanford - ME - 131 High Street - House fire with 1 fatality
May 13, 1985 - Philadelphia - PA - 60 buildings valued at $50,000,00 destroyed by fire as result of police action - 6 perished and 300 left homeless
May 13, 2000 - Worcester - MA - 2nd Alarm - Box 1228 - 31 Stafford St - 3 Story Wood Frame
May 14, 1890 - Manchester - NH - Eliot Hospital - Fire in wing of hospital where kitchen was housed - 1 fatality, a domestic
May 15, 1735 - Kingston - NH - Diphtheria Epidemic started to spread throughout Rockingham County, 1000 died, including 900 children
May 15, 1929 - Cleveland - OH - Cleveland Clinic Fire - Fire involving highly flammable X-Ray films give off poisonous gases killing 125
May 15, 1956 - CF100 Crashes, into Convent near Ottawa - 15 killed -
May 15, 1975c. - Waterville Valley - NH - Farrel's Lodge at Valley Inn - Inn partially destroyed by fire
May 15, 1992 - Henniker - NH - 3rd Alarm - New England College - Unoccupied apartment bldg with heavy damage - 7 towns fought this fire, considered suspicious
May 15, 1999 - Barre City - VT - 3rd Alarm - 86 Maple Ave - 3 Story Wood Frame - Heavy fire floor 3
May 15, 2000 - Burlington - VT - 3rd Alarm - Locust Rd @ Shelburne Rd - 3 Story Wood Frame
May 16, 1938 - Atlanta - GA - Terminal Hotel fire 35 people died
May 16, 1990 - Mont Vernon - NH - Mobile Coach Road - Unoccupied 2 family home heavily involved - 50 firefighters from 7 towns
May 16, 2000 - Freedom - NH - 2nd Alarm - Holly Point (Ossipee Point ?) - 1.5 Story Wood Frame with attached garage Fully involved
May 17, 1849 - St. Louis - MO - Over 400 buildings and 26 river boats destroyed by fire - 20 victims perish (some reports state only 3 died) - Fire began on the "White Cloud" steamship
May 17, 1863 - Wentworth - NH - Cyrus C. Clifford's dwelling house on the mountain burnt
May 17, 1904 - Derry (West Derry) - NH - Dwelling destroyed by fire - Exposure problems, house 25 feet away scorched - $2,000 loss
May 17, 1923 - Beulah - SC - Cleveland School: during a school play with more than 300 people in the audience a lamp fell down and started a fire; 77 people died, 47 of them were under the age of 18
May 17, 1986 - Boston (Dorchester) - MA - Box 3182 - 309 Adams Street - 2nd Alarm
- 3? Story Wood Frame occupied apartment house - $110,000 loss
May 17, 1998 - Washington - VT - Working Fire - Rte. 110 @ Turnpike Rd - Cabin heavily involved
May 17, 2000 - Nottingham - NH - 2nd Alarm+ - Church St nr Rte 152 @ Rte 156 - Community Church - Heavy fire
May 17, 2000 Brooklyn) NY - 5th Alarm - Box 1288 Commercial Building 20th Street at 4th Avenue
May 18, 1980 - Mt. Saint Helens - WA - Mountain erupts killing 40
May 18, 1993 - New York (Queens) NY - 5th Alarm - Box 7250 Building fire - 48th Ave at 44th Street
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 Judgement Day was at hand
May 19, 1781 - Raymond - NH - Flood carries away the Freetown Bridge
May 19, 1934 - Chicago - IL - Chicago stockyard fires - $10,000,000 loss
May 19, 1984 - Fairlee - VT - Two cars from a B&M freight train fell down a 75 -ft embankment landing in the Connecticut River - The boxcars contained alcohol and paper.
May 19, 2000 - Burlington - VT - 3rd Alarm - Pine St - Old Chocolate Factory
May 21, 1866 - New York (Manhattan) - NY - Academy Of Music fire
May 21, 1889 - Johnstown - PA - 2200 victims die in massive flood when earthen dam well upstream bursts - First major mobilization of American Red Cross to deliver disaster relief (Pos May 31 ??)
May 21, 1917 - Atlanta - GA - Separate fires destroy over 1900 buildings
May 21, 1963 - Milford - NH - Elm St - Martin Comolli Granite Co. Stone Shed/ storage building burned
May 21, 1994 - Manchester - NH - 88 Lowell Street - Vacant 1.5 Story Former school administrative offices - Arson fire
May 21, 1998 - Williston - VT - 3rd Alarm - Box 5 Essex Rd - Building Fire
May 22, 1848 - Augusta - ME - steamer Halifax blew up while in the Kennebec River Dam Lock claiming 7 lives
May 22, 1910 - Schenectady - NY - Barnum & Bailey Circus Big Top Tent caught fire during show - Tent destroyed, several injured during panic
May 22, 1941 - Evans - NY - The original St. Vincent's Church destroyed by fire
May 23, 1894 - Claremont - NH - North side of Sugar River - Monadnock Mills Sawmill considerably damaged 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
May 25, 1950 - Chicago - IL - Streetcar collides with gasoline tanker _ Known as the Green Hornet Accident
May 25, 1961 - Milford - NH - Elm St - Matt Crosby Farm - Barn fire
May 25, 2001 - New York (Manhattan) NY - 5th Alarm - Box 159 Art School 111 Franklyn Street at Church Street
May 26, 1954 - off Quonset Point - RI - Aircraft Carrier Bennington - Fire and explosions kill 103
May 27, 1852 - Somerville - MA - Medford Street - Two separate fires on same street - First in a barn and then in a dwelling
May 27, 1896 - St Louis - MO - Tornado kills over 300
May 27, 1977 - Southgate - KY - Fire FATAL - Beverly Hills Dinner Club - 165 die
May 27, 1990 - Keene - NH - Head of Central Square - Stage Restaurant - Dining room gutted by fire
May 28, 1914 - Empress Of Ireland Sinking - 1024 killed -
May 29, 1999 - Manchester - NH - 153-155 Beech Street - 3 Story Wood Frame occupied 6 unit apartment house - Heavy smoke pouring from basement - Arson fire
May 29, 1999 - Portsmouth - NH - 2nd Alarm - 3 Market Square - Brick Structure - Fire floor 2
May 29, 1999 - Providence - RI - 2nd Alarm - Box 5223 - 221 Oakland Ave - 3.5 Story Wood Frame - Heavy fire floors 2 and 3 extended to exposure on side 4
May 30, 2000 - Providence - RI - 3rd Alarm - Box 3135 - 50 Sprague St - Vacant 4 Sty mill (with squatters) 200x75 - Fire floor 3 in rear - 5 ladders operating
May 30, 2000 - Washington - NH - 2nd Alarm - 162 Valley Rd
May 31, 1997 - Lunenburg - VT - Working Fire - Neils's Pond South Shore - Bldg fully involved
Jun 01, 1998 - Greenwood - ME - Working Fire - Route 26 Fire in an occupied apartment building - Mutual Aid requested
Jun 02, 1838 - Nantucket?? - MA - Union Street - Fire started on a ropewalk made of tarred hemp, spreading to several wharfs, warehouses and homes, Coopers shop, paint store, a twine factory and a boat-builder building 30 buildings total - 4 homes, a store and a workshop blown up to form a firebreak
Jun 02, 1983 - Cincinnati OH - AIR CANADA in flight fire that landed in Cincinnati with 23 dead
Jun 02, 1992 - Derry - NH - 41 Drew Road - Dwelling seriously damage by fire (Home of Derry's 1st mayor) - Mutual Aid 4 depts. to scene
Jun 03, 1903 - Fremont - NH - Fremont Bridge on Nashua and Rochester Railroad destroyed by fire in very dry conditions
Jun 03, 1998 - Halifax - VT - Working Fire - 802 Jacksonville Stage Rd - Bldg Well Involved - Mutual Aid to scene
Jun 04, 1863 - Wentworth - NH - Water Street in the village - Dwelling house of Ezekiel Aiken, a former shoemakers shop, burnt - Most of contents were saved
Jun 04, 1904 - Ammonoosuc Valley - NH - Many acres of fine timber and building destroyed by forest fires
Jun 05, 1853 - Oswego - NY - Great Fire - Ames Mills and much of town destroyed - 2,000 homeless
Jun 05, 1946 - Chicago - IL - LaSalle Hotel fire claims 61 lives
Jun 06, 1836 - Colebrook - NH - Green Gables burn
Jun 06, 1871 - Manchester - NH - Manchester and North Weare Railroad bridge over Merrimack River destroyed by fire
Jun 06, 1889 - Seattle - WA - 31 city blocks destroyed by fire - 2 killed - $15,000,000 damage
Jun 06, 1994 - Harrisburg - PA - Multiple Alarm - Former Penn. Dept of Transportation Bldg - 12 Story - $150 million loss - 42 pieces responded
Jun 07, 1871 - Istanbul - Turkey - Much of city destroyed by fire - One of several disastrous fires in Istanbul throughout history
Jun 07, 1893 - Fargo - North Dakota - Worst fire in the history of Fargo - Downtown city hall, the business district and the homes of most of Fargo's 6,000 citizens destroyed . Fire began at the rear of the Little Gem Restaurant and Herzman's Dry Goods Store at 512 Front Street - Over 160 acres covering 31 blocks of businesses and residences were destroyed - This included 140 residences and 219 businesses
Jun 08 - 1997 - Manchester - NH - 229 Queen City Avenue - Sunoco gas station sustained $200,000 worth of damage as a car inside garage was torched
Jun 09, 1935 - Derry - NH - Box 36 - High Street - Dwelling badly gutted by fire
Jun 09, 1946 - Dubuque - IA - Canfield Hotel fire - 19 people died
Jun 09, 1963 - Derry - NH - Tornado - Damage to Birch Street and Hood Meadows area (Hoodcroft)
Jun 09, 1981 - St. Albans - VT - Two construction workers in critical condition with severe burns from gas explosion - Gas seeped into the manhole and was ignited by a spark from equipment
Jun 09, 1983 - NH- NH - All fourteen of New Hampshire's forestry towers shut for the year down due to lack of funding
Jun 10, 1837 - Boston - MA - Broad Street Riot - Fireman involved in fisticuffs with immigrants
Jun 10, 2000 - New York (Brooklyn) NY - 5th Alarm - Box 3580 Commercial Building Ocean Avenue at Brighton Beach Ave.
Jun 11, 1184BC - Ancient Troy burned by Greeks - Europe
Jun 11, 1638 - Fremont - NH - Earthquake noted
Jun 11, 1805 - Detroit - MI - City leveled by fire
Jun 14, 1910 - Montreal - Quebec Canada - Herald Building Collapses - 32 killed -
Jun 14, 2000 - Warwick - RI - 3rd Alarm - Rocky Point Park - 2 Bldgs fully involved
Jun 15, 1904 - New York - NY - General Slocum Ship fire - 1000 deaths
Jun 15, 1904 - New York (Bronx General Slocum East River
Jun 15, 1922 - New York (Queens) NY - 5th Alarm - Box 4962 + Brooklyn 3 Alarm Arverne (ROCKAWAYS) Conflagration
Jun 15, 1950c. - Amherst - NH - 12 Mack Hill Road - George Hyde residence - Fire in ell started in shavings in a barrel - Heavy heat and smoke damage to attached house, but structure was saved by departments new tanker truck
Jun 15, 1973 - Fremont - NH - 4.8 Richter Scale earthquake noted - Felt from Montreal to Boston
Jun 15, 1973 - New Hampshire - NH - State Department of Resources and Economic announces plans to phase out 15 of 30 fires towers
Jun 16, 1935 - Derry (East Derry) - NH - Rockingham Road (three miles south of town) the Ames Place - Large barn destroyed by fire - House saved by East Derry Volunteer Fire Dept
Jun 16, 1966 - New York (Staten Island) - NY - 936 Kill Van Kull Ship Collision
Jun 17, 1775 - Boston (Charlestown) MA - British set over 300 houses on fire during Battle of Bunker Hill
Jun 17, 1893 - Brentwood - NH - Fellows Box Factory partially consumed by fire
Jun 17, 1998 - South Woodstock - VT - Working Fire - Morgan Hill Rd.-3 story barn converted to apartments. 82 yr old Man pulled from building is in stable condition. Barn and Apartments were a total loss. Mutual aid from Woodstock, West Windsor, Bridgewater, Hartford and Reading.
Jun 17, 1999 - Brunswick - ME - 3rd Alarm - 29 Federal St - Large 3 Story Wood Frame Occupied Apartment Building - 1 fatal
Jun 17, 2001 - New York (Queens) - NY - 5th Alarm - Fathers Day Fire Hardware Store Astoria, Queens Line of Duty Death
Jun 18, 1970 - Putney - VT - Fire - Hickory Ridge Rd - House fire - Brattleboro, Westminster, Dummerston
Jun 19, 1914 - Hillcrest - Alberta Canada - Mine Explosion - 189 killed -
Jun 19, 1930 - Fremont - NH - 23 Abbott Road - Wood framed house and barn completely destroyed by fire - Caused by careless smoking
Jun 20, 1912 - Regina - Saskatchewan Canada - Tornado - 28 killed - 28 killed - more than 400 of the finest buildings in the city were destroyed
Jun 20, 1919 - San Juan - PR - Mayaguez Theater fire - ~150 people died
Jun 20, 1999 - Lawrence - MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 6111 - nr 110 Farnum St - 3 Story Wood Frame with 2 Story att'd
Jun 20, 1999 - Nashua - NH - 4th Alarm - 5 Stanstead Place Kessler Farms Condos - 4 Story Condo Garage fire spread to 2/3 units
Jun 21, 1860 - Absecom Inlet - NH - Loss by collision at sea and subsequent sinking of the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer ROBERT J. WALKER off Absecom Inlet, New Jersey - 20 officers and crew members conducting weather studies
Jun 21, 1946 - Dallas- TX - Baker Hotel fire - 10 people died
Jun 21, 1999 - Lowell - MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 113 - 279 Dutton St Candle factory - 2 Story Brick Commercial 200x50 Fire floor 1 and basement
Jun 22, 1863 - Raymond - NH - A stranger, woman, killed by cars on the railroad
Jun 22, 1918 - Derry - NH - Chester & Derry Electric Railroad - Civil War Veteran and well known citizen, 79 year old George Adams struck and killed by trolley as he walked
Jun 22, 1947 - Mormon Island - CA- SS Markey, loaded with more than three million gallons of butane and other petroleum product exploded
Jun 22, 1969 - Cleveland - OH - Cuyahoga River catches fire downstream from Cleveland
Jun 22, 1999 - Laconia - NH - 2nd Alarm - 54 Water St - Woodworking Fact - Machinery fire
Jun 24, 1999 - Fall River - NH - General Alarm - Rodman Street - 2 Vacant 3 Story Mill Bldgs Heavy fire
Jun 25, 1881 - Claremont - NH - Coy Paper Mill in West Claremont - Worker fell in bleach vat and was scalded to death
Jun 25, 1946 - New York (Staten Island) - NY - 5th Alarm - Box 13 +BKN 4 Alarm St. George Ferry Terminal
Jun 25, 1971 - Nashua - NH - Firefighters go on strike
Jun 26, 1900 - Fremont - NH - Sarah A. Smith aged 43 died this day and Mary P. Smith died Jul 30, 1900 from drinking water from a well that had dead rats in it - The rats had died from eating rat poison - The poison in turn killed the Smith's
Jun 26, 1902 - Mercur - UT - Town destroyed by fire
Jun 26, 1956 - Fremont - NH - 167 Scribner Road - Bassett's barn and corn crib completely destroyed by fire
Jun 26, 1998 - Montpelier - VT - 2nd Alarm - Washington County Railroad Bldg - Arson Fire - Two historic locomotives and maintenance bldg
Jun 27, 1873 - Brentwood - NH - Towle Mill at Lower Dam consumed by fire
Jun 28, 1999 - North Adams - MA - 2nd Alarm - 158 North St - Homeowner struck by lightning - FF overcome and treated - Lightning Strike - Fire floor 2 bathroom & attic Heavy damage
Jun 29, 1964 - Milford - NH - Stanley Powers (Westerly) Stone Shed burned down
Jun 29, 1980 - Derry (East Derry) - NH - Old Floyd Homestead gutted. Total loss
Jun 29, 1999 - Auburn - NH - 3rd Alarm - 376 Rattlesnake Hill Rd - 50x75 1 Story storage shed heavily involved - Mutual Aid Derry engine, East Derry & Londonderry Tanker, Hooksett for water supply
Jun 29, 1999 - Hull - MA - 4th Alarm - 27 Clifton Ave - 3 dwellings on fire
Jun 30, 1887 - Concord - NH - Earthquake felt in city
Jun 30, 1900 - Hoboken - NJ - Fire along riverfront district and the piers of the North German Steamship line claims between 326 and 400 lives
Jun 30, 1952 - New York (Brooklyn) - NY - 5th Alarm - Box 46 - Storage Warehouse Greenpoint
Jun 30, 1999 - Greenland - NH - 2nd Alarm - Rte) 3rd Alarm - Box - Country View Restaurant
Jul 01, 1831 - Claremont - NH - Tornado - 2 miles south of village - 2 large barns and a shed destroyed
Jul 01, 1871 - Colebrook - NH - Main Street - Large fire
Jul 01, 1900 - Cambridge - MA - Arson fire in stables kills ten horses
Jul 01, 1947c. (Monday) - Rindge - NH - West Rindge - Fragments of a "UFO" ignited a grass fire in a vacant lot, was extinguished by the Rindge Fire Dept
Jul 01, 1998 - Concord - NH - 2nd Alarm - High St Penacook - Arson fire in barn and ell attached to house
Jul 02, 1799 - Gilmanton - NH - Mrs. Caleb Vear Struck by lightning and killed
Jul 02, 1898 - Laconia - NH - 34 Parker Place - Dwelling gutted by fire, fire through roof
Jul 02, 1951 - Amherst - NH - Harry Boutelle, then 81 years old, was honored with a surprise party to observe his 65 years with the Amherst Fire Department - He had joined the department at age sixteen in July 1886. He was still responding to alarms and taking charge of the station when the trucks were out - He received a telegram from the Boston fire commissioner congratulating him and inviting him to join the Boston department if he should ever retire from the Amherst department
Jul 02, 1964 - Chester - NH - Line of Duty Death - Firefighter Robert Morisette died fighting a brush fire
Jul 02, 1999 - Lowell - MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 18 - South @ Summer St -
Jul 02, 2001 - Billerica - MA - 3rd Alarm, 188 Pollard Street - House fire
Jul 02, 2003 - Bonita Springs FL - A tractor-trailer loaded with fireworks exploded as workers were unloading the materials; 5 people died.
Jul 03, 1913 - Albany - NH - Fire at Rocky Run
Jul 03, 2001 - New Bedford - MA - General Alarm - Ashley Boulevard - Commercial building
Jul 04, 1846 - Claremont - NH - On the Common - Cannon burst and piece hit spectator 30 feet away instantly killing him
Jul 04, 1902 - Newbury VT - Wells River - Rear of Baldwin Library - Reservoir collapse
Jul 04, 1962 - Fremont - NH - Sandown Road area of French's Hill and Glidden Hill - 3 separate woods fires started by arsonist
Jul 04, 1976 - Fremont - NH - Several suspicious fires set all over town on 4th and 5th
Jul 04, 1995 - Evans - NY - General Alarm - Flexovit USA - Largest fire ever in Evans - Twenty-eight fire companies fought the fire - Manufacturing operation
Jul 04, 1999 - Brattleboro - VT - 4th Alarm - 11 Linden St - 3 Sty OMD and Commercial - Ladder pipes in operation
Jul 04, 1999 - Norwich - VT - Working Fire + - Beaver Meadow Rd - Slaughter house well involved
Jul 04, 2003 - Kilgore - TX - Explosion at a Lamb Entertainment's fireworks warehouse; 3 people died
Jul 05, 1643 - Newbury - MA - Tornado - Meeting house destroyed - 1 Native American killed
Jul 05, 1846 - Hanover - NH - Tenney Street - Blacksmith Shop of William Tenney burned
Jul 05, 1856 - Raymond - NH - Nathaniel D. West's house burned
Jul 06, 1880 - St. Louis - MO - Firefighter Phelim O'Toole, hero of the Southern Hotel fire on April 11, 1877, is killed in a freak line of duty accident - O'Toole responded to a small fire in a vacant house when his fire extinguisher exploded, tearing into his chest killing him
Jul 06, 1998 - Westminster - VT - 2nd Alarm - US Rte 5 - Apartment building - Mutual Aid called
Jul 06, 1999 - Essex (Essex Junction) - VT - Working Fire + - Corduroy Rd - Structure fully involved
Jul 07, 1903 - Bedford - NH - Bedford Historic Map site # 36 (District #1) - Building burned
Jul 07, 1944 - Westbrook - ME - Fatal Fire - County Road Philip's Farm - Firefighter William Hartley of Ladder #1 perishes
Jul 08, 1937 - Evans - NY - The North Evans Railroad Station is destroyed by fire
Jul 07, 2001 - Henniker - NH - 3rd Alarm - 101 Western Ave - Barn attached to dwelling
Jul 07, 2001 - Hillsboro - NH - 3rd Alarm - Central Square, 3 story occupied apartment building with heavy fire on arrival. Extensive Mutual Aid to scene, fire contained to building of origin despite multiple exposures.
Jul 08, 1805 - Claremont - NH - Zara and Orlando Thomas (18 year old and 7 year old struck by lightning and killed
Jul 08, 1900 - Westwood - MA - Fire - Canton Street - National Express Company - Barn fire total loss
Jul 08, 1927 - Manchester - NH - Motor Vehicle Accident - Pine St and Willow St railroad crossing - Car stuck on tracks struck by train, ejecting 3 occupants from vehicle - Two women transported to Sacred Hear Hospital in police ambulance
Jul 08, 1998 - Burlington - VT - 2nd Alarm, 19 Spring Street - Vacant Apt Bldg under repair Arson fire, with heavy fire - Exposure to similar type building with heavy fire - Exposure to single family home with light damage
Jul 09, 1876 - New York (Manhattan) - NY - Castle garden fire
Jul 09, 1998 - Manchester - NH - 2nd Alarm - 171 Spruce St - 2.5 Story Wood Frame 3 Family Occupied Apartment Building
Jul 10, 1885 - Jefferson - NH - Cherry Mountain Slide - Destroyed newly built house and killed or severely injured a farmhand - A million tons of boulders, trees and mud loosen by heavy rain slid for two miles
Jul 10, 1970 - Putney - VT - Fire - US Rte 5 - Barn fire - Dummerston, Westminster, Brattleboro tankers Mutual Aid to scene
Jul 10, 1972 - Derry - NH - Island Pond Road - Ballard Homestead, vacant fire gutted by arson fire
Jul 10, 1998 - Grand Isle - VT - Moccasin Avenue - Unoccupied house, fire due to lightning strike heavily involved
Jul 11, 1997 - Placer County - CA - Multiple Alarm Fire - Placer Consolidated Fire District - 90,000 square foot mill complex - A total of 7 overhead, 21 engines, 1 light tower, and 1 air attack were on the incident. - Fuel load included 3,000,000 board feet seasoned hardwood and 300 tons sawdust
Jul 11, 2000 - East Hartford - CT - 2nd Alarm - 126 Silver Lane - Apt Bldg - Fire floor 4
Jul 12, 1803 - Fremont - NH - Flooding noted in area
Jul 12, 1973 - St. Louis - MO - Fire in a records storagehouse destroyed several hundred thousands military personnel records
Jul 12, 1980 - Merrimack Valley - NH - thunderstorms pelted area with hail, and caused two major fires
Jul 13, 1864 - Raymond - NH - 20 year old Charles Norton drowns in Norton's pond while gathering lilies
Jul 13, 1865 - New York (Manhattan) - NY - Barnum's Museum
Jul 13, 1906 - Framingham - MA - Amsden Building in south Framingham collapses while under construction - 13 workers killed
Jul 13, 1932 - New York (Brooklyn) - NY - 5th Alarm - Box 3598 +Manhattan 5 Alarm Coney Island
Jul 13, 1977 - New York City - NY - 2nd Great New York City power blackout
Jul 14, 1956 - New York (Manhattan) - NY - 5th Alarm - Box 447 Wanamakers Broadway at E 9 Street
Jul 14, 1976 - Fremont - NH - Sandown Road - at Bean's 4 Corners - Several tire fires - A frequent occurrence since 1950's
Jul 14, 1999 - Elmore - VT - Working Fire - Elmore Mountain Rd - Building fire
Jul 15, 1818 - Fremont - NH - Dark days
Jul 15, 1863 - New York City - NY - 3 days of rioting - Draft Riots kills (11, tortures and maims thousands of innocent civilians - Hundreds of buildings burned by rioters - Federal troops occupy city on fourth day
Jun 15, 1911 - Avalon - NC - Mill destroyed by huge blaze - The mill was never rebuilt, and the entire town was literally moved away, including about 60 houses
Jul 16, 1864 - Brentwood - NH - The Young Mill at Lower Dam destroyed by fire
Jul 16, 1962c. - Amherst - NH - Amherst Street on Milford Hill - In middle of night a Quinn Freight Line truck carrying 58,000 pounds of paper crashed off road through several large trees - Fuel tanks exploded sounding like sonic booms - Truck and all paper burned in spectacular +fire - Driver was thrown 25 feet clear of truck and was escaped serous injury
Jul 16, 1967 - Berrydale - FL - Fire Fatal - 37 die in prison camp fire
Jul 16, 1990 - New York (Manhattan) - NY - 5th Alarm - Box 715 - Empire State Building
Jul 17, 1847 - Raymond - NH - Fisherville section - Young man killed by board thrown by circular saw
Jul 17, 1918 - Westwood - MA - Fire - Forbes Farm - Lightning strike - Barn and 80,000 lbs of hay
Jul 17, 1944 - port Chicago - CA - Ammunition supply ship explodes killing 320
Jul 17, 1981 - Kansas City - MO - Hyatt Regency Hotel - Two 120 foot long elevated walkways collapse, sending those strolling along with 65 tons of debris onto hundreds of people below - 114 killed, hundreds injured
Jul 17, 1996 - Moriches Bay Long Island - NY - Plane Crash - TWA, Flight 800 - 229 Souls on board
Jul 17, 1996 - Newark - NJ - 3rd Alarm - Bx2335 McCarter Hwy. & Kinney Street - 3-Story Brick Vacant Commercial Bldg, 1 Block Long
Jul 17, 1998 - Williamstown - VT - Fatal Fire - address? - House, fire thru roof - 1 fatality (occupant)
Jul 17, 2000 - Lincoln - NH - Simultaneous 4th and 2nd Alarms - Kancamagus Hwy (Rte 112 at Main St) @ Pollard Rd - 3.5 Story Condos 1000x75 Resort/Condo community - And 1/4 mile down road 2.5 Story Wood Frame 50x75 irregular Restaurant Both arson
Jul 17, 2001 - Allenstown - NH - 3rd Alarm Fatal - 62 Main Street - White Rabbit Inn and Catering - Occupied dwelling occupants trapped - 5 victims rescued, owner perished in fire
Jul 18, 1977 - New York (Brooklyn) - NY - 5th Alarm - Box 767 plus Manhattan 3rd Alarm Bushwick Conflagration
Jul 18, 1998 - Windham - VT - 1st Alarm - Rte 121 near Windham 4 Corners - Structure fully involved - Mutual Aid Tank and Pumpers from Londonderry and Chester - Cascade from Chester - Grafton to Windham for cover
Jul 18, 1999 - Farmington - ME - 4th Alarm - Rte 4 - 1 Story Wood Frame 100x400
Jul 18, 1999 - Westford - VT - Working Fire - Rte 128 @ McNallow Rd - Mutual Aid response from Fairfax
Jul 19, 1845 - New York - NY - Fire in a factory and subsequent explosions; 30 people died and hundreds were injured.
Jul 19, 1922 - New York (Manhattan) - NY - 5th Alarm - Box 539 +Brooklyn 2 Alarm Storage Warehouse Jane St. Line of Duty Death
Jul 20, 1871 - Claremont - NH - Earthquake recorded
Jul 20, 1898 - Londonderry - NH - House of Peter Bonefant near residence of F.A. Hardy (Hardy Road??) destroyed by fire - Fire spread so fast that no personal effects were able to be saved
Jul 20, 1915 - Westwood - MA - Major fire - Canton Street - 2 stables and a hay barn destroyed by fire - Mutual Aid Dedham and Norwood
Jul 20, 1954 - Fremont - NH - 234 South Road - Barn 60x38 and 100,000 pounds of hay destroyed by fire 18 cows and other livestock killed
Jul 20, 1977 - Derry - NH - Weston Street on Island Pond - Garrison Style house rocked by two explosions and destroyed by fire
Jul 21, 1891 - Fremont - NH - 910 Main Street - Isaac Brown's barn destroyed by fire
Jul 21, 1916 - Fremont NH - opposite 224 North Road - Lyford residence - House and barn completely destroyed by fire - Caused by lightning strike
Jul 21, 1919 - Chicago - IL - Grant Park - Dirigible Winged Foot Express crashes after it catches fire at 1200 feet - 3 onboard perish, 10 employees of Illinois Trust and Savings Bank also die when the burning mass fell through the skylight of the bank - Pilot and Chief Mechanic parachuted to safety
Jul 21, 1969 - Evans - NY - Depot Street - Kelm's historic landmark blacksmith shop destroyed by a suspicious fire
Jul 21, 1996 - Bath - NH - Porter Hill Rd - 40x80 2sty Wood Frame Farm House, vacant
Jul 21, 2000 - Waterboro - ME - 3rd Alarm - Cooper Hill Rd - 1 Story Wood Frame 60x40 fully involved
Jul 22, 2000 - Hamden - CT - 2nd Alarm - 272 Woodin St - Commercial Garage 75x100 with several autos and oil truck inside - 5E, 1T, 2R
Jul 23, 1903 - Derry - NH - West Derry near bridge - Unoccupied blacksmith shop totally destroyed by fire
Jul 23, 1971 - New Orleans - LA - Fire broke out in a room on the 12th. floor of the 17-story building; 6 people died in an elevator
Jul 23, 1998 - Plainfield - VT - 2nd Alarm - East Hill Rd House Fire 3 Towns Mutual Aid
Jul 23, 2000 - Nashua - NH - 1st Alarm - 37 Lake St - 2.5 Story Wood Frame multi unit
Jul 24, 1872 - Fire in Ralph Waldo Emerson's Home
Jul 24, 1915 - Chicago - IL - between LaSalle Street and Clark Street - Passenger Ship Eastland capsizes while docked in downtown Chicago pier killing 840 of the over 2500 passengers - Victims were employees of Western Electric going on an annual company picnic - The ship was notorious for being top heavy - A series of modifications made the ship even more so unstable - The last of the modifications, additional lifeboats, and a full capacity of passengers appear to have been the last straw
Jul 24, 2000 - Lawrence - MA - 4th Alarm - Box 2111 - 296 Howard St - 3 Story Wood Frame 25x40
Jul 24, 2000 - Stoughton - MA - 4th Alarm - 23 Pleasant St - 2.5 Story Brick - Fire all floors
Jul 24. 1948 - Cap des Rosiers, Gasp� - Quebec Canada - Rimouski Air DC3 Crashes in Fog - 26 killed -
Jul 25, 1893 - Sanford (Springvale) - ME - Roberts and Company laundry burns
Jul 25, 2001 - Gorham - ME- 3rd Alarm 50 New Portland Road - Gorham House Nursing Home - 3 Story Wood Frame
Jul 26, 1998 - Cambridge - VT - Elementary School damaged by fire
Jul 26, 1999 - Fairhaven - VT - Working Fire - Pleasant @ Prospect St - House fire
Jul 26, 2000 - Salem - NH - 2nd Alarm - 116 Bridge St - Commercial bldg
Jul 27, 1861 - Rockingham County - NH - Tornado rips a path through Londonderry, Candia, Deerfield
July 27,1949 - Nashua - NM - Milford Road (Amherst Street) - Kessler Farm - Barn destroyed by fire
Jul 27, 1998 - Albany - NH - MVA Fatal - Rte 112 - Motorcycle MVA - 1 fatality died five days later
Jul 28, 1945 - New York - NY - Plane Crash - B-25 crashes into - Empire State Bldg killing 13
Jul 28, 1945 - New York (Manhattan) - NY - 4th Alarm - Box 681 Empire State Building Plane Crash
Jul 28, 1978 - Kansas City - MO - Coates House Hotel, 16 people died
Jul 28, 1995 - Derry - NH - 3rd Alarm - Brook Street - K of C Hall burns
Jul 28, 1999 - New Bedford - MA - General Alarm - Brook St - old Dawson Brewery - Brick and Wood building in disrepair - 3 story and 1 story sections heavily involved - 6 story section protected - Using 8 engines and 3 ladders
Jul 29, 1883 - Sanford - ME - Fairfield Butler house and barn destroyed by fire
Jul 29, 1894 - Auburn - NH - Lake Massabesic - Cyclone destroys building
July 29, 1959 - Plymouth - MA - Obery Street - Plymouth County Farm - Barn fire
Jul 29, 1998 - Alburg - VT - Working Fire - Fatal - Route 2 - Mobile home fire heavily involved - 1 fatality
Jul 30, 1882 - Walpole - MA - Fire at Town Hall - Building saved by Bucket Brigade
Jul 30, 1916 - unknown - NJ - Fire and explosion at the Black Tom pier
Jul 30, 1990 - Moultonborough - NH - 2nd Alarm - Moultonborough Neck - Dwelling at former Camp Windward - Summer cottage 40x60 fully involved - Mutual Aid Center Harbor, Holderness, Meredith, Sandwich to scene
Jul 31, 1973 - Boston - MA - Logan Airport - 88 die in crash of Delta DC-9
Jul 31, 2001 - Portland - ME - 3rd Alarm - Riverside Drive at the Recycling Facility-Large pile of paper on fire
Aug 01, 1816c. - Raymond - NH - Major Dearborn's cooper shop burned
Aug 01, 1908 - Kootenay Valley Fire, Elk River - British Columbia Canada - Fernie & Michel Destroyed - 70-100 killed -
Aug 01, 1932 - New York (Manhattan) - NY - 2nd Alarm - Ritz Towers Hotel Park Ave at E 57 St. Line of Duty Death
Aug 01, 1969 - Angola - NY - Ehmke's Lumber yard fire
Aug 01, 1999 - Barrington - NH - MVA/Construction Acc FATAL - Construction - Worker run over by dump truck
Aug 01, 2000 - Laconia - NH - 2nd Alarm - 77 Court St Odd Fellows Hall - Fire in two rooms - Mutual Aid Gilford, Belmont, Winnisquam, Meredith, Center Harbor and Franklin
Aug 01, 2001 - Wells - ME - 2nd Alarm - US Rte 1 (Post Road) - (Bolduc's) Wells-Moody Motel - Several units Mutual Aid Ogunquit and Kennebunk - 51 year old female guest fatality
Aug 02, 1831 - Gilmanton - NH - Barn of Col. Nicholas Durrell struck by lightning and burned to ground - 30 tons of hay and livestock destroyed
Aug 02, 1978 - New York (Brooklyn) - NY -4th Alarm - Waldbaums Supermarket Ocean Av. at Avenue Y - Line of Duty Death
Aug 03, 2001 - Brookline - MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 4382 - 364 Buckminster Road - 2.5 Brick at Brick single family dwelling 70x40 heavily involved
Aug 04, 1833 - Gilmanton - NH - Two barns struck by lightning burn to ground destroying 40 tons of hay and much farm equipment
Aug 04, 1927 - August Gale Off Nova Scotia Canada - 100 killed - Off Sable Island
Aug 04, 1942 - Cleveland - OH - Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey tent fire killed numerous large animals including elephants, lions and camels
Aug 04, 1956 - New York City - NY - St. Bartholomew's, St. Patrick's, St. Thomas Churches set on fire - Suspect arrested at St. Columbia's Church carrying newspapers, rags, a shredded mop and matches
Aug 04, 2001 - Lewiston - ME- 3rd Alarm - 64 Maple St - 4 story apartment building
Aug 04, 2001 - Weare - NH - 2nd Alarm - 142 Abijah Bridge Road - Occupied Dwelling with two occupants - 1 elderly female unconscious transported status 2
Aug 05, 1949 - Mann Gulch - MT - 12 Firefighters who parachuted in and a forest ranger are overtaken by a wall of fire and perish
Aug 05, 1970 - New York (Manhattan) - NY - 3rd Alarm - Box -23 1 NY Plaza
Aug 05, 1988 - Nashua - NH - HazMat - Poisson Ave - WR Grace Chemical factory - Hundreds of pounds of a hazardous liquid escaped from the factory creating a cloud of hydrochloric acid - 42 persons to hospitals with sore throats and breathing difficulties - 2,200 people in Nashua and Hudson evacuated for seven hours - Dozens of business forced to close
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 07, 1916 - Westwood - MA - Fire - Canton Street - House fire - Mutual Aid Dedham to fire
Aug 07, 1976 - Londonderry - NH - Londonderry Volunteer Fire Department turned over to town
Aug 07, 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 07, 2000 - New York (Bronx) NY - 5th Alarm - Box 3552 Five Story Brick Mosholu Pkwy. at Steuben Ave.
Aug 07, 2001 - Lawrence - MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 5111 - 66 Willow Street - 4 Story Brick & Wood - Heavy fife floors 3 and 4 - Ladder pipes and deck guns operating
Aug 08, 2000 - Wolfeboro - NH - 2nd Alarm - House fire - Friar Tuck Way - Fire damage confined to kitchen. No injuries. Mutual Aid Ossipee Corner, Tuftonboro, West Ossipee.
Aug 09, 2000 - Holyoke - MA - 3rd Alarm - Hampshire St @ Chestnut St - 4 Story Brick fully involved - Master streams operating
Aug 10, 2001 - West Bridgewater - MA - 3rd Alarm - 286 Pleasant Street
Aug 11, 1957 - Issoudun - Quebec Canada - Maritime Central Airways DC4 Crashes - (40 km SW of Quebec City) 79 killed
Aug 12, 1944 - New York (Brooklyn) - NY - 5th Alarm - Box 3564 + BKN 5 Alarm Siml Call Coney Island Luna Park
Aug 12, 1953 - Livonia - MI - General Motors Hydra-Matic transmission plant, deemed "fireproof" - Huge plant covering 34 acres destroyed by fire - Caused by vat of oil catching fire
Aug 12, 2000 - Cambridge - MA - 4th Alarm - Box 281 - 272 Broadway - 4 Story Wood Frame 20x60 - Fire top floor - Using two ladder-pipes, 1 tower
Aug 13, 1888 - New York (Manhattan) - NY - Convent Of the Sacred Heart
Aug 13, 1997 - Goffstown NH - 149 Henry Bridge Road - Fire destroyed single family dwelling - Two children who used a lighter to set a roll of household tape on fire - The fire started on the back deck and spread
Aug 13, 2001 - Sturbridge - MA - General Alarm - US Rte 20 - Gina Industries - Factory building - Tanker shuttle
Aug 13, 2001 - Taunton - MA - General Alarm - 550 Whittenton Ave - 1 Story warehouse 150x100 fully involved
Aug 15, 1885 - Schenectady - NY - Dock Street - Schermerhorn & Sons hay barn and straw barn burn
Aug 15, 1911 - Schenectady - NY - Union Hall Block suffers heavy damage by fire
Aug 15, 1939 - Milford - NH - Wilton Rd - Hayward's (Ice Cream) Farm - Barn burns down
Aug 15, 1981 - Concord - NH - Ramada Inn - 2nd suspicious fire in same night caused FF's to rescue 24 guests over ladders
Aug 15, 1999 - Grande Isle - VT - Working Fire - 55 Hyde Rd - 2 Story Wood Frame fully involved per 34C1
Aug 16, 1969 - Milford - NH - Amherst and Grove St - Episcopal Church Infirmary (small cottage house) burned (Rebuilt)
Aug 17, 1848 - Albany - NY - Fire destroys over 500 buildings
Aug 18, 1895 - Fremont - NH - 378 Main Street - Farmer pitching hay (holding pitchfork) struck by lightning and killed instantly - Barn destroyed by fire - 3 others escaped safely
Aug 18, 1931 - Laconia - NH - Doe Avenue (The Weirs) - Barn fire fatal - Extension to porch of 17 room mansion
Aug 18, 2000 - Lawrence - MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 5111 - 227 Park St - 3 Story Wood Frame 75x75 vacant - Fire all floors - 3 ladders pipes operating
Aug 19, 1926 - Sanford (Springvale) - ME - south of Bridge Street - Vacant Butler and Clark shoe shop completely destroyed by fire
Aug 19, 1997 - Columbia - NH - Carl Drega burned down his home before going on shooting rampage
Aug 20, 1889c. - De Smet - SD - Homestead of Almazo and Laura Ingalls Wilder destroyed by fire (Laura was the author of a serious of well known books, including Little House on the Prairie)
Aug 20, 1996 - Barrington - NH - 3rd Alarm - 67 Atwood Drive - Vacant House well involved
Aug 21, - 1795 - Nottingham - NH - Farmer from Gilmanton killed farming cart accident while descending a hill
Aug 22, 1928 - town - USA - Mitchell residence - Garage and large attached barn destroyed by fire - Mr. Mitchell died of burns from am explosion of a gas torch
Aug 22, 2000 - North Andover - MA - 3rd Alarm - 3rd Alarm - 285 Holt Rd - Wheelabrator trash processing plant - 6 Story 40x120
Aug 23, 1949 - Amherst - NH - Amherst Street - barn of Clarence Adams burned to ground due to spontaneous combustion
Aug 23, 1999 - West Windsor (Brownsville) - VT - 2nd Alarm - Rte 44A - Ascutney Resort - Carpenters shop well involved
Aug 23, 2001 - Rochester - NH - 4th Alarm - Rochester Neck Road - Waste Management Paper Recycling building
Aug 24, 1814 - Washington - DC - British troops invade and burn White House and Capitol
Aug 24, 2000 - Milford - MA - 3rd Alarm - 74 Central St - 3 Story vacant furniture warehouse spread to exposures, 2 3 Story Wood Frame rooming houses and 3 Story Vacant commercial bldg
Aug 25, 1814 - Washington - DC - Tornado - During British invasion of Washington during War of 1812. - 30 British soldiers killed. (More than had died by the hands of Americans defending city.)
Aug 25, 1899 - Concord - NH - Earthquake felt in city
Aug 25, 1918 - Chester - NH - Haverhill Road across from former Dr. Brown place (which burned a few years earlier) - Barn with sleigh, carriages and hay destroyed by fire - House save by bucket brigade
Aug 25, 1935 - Storm Destroys Villages in NF, - 50 killed -
Aug 28, 1825 - Gilmanton - NH - Earthquake recorded
Aug 28, 1828 - Andover - NH - Sumner and Favor clothing mill swept away by freshet
Aug 28, 1905 - Westwood - MA - Fire - High Street - Barn destroyed by fire
Aug 28, 1999 - St. Johnsbury - VT - Working Fire - 116 Eastern Ave - 3 Story Wood Frame - Occupied Apt. Building - Fire on top floor - contained to Apt. of origin - all occupants out - 1 subject trapped on porch - 2 lines stretched - using E-2-3 & Tower 4- Eng 1 @ staging
Aug 29, 2000 - Jackson - NH - Multiple Alarm - Iron Mountain Inn - Hotel converted to Apartments - Heavy fire top floor - Historic Bldg lost
Aug 30, ####c. - Colebrook - NH - Charles Hodge Farm - All farm buildings on property and two adjacent barns destroyed by lightning and resulting fire
Aug 30, 1834 - Andover - NH - Considerable earthquake noted
Aug 30, 2000 - Jackson - NH - 2nd Alarm+ - Rte 16 adj to covered bridge - Historic Iron Mountain Hotel - 4 Story Wood Frame - Heavy fire top floor - One person rescued from roof
Aug 31, 1886 - Charleston - SC - Schenectady - NY - Severe earthquake - 100 people killed in Charleston - Felt in Boston and New Orleans
Aug 31, 1921 - Canaan - NH - George Lake place in Lockhaven - House and barn destroyed by fire
Aug 31, 1985 - Merrimack - NH - US Rte 3 - 2nd Alarm - Explosion and fire damaged machinery on floor 8 of at the Anheuser-Busch brewery
Aug 31, 2000 - Saco - ME - 3rd Alarm - Main St and Beach St - 1st Parish Church - Church 40x90 heavy fire with extension to exposures
Sep 01, 1898 - (South) Londonderry VT - House fire with exposure to barn - Husband and wife died with livestock they tried to save from burning barn
Sep 01, 1898 - Exeter - NH - Mrs. Tilton's house and barn near Exeter burned
Sep 01, 1912 - Butte - MT - Thomas Block fire on West Park
Sep 01, 1924 - Fremont - NH - 447 Main Street - Wood Frame house and barn completely destroyed by fire - Caused by lightning strike
Sep 01, 1967 - Dublin - NH - Monoplane Crash Fatal - Near Rte 137 - Millionaire owner of Steamtown USA in Bellows Falls VT killed when his monoplane crashed while approaching his private airstrip
Sep 01, 1967 - Manchester - NH - 2nd Alarm - Dow Street at Canal Street - 2.5 Story Warehouse housing Dupuis Moving, National Van Lines and other businesses heavily damaged in 25 MPH winds - 2 firefighters hurt when ladder collapsed
Sep 01, 1980 - Randolph - VT - Rte 12 - House gutted by fire - Extensive Mutual Aid
Sep 02, 1666 - London England - UK - Historic Fire - The fire broke out in mostly abandoned London (due to Black Plague). The fire ended the Plague in London because most of the rat population was killed - 89 Churches, 13,000 house destroyed
Sep 02, 1914 - Schenectady - NY - Wing Avenue Mount Pleasant section - 6 children die by sand bank caving in
Sep 02, 1947 - Derry - NH - Severe thunderstorm with winds in excess of 75 mph causing much damage, particularly in Griffin street area - Widespread outage of utilities
Sep 02, 1968 - Seabrook - NH - MVA Fatal - Rte 107 (New Zealand Road) Baby in baby carriage struck and killed by car swerving trying to avoid dog in road
Sep 02, 1980 - Salisbury - MA - Shaheen's Water Slide at Salisbury Beach - Customer and lifeguard severely electrocuted in water - Both went into cardiac arrest and were in serous condition after being revived
Sep 03, 1991 - Hamlet - NC - Imperial Food Products chicken-processing plant: 25 worker died in a fire - Building was without fire alarms or sprinkler systems - Many exit doors were locked to prevent employees from stealing
Sep 03, 1998 - Wilmington - VT - 2nd Alarm - 43 Old Town Rd - 1.5 Story Wood Frame - Mutual Aid Response
Sep 03, 2000 - Benton - NH - MVA Fatal - Long Pond Road - SUV rolled over several times, slid on roof, striking tree - Ejection and entrapment - Jaws from Haverhill working - 1 fatality, 2 with minor injuries
Sep 03, 2000 - West Springfield - MA - 3rd Alarm - 109 Charles Ave - Gas grill fire ext'd to house - 5 Eng, 1 Ladder, 3 Amb
Sep 04, 1782 - Claremont - NH - Joel Rays, a Revolutionary War Soldier burned to death and buried in West Claremont
Sep 04, 1935 - Tampa - FL - Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 - 400 killed
Sep 04, 1982 - Los Angeles - CA - Apartment House fire, 24 people died
Sep 04, 1998 - New York - NY - 4th Alarm - 124th Street in Harlem - 5 Story Brick building with heavy fire on three floors - Top three floors of building collapsed burying an engine
Sep 05, 1881 - Lower Peninsula - MI - Fatal FIRE - Cleared Forest Land fire causing 380 deaths - (St. Clair, Lapeer, Huron, Tuscola and Sanilac Counties)
Sep 05, 1930 - Londonderry - NH - MVA - Mammoth Rd at Mack's Apples - MVA Fatal - Car off curve at high speed, rolled several times, slid 200 ft, slammed into stone wall - 5 victims (from Nashua) serious injuries, 2 trapped under car, 3 trapped inside - All transported to Sacred Heart Hospital Manchester - 1 fatality
Sep 05, 1980 - Bridgewater - NH - MVA Fatal - Rte 3A - Single car struck ledge, rolled over and burst into flames - 2 teens dead at scene, 3rd teen died at hospital
Sep 05, 1982 - Nashua - NH (Dunstable MA) - Gregg Road - Vacant apartment attached to barn on former Gov Gregg's homestead - Nashua, Dunstable, Hudson, and Hollis responded to call - Stateline runs through middle of property
Sep 05, 1998 - Lyndon (Lyndonville Village) - VT - Working Fire - FF-FATAL - US Route 5 - Lyndonville Tap & Die - 100x300 Bldg - Wall collapse on Fire Fighter Eugene McDonough Line of Duty Death
Sep 06, 1881 - Fremont - NH - Dark days - Also noted in Hudson NH History
Sep 06, 1898 - NH & ME - NH - Several buildings burned by lightning strikes
Sep 06, 1956 - Evans - NY - General Alarm - Sturgeon Point Road near Route 20 - Mroz Farm
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, 1989 - Manchester - NH - Notre Dame Bridge vanishes into history as it is toppled into the Merrimack River
Sep 06, 2000 - Brockton - MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 2111 - 555 Main Street - 3 Story Wood Frame vacant 50x60 Heavy fire floor 2 & 3 - Master streams operating
Sep 06, 2000 - Stonington - CT - 3rd Alarm - Wyassup Rd - Arbor Acres (Chicken Farm Complex)
Sep 07, 1900c - Portland - ME - G.E. Jordan wood yard - Several shed burned
Sep 07, 1943 - Houston - TX - Gulf Hotel fire , 55 people died
Sep 07, 1980 - Albany - NY - Mobile oil Company on west bank of Hudson River - 1,500,000 gallons tanks holding gasoline exploded and erupted into fire
Sep 07, 1998 - Dover (West Dover Vlg) - VT - 2nd Alarm - Mount Snow Village Road - House fire
Sep 07, 2000 - Fairfield - VT - MVA - Rte 36 - Car off bridge falling 30 feet - Victim ejected - Jaws working to extricated driver.
Sep 08, 1846 - off coast - NC - Lost and drowned off the Coast Survey Brig WASHINGTON in a hurricane while conducting Gulf Stream studies, 11 officiers and crew members :
George M. Bache, Lieutenant Commanding,
James Dorsey, quartermaster
Benjamin Dolloff, quartermaster
John Fishbourne, quartermaster
Henry Schroeder, sailmaker's mate
Francis Butler, seaman
Lewis Maynard, seaman
Thomas Stamford, seaman
William Wright, seaman
Peter Hanson, ordinary seaman
Edward Grennin, ordinary seaman.
Sep 08, 1898 - Hoosic Falls - VT/NY? - Power Station destroyed by cyclone
Sep 08, 1900 - Galveston - TX - Hurricane and Flood - 5,000 to 7,000 lives lost
Sep 08, 1906 - Epping - NH - Freight Train vs horse wagon - Horse cleared railroad crossing, but wagon with driver did not - Driver thrown 30 feet and killed instantly
Sep 08, 1954 - Moose Jaw - Saskatchewan - Canada - Trans-Canada Airliner Collides with RCAF Trainer, near Moose Jaw - Saskatchewan Canada - 36 killed
Sep 09, 1821 - Lake Sunapee Region - NH - Severe tornado passes through Wendell(Sunapee), New London, Sutton, Wilmot, and Andover
Sep 09, 1898 - Williamsport - PA - High Lake - The Grandview Hotel and contents destroyed by fire
Sep 09, 1927 - Derry - NH - Box 34 - 68 North High Street - Former Fellow Place, former Ripley Place, owned by Julius Ochon - Barn, shed, and ell destroyed by fire - House badly scorched by saved - $5000 loss
Sep 09, 1949 - Quebec - Quebec - Canada - Bomb Explodes 40 Miles East of Qu�bec City - on Qu�bec Air DC3 - 23 killed -
Sep 09, 1998 - Jay - VT - 2nd Alarm - East Richford Slide Road - Single family home total loss - Arson team to scene
Sep 10, 2000 - Piermont - NH - 3rd Alarm - end of River Rd - Gould's Store - Mutual Aid tanker shuttle - Heavy fire
Sep 10, 2002 - Prattville - AL - Daniel Pratt Cotton Mill Fire - Buildings were completed in or around 1859. This cotton mill was the largest in the world at that time and employed well over a hundred workers. The mill made Confederate Army uniforms - 3 Alarm fore - Mutual Aid Arial trucks from Montgomery and Millbrook - New owners of the building had planned to restore the building - 5 youths were caught, charged and convicted of arson
Sep 11, 1946 - Fremont - NH - 325 Main Street - Piper's Lunch Room across from the Spaulding and Frost Cooperage damaged by fire
Sep 11, 2001 - New York City (Manhattan) - NY - Two World Trade Center Towers, 110 stories high, destroyed when two jets airliners crash into buildings causing fire and total collapse - Thousands killed
Sep 12, 1862 - Raymond - NH - former house of Daniel Roberts burned
Sep 12, 1966 - Anchorage - AK - Lane Hotel fire - 14 people died
Sep 12, 1977 - Kansas City - MO - Torrential thunderstorm overwhelms Brush Creek causing mammoth flooding in the Plaza district - 24 die - $94,000,000 damaged
Sep 13, 1919 - New York (Brooklyn) - NY - 5th Alarm - Box 516 + Two Man 3 Alarm s
Sep 14, 1852 - Somerville - MA - Powder Hill Farm - Dwelling fire
Sep 14, 1871 - Saratoga - NY - Two Hotels destroyed by fire - Another hotel damaged by fire
Sep 14, 1880 - Fremont - NH - Modgetown woods fire fought by 100 men
Sep 14, 2000 - Lawrence - MA - 3rd Alarm - Gilbert St - 3 Story Wood Frame - Basement fire extended up
Sep 14, 2000 - Loudon - NH - MVA FATAL - Bear Hill Rd - Pickup truck vs tree - Six minors in bed of pick-up. Seven Pt.'s 1 status 1, 5 status 2 and 1 status 3. Mutual Aid from Chichester (1), Raceway (2), Belmont (1), & Concord (1). 2 Pt.'s later air lifted, one to Hanover another to Boston Children's - 10 year old female fatal
Sep 15, 1812 - Moscow - Russia - Russians burned city to keep Napoleon from taking over
Sep 15, 1946 - Estevan - Saskatchewan - Canada - RCAF Transport Plane (C-47 Dakota) Crashes, near Estevan - Saskatchewan Canada - 20 killed
Sep 15, 1971 - Londonderry - NH - MVA - Mammoth Road north of Central School - Convertible automobile versus three horses in roadway - Two of the horses ended up struck in the passenger compartment of the car - The horses compounded there own injuries by their attempts to free themselves - The larger horse, trapped in the rear seat area and weighing 1100 pounds, was put down almost immediately. The smaller horse load in the front passenger compartment struggled for 45 minutes but also had to be put down. The horses were removed from the car with the aid of a tow truck - Fire Chief Homer Brewer was driving directly behind the car involved and was able to radio immediately for an ambulance - The driver of the car, a nurse at Eliot Hospital in Manchester in route to work, was taken to Elliot Hospital as a patient
Sep 15, 1995 - Evans - NY -� 7000 Erie Road - Chateau Estates - Fire was through the roof of an eight-family apartment building
Sep 15, 1998 - Derry (East Derry) - NH - 2nd Alarm - 62 Orchard Terrace 60x100 Barn Fully Involved (Lightning Strike)
Sep 15, 1998 - Waterbury - VT - 2nd Alarm+ - Greg Hill Rd - Single family home fully involved on arrival - Waterbury and Waterbury Center to scene with tanker trucks from Stowe
Sep 15, 1999 - Weathersfield (Ascutney) - VT - Skyline Drive - Barn and farmhouse - Exposure problems
Sep 16, 1920 - New York - NY - Wall Street - In a suspected act of domestic terrorism, an explosion kills 40 people
Sep 16, 1920 - New York (Manhattan) - NY - Wall St. Explosion
Sep 16, 1995 - Baltimore - MD - Clipper Mill Industrial Park - 3500 Clipper Road -
Originally built in 1851, the complex was so large it could fit three football fields inside - It housed artist studios, a rock climbing gym, and furniture refinishers. - Fire started on roof and spread very rapidly - A sixth alarm was dispatched to set up for exposure protection. Several firefighter injured when a large wall collapsed
Sep 16, 1999 - Williamstown - VT - Working Fire - Casino Rd, 20x20 hay barn fully involved - Mutual Aid Response from 2 Barre(town) tankers and 1 Brookfield tanker
Sep 17, 1817 - Candia - NH - John Brown's property - 2 year old boy drowns in well
Sep 17, 1862 - Wentworth - NH - Thomas J. Smith's dwelling house and barn burnt
Sep 17, 1898 - Salem - ## - Baker's Island - 2 cottages destroyed by fire
Sep 17, 1923 - Berkeley - CA - Over 600 buildings consumed by fire that started as a brush fire
Sep 17, 1934 - Nome - AK - Fire consumes 20 downtown blocks
Sep 17, 1949 - "Noronic" Burns, in Toronto Harbour - 118 killed -
Sep 17, 1980 - Bedford - NH - MVA Fatal - Rte 101 - Truck vs tree with fire - Driver burned to death
Sep 18, 1898 - Strafford Springs - CT - 2 prisoners in lockup killed by fire
Sep 18, 1923 - Westwood - MA - Fire - Fire in bogs at Canton Meadows - Burned until October 17
Sep 18, 1946 - Gander Lake - Newfoundland - Canada - Belgian Sabena DC4 Crashes SW of Gander Lake - Newfoundland Canada - 27 killed -
Sep 19, 1676 - Jamestown - VA - Jamestown is burned down during Bacon's Rebellion
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 20, 1887 - Sanford (Springvale) - ME - Paine Street - Frost Barn burned
Sep 20, 1898 - Toledo - OH - address ? - 7 story factory building - Dust explosion and fire kill 16 workers and three visitors
Sep 20, 2000 - Templeton - MA - 3rd Alarm - US Rte 202 - Mill building - Heavy fire
Sep 21, 1776 - New York City - NY - Multiple Fires - One quarter of city burned to ground (490 buildings) - British troops occupying city found fire engines and buckets sabotaged.
Sep 21, 1973 - Houston - TX - 4th Alarm plus several taps - Englewood Rail Yard Fire - Explosion and massive fire that required 200 firefighters and 40 pieces of apparatus - 1 train engineer killed and 75 injured - Several warehouses were leveled during the 31-hour fire - The Southern Pacific rail yard was 4 four mile long and had a majority of rail cars being tank cars, most of which contained hazardous materials - Two jumbo tank cars both loaded with butadiene struck an empty tank car at 20 mph causing a puncture in the tank - Butadiene leaked producing a vapor cloud it found an ignition source - Explosion and massive fire followed - Fifteen ambulances responded - Several nearby metal warehouses leveled - 1,200 evacuated from near the rail yard - At one point fire involved over a hundred rail cars across 20 tracks - 231 rail cars destroyed, 282 rail cars substantially damaged. Total loss $13,000,000
Sep 22, 1998 - No. Ferrisburgh - VT - 2nd Alarm - Town Line Rd - Wil-Con Farm - Barn fire - 30 animals, much heavy equipment lost - Barn total loss - 6 towns with 60 firefighters mutual aid to scene
Sep 22, 2000 - Bloomfield - VT - MVA Fatal - Mill Brook Rd - Car vs pedestrian, 18 year old male victim
Sep 23, 1980 - Troy - NH - Memorial Drive - 4 bedroom unoccupied ranch Style house gutted by fire - Fitzwilliam, East Swanzey and Meadowood to scene
Sep 24, 1999 - Schenectady - NY - General Alarm - Forster Ave. - Long Factory building - well involved with collapse.
Sep 25 - 1894 - Fayetteville - AR - Fire on the East side of the city Square threatened to destroy the entire business section before the volunteer bucket brigade could bring it under control.- The fire originated in the small frame building used as a stable and sort of warehouse in the rear of the mercantile establishment of Baum and Bro. and next to the alley which connects East Mountain with East Center Street. Baum & Bro's. magnificent store building was soon a mass of ruins. When the flames in the Baum building reached their height the timid gale from the south stiffened into a stout breeze and a storm of fire beat against the south wall of E. B. Harrison's hardware store. A steady stream of water was kept pouring from buckets on the roof to the fire below - The wall could not withstand the heat of the approaching fire and crashed to the floor below, carrying death and destruction. It was known that several men were on the roof of the building and some on the inside when the wall fell - 1 man was killed, several injured - Adjacent building crushed by falling fall - Three wood frame structures were then consumed. - Fire burned a total of three hours
Sep 25, 1911 - Fremont - NH - 17 Danville Road - 1.5 Story house and a shed completely destroyed by fire
Sep 26, 1970 - Laguna - CA - Wildfire burns 175,000 acres and over 380 buildings
Sep 27, 1891 - Sanford - ME - Simon Littlefield's barn burns
Sep 28, 1856 - Hanover - NH - Burke House (dwelling) burned
Sep 28, 1998 - Peru - VT - Working Fire - Bromley Village - Birch Development - Bldg heavily involved
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.
Sep 29, 1947 - New York (Manhattan) - NY - 5th Alarm - Box 572 + BKN 3 Alarm Grace Pier 57 North River at W 16 St.
Sep 30, 2000 - Beans Grant - NH - MVA - Mt. Washington Auto Rd 2 miles up - Car with failing brakes rolled over - 4 on board - All out of vehicle under own power - 2 transported with injuries - Gorham FD to scene
Oct 01, 1912 - Derry - NH - Pinehurst Street near Pumping Station - House badly damaged by fire with fire through roof - In hydrant district
Oct 01, 1998 - Burke (Burke Hollow) VT - Working Fire - Sugarhouse Rd - Basement fire around woodstove with extension to walls - West Burke Fire Dept and East Burke Fire Brigade - Tankers
Oct 01, 2000 - Boston - MA - 4th Alarm - Box 7133 - 50 Midway St - 3 Story Brick 50x75 - Fire floors 2 & 3 - Using 5 big lines
Oct 01, 2000 - Guilford - VT - MVA FATAL - Sweet Pond Rd - Single car off road vs embankment
Oct 03, 1785 - Ferrisburg - VT - Historical fire - Tree bark set afire to mark way on foggy evening rekindled in morning spreading to a chest of clothes. - The chest also contained most of the deeds and important papers of the town, destroying them.
Oct 03, 1893 - New York (Manhattan) - NY - Campbell Wallpaper Company
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, 1933 - Los Angeles - CA - Griffith Park fire - 100's perish including public works employees sent to fight fire with shovels
Oct 03, 1987 - Londonderry - NH - MVA Fatal - Rte 102 at Acropolis Drive - 2 car accident with 3 fatalities
Oct 03, 2000 - Bethel - VT - MVA Fatal - Rte 12 at Campbrook Road - Tractor Trailer (Gasoline Tanker) vs bridge abutment - Truck over railing burst into flames
Oct 03, 2000 - Boston - MA - 4th Alarm - Box 6153 10 Chelsea St - 3 Story Wood Frame Occupied Apartment Building 30x60 with exposure problems
Oct 04, 1869 - Canton - CT - Recorded over 12 inches of rain - Known as "Saxby's Gale" or The Great New England Rainstorm and Flood. Great Wind And Tide Damage in along the Maine coast. Flooding occurred throughout New England - The "October Gale" hit Cape Cod and the Island. 40 fishing ships washed shore On Cape Cod, 57 Men killed Foot and a half of snow fell at Middletown CT.
Oct 04, 1998 - Kansas City - MO - Flash flooding kills 11 people - In spite of the torrential rain, the Kansas City Chiefs football game goes on
Oct 05, 1816 - Andover - NH - Henry Potter run over by a load of corn and killed
Oct 05, 1991 - Boston - MA - JFK building - 24 story office building employing 3,000 workers - Fire started in rooftop cooling tower caused $1,000,000 damage
Oct 05, 2000 - Moultonboro - NH - High Angle Rescue/Fatal Chainsaw Accident end of Shaker Jerry Road off Moultonboro Neck in a remote section of Wentworth Shores - Tree worker dies as result of chainsaw accident 60' up a tree - Chainsaw kicked back and struck victim in neck - MUTUAL AID Laconia Ladder truck - MUTUAL AID Don's Tree Service of Gilford with truck mounted crane
Oct 06, 1852 - Somerville - MA - Powder Hill Farm - Barn fire (See Sept 14, 1852)
Oct 06, 1865 - Raymond - NH - Caleb Shannon perishing in fire when he house goes up in flames
Oct 06, 2000 - Lowell - MA - 3rd Alarm, 20 Fisher St - 2.5 Story Wood Frame dwelling 40x50 - Fire and smoke rear of house with exposure problems
Oct 07, 1871 - Chicago - IL - Major fire - West Division - Fire lasting 16 hrs injures 30 of Chicago's 185 FF's - 3 fire engines damaged - Worst fire in city history until next day
Oct 07, 1905 - Chipley - FL - FATAL Fire - 9 die in prison camp fire -
Oct 07, 1983 - Upstate - NY - Earthquake 5.0 Richter Scale noted in Fremont NH
Oct 07, 1985 - Ponce - PR - mudslide - PR's worst disaster in 20th cent. - 500 killed
Oct 07, 1993 - New York (Bronx) - NY - 5th Alarm - Box 2226 Six Story Brick Bergen Avenue at 149th Street
Oct 07, 2000 - Lowell - MA - 3rd Alarm, 20 Fisher St - 2.5 Story Wood Frame dwelling 40x50 - Fire rear of house with exposure problems
Oct 08, 1871 - Chicago - IL - Great Fire - Great Chicago Fire - O'Leary's barn 16x20 at DeKoven & Jefferson St - 250 lives lost - 17,500 bldgs - $195,000,000 damage
Oct 08, 1999 - Ryegate - VT - 2nd Alarm - Renfrew Dr - Page Farm - Barn heavily involved
Oct 09, 1871 - Peshtigo - WI - Great Fire - Fire destroyed town - killing 1,100 people
Oct 09, 2000 - Lyndeborough - NH - 3rd Alarm FATAL - 23 Glass Factory Rd - 2 Story Wood Frame Dwelling fire reported victims trapped - Call came in as a heater overturned with fire followed by several additional calls - 3 ambulances and all available EMT's requested to scene - Extra PD requested to scene - At least 1 victim with serious burns transported to Nashua, died at hospital
Oct 10, 1871 - Holland and Manistee - MI - Great Fire - 3,000 families left homeless -
Oct 10, 1938 - Dance Township - Ontario - Canada - Forest Fire Started by Settlers' Brush Fires, - 17 killed -
Oct 10, 2000 - Franklin - MA - 3rd Alarm, 20 Dean St - House fire
Oct 11, 1899 - Fremont - NH - 179 Sandown Road - the Merrifield residence - Chimney fire extended through house and barn, both completely destroyed by fire
Oct 11, 1996 - North Hampton - NH - Dwelling Explosion - 5 Deer Run Road - 2 Story Wood Frame house blown off foundation by gas explosion - Small fire resulted - Extensive structural damage
Oct 12, 1900c. - Laconia - NH - A.J. Hart and Son - Stable gutted by fire
Oct 12, 1995 - Manchester - NH - Maple Street - Queen City Tire and Battery - Fire gutted building and damaged five vehicles - One employee with 2nd degree burns to legs
Oct 12, 1999 - Montreal - PQ - 5th Alarm - 5995 de l`Authion. Large 6 Story Concrete Occupied Apartment Building (180 Units) - Fire in parking garage generating heavy smoke in building. Multiple alarms for evacuation of building
Oct 12, 1999 - Weymouth - MA - 2nd Alarm - Box 2358, 20 Bakers Ave - 2 Story Wood Frame 25x15
Oct 13, 1960 - Derry - NH - Local fire buffs chastised on the front page of the Derry News as less than 50 show up during the Fire Prevention Week unveiling of Derry's new fire engine
Oct 13, 1999 - Essex - VT - 2nd Alarm - 295 Brown River Rd - 2 family home - Fire floor 2 around gas heater
Oct 14, 1870 - Raymond - NH - on the Green - Dwelling destroyed by fire - Probable work of arsonist
Oct 14, 1898 - Dawson - Yukon Territory Canada - Fire started by a dance hall girl who had left a candle burning on a block of wood. Flames consumed two hotels, the post office and most of Front Street. In all, 26 buildings were destroyed - This same girl was responsible for a major fire in Dawson on Nov 25, 1897
Oct 14, 1927c - Epping - NH - Motor Vehicle Accident - Car vs train - 1 fatality
Oct 14, 1999 - Ashland - MA - 2nd Alarm - 232 Main St - House well involved
Oct 14, 2000 - Fairhaven - VT - MVA - US Rte 4 near Exit 4 and New York state border - Gasoline Tanker rollover
Oct 15, 1954 - Ontario - Canada - Hurricane Hazel - 83 killed -
Oct 15, 1999 - Fitchburg - MA - 2nd Alarm - 737 Water St - 2.5 Story Wood Frame
Oct 15, 2000 - Shelburne - NH - MVA FATAL - US Rte 2 nr Maine state line (In front of Mt. Washington Bed and Breakfast) - Car vs motorcycle - 2 fatalities - Berlin and Gorham Ambulances to scene
Oct 16, 1785 - Fremont - NH - Dark Days
Oct 16, 1999 - Arlington - MA - 2nd Alarm - Box 282 - 84 Lake St - 2.5 Story Wood Frame - Attic Fire Through roof
Oct 16, 2000 - Wolfeboro - NH - 3rd Alarm - Box 21 - 16 North Main St at Lake St - Yum-Yum Shop - 1.5 Brick Bakery 40x50 - Heavy fire rear through roof - Exposure problem side 2 - 2 ladder pipes operating - Mutual Aid Alton, Ossipee, West Ossipee FD, Tuftonboro, Lakeside Ambulance, NHSP, Carroll County Sheriff, NH Electric Co-op, Wolfeboro Municipal water, Wolfeboro Fire Auxiliary
Oct 17, 1951 - Nanaimo - British Columbia Canada - Queen Charlotte Air Catalina Crashes into Mt. Benson, near Nanaimo, 23 killed -
Oct 17, 1966 - New York (Manhattan) - NY - 5th Alarm - Box 598 23 St. Collapse Line of Duty Death
Oct 17, 1989 - San Francisco/Oakland - CA - Bay area earthquake
Oct 17, 1999 - Lawrence - MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 5111 - 138 Walnut St - 3 Story Wood Frame 25x40 - Fire top floor
Oct 17, 1999 - West Springfield - MA - 3rd Alarm - Bridge St - 2.5 Story Wood Frame
Oct 17, 2000 - Enosburg - VT - MVA Fatal - East Sheldon Road - Truck rollover with ejection of passenger - 1 fatality, 1 other injury
Oct 17, 2000 - Templeton - MA - 3rd Alarm Fatal - 491 Hubbardston Rd - House, fire through roof fire - Mutual Aid Several Towns with tankers
Oct 17, 2000 - Westminster - VT - MVA Fatal - Patch Rd nr Morse Brook Rd - Jaws working - 2 teenage fatalities - 3 other teens injured
Oct 17, 2003 - Chicago - IL - Fire, caused by a faulty light fixture, broke out in a storage room on the 12th floor of a 35-story Cook County administration building at 69 West Washington - 6 people died and 12 were injured, overcome by smoke
Oct 18, 1885 - Andover (Andover Centre) - NH - Serious train wreck - 2 trains collide - 3 workers killed, others seriously injured
Oct 19, 1909 - Schenectady - NY - Crane Street - Saint Adalbert's Parish Building destroyed by fire
Oct 19, 1943 - Saint Donat - Quebec - Canada - RCAF Liberator Bomber (B24) Crash, (airmen traveling on leave) - 24 killed
Oct 19, 1993 - New York (Brooklyn) - NY - 5th Alarm - Box 1554 Several Stores in a two story building 902 Flatbush Avenue at Snyder Avenue
Oct 20, 1870 - Concord - NH - Earthquake - Four shocks felt in city
Oct 20, 1870 - Schenectady - NY - Moderate Earthquake
Oct 20, 1944 - Cleveland - OH - 50 blocks burned - Natural gas explosion at storage facility - 125 killed - 300 homes destroyed
Oct 20, 1987 - Litchfield - NH - Fatal Fire - address - House fire - 3 family members die
Oct 20, 1988 - Berlin - NH - Earthquake 4.0 Richter Scale
Oct 20, 1991 - Oakland - CA - Major Fire - Brush - 24 deaths, 2,000 homes destroyed
Oct 20, 1999 - Laconia - NH - 2nd Alarm - Lexington Drive - Structure Fire
Oct 20, 1990 - Oakland - CA - Wildfires destroy over 3000 dwellings and takes over 24 lives - $1,500,000,000 damage
Oct 20, 1999 - Sanford - ME - 1st Alarm FATAL - Amherst St - House fire - 1 fatality
Oct 20, 2000 - Bradford - VT - HazMat - Bradford Water System - Chlorine gas leak (12 gallons) - Vermont HazMat Team, Williston HazMat Team, Mallets Bay HazMat Team to scene - 40 FF's and HazMat personnel on scene
Oct 20, 2000 - Colchester (Mallets Bay) - VT - Construction Accident FATAL - Prim Road - Cement Wall of septic system collapsed - 2 Heavy Rescues requested - 1 Fatality, 2 victim transported for shock
Oct 20, 2000 - Lawrence - MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 2111 - 151 Garden Street - 2.5 Story Wood Frame house 30x50 - Heavy fire floor 2 and attic, through roof - Using two ladder pipes
Oct 21, 1698 - Jamestown - VA - Statehouse burns down
Oct 21, 1924 - Hudson - NH - Lowell Road - Large barn and several out buildings destroyed by fire
Oct 21, 1998 - Dover (West Dover Vlg) - VT - Working Fire - Route 100 - Dot's of Dover Restaurant - A level 5 fire school was being held at the West Dover Station less than a mile away providing a substantial response in less than 3 minutes. Mutual Aid East Dover Vlg
Oct 21, 2000 - Salisbury - MA - 3rd Alarm 46 Central Ave - 2.5 Story Wood Frame 40x20
Oct 22, 1913 - Dawson - NM - Coal mine explosions takes 260 lives
Oct 22, 1999 - New Ipswich - NH - 1st Alarm - 123 Davis Village Rd - Cellar fire
Oct 23, 1859 - Wentworth - NH - Dwelling house of Josiah Norris Jr. destroyed by fire - Caused by defective chimney
Oct 23, 1887 - Sanford - ME - Atwood Allen house burns
Oct 23, 1989 - Pasadena - TX - Phillips Petroleum Plastics plant, explosions and fire - 22 killed
Oct 23, 1998 - Berlin (Riverton Vlg) - VT - Working Fire - Chandler Road - 2 Story Wood Frame occupied house - Fire in 2 bedrooms - MUTUAL AID Northfield
Oct 23, 1999 - Chelsea - MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 41 - 64 Washington Ave - 3 Story Wood Frame 60x40
Oct 24, 1898 - Rockland - ME - Fire in sausage factory $2,000 loss
Oct 24, 1998 - Burlington - VT - Working Fire FATAL - 30 School St - 2 fatalities - Another victim with serious injuries --- From Oct 26 1998 > > We are looking for any information about a fire in Vermont. A young man, aged 18 was killed. His name was Drew Norton, and he was a resident of Kearney, Nebraska. Please sent us any information about this. We, (the friends of Drew), would like more details about his death. You can contact us via email, [email protected], or [email protected]. Thank you.
Oct 24, 1999 - Pembroke - NH - 3rd Alarm - 420 Buck St - ~150 year-old home fully involved
Oct 25, 1931 - Lowell - MA - Fatal motor vehicle accident - French Street at the canal - Car accidentally plunged off the end of French Street into the canal drowning three or the four occupants
Oct 25, 1978 - Evans - NY - Rte 20 near Versailles Road - Cutter's Inn Tavern - Double fatal fire
Oct 25, 1986 - Fremont - NH - Earthquake, mild rumblings felt noted in town
Oct 25, 1999 - Pittsfield - NH - 2nd Alarm - 370 Catamount Rd - Garage 20x20 heavy fire
Oct 26, 1900c - Centreville - RI - Grain Store burned
Oct 26, 1962 - New York (Queens) - NY - 5th Alarm - Box 7027 Wall Collapse Maspeth Line of Duty Death
Oct 26, 2000 - Cornish - NH - 2nd Alarm - Rte 12A - Structure fire
Oct 26, 2000 - Derry - NH - MVA Fatal - Hampstead Rd at 'S' curve - Two status 1 patients - Trauma Team activated - Delayed response to hospital as ambulance could not make it up icy hill near scene - 1 Fatality 60 year old male - A co-worker of mine and her husband were first on scene and performed first aid at this East Derry accident - A 2nd co-worker of mine was at the scene a minute later, all by coincidence
Oct 26, 2000 - Webster - NH - Fire FATAL - Merrimack Circle - 1 victim MedHelo to Boston with third degree burns died
Oct 27, 1895 - Charlottesville - VA - University of Virginia - Great Fire - Rotunda annex, large 3 story brick academic building, burned to ground -
Oct 27, 1924 - New Hampton - NH - Wildfire consumes over 600 acres of land - In Livermore NH over 750 acres were consumed from a separate fire - In Salem NH 7 separate brush fire destroys 3 sets of buildings
Oct 27, 1999 - Springfield - MA - 2nd Alarm - 384 Union St - 6 Story Occupied Apartment Building - Heavy fire floor 6
Oct 27, 2001 - Bennington - NH - 2nd Alarm - Motel fire
Oct 28, 1852 - Somerville - MA - Fire at the spike factory
Oct 28, 1906c. - Newport - RI - Loriland residence damaged by fire - $7,000 damage
Oct 28, 1921 - Landslide, Dam Burst and Flood, Britannia Beach - British Columbia Canada - 37 killed -
Oct 28, 1999 - Barnstead - NH - 2nd Alarm - 304 Parade Rd across from Fire Station - Single story dwelling - Converted from store - 3 victims MedHelo- One to Shriner's Burn Center Boston (1 year-old) and two to Brigham's and Woman's Boston
Oct 28, 1999 - Durham - NH - 3rd Alarm - 148 Packers Falls Rd - Occupied House - Elderly woman rescued
Oct 28, 2000 - Brighton - VT - MVA Fatal - Rte 114 - Single car vs tree with ejection - 1 fatality
Oct 29, 1824 - New Castle - ME - House and barn fire -
Oct 29, 1900 - New York (Manhattan) - NY - 5th Alarm - Box 86 Tartent Chemical Warehouse Greenwich at Warren
Oct 29, 1969 - Manchester NH - Moreaus's Hardware fire
Oct 29, 1969 - Peterboro - NH - Two train boxcars broken free in Jaffrey NH ran freely until reaching Peterboro, crossing busy Main St, and crashing into a single parked car (new Oldsmobile) in Cumberland Farm's parking lot, destroying the vehicle
Oct 29, 1999 - Freeport - ME - 2nd Alarm - Nr 110 Wardtown Rd - 2 Story Wood Frame
Oct 29, 2000 - Boston - MA - 9th Alarm - Box 7441 - 9 Swallow Street - 6 buildings involved - Several 3 Story Wood Frame's - High wind problems
Oct 29, 2000 - Lewiston - ME - 3rd Alarm - Shawmut Street - 3 Story Wood Frame Apt Bldg - Mutual Aid Auburn and Lisbon
Oct 29, 2000 - Lincoln - NH - 4th Alarm - Rte 112 (Kancamagus Hwy) - Main Lodge "Village at Loon Mountain" Resort - 4.5 Story Wood Frame Long Condo Building heavily involved
Oct 29, 2000 - Nottingham - NH - FATAL FIRE -) 3rd Alarm - Box Seaman's Point Road - Victim died on November 11 from injuries due to 2nd and 3rd degree burns and electrocution attempting to extinguish brush fire with garden hose 86 year old male victim
Oct 30, 1941 - St. Thomas - Ontario - Canada - American Airlines DC3 Crashes near St. Thomas - Ontario Canada - 20 killed -
Oct 30, 1972 - Chicago - IL - Illinois Central Gulf Commuter Train Crash
Oct 30, 2000 - Salem - MA - 4th Alarm - Box 3251 - 13 Lynn Street - 3.5 Story Wood Frame - Fire through roof
Oct 31, 1962 - Fremont - NH - unknown location - Mr. Harriman's house and barn burned down
Oct 31, 1984 - Detroit - MI - A record number 810 fires are attended to on Devil's Night
Oct 31, 1999 - Thetford - VT - 1st Alarm - US Rte 5 - Barn well involved
Oct 31, 2000 - Hiram (South Hiram) - ME - Working Fire - 152 Durgin Town Road - Dwelling fire
Oct 31, 2000 - Waterbury - CT - 3rd Alarm, 20 Woodlawn Terrace - Two 3 Story Wood Frame fully involved with exposure problems
Oct ##, 1908 - Nyack - NY - Lee T. Spangler and his followers await the end of the world, by fire
Nov 01, 1716 - Fremont - NH - Dark days, caused by very heavy high level smoke from wild fire far to the west blocking the sun (October 21, 1716 old style calendar)
Nov 01, 1903 - New York - NY - Coney Island - 14 blocks destroyed by fire
Nov 01, 1918 - New York (Brooklyn) - NY - Malbone Street - BMT Subway Crash
Nov 01, 1999 - Alfred - ME - 1st Alarm ++ - Rte 4 nr Grammar Rd - J & J Auto Salvage - Several cars and large tire pile - Flames 60 ft into air - MUTUAL AID 3 foam units - LDH laid from county Jail - Overnight operations
Nov 01, 1999 - Lawrence - MA - 3rd Alarm - Nr 805 Essex St - 3 Story Wood Frame Duplex 30x40 - Cellar fire ext'd to floor 1
Nov 01, 1999 - Nashua - NH - 2nd Alarm - 11 Granite St - 2.5 Story Wood Frame occupied - MedHelo for civilian victim - Arson + attempted double murder
Nov 02, 1900c. - Peabody - MA - Gibbs Hay & Son morocco factory burned
Nov 02, 1906 - Canterbury - NH - 2.5 miles east of center - Charles F. Jones farm buildings destroyed by fire - 2 story house, ell, large barn all lost
Nov 02, 1906 - Haverhill (Woodsville) - NH - Residence of Joseph M. Howe - Stables destroyed by fire - Ell connecting to house badly damaged $1,000 loss
Nov 02, 1906c. - Webster - MA - S. Slater and Son Woolen Factory - Steam cylinder of a slasher machine in the dressing room exploding killing one and seriously injuring three
Nov 02, 1918 - New York (Brooklyn) - NY - Malbourne Street - Subway accident kills 97
Nov 02, 1999 - Norwalk - CT - 2nd Alarm - Garfield Street - 5 Story Brick Factory
Nov 03, 1863 - Chicago - IL - Rush Street Bridge collapses - Drove of cattle on bridge and their weight and movement caused the bridge to tip, twist, and collapse - Several individuals on bridge at time, however, there was no loss of life
Nov 03, 1895 - New York (Manhattan) NY - 5th Alarm - Pelham Street and Monroe Street - 6 buildings on fire results in 4 deaths
Nov 03, 1927 - Winooski River Valley - VT - Great Flood including Rutland - 84 die
Nov 03, 1942 - Rutland - VT area - Flood - Many houses destroyed after 36 hour downpour - 4 deaths
Nov 03, 1952 - Keene - NH - Keene Fire Dept Dalmatian mascot "Smokey" killed in auto accident
Nov 03, 1999 - Manchester - NH - 2nd Alarm - Box 356 - 455 Hanover St - 3 Story Wood Frame 6 unit Occupied Apartment Building 50x80 - Heavy fire top floor - Ext'd to 3 Story Wood Frame 30x50 Apartments over store with fire in attic
Nov 04, 1999 - Natick - MA - 2nd Alarm - 14 Arlington Road - 3 Story Wood Frame house - Fire floor 2
Nov 05, 1870 - Boston - MA - Lead Company factory burns -
Nov 05, 1895 - New York (Manhattan) - NY - Broadway at Crosby Street - 11 buildings destroyed by fire - 19 firefighters suffer injuries - Conflicting date of Nov 12, 1895
Nov 05, 1999 - Attleboro - MA - Gen Alarm - Springs Rd - LaSallette Monastery - 3 & 4 Story Wood & Stone 200x100 - Fire thru roof -1 Fatality
Nov 05, 1999 - Fairhaven - VT - 2nd Alarm - 54 Blissville Rd - Structure heavily involved
Nov 06, 1996 - Berlin - NH - Working Fire+ - 97 Grafton Street - 3 story, 6 unit apartment building - Fire began in the basement and forced the evacuation of several families - Building uninhabitable - Scene of 2nd suspicious fire 12.04.1996
Nov 06, 1999 - Londonderry - NH - 2nd Alarm - 14 Pleasant St - 1.5 Story Wood Frame Cape 24x36 full dormer in rear - Arson squad to scene - Scene of arson fire night before - Home of suspect involved in road rage incident week earlier
Nov 07, 1828 - Bedford - VT - Barn fire due to lightning strike
Nov 07, 1907 - Dover - NH - Charles Mills house, barn, out-buildings destroyed by fire - $3,500 loss
November 7, 1959 - Houston - TX - Leaking gasoline during loading operations was ignited by a passing tug catching the fueling barge on fire, which exploded and sprayed the SS Amoco Virginia tanker with gasoline - Two cargo tankers on the tanker then exploded - Eight of the crew died , and a Houston firefighter - Fire burned for 18 hours
Nov 07, 1987 - town?? - NH - Fatal fire
Nov 07, 1999 - Holyoke - MA - 2nd Alarm - Cabot at Park Street - Building fire with collapse
Nov 08, 1864 - New York City - NY - Buildings set afire by rebels loyal to the Confederate States
Nov 08, 1898 - Lynn - MA - American Ordinance Company forge shop damaged by fire - $9,000 damage
Nov 08, 1947 - Salem - NH - Fatal Fire - Policy Road near Canobie Lake - Passerby trying to stomp out small brush fire electrocuted by unseen live wire that started fire
Nov 08, 1997 - Concord - NH - Storrs Street - Empty warehouse two-story cement block building - Heavy smoke showing from both floors and heavy fire on the first floor rear - Mutual aid Manchester, Bow, Pembroke and Boscawen
Nov 09, 1727 - Newbury - MA - Earthquake noted
Nov 09, 1810 - Exeter - NH - Moderate Earthquake in Seacoast Region - Noted in Fremont history
Nov 09, 1906 - Chester - NH - 40 years of firefighting in Chester NH featured front page in the Derry Enterprise Newspaper
Nov 09, 1917 - Philadelphia - PA - "The Clinton" - Clinton and South 10th Streets - Fatal fire, one killed at scene 1 died of injuries next day
Nov 09, 1965 - Eastern North America - NA - Major power blackout in Northeast USA and eastern Canada - As I recall, power in Nashua was off only for seconds, due to New Hampshire's own power generating capabilities and ability to isolate itself from the power grid
Nov 09, 1995 - Baltimore - MD - 12th Alarm - Hollins and Calverton - Fire in 3 story brick vacant warehouse, started by homeless trying to keep warm - Fire spread to three other large warehouse buildings, A 10-story and 6 story building including a block long complex occupied by 50 small businesses
Nov 10, 1839c. - Candia - NH - Clarks Mill burns down
Nov 10, 1851 - Hanover - NH - Center village - Store of John Smith burned
Nov 10, 1913 - Hampton Beach - NH - ? ? ? ? ?
Nov 10, 1979 - Mississauga - Ontario - evacuated due to train derailment and chemical HazMat
Nov 10, 1982 - Fitchburg - MA - data lost
Nov 10, 1999 - New Haven - CT - 3rd Alarm - 143 Rowe St - 3 Story Wood Frame well involved
Nov 11, 1863 - Wentworth - NH - Dwelling house and barn occupied by Hiram Webster on Atwell Hill burned - Set by incendiary
Nov 11, 1898c. - Milan - NH - Scaffolding collapse kills one of Gorham's oldest citizen - Was working on brothers house, thrown to ground and died quickly
Nov 11, 1917 - New York (Manhattan) - NY - 5th Alarm - Block long warehouse - Sabotage suspected for cause (During World War I)
Nov 11, 1969 - Fayetteville - AR - Hill Hall at the University of Arkansas severely damaged by fire
Nov 12, 1906c. - Acton - MA - American Smokeless Powder Company - Explosion - 1 seriously injured - Portion of building wrecked
Nov 12, 1928 - Salem - NH - Rockingham Race Track - Auto race fatality - 1.25 wooden oval track with turns banked at 38 degrees - Driver killed
Nov 12, 1954 - Nashua - NH - Train Wreck - Union Station - East Hollis Street - 1 Fatal - 21 injured 2 - The "Red Wing Express," from Montreal to Boston, derailed at Bridge Street Crossing, near Union Street
Nov 12, 1998 - Sheldon - VT - Working Fire - Rte 105 - Recently Vacated House destroyed - Crews from St. Albans town, Enosburg, Highgate and Franklin
Nov 12, 1999 - Lawrence - MA - 3rd Alarm - 100 East Haverhill Street - 2 Story Wood Frame Apartments over Commercial - Fire floor 1,2 cockloft
Nov 13, 1909 - Cherry - IL - Coal mine explosion kills 250
Nov 13, 1913 - Franconia - NH - Livery stable at Mr. Carr's home burned to ground in 2nd suspicious fire in 2 days
Nov 13, 1997 - Wolfeboro - NH - 2nd Alarm - Box 13 - Lehner Street - Wolfeboro Municipal Power - 2 Story Brick Bldg
Nov 13, 1999 - Braintree - MA - 3rd Alarm - 450 Grossman Drive - Baby's-R-Us - 1 Story Brick Commercial
Nov 13, 1999 - Newfane - VT - 3rd Alarm - 45 Wildwood Acres - House, fire floor 2
Nov 14, 1924 - Jersey City - NJ - Richardson Chemical Company - Fire in 11 story saltpetre plant spread to the old American Sugar Refining Plant - Several smaller factories also destroyed by fire - Multiple million dollar loss - 15 seriously injured and 900 left homeless
Nov 14, 1927 - Pittsburgh- PA - Tank filled with 5 million cubic feet of natural gas exploded when a maintenance worker exposed it to an open flame lamp - 28 people died, hundreds were injured.
Nov 14, 1996 - New Castle - NH - 2nd Alarm - 57 Cranfield Street, 18th century home occupied by couple in their 90's - contents destroyed but structure salvageable
Nov 14, 1997 - Rockingham - VT - Saxtons River Village - 2nd Alarm 10 Oak Street - House Well Involved
Nov 14, 1998 - Guilford - VT - 2nd Alarm - Shaw Rd? - House fire - Halifax & Bernardston MA Mutual Aid
Nov 14, 1999 - Newton - MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 433 - 2150 Commonwealth Ave - 2.5 Story Wood Frame 30x50 Single Family Dwelling - Cellar fire ext'd
Nov 14, 1999 - Wolfeboro - NH - 2nd Alarm - Box 32, 20 Filterbed Road - Barn/workshop heavily involved
Nov 15, 1864 - Atlanta - GA - Confederate States of American - Union General Sherman "Burns Atlanta"
Nov 15, 1904c. - Exeter - NH - 203 Water Street - Grocery store total loss to fire
Nov 15, 1938 - New York - NY - First live telecast of fire on television
Nov 15, 1950c. - Amherst - NH - Baboosic Lake Road - Arthur Gagnon's barn destroyed by fire, also destroyed a great amount of hay and killing 400 chickens and other animals
Nov 15, 1960c. - Wolfeboro - NH - North Main Street - Dwelling fire - Assistant Fire Chief suffered a heart attack and died
Nov 15, 1969c. - Bedford - NH - New Boston Road west of Wallace Road - Large barn located at Vose homestead burned in mysterious fire
Nov 16, 1857 - Raymond - NH - Leavitt house consumed by fire resulting in one death
Nov 16, 1906c. - Nottingham - NH - Earthquake lasting 8 seconds felt in town - no damage
Nov 16, 1906c. - Westport - CT - 83 year old woman burned to death in fire while alone at son's house
Nov 16, 1911 - Westwood - MA - Fire - High Street - Barn destroyed by fire
Nov 17, 1859 - Raymond - NH - on the Green - Stephen Heath's unoccupied house burned
Nov 17, 1890 - Sanford - ME - Main Street near the railroad - Barn destroyed by fire, adjoining house partially destroyed
Nov 17, 1999 - New Ipswich - NH - 2nd Alarm - 7 Leel Road - Mobile home with addition heavily involved
Nov 18, 1755 - Amesbury/Gloucester - MA - Earthquake 6.0 Richter Scale damages 1200 buildings in eastern Massachusetts Colony - Noted in Fremont NH history
Nov 18, 1819 - Schenectady - NY - Business district at Washington Avenue burns down - 100 buildings destroyed
Nov 18, 1872 - Concord - NH - Moderate Earthquake
Nov 18, 1899 - Fremont - NH - 244 North Road - Lyford residence - Wood Frame House - Fire caused by upset lantern completely destroys dwelling
Nov 18, 1906 - Francestown - NH - Small earthquake felt by several residents
Nov 18, 1954 - Evans - NY - Bixby Mansion Fire on Old Lakeshore Rd.� The twenty room house is destroyed
Nov 18, 1960 - New York (Manhattan) - NY - 8th Alarm - address? - 3 firefighters killed
Nov 18, 1963 - Atlantic City - NJ - Surfside Hotel fire - 25 people died
Nov 18, 1999 - Royalton - VT - Working Fire - 842 Rte 114 - House fire-
Nov 19, 1898 - Hancock Pt - ME - Steamer Sebenoa runs into Hancock Point Lighthouse in broad daylight
Nov 19, 1907 - Sanbornton - NH - Old Seth Thompson Place near Calef Hill (4 miles from Franklin) - House and barn destroyed by fire
Nov 19, 1940 - Lakeview - OH - Athol Springs Lumber Yard Fire
Nov 19, 1999 - Fall River - MA - 2nd Alarm - 580 Second St - 3 Story Wood Frame occupied dwelling
Nov 20 , 1996 - Meredith - NH - 161 Winona Shores Road - House heavily damage by fire - Home of State Rep David Lawton, editor of the weekly newspaper, The We The queen and Prince Andrew pitched in to help save priceless artworks and other valuables housed in the fortress. The fire burned for 15 hours damaging or destroying nine principal rooms and over a hundred other rooms. It took a million and a half gallons of water to put out the blaze. The next five years would be spent restoring the Castle to its former glory.
Nov 20, 1999 - Warwick - RI - General Alarm - 4 J.P. Murphy Highway - 2 Story Self-Storage Bldg
Nov 21, 1906 - Goffstown - NH - Grasmere - Yacum Springs barn burned - $800 loss
Nov 21, 1919 - Derry - NH - Box 36 - Fire Fatal - Box 36 - 11/13 Fordway - 2 tenement house thoroughly gutted with fire through roof - 1 1/2 year old rescue unconscious from fire and resuscitated using a lung-motor - Elderly female burned to death
Nov 21, 1947 - Hancock - MA - Goodrich Hollow - 90 year old 15 room occupied landmark dwelling destroyed by fire
Nov 21, 1980 - Las Vegas - NV - MGM Grand Hotel, 84 people died, about 700 were injured
Nov 21, 1980 - Las Vegas - NV - MGM Grand Hotel fire - 84 people died, 679 injured
Nov 21, 1992 - South Burlington - VT - Arson Spree - Involving several car fires, a couple car ports & large barn - Stretched fire resources in Chittenden County rather thin over two days.
Nov 21, 1999 - Fitchburg - MA - 3rd Alarm - 1380 Main St - 4 Story 125x600 Warehouse
Nov 22, 1851 - Raymond - NH - House of Stephen Osgood, Esquire, consumed by fire
Nov 22, 1861 - Raymond - NH - Joseph Corson's unoccupied house burned by incendiary
Nov 22, 1870 - Andover (East Andover) - NH - The old Ebenezer Cilley House burns
Nov 22, 1950 - New York (Queens) - NY - 2nd Alarm - Box 9680 - Richmond Hill - Long Island Railroad - Passenger train at full speed crash into stopped train killing 70
Nov 22, 1961 - New York (Manhattan) - NY - 5th Alarm - Box 786 - 7th Ave at West 42nd Street - Times Tower - Line of Duty Death
Nov 22, 1997 - Ryegate (East Ryegate Vlg) - VT - 2nd Alarm Wallace Road - Fully Involved House - 6 Towns Mutual Aid
Nov 22, 1999 - Branford - CT - 3rd Alarm - 1145 Main Street - Branford Builders Supply - 100x200 Fully involved with collapse - Mutual Aid 4 towns engines and tower ladders
Nov 22, 1999 - Lowell - MA - 2nd Alarm - Box 822 - 65 Rogers Street - Mill 75x100 irregular - Fire at loading dock
Nov 23, 1881 - Amherst - NH - Strong earthquake wakes residents with a loud rumbling noise, early Sunday morning - Dishes fell off shelves - Older residents in town felt it was the strongest quake the town ever experienced
Nov 23, 1881 - Sanford - ME - Lebanon Road near the Corner - Structure destroyed by fire
Nov 23, 1883 - Sanford - ME - Nathaniel Chadbourne house destroyed by fire
Nov 23, 1884 - Henniker - NH - Moderate Earthquake
Nov 23, 1900c. - Portland - ME - Locomotive Works and Machine Factory, fire in wheel foundry
Nov 23, 1900c. - Searsport - ME - Dwelling destroyed by fire with 1 fatality
Nov 23, 1907 - 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 24, 1993 - Goffstown - NH - DMCO Fiberglass Company destroyed by fire
Nov 24, 1997 - Hartford - VT (Hartland Village) - Working Fire - Grout Rd - Garage Fully Involved - Attached to House
Nov 24, 1998 - Albany - NH - Working Fire - Off Rte 16 at Pine Knoll Campground 35ft 5th wheel trailer heavy fire Conway Fire-Rescue to scene
Nov 24, 1999 - Lynn - MA - 3rd Alarm Fatal - Chatham Street - 5 fatalities
Nov 25, 1897 - Dawson - Yukon Territory Canada - Thanksgiving Day - With temperatures at 58 degrees below zero a blaze broke out in the M & N Saloon after a dance-hall girl threw a burning lamp at a rival - The blaze destroyed two saloons and the Opera House - This same girl was responsible for a major fire in Dawson on Oct 25, 1898
Nov 25, 1965 - Milford - NH - Line of Duty Death - Harold H. Richardson
Nov 25, 1986 - North Walden - VT - Fatal Fire - Mobile home fire killed an infant and a toddler
Nov 25, 1996 - Manchester - NH - Multiple MVAs - Child struck by a car walking to school on Lake Ave, cement truck flipped over, car snapped a utility pole in half, some of two dozen accidents, snow-covered streets
Nov 25, 1999 - Hampton - NH - 3rd Alarm - Box 51 - 29 Exeter Road - 2.5 Story Wood Frame 30x40 unoccupied house
Nov 26, 1898 - Northfield - NH - Participant killed while taking part in a "Shingling Bee"
Nov 26, 1904 - New York (Queens) - NY - 4th Alarm - Queens County Court House burns - 1 firefighters killed
Nov 27, 1918 - Fremont - NH - near 750 Main Street - Wood frame Colonial Cape burned - Caused by children with matches
Nov 27, 1928 - Limington - VT - Silo fire - Mutual Aid Colebrook
Nov 27, 1970 - Derry - NH - High Street at Beacon Street - TNT Market gutted by fire
Nov 27, 1998 - Jamaica - VT - Working Fire - Goodaleville Rd - House heavily involved - Mutual Aid requested
Nov 27, 1999 - Bartlett/Glen Vlg - NH - 2nd Alarm - Dundee Rd - 2 Story Wood Frame occupied house - 220 year-old house, one of oldest in Bartlett
Nov 28, 1909 - Burnaby & New Westminster - British Columbia Canada - Landslide, Train Derailed. - 22 killed -
Nov 28, 1912 - Schenectady - NY - Englehardt & Cohen Dry Goods Store burned down
Nov 28, 1951c. - Chester - NH - House and barn destroyed by fire - 2,000 hens lost in fire - Fire spread so fast that only a few pigs are saved
Nov 28, 1969 - Fayetteville - AR - Meat processing building on the University of Arkansas Farm was destroyed by fire
Nov 28, 1998 - Thetford - VT - Barker Rd.- Structure Fire - MUTUAL AID Strafford, Fairlee VT Lyme NH
Nov 28, 1998 - Westover - VT - 2nd Alarm - Bluebrook Rd A House
Nov 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
Nov 29, 1996 - Rochester - NH - 3rd Alarm - Summer Street - Barn 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
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Dec 01, 1956 - (damaged data)wa - Lady of Angels School Fire, built 1910 - Fire in North Wing burned undetected for 20 minutes - Basement fire extended past first and second floors to cockloft - Fire then dropped down to second floor - 93 of the 250 students and nuns perished in the fire which was brought under control in an hour
Dec 02, 1675 - Worcester (Quinsigamond) - MA - Major fire - All houses in settlement - Burned to ground by Nipmuc Indians
Dec 02, 1966 - Derry - NH - Smith Road near Windham townline - Mobile home with extensive additions destroyed by fire - $10,000 loss
Dec 02, 1993 - Londonderry - NH - Rte 102 - 2nd Alarm - Londonderry Square office condo complex - Fire gutted the large stylish clock tower
Dec 02, 1999 - Weymouth - MA - 2nd Alarm - 573 Broad Street
Dec 03, 1996 - Berlin - NH - 97 Grafton Street - NH - 3 Story Wood Frame vacant apartment house - Fire in basement spread to first floor - 2nd suspicious fire at site in a month (Nov 06)- First fire left several residents homeless
Dec 03, 1946 - Westwood - MA - Fire - High Street - Company 1 - Franklin Fire House - Building equipment and Forestry truck destroyed
Dec 03, 1956 Brooklyn) NY - 5th Alarm - Box 1499 + Man 4 Alarm Luckenback Pier
Dec 03, 1999 - Kingston - NH - 3rd Alarm - Rte 107 (Marshall Road) The Glass Shop - Several buildings and vehicles involved-10 towns MUTUAL AID
Dec 04, 1898 - New York (Manhattan Home Insurance Company (First Skyscraper Fire)
Dec 04, 1903 - Schenectady - NY - John Street - Old New York Central freight house destroyed by fire
Dec 04, 1913 - Merrimack - NH - ? - Data lost
Dec 04, 1980 - Westchester County - NY - Stouffer's Inn, 26 people died
Dec 04, 1999 - Hampton - NH - 2nd Alarm - Box 143 Ashworth Avenue - 2.5 Story Wood Frame - Heavy fire floors 2 & 3
Dec 05, 1876 - New York - NY - Fire Fatal - Next door to PD Station House - Brooklyn Theater - 290 die
Dec 05, 1876 - New York (Brooklyn) - NY - Conway�s Theater fire - ~285 people died
Dec 05, 1953 - Vicksburg - MS - Tornado rips through downtown district killing and injuring 230 - $25 million in damage.
Dec 05, 1998 - Ludlow - VT - Recreational Hwy - Okemo Ski Resort - Bldg fire
Dec 05, 1999 - Amesbury - MA - 2nd Alarm - 97 King Street - Occupied Apartment Bldg - Heavy fire one room
Dec 05, 1999 - Lawrence - MA - 2nd Alarm - Box 2111 - 155 Essex Street - 2 Story Brick & Wood Commercial 100x75 - Roof collapse
Dec 05, 1999 - Thetford - VT - 2nd Alarm - West Fairlee Rd - Barn fully involved - Drafting ops
Dec 06, 1898 - Portland - ME - $20,000 fire
Dec 06, 1907 - Monongah - WV - Coal mine explosion claims 360 lives
Dec 06, 1917 - Halifax - NS - Major Explosion - Ammunition ship carrying over 5,000,000 pounds of explosives collides in harbor with a steamer - Resulting explosion showers the city with debris and destruction - 1600 residents die - 6000 injured - 10,000 homeless - 300 acres of city leveled - Largest non-natural explosion in entire history of world until World War 2 - The city of Boston was the first on scene offering assistance to the city of Halifax. $750,000 dollars were donated along with a large amount of tents and blankets - Boston also sent a large contingent of nurses and doctors via rail to the devastated city. Although help from others arrived at a later point, the Bostonians were the last to leave city. In gratitude the citizen of Halifax have sent the citizens of Boston a huge Christmas tree every year
Dec 07, 1900 - Derry (Derry Depot) - NH - Norton Block - Heavy fire basement, floors 1 and 2
Dec 07, 1912 - Salem - NH - Electric Train Accident - Salem Depot - Train vs auto at "fast rate of speed" - Auto pushed 50 feet until striking utility pole where auto was smashed into shapeless mess - Both victims ejected up to 50 feet - Both victims unconscious - 1 victim with four fractured bones, collapsed lung and several severe lacerations
Dec 07, 1941 - Pearl Harbor - Territory of Hawaii - Multiple fires and explosions due to military attack by foreign nation - 2400 deaths
Dec 07, 1946 - Atlanta - GA - Fire Fatal - Winecroft Hotel - 120 die
Dec 07, 1997 - Albany - NH - Fatal Snowmobile Accident - Bear Notch Road - Fish & Game and Medical Examiner Response Medical coverage by Conway FD
Dec 08, 1855 - Hanover - NH - House of Joseph Pinneo, next to the Medical Building, burned - Medical Building was severely threatened
Dec 08, 1922 - Astoria - OR - 30 downtown blocks destroyed by fire - Rainstorm prevents further devastation
Dec 08, 1972 - Chicago - IL - Midway Airport - United Flight 533 crashes
Dec 08, 2000 - Bath - NH - Working Fire + - Pettyboro Road Ammonoosuc Estates - Building fully involved - Mutual Aid four towns
Dec 09, 1796 - New York - NY - The "Coffee House" Slip burns in a notable fire
Dec 09, 1898c. - Merrimack - NH - Frank S. Weishart house destroyed by fire - Barn and out buildings saved
Dec 09, 1937 - Pittsburg - NH - P. Moussseau house fire - Colebrook Mutual Aid
Dec 09, 1956 - Hope - British Columbia - Canada - TCA Northstar Crashes, near Hope - British Columbia Canada - onto Mt. Slesse - 62 killed -
Dec 09, 1968 - Sandown - NH - The home of Elina Walker destroyed by fire along with many licac trees
Dec 09, 1969 - Evans - NY - Rte 5 - The Wagon Wheel Restaurant burns
Dec 09, 1999 - Loudon - NH - 2nd Alarm - 214 Bee Hole Road - 1 Story Wood Frame Ranch 20x30 occupied
Dec 09, 2000 - Stratford - NH - MVA/HazMat - US Rte 3 - 4000 gallon capacity Kerosene Tanker vs pickup truck - Road closed 4 hours - 30 gallons of 2000 gallon load spilled
Dec 10, 1929 - New York (Manhattan) - NY - 4th Alarm - Box 1549 RKO Pathe Studio Park Ave at E 134 St.
Dec 10, 1982 - Thornton - NH - Auto accident/fire - Suspected murder made to look like an accident
Dec 10, 1999 - Burlington - VT - Working Fire FATAL - Saint Paul St near Carbur's Restaurant - 3 Sty OMD - 1 victim FATAL
Dec 10, 1999 - Norwich - VT - 2nd Alarm - 1228 New Boston Rd - 1.5 Story Wood Frame Barn 40x60 fully involved
Dec 11, 1861 - Charlestown - SC - Confederate States of America - Most of City destroyed by fire
Dec 11, 1934 - Lansing - MI - Hotel Kerns - Four-story 211 room brick hotel was filled with 215 registered guests - 34 people, including 7 state legislators died and 44 were injured, including 14 firefighters
Dec 11, 1944 - Snowstorm in Southern Ontario - 21killed
Dec 11, 1970 - Windham - NH - Mammoth Road - Construction company garage destroyed by fire fed by fuel oil with numerous explosion - Spectacular lume-up
Dec 11, 1983 - Houston - TX - Borden's Ice Cream Plant - Two-story plant blew apart from an anhydrous ammonia explosion
Dec 11, 1996 - Manchester - NH - 283 Silver Street - Apartment house heavy fire floor 1
Dec 11, 1999 - Portland - ME - 3rd Alarm - 591 Congress Street - 5 Story Brick occupied apt bldg - Heavy fire
Dec 11, 1999 - Rochester - NH - 4th Alarm - Hanson St - Former American Legion Hall - Restaurant - 2.5 Story Wood Frame 50x50 exposure problems
Dec 11, 2000 - Derry - NH - Industrial Accident Fatal - Manchester Rd at Sanmina Corp - Man pinned under crane - MedHelo requested - Fatality - Victim was same individual charged in two fatalities when the crane truck he was driving struck cars on I-93 four years ago
Dec 11, 2000 - Royalton (South Royalton) - VT - MVA Fatal - I-89 - Car vs pedestrian - Volunteer Fire Fighter Edward Russ got of out his car to help another motorist that had hit the guardrail and spun into the passing lane when he was struck
Dec 12, 1825 - Andover - NH - 5 year old William Tilton dies when cloths catch fire
Dec 12, 1946 Manhattan) NY - 5th Alarm - Box 1753 Tenement Collapse Amsterdam Ave at W 183 St. Line of Duty Death
Dec 12, 1977 - Derry - NH - (East Derry) Chester Road - Dwelling - Fire through roof with collapse - Mutual Aid Derry and Chester to scene
Dec 12, 1999 - Merrimack - NH - 2nd Alarm - 7 Depot Street - 3 Story Wood Frame Colonial 8 unit apt bldg 40x100- Fire in 2 units
Dec 12, 1999 - Portsmouth - NH - 3rd Alarm - 241 Middle Street - 4 Story Brick Apt Bldg - Fire in basement apt ext'd up
Dec 13, 1828 - Raymond - NH - Harriman Road - Child of Joseph Brown died from drinking hot coffee from a pot
Dec 13, 1861 - Rumney - NH - Barn of Alden L. Clifford burnt - Set by incendiary
Dec 13, 1883 - Sanford (Springvale) - ME - Sanborn's shook mill burns
Dec 13, 1999 - Berlin - NH - 3rd Alarm - School Street at Burgess Street - Vacant Burgess Middle School - Fire in Gymnasium
Dec 14, 1861 - Wentworth - NH - Hall Farm - Barn fire Set by incendiary
Dec 14, 1900c. - Andover - MA - Philips Andover Prep School - Farm building burns
Dec 14, 1969 - Fayetteville - AR - Central Methodist Church gutted by fire - Dickson Street and Highland Avenue. - Fire raged out of control for more than four hours destroyed the interior of the Central Methodist Church - $600,000 loss - Damage was contained to the interior of the building
Dec 14, 1970 - Windham - NH - Indian Rock Road - Dwelling destroyed by fire
Dec 14, 1995 - Manchester - NH - north end off Union Street- 76-year-old man, who had been receiving death threats, died of multiple stab wounds before his house was destroyed by fire, authorities said
Dec 14, 1995 - Rochester - NH - 3rd Alarm - 7 Pine Lane - 2 Story Wood Frame
Dec 14, 2000 - Chesterfield - NH - Plane Crash FATAL - Jackson Hill - Twin Engine Cessna 310 crashed in dense woods - Pilot with serious injuries and burns - MedHelo to Mass General Hosp - Pilot died on Dec the 20th
Dec 15, 1740 - Merrimack River Valley - NH/MA - Greatest flood ever known at that time for the Merrimack and smaller rivers
Dec 15, 1870 - New York - NY - Building collapse - 8 Story Brick building falls killing 4 people and crushing two smaller buildings
Dec 15, 1905 - Derry - NH - Derry Depot Fire Department Highlighted in Derry News
Dec 15, 1943c. - Bethlehem (Maplewood) - NH - Maplewood Resort Colony - Cottage destroyed by fire (other fires at colony occurred Aug 1942, Jan 1963, Jun 1963)
Dec 15, 1949c. - Amherst - NH - Austin Road - Television shop destroyed by fire - Adjoining house saved, credited to two recent additions to fire department, a tanker truck and an alarm system allowing for faster response
Dec 15, 1949c. - Stephentown - NY - Rte 22 north - 2 story occupied dwelling destroyed by fire
Dec 15, 1962c. - Claremont - NH - Green Mountain - WTSV radio transmitter building destroyed by fire
Dec 15, 1967 - New York (Manhattan) - NY - 5th Alarm - Box 676 - Morgan Post Office Annex 9th Ave at West 30 Street
Dec 15, 1970c. - Nashua - NH - (exact date unknown) 80 Amherst St. (across from Seargent Av, 3 unit apartment building, fatality,
Dec 15, 1997 - Lawrence - MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 2111 - 17 Woodland CT - 2.5 Story Wood Frame 25x40 House Vacant
Dec 15, 1980 - Whiteville - NC - Fire demolishes McDonalds
Dec 15, 1997 - Northwood - NH - 3rd Alarm - 28 1st NH Tpk - 1.5Story Wood Frame-20x30 attached 20x20
Dec 16, 1835 - New York - NY - Great Fire - Fire started at 25 Merchant St in Wall Street Financial District - 5 Story Bldg spread to several blocks - Fire Dept at time consisted of 49 engines and 6 hook & ladders - New York Averaged 500 major fires a year - 600+ buildings destroyed in below zero temps - Hydrants and pumps frozen - Chief orders) 33 bldgs dynamited to form firebreak - $30,000,000 property loss
Dec 16, 1960 - New York (Brooklyn) - NY - 5th Alarm (Manhattan 2nd Alarm - Staten Island 2nd Alarm) - Box 1231 - - United and TWA airliners crash over city
Dec 16, 1999 - Williston - VT - 2nd Alarm - 70 Porterwood Road - House heavily involved - Tanker shuttle
Dec 17, 1903 - Derry - NH - Home of George Short destroyed by fire - Cottage house, ell and stable reduced to ashes - $3,500 loss
Dec 17, 1951 - Sanford - ME - New Dam Road - House fire - 1 fatality
Dec 17, 1999 - Saugus - MA - 2nd Alarm - Box 712 - 5 Liberty Street - 2.5 Story Wood Frame 20x50 - Heavy fire
Dec 18, 1979 - Orleans - MA - address?, 200 year old building - Explosion and fire destroy a deli and two other businesses
Dec 18, 1996 - Hancock - NH - Old Antrim Road - 3 story farm house burned out and extended gutted an attached barn on Old Antrim Road.
Dec 18, 1999 - Lawrence - MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 6111 - 72 Crescent Street - 3 Story Wood Frame - Heavy fire
Dec 19, 1882 - Concord - NH - Moderate Earthquake - Described by some old timers as the heaviest earthquake shock, in memory, felt
Dec 19, 1906 - Sanford - ME - Brook Street at Davis Ave - House fire resulting in Sanford's first fatality by fire
Dec 19, 1907 - Jacobs Creek - PA - Coal mines explosion takes 240 lives
Dec 19, 1960 - New York (Brooklyn) - NY - 5th Alarm (Manhattan 5 Alarm) - Box 308 USS Constellation Brooklyn Navy Yard
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, 2000 - Grafton - VT - Rescue Fatal - on logging road half-mile off Hakey Road - Man pinned under large tree - Air bags requested to lift the tree off the man
Dec 20, 1800 - Newport - NH - Moderate Earthquake in Dartmouth at Sunapee Region
Dec 20, 1920 - New York - NY - The last horse drawn engine in the city is "put out to pasture"
Dec 20, 1927 - Derry - NH - West Broadway - Adams Memorial Building - Heavy fire in basement involving school department offices, tax collectors office, and courtroom - 4 lines operating - Fire spread up into walls and ceilings requiring extensive overhaul in basement and of auditorium floor above - $20,000 damage with a settlement of $8,333 insurance
Dec 20, 1940 - Tamworth - NH - Earthquake 5.5 Richter Scale - Walls cracked in Keene Police Station 80 miles away - Chicopee MA water main burst spilling 400,000 gallons - Recorded in Fremont NH History
Dec 20, 1948 - Fremont - NH - 910 Main Street - Barn and ell completely destroyed by fire
Dec 20, 1965 - Amherst - NH - Post Office - Mail truck arriving at Post Office at 6:12AM burst into flames when rear doors were opened destroying most of contents, including Christmas mail destined for Amherst and surrounding towns
Dec 20, 1970 - Tucson - AZ - Pioneer International Hotel, 28 people died
Dec 20, 1997 - Wilmot - NH - Fire Fatal - Kearsarge Valley Road - House fully involved
Dec 20, 1998 - Andover - VT - Weston Rd - Structure Fire - Mutual Aid Chester, Londonderry & Weston
Dec 20, 2000 - Milan - NH - Ice/Snowmobile Rescue - off Cooperville Road - Snowmobile broke through the ice - 2 riders landed in about six feet of icy water in an old gravel pit - Both treated for hypothermia at Androscoggin Valley Hospital - Berlin FD with a rescue boat
Dec 20, 2000 - Williamstown - MA - MVA FATAL - Rte 43 half mile west of 5 corners - Car wedged under Tractor Trailer hauling road salt - 5 towns 8 departments on the scene, Williamstown, Hancock, and Pownal, Vermont FD's, Village and North Adams Ambulances; MASP, MA Highway, and Williamstown Highway
Dec 21, 1884 - Schenectady - NY - Centre Street - Central Garden Theatre burns
Dec 21, 1900c. - Manchester - VT - Barn, 8 cows, large amount of hay and several wagons destroyed by fire
Dec 21, 1997 - Rockingham - VT - Saxtons River Village - Working Fire Route 121 - Shed fire attached to house
Dec 22, 1908 - Schenectady - NY - Gazette Block heavily damaged by fire
Dec 22, 1910 - Chicago - IL - Box 2162 - Immediate 4-11 alarm with special call of 30 engines - Chicago Union Stockyards fire - Nelson Morris and Company Plant - $400,000 property damage - Twenty-two firemen, including the Fire Marshal and several Captains and Lieutenants killed by collapsing wall - All out sounded 26 hours later
Dec 22, 1938 - Colebrook - NH - Fire at town hall
Dec 22, 1957c. - Sandown - NH - Andrew J. Skiwinski home desttoyed by fire
Dec 22, 1976 - New York (Brooklyn) - NY - 3rd Alarm - Box 590 - Fulton Street at Nevins Street - Fields Department Store
Dec 22, 1979 - Greenville - NH - address - Dwelling fire - Sole elderly female occupant perished
Dec 22, 1982 - Seabrook - NH - Multiple Alarm - Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant 1/2 mile from reactor - Several office trailers burned
Dec 22, 1998 - Concord - VT - Working Fire - Victory Hill Rd nr Rte 2 - House fire - Mutual Aid to scene
Dec 22, 2000 - New Haven - VT - Snowmobile Accident Fatal - 1 snowmobiler at high rate of speed thrown from machine
Dec 23, 1829 - Sanford (Springvale) - ME - Goodwin's shop burns
Dec 23, 1898c. - Stewartstown - NH - Hiram Harriman farm building occupied by 2 families destroyed by fire
Dec 23, 1925 - Waynesboro - PA - Several buildings in business district destroyed by fire - $1,000,000 loss - 4 volunteer firefighters kills by falling wall, 5 other injured, 2 seriously
Dec 23, 2000 - Manchester - NH - 34 Elm Street - Apartment building - Triple fatal, 2 civilians and Firefighter David Anderson
Dec 24, 1876 - Portsmouth - NH - Chestnut Street at Porter Street - "The Temple", a vacant 25x45 church burned
Dec 24, 1899 - Wolfeboro - NH - Clowith Piper Saw Mill employing 30 workers burned down (Built 1851)
Dec 24, 1924 - Oklahoma - OK - Hobart, Babb Switch School; 35 people died during a stage performance of the annual Christmas songfest a candle felt into the branches of the Christmas tree causing it to burst into flames in the one-room schoolhouse; 36 people, mostly small children died
Dec 24, 1940 - Tamworth - NH - 2nd Earthquake 5.5 Richter Scale causes 1 death in Ossipee - Causes house to burn down in Conway - Topples Christmas Trees in Albany NY - Recorded in Amherst NH history book as knocking books of tables and throwing pictures on to floors
Dec 25, 1823 - Eaton - NH - Dwelling fire fatal - House destroyed by fire - Wife died trying to save invalid husband
Dec 25, 1945 - Derry - NH - Box 58 - Railroad Ave - Cassey Block - 1 building gutted by fire
Dec 25, 1948 - Milford - NH - Souhegan St - Ehrman Building damaged in "bad fire"
Dec 25, 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 bo ow - Company manufactured roof trusses
Dec 26, 1811 - Richmond VA - Theater fire - 160 people died including the governor and a former U.S. senator
Dec 26, 1979 - Norfolk - MA - Sweetfield subdivision - 3 newly built unoccupied houses destroyed by fire
Dec 26, 1992 - Rochester - NH - 3rd Alarm - 275 Milton Rd - 2.5 Story Wood Frame -
Dec 26, 1996 - Merrimack - NH - Upham Road - House built in early 1800's with same family for seven generations destroyed by fire
Dec 27, 1853 - New York - NY - The enormous clipper ship Great Republic burns prior to maiden voyage
Dec 27, 1977 - Quincy - MA - WEEI 590AM Traffic Helicopter Crashes - 2 Die, 4 Hurt - Traffic reporter Kevin O'Keefe was on a week's vacation and the person taking his place Henry (Chip) Whitmore plus the pilot Richard (Red) Bank were the two fatalities - Well known local TV personality Rex Trailer was normally the backup pilot, but as fate would have it, he wasn't flying that day
Dec 27, 1983 - Buffalo - NY - North Division Street at Grosvenor Street - 6 Firefighters die as a result of a propane tank explosion in a building
Dec 27, 1993 - New Hampshire - NH - Firefighters Battle Flames and Frigid Weather in Nashua, Stoddard, Andover, Wakefield, and Manchester
Dec 27, 1998 - Detroit - MI - unknown address - 2 unit dwelling fire - Six children die
Dec 27, 1999 - Norwich - VT - 2nd Alarm - 931 Turnpike Rd - Structure fire
Dec 27, 2000 - Montgomery - VT - Snowmobile Accident Fatal - Regan Road - Snowmobile vs tree
Dec 27, 2000 - Morgan - VT - Snowmobile Accident Fatal - Dumas Road - Snowmobile into tree
Dec 28, 1975 - Chester - NH - Rte 121 at Candia Road - Dwelling fire - Heavy internal damage
Dec 28, 1975 - Derry - NH - Hampstead Road opposite Damaron Road - Dwelling completely gutted by fire
Dec 28, 1979 - Chelsea - MA - Fatal fire - 424 Broadway - 3 Story brick apartments over commercial - Heavy fire floor 2,3 and roof
Dec 28, 1979 - Lancaster - SC - Lancaster County Jail fire kills 10 inmates
Dec 28, 1982 - Evans - NY - Vacant Sturgeon Pt. Hotel - 3 1/2 story wooden frame was totally involved on arrival
Dec 28, 1985 - Winooski - VT - 4th Alarm - 31 East Spring St - Spring Garden Housing - address - Elderly housing complex, 19 sent to hospital, 1 critical
Dec 28, 1997 - Halifax - VT - Working Fire - 100 Brook Rd - 2.5 Story Wood Frame house
Dec 28, 2000 - Canaan (Beecher Falls) - VT - East Hereford PQ - Major Explosion - TQM Natural Gas line control building destroyed in explosion and fireball that followed - 1 worker with 2nd degree burns - Beecher Falls VT FD covers East Hereford, even though it is across the board in Canada - Homes in Pittsburg NH about 1000 feet away on Halls Stream Road suffered damage
Dec 29, 1905c. - New York - NY - Six story factory building completely destroyed by fire - Exposure to tenements and Consolidated Gas Company tanks - $300,000 loss - 32 fire companies to scene - 5 firefighters injured
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
Dec 29, 1963 - Jacksonville - FL - Roosevelt Hotel fire - 22 people died
Dec 29, 1989 - New York (Bronx) NY - 5th Alarm - Box 2118 - Locust Ave at East 134th Street - Con Ed Hellgate Plant
Dec 30, 1903 - Chicago - IL - Fire FATAL - 24-28 West Randolph Street - Iroquois Theater - Fire in backdrops - Fire out in 30 minutes - All die from smoke or being trampled within 15 minutes - 602 die - Theater opened in Nov 1903 - Theater was advertised as fireproof - Show was standing room only for a afternoon performance of the musical Mr. Blue Beard, Junior - 1,900 people in audience, mostly women and children, with 500 performers and backstage personnel - Tightrope artist caught above the stage died - Due to long history of theater fires around the world, considerable regulations existed, but were not followed at this theater - Stage scenery made of canvas painted with highly flammable oil paints and hung close to hot lights - Standard precautions were supposed to include firemen stationed near the stage with fire extinguishers, hoses and pikes for pulling down scenery - An asbestos curtain should have dropped down between stage and audience, it got stuck part way down due to improper positioning and poor design - The curtain turned out to be quite flammable and burned rapidly - Sufficient exits and trained ushers should have guided patrons in case of fire - The theater had never had a fire drill - Many of the exits were barred or had non standard mechanisms for opening - The minimally damaged building reopened less than a year later as the Colonial Theater
Dec 30, 1916 - Westwood - MA - Fire - Nahatan Street - House fire - Mutual Aid Dedham to fire
Dec 30, 1951 - near Cobourg - Ontario Canada - North Continental Airlines C46E Crashes 26 Killed
Dec 30, 1961 - Epsom - NH - 3 die in house fire
Dec 30, 1990 - Rochester - NH - 3rd Alarm - 21 Maple St - 2.5 Story Wood Frame
Dec 30, 1993 - Derry - NH - Chase's Grove - 1.5 Story Wood Frame House (Year round cottage) - Explosion from propane tanks with fire� - Dwelling destroyed
Dec 30, 1997 - Derry - NH - 2nd Alarm - Chase's Grove - Single family dwelling destroyed by fire
Dec 30, 1998 - Brookline - NH - MVA Fatal - Rte 13 nr Scabbard Mill Brook Rd - Cadillac vs Tractor Trailer head-on - Jaws
Dec 30, 1998 - Claremont - NH - 2nd alarm - Rte 12 - 2.5 Story Wood Frame - Heavy Fire - Mutual Aid from Newport, Unity, Charlestown, Cornish, Meriden, Plainfield NH and Ascutney & W. Windsor VT
Dec 30, 1998 - Swanton - VT - Working Fire - Merchants Row - Fire in occupied apartment building - 5 towns Mutual Aid
Dec 30, 2000 - Pepperell - MA - Snowmobile versus Town Salting Truck - Brookline St. at Cheyenne Drive- 15 year old male snowmobiler fatally injured - truck driver uninjured-trauma team activation at St. Joseph Hospital, Nashua, NH - PFD E5 & R3 - PAS Amb.61 & Medic 1 on scene
Dec 31, 1917 - Derry - NH - Box 32 - Rear of Pillsbury Block off West Broadway - Paint Shop on floor two gutted, with fire through roof - Close exposures protected
Dec 31, 1933 Brooklyn) NY - 5th Alarm - Box 960 + Man 3 Alarm Brevoort Hotel Bedford Ave at Fulton St.
Dec 31, 1979 - Chapais - Quebec - Opanmiska Club - New Years Eve party fire killed 44 and serious injured 50
Dec 31, 1982 - Boston - MA - 78 Salem Street - North End Fish house - Restaurant fire with heavy damage
Dec 31, 1986 - San Juan - PR - Dupont Plaza Hotel fire, 96 people died
Dec 31, 1986 - San Juan - PR - Dupont Plaza Hotel fire - 96 die
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, 1992 - Rochester - NH - Rte 11 Northgate Apartments - Fire in one unit
Dec 31, 1999 - Grand Isle - VT - Working Fire - 346 US Rte 2 by draw bridge - Barn fire fully involved
Oct 28, 1874 - Over - England - Massive Blaze - Cotton Mill Blaze - A crowd watched as a mother and child fell to their deaths at the cotton mill in Over.
Six story building - Another woman burned to death - Walls of the giant mill collapsed and flames leapt hundreds of feet into the night sky. It is feared other mill workers may have died
misplaced data:
Standard Oil Plant Greenpoint
First Floor Restaurant 187 East 93rd Street at Third Avenue
Other:
1890's - Waterville NH - Drake Mill, built 1861, burned - was rebuilt
off season 1860-1861 - Greenlye's Hotel (Opened July 1, 1860 burned - 3 Story wood 100x40