May 08, 1957 - Sanford, ME - Forest fire starts near Sand Pond and spreads to Kennebunk over three days - Twenty-five departments fight this fire
May 08, 1969 - Swampscott, MA - General Alarm - Ocean House Hotel - On the Waterfront - 8 Story Wood Frame Resort Hotel fully involved
May 08, 1986 - Boston (East Boston), MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 6242 - 36 Ashley Street - 4 story brick apartment building - $268,000 loss *contrib DB*
May 08, 2000 - Billerica, MA - 2nd Alarm Fatal - Rangeway Rd - 2.5 Story Wood Frame Farmhouse 25x50 Heavy fire - 5 lines run - 1 fatal
May 09, 1907 - Eliot, ME - Nathanial Staples Place - Thousand of board feet of lumber belonging to the Nashua Lumber Company - A brush fire spread to the lumber stacked and burned fiercely for hours despite that efforts of firefighters *BG*
May 09, 1914 - Putnam, CT - Union Block, scene of two previous fires - Blaze started in the cellar of the Chandler & Morse Hardware store causing $20,000 damage
May 09, 1922 - Westwood, MA - Fire - Greenlodge Street - Boarding House fire - Mutual Aid Dedham
May 09, 1928 - Jefferson, NH - Waumbek Hotel - Main building, 4 cottages and several out buildings destroyed by fire
May 09, 1974 - Hudson, NH - Old Derry Road - Hudson Speedway - Concession stand fully involved
May 09, 1977 - Hudson, NH - 2nd Alarm - Hudson Grange Building - Central Street near Hurley Street - Heavy fire through the roof of a meeting hall building, former church - 2 juveniles arrested
May 09, 1989 - Lewiston, ME - Lewiston Raceway - Stable fire kills seven horses - Ruled arson
May 09, 1996 - Sunapee, NH - Plane Crash fatal - 4 seat CAP aircraft - Lake Sunapee / Birch Point
May 09, 1998 - Burlington, VT - 2nd Alarm - 24 & 28 Hayward St - Gas explosion/house fire - Vehicle into gas meter with sparks - Car fled scene - Fire in houses both sides of common driveway - Heavy damage to one house, minor damage to other
May 09, 2004 - Carmel, ME - MVA Multiple fatal - I-95 northbound - SUV passing in breakdown lane at high speed went off road killing 4 adults and 3 children
May 10, 1837 - Boston, MA - Blackstone Street at Hatter's Square - Large old wooden building destroyed by fire It was occupied by Irish families who barely time to escape the rapidly spreading fire with their lives *bostonhistory.typepad.com *
May 10, 1837 - Charleston MA - Monroe Grain Distillery near Prospect Hil destroyed by fire (Charlestown was a town separate of Boston at the time) *bostonhistory.typepad.com *
May 10, 1887 - Lebanon, NH - Conflagration - 80 buildings and several sheds and out buildings burn including 5 mill complexes - 600 out of work - Livery stables, warehouse, large general store, entire Baldwin Block on Hanover St - 40 families left homeless - Mutual Aid several towns including Warren, Enfield, Hanover, and Concord - Fire broke out at Mead, Mason & Companies furniture factory
May 10, 1887 - Suncook, NH - Concord Railroad freight depot along with several residences and business destroyed by fire
May 10, 2000 - Bradford, NH - 2nd Alarm - 28 Ring Rd
May 11, 1836 - Nantucket, MA - Main Street - Washington House Hotel, house, Frank Hussey's store and a hardware shop burned
May 11, 1946 - Sanford, ME - 32 High Street - House fire with two fatalities
May 11, 1962 - Fremont, NH - 378 Main Street - Gagnon's Saw Mill and Box Shop - Completely destroyed by fire
May 11, 2000 - Alton, NH - 2nd Alarm+ - St. Joan of Arc Church - Church heavily involved in fire
May 11, 2000 - New Bedford, MA - General Alarm - 233-235 Sawyer St - Two 3 Story Wood Frame tenements - Using 7engines, 3 ladders, 1 rescues
May 12, 1909 - Plymouth, NH - Main Street - Second Pemigewasset House - 4 Story 230x80 - Destroyed by fire
May 12, 1915 - Conway (North Conway), NH - First Eagle Mountain House burned
May 12, 1924 - Merrimack, NH - Merrimack Fire Department chartered - Josiah Henderson appointed as Fire Chief
May 12, 1963 - Milford, NH - South St at Baptist Church - Several garages (9 converted horse sheds) destroyed by fire
May 12, 1988 - Barre Town (Lower Graniteville), VT - Fatal fire - McLeod Hill Road - House fire - 4 year-old boy died
May 12, 1998 - Barre, VT - 2nd Alarm - 14 Fairview Street - Storage Bldg fully involved
May 12, 1999 - Williamstown, VT - 2nd Alarm - 255 Casino Rd - Williamstown Electric Motors - unknown size/type structure - Mutual Aid response from Barre City, Berlin, Barre Town, Chelsea, Brookfield and Washington
May 12, 2000 - Boxford, MA - Multi-Alarm - 81 Herrick Road - Gas leak - House explosion
May 13, 1807 - Raymond, NH - David Lane killed by cart wheel
May 13, 1905 - Salem, NH - Salem Fire Department was established on May 13, 1905 and consisted of 18 volunteers
May 13, 1906 - Sharon, MA - Massapoaq Hotel in ruins after towns worst fire in history - 2 barns, a house, and a tannery also destroyed in same fire
May 13, 1906 - Stoughton, MA - Swan Block extensively damaged by fire - $11,000 loss
May 13, 1925 - Hanover, NH - Hanover Inn stables burned
May 13, 1954 - Sanford, ME - 131 High Street - House fire with 1 fatality
May 13, 1983 - Beverly, MA - 100 block of Rantoul Street - Two vacant five story factories - Four young teens arrested for arson
May 13, 1983 - Boston, MA - Hi-Rise fire and explosion - Tremont and Court streets near Gov't Center, 13 Story office building, 15 persons were injured - Dozens driven to the roof and to the streets.
May 13, 2000 - Worcester, MA - 2nd Alarm - Box 1228 - 31 Stafford St - 3 Story Wood Frame
May 14, 1840 - Manchester (Amoskeag Vlg), NH - Island Mill on the Merrimack River just below Amoskeag Falls employing 125 destroyed by fire
May 14, 1868 - Fall River, MA - The Fall River (White) Mill, built in 1827 was destroyed by flames, which broke out in the picker room about 3:30 in the morning.
May 14, 1890 - Manchester, NH - Eliot Hospital - Fire in wing of hospital where kitchen was housed - 1 fatality, a domestic
May 14, 1899 - Manchester, NH - Elm, Water, and Mechanic Streets - Kennard Block, the largest and finest business block in new Hampshire built in 1893 - Fire started in clothing store on the first floor and ascended up an iron stairwell three stories - A high estimate of loss at $100,000, a low figure was quoted at $30,000 loss
May 14, 1903 - Manchester, NH - Massabesic House totally destroyed by fire - A subject had sent a post card, which was received later that day, threatening to burn down the establishment
May 14, 1922 - Limestone, ME - Barn fire driven by high winds spread over a half mile to engulf 11 potato house, 4 rail freight cars, four dwellings, several stables, a garage, store, a storehouse and blacksmith shop - Mutual Aid from Presque Isle, Caribou, Fort Fairfield, and from Canada Grand Falls New Brunswick$130,000 loss
May 14, 1962 - Merrimack, NH - Gate City Poultry destroyed - Located directly across street from Central Fire Station
May 14, 1968 - Boston, MA - 5th Alarm - Box 711 - Summer Street Bridge - Fire spread from shed under bridge to others sheds, freights cars, tractor trailers, and to the bridge
May 15, 1735 - Kingston, NH - Diphtheria Epidemic started to spread throughout Rockingham County, 1000 died, including 900 children
May 15, 1827c. - Pittsfield, NH - Main Street - Woolen Mill 5 story burned to ground
May 15, 1876 - North Adams, MA - Bond Street - Wald's Block destroyed by fire - Adams Transcript building partially destroyed *BG*
May 15, 1894 - Boston, MA - Conflagration - Walpole Street near the baseball grounds - 12 brick and 98 wood buildings destroyed by fire - Fire house at 1046 Tremont Street was one of the destroyed buildings - $500,000 property damage - The home field for the Boston Braves baseball team was during this fire - Fire is at times referred to as the Great Roxbury Fire
May 15, 1911c. - Milford, NH - Osgood District, 1200 acres burn in brush/woods fire
May 15, 1912 - Londonderry, NH - Nashua Road - Set of "Fine" farm buildings destroyed by fire including 2 story house, ell, barn, and sheds - House built in 1879 - Fire started in partition behind kitchen stove
May 15, 1915c. (Sunday) - Newbury, VT - Tucker Mountain Road - Col John Smith's Tavern - Tavern and whole set of connecting buildings burned killing two young children
May 15, 1919c. - Milford, NH - Smith and Flinigan blocks burn
May 15, 1922c. - Limestone, ME - Fire, 22 buildings burn
May 15, 1949c. - Milford, NH - Mont Vernon Rd - Frank Hartshorn and Co. Sawmill burned down (Lightning strike)
May 15, 1975c. - Waterville Valley, NH - Farrel's Lodge at Valley Inn - Inn partially destroyed by fire
May 15, 1992 - Henniker, NH - 3rd Alarm - New England College - Unoccupied apartment bldg with heavy damage - 7 towns fought this fire, considered suspicious
May 15, 1999 - Barre City, VT - 3rd Alarm - 86 Maple Ave - 3 Story Wood Frame - Heavy fire floor 3
May 15, 2000 - Burlington, VT - 3rd Alarm - Locust Rd @ Shelburne Rd - 3 Story Wood Frame
May 16, 1837 - Boston, MA - An interesting child about 6 years old, belonging to Mr. Mason, in Russell Street, drowned in a cistern.
May 16, 1874 - Claremont, NH - Sugar River Paper Mill - Bleach explosion blows out west wall of building killing one worker and causing $20,000 damage
May 16, 1877 - St. Albans, VT - Large wildfires across northern Vermont and sections of New York and Quebec destroyed large amounts of forest and properties
May 16, 1884 - Worcester, MA - Major Fire - South Worcester - Packachoag Mills destroyed, 1 fatality
May 16, 1990 - Boston (Roxbury) , MA - 6th alarm - 46 Millmont Street - Refuge Church in Christ - Basement fire extended through roof
May 16, 1990 - Mont Vernon, NH - Mobile Coach Road - Unoccupied 2 family home heavily involved - 50 firefighters from 7 towns
May 16, 1991 - Lynn, MA - 6th Alarm - address - large H-shaped building burns leaving 90 homeless
May 16, 2000 - Freedom, NH - 2nd Alarm - Holly Point (Ossipee Point ?) - 1.5 Story Wood Frame with attached garage Fully involved
May 17, 1843 - Exeter, NH - Powder Mill Road - Powder Mill explosion - Building and one worker blown to bits by 150 pounds of gun powder
May 17, 1863 - Wentworth, NH - Cyrus C. Clifford's dwelling house on the mountain burnt
May 17, 1901 - Newport, ME - Maine Central Freight Depot, a grist mill and a wood-working mill and lumber yard, and a Methodist Church destroyed by fire - Shaw House Hotel and 20 dwellings also partially ablaze - Mutual Aid Waterville, Bangor, Pittsfield
May 17, 1904 - Derry (West Derry), NH - Dwelling destroyed by fire - Exposure problems, house 25 feet away scorched - $2,000 loss
May 17, 1965 - Manchester, NH - First snorkel truck apparatus in New Hampshire goes in service as Truck 1, purchased for $56,300. Used at the Pine Island Amusement fire on Dec 2nd
May 17, 1986 - Boston (Dorchester), MA - 2nd Alarm - Box 3182 - 309 Adams Street - 3.5 story wood frame occupied apartment building - $110,000 loss *+desmond DB*
May 17, 1998 - Washington, VT - Working Fire - Rte. 110 @ Turnpike Rd - Cabin heavily involved
May 17, 2000 - Nottingham, NH - 2nd Alarm+ - Church St nr Rte 152 @ Rte 156 - Community Church - Heavy fire
May 18, 1736 - Portsmouth, NH - Dwelling of Richard Waldron (Secretary of the Colonial Province of New Hampshire) destroyed by fire
May 18, 1927 - Conway (South Conway), NH - 150 year old house struck by lightning and destroyed by resulting fire - This beautiful house owned by Eliza Parsons Underhill also contained a library of 1200 books - Total loss $10,000
May 18, 1934 - Newburyport, MA - Several fires started by an arsonist culminating in a conflagration - First fire was on Merrimac Street across for the fire station - Fowler Rooming House, contained to one room - Second fire was on Liberty Street for a junkyard and storage sheds near the fire station - Mutual Aid Amesbury assisted in bringing the fire under control in two hours - Third fire was Merrimac Street opposite Summer Street for Box 47 near the city hall - 20 buildings along the waterfront were destroyed putting 500 workers out of work - Destroyed factories included Dodge Brothers shoe factory, a four story wood frame building and Learned Shoe factory, a five story brick and wood - A commercial garage and several dwellings located between Winter and Market Streets were also destroyed - Three and a half city blocks had been reduced to rubble. Three large shoe factories, 12 boats on McKay's wharf, a funeral parlor, the Odd Fellows hall, several commercial establishments and dwellings had been destroyed by the fire with damage estimated to be $1 million dollars Mutual aid from every town within 30 miles responded including Salisbury, Amesbury, Newbury, and West Newbury Haverhill, Lawrence, Lowell, Salem, Lynn, Danvers, Hamilton, Georgetown and Ipswich along with Portsmouth, Exeter and Hampton New Hampshire
May 18, 1963 - Chelsea, MA - 3rd Alarm - Crescent Ave - New England Coal and Wood Company destroyed
May 18, 1986 - Woburn, MA - 6th Alarm - Elm Street - Linscott School - Flames 100 feet in air - Exposure school building 20 feet away protected through a valiant effort of firefighters
May 18, 1992 - Derry, NH - 29 Sunview Drive (aka 5 Tsienneto Road) - 24 unit condo total loss from fire - Mutual Aid 8 towns, 1 victim serious condition
May 19, 1780 - Bedford, NH - The Dark Day (Lasted 14 hours) - Caused by several fires far to the west and by fog - at 9AM darkness began and at noon was as dark as evening - Phenomenon also noted as far west as Albany NY and eastward to the Atlantic Coast - Farmers had had to stop plowing there fields at noon because there was not enough light to work by. Local residents ate their midday meal by candlelight. Also listed in Histories of Fremont NH, Hudson NH History and Cheshire County - Many felt that Judgment Day was at hand - Referred to as Black Friday in Boston some 100 years later
May 19, 1781 - Raymond, NH - Flood carries away the Freetown Bridge
May 19, 1862 - Manchester, NH - Manchester Street between Chestnut Street and Elm Street over to Hanover Street - A number of tenements burned
May 19, 1837 - Boston, MA - Unusual Death - Samuel Slater, Jr., of Bedford Mass, fell from the mast of a vessel lying at Long Wharf, which occasioned his death *bostonhistory.typepad.com*
May 19, 1938 - Conway (Conway Vlg), NH - Mill destroyed by fire
May 19, 1939 - Camden, ME - Bay View Street Fire started in a storage building and spread to brick building formerly known as the Camden Anchor Rockland Machine Company *town.camden.me.us/fire*
May 19, 1984 - Fairlee, VT - Two cars from a B&M freight train fell down a 75 -ft embankment landing in the Connecticut River - The boxcars contained alcohol and paper.
May 19, 2000 - Burlington, VT - 3rd Alarm - Pine St - Old Chocolate Factory
May 20, 1837 - Boston, MA - 70 Ann Street - Knowlton's Clothing on fire - Much damage to building and stock - Insured for $2000
May 20, 1871 - Nashua, NH - Main Street at Eldridge Street - Holman's Candy Factory and three dwellings destroyed by fire - Current site of St. Patrick's Center - Fourth dwelling damaged
May 20, 1877 - Cambridge, VT - Dwelling, barn, and sawmill belonging to John Safford destroyed by fire
May 20, 1917 - Newport, NH - Serious Fire - Dudley Block - Building ablaze at 4:00 AM - Under control in an hour
May 20, 1918 - Derry, NH - "The White Neighborhood" School District 4 School House - School house and sheds burned to ground
May 20, 1991 - Rochester, NH - 3rd Alarm, 108 Wakefield - 3 Story Apartment
May 20, 2003 - Orleans, VT - Ethan Allan factory - Dust collection unit spread to top floor at lacquer paint plant, 100 firefighters to scene - Mutual Aid - Glover, Derby Line, Newport City, Westmore, Irasburg
May 21, 1906 - Nashua, NH - Box 61 - Main Street opposite Learned Street - Barn and home of ex-Alderman George McQuestion destroyed by fire
May 21, 1914 - Manchester, NH - Varick company elm Street - with a loss of $44,000
May 21, 1963 - Milford, NH - Elm St - Martin Comolli Granite Co. Stone Shed/ storage building burned
May 21, 1986 - Boston (Back Bay), MA - 2nd Alarm plus - Box 1564 - 7 to 11 Blackwood Street - 4 story brick occupied apartment building - $130,000 loss
May 21, 1994 - Manchester, NH - 88 Lowell Street - Vacant 1.5 Story Former school administrative offices - Arson fire
May 21, 1998 - Williston, VT - 3rd Alarm - Box 5 Essex Rd - Building Fire
May 21, 2003 - Berlin, NH - Third Alarm - 1826 Riverside Drive (Rte 16) - Northland Restaurant and Dairy Bar - Landmark business destroyed by fire Grease feed ventilation fire extended into attic and through roof
May 22, 1848 - Augusta, ME - steamer Halifax blew up while in the Kennebec River Dam Lock claiming 7 lives
May 22, 1923 - Conway (Intervale), NH - Intervale House (Grand Hotel) burns
May 22, 1948 - Derry (East Derry), NH - Thwing Farm - Large historic barn 108x60, built about 1775 destroyed by fire
May 22, 1964 - Boston, MA - 5th Alarm - Box 7251 and Mutual Aid Box 8112 - 26 Bellflower Street - Fire spread to several buildings - 9 three-deckers involved at one time - 19 buildings in all suffered fire damage
May 22, 1970 - Derry (East Derry), NH - English Range Road - Historic barn and sheds destroyed by fire - Extreme exposure to dwelling successfully protected
May 22, 1987 - Bennington, VT - Main Street - Old Home Furniture building - 4 Story bldg converted to a food store, Nautilus shop, video shop and hair salon with extensive damage - Spread to adjacent stores causing minor damage, 150 FF's at scene
May 22, 2004 - Milan, NH - Multiple Alarm - Vallee Lumber Yard - Saw Mill heavily involved - Mutual Aid - Strafford, Lancaster, Groveton (Northumberland)
May 23, 1876 - Whitefield, NH - (Sunday prior) Brown Lumber Company Wood Pulp Mill 50x210 destroyed by fire *BG*
May 23, 1871 - Andover (East Andover), NH - Freewill Baptist Church burns
May 23, 1894 - Claremont, NH - North side of Sugar River - Monadnock Mills Sawmill considerably damaged by fire
May 23, 1998 - Wolfeboro, NH - 6th Alarm - Pleasant Valley Rd, 12 Acres - Tumbledown Dick Mtn, 125 FF and 2 helos
May 24, 1897 - Lyndon, VT - Great Fire - Fire started in Lyndon House Lyndon Corner. - All west side Main Street south from York St destroyed.
May 24, 1907 - Plymouth, NH - The Pelatiah Russell residence occupied by two families went up in flames driving the eleven occupants into the night - $3500 loss
May 24, 1935 - Derry, NH - off English Range Road - Rainbow Lake - Occupied 4 room cottage destroyed by fire - Automobile and 11/2 acres of forest also burned
May 24, 1951 - Nashua, NH - General Alarm - 40~48 Factory Street - Levesque Furniture heavily damaged by fire
May 24, 1985 - York, ME - Cape Neddick Inn fire
May 24, 1986 - Boston, MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 3757 - 20 Glenwood Ave - 2 story brick warehouse, $230,000 loss *contrib DB*
May 24, 1998 - Boston, MA - 5th Alarm - Box 6164 193 Marion St - Multiple 3 Deckers
May 24, 2001 - Nashua, NH - 4th Alarm - 18 1/2 Arlington Street - Arlington Arms Apartments
May 25, 1910 - Fremont, NH - Black Rocks Village - Large 2.5 Story building containing George W. Balls Union Hall and Restaurant, Cook's store, Charles Beede's store containing post office completely destroyed by fire - Caused by children playing with matches.
Added information by contributor It burned three businesses in Fremont Village. It was one of the worst fires to strike the town. Because of this fire, it was necessary for Fremont to finally build a town hall to replace George W. Ball's Union Hall where social activities had been held in the town since that building was built in 1892.
May 25, 1935c - Waterville, NH - Fire on Mount Tecumseh - Hibbard's Garage - West Campton Pumper, Plymouth Fire Dept, Forestry Service and Civilian Conservation Coprts fought fire
May 24, 1951 - Nashua, NH General Alarm - Levesque Furniture Company - 40-48 Factory Street - 2 injured - $50,000 damage *NTmf*
May 25, 1961 - Milford, NH - Elm St - Matt Crosby Farm - Barn fire
May 25, 1962 - Nashua, NH - 705 West Hollis Street - Lightning struck a garage setting it on fire - Fire spread to several other utility buildings, one used to manufacture wooden lawn furniture - Dwelling spared *NTmf*
May 25, 1964 - Manchester, NH - Chief Edward Grady resigns, after 35 years with the department. His resignation with was accepted with regret. <
May 25, 1993 - Newport, NH - Historic Fire, 157 year-old Corbin Covered Bridge - Arson fire.
May 26, 1903 - Laconia, NH - Great Lakeport fire - Started in HH Wood Hosiery Mill building and spread to through several blocks destroying several dwelling - Mutual Aid from as far as Dover
May 26, 1954 - off Quonset Point,RI - 27,100 ton Carrier USS Bennington suffers a double explosion and fire killing 93/103 and injuring 201 - Helicopters flew the most serious injured to ashore, saving many who would have died
May 26, 2004 - Amesbury, MA - 7th Alarm - Box 4117 - 71-73 Main Street - Large residential over commercial block - 3-story brick and wood structure. 3 Ladder Pipes and numerous hand lines operating Mutual Aid - Amesbury. Merrimac, Salisbury, Newburyport, Exeter, N.H., Groveland, West Newbury, Newbury and Seabrook, East Kingston, Newton, Kensington and Hampton, NH
May 27, 1822 - Keene, NH - Sparhawk Tavern (The old Chandler House) - Large 3 story building, burned
May 27, 1824 - Burlington, VT - UVM (University of Vermont) first college building burned
May 27, 1852 - Somerville, MA - Medford Street - Two separate fires on same street - First in a barn and then in a dwelling
May 27, 1896 - Bangor, ME - Kathadin Ice Company completely destroyed by fire
May 27, 1986 - Boston (Back Bay), MA - 3rd Alarm - 421 Boylston St. - Box 1535. 4 story Brick - Stores, Office Building, under Renovation, $150,000 loss *contrib DB*
May 27, 1989 - Lowell, MA - Devastating fire gutted Lawrence Manufacturing Mill Co. building, however, most of the mill complex was spared
May 27, 1990 - Keene, NH - Head of Central Square - Stage Restaurant - Dining room gutted by fire
May 28, 1899 - Wolfeboro, NH - Boston and Maine Railroad wharf building fire spread to Goodwin's Block causing extensive damage to it and Wolfeboro Landing
May 28, 1966 - Boston, MA - 5th Alarm - Box 7165 - First Street - Warehouse fire
May 28, 1966 - Boston (Charlestown), MA - 5th Alarm - Box 483 - Arlington Ave and Dorannce Street
May 28, 2004 - Pelham, NH - 4th Alarm - 60 Pulpit Rock Road - 2 story metal 200x300 irregular commercial building - Exposure to oxygen and helium gas cylinders - Mutual Aid Salem, Windham, Derry, Londonderry, Hudson, Tyngsboro, Dracut
May 29, 1914 - Allenstown, NH - Forest Fire - Three farms destroyed by fire, fire was fought by 500 volunteer
May 29, 1885 - North Smithfield ,RI - Incendiary fire burned a large new barn and badly scorched a dwelling
May 29, 1952 - Hudson, NH - House fire - Kimball Hill Road - A nearly 200 year old dwelling destroyed by fire caused by child using fireworks
May 29, 1960 - Chelsea, MA - 183 Third Street - New Angle Bed Spring Company and five other building involved in fire
May 29, 1974 - Hudson, NH - Lowell Road at Jacques Field - 4 story tall mound of sand collapsed on one of several boys digging in pile with fatal results
May 29, 1995 - Great Barrington, MA - Devastating Tornado - Tornado touched down near Prospect Lake in North Egremont crossing into Great Barrington and then Monterey and Sandisfield at 1924 EST. Three people were killed when the automobile they were in was lifted several hundred feet in the air and then dropped into a wooded hillside. Two homes were destroyed, eleven homes had major damage, nineteen homes had medium damage, thirty-four homes had minor damage; one rental unit had major damage, three had medium damage, and four had minor damage. Many of the injuries were from flying glass. One motorist had a large wooden timber through the door of his van and he escaped with just a hip injury. A nursing home lost its roof and buildings at the local fairgrounds were destroyed. A gas station was destroyed. A truck smashed into a supermarket causing a large hole in the building. Total damage was estimated at between $20 and $25 million. Debris was carried more than 45 miles to the northeast to Belchertown, where a racing ticket from the fairgrounds was found along with white, corrugated plastic roofing material. The last previous deaths caused by a tornado in Massachusetts occurred in 1979.
May 29, 1999 - Manchester, NH - 153-155 Beech Street - 3 Story Wood Frame occupied 6 unit apartment house - Heavy smoke pouring from basement - Arson fire
May 29, 1999 - Portsmouth, NH - 2nd Alarm - 3 Market Square - Brick Structure - Fire floor 2
May 29, 1999 - Providence,RI - 2nd Alarm - Box 5223 - 221 Oakland Ave - 3.5 Story Wood Frame - Heavy fire floors 2 and 3 extended to exposure on side 4
May 30, 1867 - Andover (West Andover), NH - Depot store burns
May 30, 1872 - Concord, NH - Fire on the roof of the boiler house of the Concord Railroad caught fire causing $100 damage
May 30, 1872 - Knowlton 's Corner, ME - Fire destroyed several buildings causing a $4000 loss
May 30, 1873 - Boston, MA - 4th Alarm+ - Box 53 - Hale, Morse and Company Furniture Factory - 411 Washington Street - Conflagration involved over 100 businesses with a property loss of over $1,000,000
May 30, 1884 - Milford, NH - off Elm St - James Lewis Tannery burned down - (1st of 3 times)
May 30, 1986 - Boston, MA - 581 Centre St. 2nd Alm - Box 2459. 500 gal gas spill at gas station onto street. *contrib DB*
May 30, 2000 - Providence,RI - 3rd Alarm - Box 3135 - 50 Sprague St - Vacant 4 story mill (with squatters) 200x75 - Fire floor 3 in rear - 5 ladders operating
May 30, 2000 - Washington, NH - 2nd Alarm - 162 Valley Rd
May 31, 1811 - Newburyport, MA - 250 buildings and shops destroyed in most prominent section of town - Fire started on Inn Street in the center of downtown by an arsonist - Baptist Meeting House in Market Square, where many well to do citizen had placed their belongings to be safe from the fire, was in turn destroyed when strong winds shifted - Amesbury, Rowley, Danvers, Ipswich, Beverly, Haverhill, Topsfield, Bradford, and Salem assisted in fighting fire
May 31, 1939 (Tuesday-Memorial Day) Sandwich, NH - Upper Road - old Jesse Mudgett farm - Hay fire in barn destroys barn and house (I Have two b&w photos of this incident)
May 31, 1997 - Lunenburg, VT - Working Fire - Neils's Pond South Shore - Bldg fully involved
June 01, 1855 - Worcester, MA - Manchester Street - Fire in Dickerson steam mill spread to Suttons' grist mills, and to an iron works, a planning and saw mill, and a sash and bindery factory - Also destroyed were two large dwelling buildings and several out building
Jun 01, 1860 - Newton, MA - W.F. Freeman and Sons dyewood works destroyed by fire
Jun 01, 1860 - Haverhill, MA - Three dwelling and two stables destroyed by fire
Jun 01, 1869 - Woonsocket,RI - Elliot's Mills - A whole range of buildings with lumber and manufacturing stock destroyed by fire - Buildings included a carpenter shop, saw mill, grist mill, boiler house, engine office, and a bobbin shop - Loss of $100,000 - 200 mechanics out of work *NYT*
Jun 01, 1903 - Boston - MA. - Albany Street and Dover Street in South End - Blacker and Shepard Lumber yard destroyed by fire - A dozen firefighters overcome by smoke - Fire that started in afternoon burned nearly all night - 600,000 feet of pine and oak destroyed *BG*
Jun 01, 1998 - Greenwood, ME - Working Fire - Route 26 Fire in an occupied apartment building - Mutual Aid requested
Jun 01, 2000 - Nashua, NH - 4th alarm - 58 Ash Street - 3 story apartment house
Jun 02, 1838 - Nantucket??, MA - Union Street - Fire started on a ropewalk made of tarred hemp, spreading to several wharfs, warehouses and homes, Coopers shop, paint store, a twine factory and a boat-builder building 30 buildings total - 4 homes, a store and a workshop blown up to form a firebreak
Jun 02, 1840 - Boston, MA - Several incendiary fires - Canal Street stable attached to the wood wharf burned - Soon afterwards on Friend Street, a hay shed fire - Soon after on Brighton Street, a occupied as a carpenter's shop was set on fire - Loss $600 *bostonhistory.typepad.com*
Jun 02, 1873 - Bolton, ME - Central Railroad Station and 400 cords of wood destroyed by fire
Jun 02, 1873 - Preston, CT - Hall Brothers carpet yarn mill totally destroyed by fire
Jun 02, 1944 - Salem, MA - General Alarm - Freight Yard Fire - 1 fatality - 200 foot 2 story shed
Jun 02, 1986 - Brandon, VT - Dean Bridge, spanning Otter Creek - Historic 145 year old covered bridge destroyed by a suspicious fire, 131 foot lattice-frame bridge
Jun 02, 1992 - Derry, NH - 41 Drew Road - Dwelling seriously damage by fire (Home of Derry's 1st mayor) - Mutual Aid 4 depts. to scene
Jun 03, 1853 - Lowell, MA - Unusual Death - First reported death of a Rapper - Local newspaper reports the death of a resident of the city while in California - Jesse Hutchinson was a firm believer in Spiritual Rapping - In his months in California it is said that he was suffering from monomania which rendered him quite miserable and brought on his death
Jun 03, 1857 - Manchester, NH - Jonesville - Nashua Street at Bridge Street - Baldwin and Company steam mill destroyed by fire, 1 employee burned to death
Jun 03, 1873 - Portland, ME - Green Street - Reddy and Kelley Foundry burns
Jun 03, 1903 - Columbia, NH - Sims Stream Valley - Woods fire that burned for six days and destroying 2 farms
Jun 03, 1903 - Fremont, NH - Fremont Bridge on Nashua and Rochester Railroad destroyed by fire in very dry conditions
Jun 03, 1947 - Rutland, VT - Great Flood
Jun 03, 1976 - Manchester, NH - Box 351 - 32 Merrimack Street - Former Rice-Varick Hotel, 100 year old five story building - Fifty tenants evacuated the rooming house.
Jun 03, 1998 - Halifax, VT - Working Fire - 802 Jacksonville Stage Rd - Bldg Well Involved - Mutual Aid to scene
Jun 04, 1863 - Wentworth, NH - Water Street in the village - Dwelling house of Ezekiel Aiken, a former shoemakers shop, burnt - Most of contents were saved
Jun 04, 1873 - Bangor, ME - near Steamboat Wharf - Cassidy's Cant-dog factory burns - Evan's cooper shop also burns
Jun 04, 1873 - Montpelier, VT - Seminary Hill - House and outbuildings destroyed by fire
Jun 04, 1873 - West Warwick (River Point),RI - Pike's planning mill contained 250,000 shingles and 100,000 feet of lumber speedily reduced to ashes
Jun 04, 1874 - Newburyport, MA - Water Street - Knight's grist mill partially destroyed by fire - Fire communicated to an adjacent commercial block causing considerable damage
Jun 04, 1904 - Ammonoosuc Valley, NH - Many acres of fine timber and building destroyed by forest fires
Jun 04, 1904 - Goffstown, NH - High Street - Residence of J. C. Brown burned *usgennet.org/usa/nh*
Jun 05, 1863 - Manchester, NH - Piscataquog Village on south bank of Piscataquog River - Haines and Wallace Brewery and Steam Mill, and adjacent bridge destroyed by fire
Jun 06, 1816 - New England, NH - VT, MA, CT - Snow Storm, 10-24 inches of snow fall in region. Most of summer temps remained in 40-50 degree range during day. - Aftermath of volcano eruption in Java of Mount Tambora over a year ago (April 1 1815)
Jun 06, 1836 - Colebrook, NH - Green Gables burn
Jun 06, 1837 - Boston, MA - A lady in a chaise, (on the cross bridge leading from Craigie's to Charlestown, the Cambridge omnibus and horses coming furiously towards her, having run away) had the presence of mind to stop her horse and step out, which she had barely done, when the omnibus struck the chaise, and dashed it to pieces.
Jun 06, 1871 - Manchester, NH - Manchester and North Weare Railroad bridge over Merrimack River destroyed by fire
Jun 06, 1875 - Springfield, MA - Box 3 - Main Street at Greenwood Street - Hooker School - Fire started in library on upper floor and consumed most of building, with the roof crashing in 30 minutes into the fire $70,500 loss
June 06, 1979 - Claremont, NH - Old Joy manufacturing company Main Street- Large mill building with oil soaked floors. Multiple alarm-(Pre-Plan). Smoke was blocking the sun at times and could be seen over 35 miles away.
June 07, 1981 - Claremont, NH - General Alarm - Box 21 - Main Street - Belfon Machine and Whipple Paper company-part of the Old Joy Manufacturing company. Conflagration potential (per C-1).Wind conditions caused multiple fires in the area, jumped the river and started a 6 story foundry on fire also. Pre-Plan - 36 Engines, 18 aerials, and 441 Firefighters at the scene. (**Mutual Aid from 45 towns, as far as 55 miles away - Fire fanned by high winds spread to a house causing it to burn and threatened another homes and a foundry **)
Jun 07, 1997 - Chelsea, MA - 8th Alarm - 4 story brick commercial building fire, at the Standard Box Co 28 Gerrish Ave. - Built in 1928 approx 90,000 sq ft building. 10 injured. 22 Mutual aid towns, 125 FF's.
Fire Wipes Out Part Of Presque Isle, Me. Over 100 Dwellings,...
The Telegraph - Jun 8, 1909
Steamers and volunteer fire . their hydrant service. It was 4.80 o'clock when the fire started in the kitchen of John boarding house on North Main street ...
Jun 08, 1940 - Fall River, MA - The old Estes Mill on Sucker Brook was completely destroyed.
Jun 08, 1997 - Manchester, NH - 229 Queen City Avenue - Sunoco gas station sustained $200,000 worth of damage as a car inside garage was torched
Jun 09, 1935 - Derry, NH - Box 36 - High Street - Dwelling badly gutted by fire
Jun 09, 1940 - Albany, NH - Clement's Inn (aka Piper House, aka Wing's Tavern) destroyed by fire
Jun 09, 1953 - Worcester, MA - Tornado category 4- Assumption College area along a 40 mile path of destruction - 94 die, 1300 injured/ hospitalized - In Fremont a tornado passed near Loon pond passing down Shirking Road hitting mostly wood and barley missing several residences
Jun 09, 1963 - Derry, NH - Tornado - Damage to Birch Street and Hood Meadows area (Hoodcroft)
Jun 09, 1981 - St. Albans, VT - Two construction workers in critical condition with severe burns from gas explosion - Gas seeped into the manhole and was ignited by a spark from equipment
Jun 09, 1983, New Hampshire, NH - All fourteen of New Hampshire's forestry towers shut for the year down due to lack of funding
Jun 09, 1988 - Manchester, NH - (McGregorville) Amory Street - Manchester Fire Station Six (95 years old) gutted by fire - Firefighters were out at a drill at Hillside Junior High when a pan left on the stove ignited the fire - Station was torn down and replaced
Jun 09, 1989 - Manchester, NH - 269 Bridge Street - 3 Story apartment building heavily damaged by fire
Jun 09, 1991 - Manchester, NH - 3rd Alarm - 1037 Elm Street - Six story brick apartment building - Heavy fire floor 6
Jun 09, 2000 - Woonsocket, RI - Jenckes Mill complex, seven acre abandoned mill site, a crazy-quilt warren of rooms and corridors added to the site since 1822 . The original fieldstone building in the center of the complex was the Jenckes Mill, oldest mill site in Woonsocket. Over the years, the mill was called the Dunn Worsted, making woolen goods and was finally home to Electronic Molding Corporation. While a thrift store tried and failed to make a go of it in one of the newer areas, the complex had been vacant for at least 10 years. A major concern was to keep the fire from spreading to a residential block of multifamily homes and a furniture store across the street and downwind of the inferno. Fire and rescue personnel from North Smithfield, Lincoln, Cumberland, Blackstone, Millville and other surrounding communities poured in to assist and to provide station coverage.
Jun 09, 2002 - Boston (Roxbury) - MA - 5th Alarm - Washington Street at Vernon Street - Dudley Square - 3 Story Timothy Smith Company - 3 story building - Grocery store and furniture storage
Jun 10, 1837 - Boston, MA - Broad Street Riot - Fireman involved in fisticuffs with immigrants
Jun 10, 1905 - Squaw Mountain, ME - First forest fire lookout tower opens
Jun 10, 1918 - Caribou, ME - Fire swept through five buildings, including the Caribou House, in the business district causing more than $100,000 loss
Jun 10, 1920 - Derry, NH - Box 38 - head of Martin Street - Richardson Vinegar Factory (New England Vinegar), 2 Story mill 40x45 destroyed by fire
Jun 10, 1964 - Chelsea, MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 283 - 81 Summer Street - Rag shop fire
Jun 10, 1974 - Somerville, MA - Hardin Street - Arrow Paper Warehouse - Firefighters Reilly and Brickley, Engine Company 2 died in the line of duty when a wall collapsed *www.somervillelocal76.org*
Jun 10, 1981 - Rutland, VT - Carris Reels - Large mfg bldg destroyed by fire after an explosion - 70 employees in building at time, 2 FF's injured
Jun 10, 1996 - Lancaster, NH - Multi Alarm - Main St, 2 Downtown Bldg - Rosie's take-out destroyed
Jun 11, 1638 - Fremont, NH - Earthquake noted
Jun 11, 1880 - Long Island Sound, NY - Two ships of the Stonington Line, the Naragansett and the Stonington, collided in heavy fog - The Naragansett becoming engulfed in fire - 50 lives were lost *SANE*
Jun 11, 1892 - Orono, ME - Worst fire in town history to date
Jun 11, 1982 - Boston (Jamaica Plain), MA - 9th Alarm - Bartlett Square - American Cellophane - Vacant factory building
Jun 11, 1982 - Nashua, NH - New England Briefs\ 25 Flee Nashua Fire (Archive fee)
...after a general alarm fire gutted a 3-story, 12-apartment building in Nashua, N.H., early...outside one of the apartments exploded. They were...Hudson, Merrimack and Nashua about three hours to bring the fire under control.
Jun 12, 1861 - Boston, MA - Boston, MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 1291 - 80 Batterymarch Street
Jun 12, 1963c. - Bethlehem (Maplewood), NH - Maplewood Resort Colony - Lafayette Cottage burned to ground (other fires at colony occurred Aug 1942, Dec 1943, Jan 1963)
Jun 12, 1982 - Boston (South Boston), MA - 60 Wormwood Street - Boston Glass - Long one story building
Jun 12, 1984 - Lowell, MA - 6th Alarm - address? - Vacant mill building - Flames hundreds of feet into air
Jun 13, 1859 - Concord, NH - Main Street at Pleasant Street - South Congregational Church, a bakery, shops and dwelling go up in flames
Jun 13, 1881 - Derry, NH - Major Fire - Maple Street - Leatherboard Mill burned first of three times
Jun 13, 1990 - Portsmouth, NH - 6th Alarm - Islington Street - New Hampshire Provision Company meat packing plant damaged by fire - Fire fought by 14 towns with 150 firefighters
Jun 14, 1959 - Chelsea, MA - Ticoa Rubber Company - Large tire storage building fully involved
Jun 14, 2000 - Warwick,RI - 3rd Alarm - Rocky Point Park - 2 Bldgs fully involved
Jun 15, 1894c. - Plainfield, NH - Meriden Vlg - Meriden Congregational Church destroyed by fire
Jun 15, 1950c. - Amherst, NH - 12 Mack Hill Road - George Hyde residence - Fire in ell started in shavings in a barrel - Heavy heat and smoke damage to attached house, but structure was saved by departments new tanker truck
Jun 15, 1960c. - Corinth, VT - West Corinth Vlg - Maplewood Tourists' Inn - 3 story 42 room summer resort - Inn and other buildings burned down (Bowling all was spared)
Jun 15, 1972 - Derry, NH - Fordway - Major explosion - Sewer pumping station explodes sending 150,000 pound cement roof high into air reducing building to rubble
Jun 15, 1973 - Fremont, NH - 4.8 Richter Scale earthquake noted - Felt from Montreal to Boston
Jun 15, 1973 - New Hampshire, NH - State Department of Resources and Economic announces plans to phase out 15 of 30 fires towers
Jun 15, 1986c. - Westmoreland, NH - Cheshire County Farm - Fire swept through the dairy barn area consuming the entire dairy barn and piggery, destroying a small number of heifers and a larger number of pigs
Jun 16, 1862 - Wentworth, NH - South part of town (Rowen Town) - Small dwelling of Daniel Silver burnt
Jun 16, 1884 - Laconia, NH - Building occupied by Lee Bakery and Ladd & Keaser Grocer damaged by fire *BG*
Jun 16, 1935 - Derry (East Derry), NH - Rockingham Road (three miles south of town) the Ames Place - Large barn destroyed by fire - House saved by East Derry Volunteer Fire Dept
Jun 16, 1948 - Londonderry, NH - Rte 28 at RR Crossing near Derry town line - 4,260 gallon fuel oil tanker vs locomotive - Tanker and driver incinerated - Locomotive derailed, caboose destroyed by fire - 5 crew members injured
Jun 17, 1775 - Charlestown, MA - During Battle of Bunker (Breeds) Hill, the British set fire to 380 dwellings (Charlestown was then a town separate from Boston)
Jun 17, 1816 - Northeast - USA - Late Spring Blizzard hits eastern New York and New England leaving another 12-18 inches of snow (See June 6, 1
Jun 17, 1893 - Brentwood, NH - Fellows Box Factory partially consumed by fire
Jun 17, 1921 - Fremont, NH - Spaulding and Frost Cooperage, the Union Church and Fremont Fire Engine House destroyed by fire - Exeter and Raymond Mutual Aid
Jun 17, 1928 - Hudson, NH - Hudson Field - Airplane Crash Fatal - Two passengers killed on takeoff - plane rose 50 feet into air and then burst into flames - Witnessed by many on ground - Plane nosed dived into earth and exploded - Prominent Nashua businessman/politician/attorney Marcel Theriault killed - Pilot with severe burns was not expected to survive
Jun 17, 1972 - Boston, MA - Hotel Vendome fire kills 9 firefighters
Jun 17, 1980 - Boston (Brighton), MA - Box 5221 - 9th Alarm - Conrail freight yard - Fire in warehouses with water problems
Jun 17, 1989 - Andover (East Andover), NH - Steam powered sawmill burns
Jun 17, 1998 - South Woodstock, VT - Working Fire - Morgan Hill Rd.-3 story barn converted to apartments. 82 yr old Man pulled from building is in stable condition. Barn and Apartments were a total loss. Mutual aid from Woodstock, West Windsor, Bridgewater, Hartford and Reading.
Jun 17, 1999 - Brunswick, ME - 3rd Alarm - 29 Federal St - Large 3 Story Wood Frame Occupied Apartment Building - 1 fatal
Jun 18, 1908 - Sargent's Purchase (Mount Washington), NH - Second Summit House destroyed by fire - Mammoth Historic Fire - All but one building completely destroyed at summit -
Jun 18, 1921 - Westwood, MA - General Alarm - Edwards Stable and Garage -
Jun 18, 1970 - Putney, VT - Fire - Hickory Ridge Rd - House fire - Brattleboro, Westminster, Dummerston
Jun 18, 1998 - Raymond, NH - 3rd Alarm - 56 Main St Sanel Auto Parts - 3 Story Wood Frame 75x40 Apartments over commercial, 10Eng/tnks 2 trucks, 9 lines
Jun 19, 1691 - Boston MA - Several buildings around Hanover and Salem Street burn
Jun 19, 1868 - city?? - State ?? - Wentworth Hotel (Costello Block) burned down 3 story 40x60
Jun 19, 1893 - Milford, NH - Cottage St - Merrill Brothers Sawmill burns down
Jun 19, 1930 - Fremont, NH - 23 Abbott Road - Wood framed house and barn completely destroyed by fire - Caused by careless smoking
Jun 19, 1959 - Londonderry, NH - Mammoth Road - Karafelis Homestead, 1.5 Story Wood Frame 7 room House and 75 ft long 40 high barn both burned to ground
Jun 19, 1965 - Manchester, NH - General Alarm - Elm Street - Martin's Store destroyed by fire causing $2 million damage
Jun 19, 1977 - Derry, NH - Goodhue Road - Dwelling totally destroyed by fire
Jun 20, 1965 - Manchester, NH - General Alarm, 102 Spruce Street - 760 Elm Street, 2 four story blocks - Residential over Commercial spread to Hellenic Community House - A spectacular fire destroyed 3 business blocks on Elm Street across from Merrimack Common in the heart of the city, 2 million dollars damage to the stores in the 2 four story blocks and extensively damaged Kauf's Automotive store
Jun 20, 1982 - Nashua, NH - General Alarm - address - 3 Story 12 unit apt bldg - 4 FF's injured, 25 homeless - Two firefighters were injured when a portion of the roof collapsed on them, 2 FF's injured when a motorcycle parked in the hallway exploded
Jun 20, 1999 - Lawrence, MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 6111 - nr 110 Farnum St - 3 Story Wood Frame with 2 Story att'd
Jun 20, 1999 - Nashua, NH - 4th Alarm - 5 Stanstead Place Kessler Farms Condos - 4 Story Condo Garage fire spread to 2/3 units
Jun 21, 1860 - Absecom Inlet, NH - Loss by collision at sea and subsequent sinking of the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer ROBERT J. WALKER off Absecom Inlet, New Jersey - 20 officers and crew members conducting weather studies
Jun 21, 1868 - Woonsocket,RI - Ward and Harris Dry House (Storage House) - 4 story brick, fire floors 1 and 2 with damaged to contents
Jun 21, 1929 - Ossipee (West Ossipee), NH - Gen Alarm - White Snowmobile Factory & Storehouse
Jun 21, 1994 - Barnstable (Hyannis), MA - 5th Alarm - Main Street - Viet Nam Vets Outreach building, former nursing home
Jun 21, 1996 - Gardner, MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 63 - Parker St - Nina's Pizza
Jun 21, 1999 - Lowell, MA - 3rd Alarm - Box 113 - 279 Dutton St Candle factory - 2 Story Brick Commercial 200x50 Fire floor 1 and basement
