Maine Memory Network

Red Comet fire extinguisher grenade with wall mount holder, Waldoboro, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Waldoboro Fire Department Date: circa 1900 Location: Waldoboro Media: Glass, metal, chemicals

Damage of Somesville Fire, Saco, 1908

Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: 1908-09-15 Location: Saco Media: Photographic print

Williston Church alterations, Portland, 1904-1946

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1904–1946 Location: Portland Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

The Bethel Inn, Bethel, 1911

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1911 Location: Bethel Client: Dr. J. G. Gehring Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Waldoboro Fire Department's 175 Years

While the town of Waldoboro was chartered in 1773, it began organized fire protection in 1838 with a volunteer fire department and a hand pump fire engine, the Water Witch.

Looking Out: Maine's Fire Towers

Maine, the most heavily forested state in the nation, had the first continuously operational fire lookout tower, beginning a system of fire prevention that lasted much of the twentieth century.

Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 1 of 2

"… for the Portland conflagration of 1866." (“Bangor Fire”) The fire began around 4:00 on the afternoon of April 30th in a hay shed owned by J."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"… Waldo Street Fire slide show The Waldo Street Fire was, and still is, Rumford’s most serious fire."

John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne

Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.

My father, Earle Ahlquist, served during World War II
by Earlene Chadbourne

Earle Ahlquist used his Maine common sense during his Marine service and to survive Iwo Jima