Maine Memory Network

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"… onto filled cans, and it’s believed that this process may have been the cause of serious fires at both Leavitt’s and Burnham & Morrill."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 3 of 4

"Fire destroyed the hangar in the late 1940s and no trace of the airport remains today. Portland Flying Service, Scarborough, ca."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"… the exposed workers abandoned their effort under fire from the men in the garrison. Despite continued skirmishes with the Indians, the second…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"Fires First fire truck, Surry, 1947Surry Historical Society Surry has experienced many bad fires, including a disastrous forest fire in 1822…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 4 of 6

"… curtail the number of utility poles and transfer stations leading into Asticou. He peppered electric and telephone company officials with visits…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 4 of 4

"… canteen unit that accompanied firemen on major fires. Somehow, Dr. Haigis also found time to play occasionally with the Don Doane Band, a local…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 2 of 5

"Guilford Fire Station Guilford Fire Station X Text by Asia Wohlfeil, Saide Morin, and Aliza Boone Images from the Guilford Historical Society…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"… Larger deliveries came through the railroad station at the base of Norton Hill. Lucky residents might collect a box of fresh bananas and oranges in…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 2 of 2

"Crime & Disaster This was the fourth school fire in Portland in 1921 and was of unknown origin. It started in the library, which did not have a…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"… early, bring in the wood or coal and keep the fire going throughout the day. In 1938 an eight grader named Harold "Scoot" Richardson was the…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 1 of 2

"Fire at Deering High Deering High School fire, Portland, 1921Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media On May 20th, 1921, Deering High School…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"There was another fire as well; this took place in 1895. This fire was very destructive to the City of Bath."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aerial Photography

"… one of the most significant media influences in Maine. Fire on Hobson's Wharf, Portland, 1934Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Entertainment- Alameda and Opera House

"At 2:00 AM a fire alarm was set off. The Bath Fire Company responded to the fire alarm and tried their hardest to extinguish the fire and save the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"… in Parker Reed's History of Bath as the “Great Fire.” One store in Merchants' Row, being built of brick with a slate roof, helped slow down the…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - 1925 National Governors' Association Convention

"The guns were fired from Ft. Williams, the horns came from the 5th Maine Infantry band, and whistles were from the steamboat Calvin Austin."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"The fire started in a livery stable at the base of the chimney in the office. The fire could have been put out except for the break in the water line…"

North Yarmouth Historical Society

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Historic Hallowell - The Stevens Training Center Serenaders

"… ventured into the studios of Augusta radio station WRDO. There they recorded six songs for a record album entitled Stars Over Stevens."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection

"A fire burning on the wharf in the afternoon could be aerially photographed and published that evening, an impressive and telling feat for the 1930s."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"The fire damaged twenty-one properties before it finally died out. The damages to the city totaled more than $200,000 dollars for all of the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"Set from a spark from a horseshoe, the large fire originated at the Sagadahock House on the northwest corner of Front and Centre Street."

Presque Isle Historical Society

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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"The building was unusual at that time for its fire-proof construction with iron beams inside the stone walls."