Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Day 5

"People collected fire wood so that they could burn it and stay warm without having power. Well more than 400,000 people, from Down East Maine were…"

Historic Hallowell - Kennebec Wire Company

"… could stay on late at night, and the risk of fires from the candles was gone. Wire mills stayed about the same throughout the rest of the 1800s and…"

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…"

Historic Hallowell - Day 8

"… a candle as a light, tripped over it and stared a fire that destroyed three rooms and the sprinkler system didn't stop it because the power was out."

Historic Hallowell - Wood Ashes or Gold Dust?

"… to the settlers, that required only hard work, fire that trees that had ten times the value of wheat: wood ashes."

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."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Summary Notes

"“We would tell stories around the fire or play board games in the candle light with family and friends staying with us ” said Bruce and Marcia Bell."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 2 of 3

"In December 1966, a fire erupted at Wallace’s Garage on the corner of Main Street and Summit Road. Five major buildings, and several smaller ones…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"This fire broke out on one of the coldest nights of the coldest winters, in the boot and shoe store of Samuel Foote on Front Street, north of…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Twentieth-Century Community Life

"In 1932 the Criterion Theatre, with more than 700 seats, opened in Bar Harbor. Depression, War, and Fire"

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…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"… five in the morning and it was freezing; the house- the whole house was just freezing. We then decided that we needed some lights."

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"Pine log drive on Machias River, ca. 1950Ambajejus Boom House Museum It was in the early 1900s when they logged and worked very hard along the…"

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…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - About Us

"… history are fully cataloged, protected from fire and climate, and accessible during regular business hours throughout the year."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"A third fire in February of the same year nearly destroyed Bath Iron Works, Ltd. on Water Street south of downtown, and a fourth fire struck the west…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born

"According to family legend, after the 1900 fire burned the original Asticou Inn, A.C. Savage was concerned a future fire might engulf this nearby…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"The Blue Hill Volunteer Fire Department, established in 1910, used horses to pull its equipment until purchasing its first motorized vehicle in 1929."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Old Town Hall and Grant Building

"… this new Town Hall was occupied, the “Great Fire of 1837” decimated most of the early records thought to be safely in storage."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"Also, during this period, the Fire House was constructed (1903), The Neighborhood House (1906) and the Northeast Harbor Library and Reading Room…"

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."

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

"Affiliating with the Jordan Pond House, a public tea house located in Acadia National Park, and participating in other island institutions and…"

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."