Maine Memory Network

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War & Biddeford

"… years to overcome, in addition to an ever deepening city debt that administration after administration would work to extinguish. Read more...."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison Fires - 1849 to 1924

"… and many worked with fire fighters in helping to extinguish the flames. No escapes were made. The State of Maine, No."

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

"… to the fire alarm and tried their hardest to extinguish the fire and save the building. The brick on the outside made it very challenging."

Life on a Tidal River - The War Effort

"… supplied the water for the city of Bangor, were extinguished, and the tower itself was camouflaged with drab olive paint."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"… in 1919 and required extensive measures to extinguish. Waldo Street Area Waldo Street Fire slide show The Waldo Street Fire was, and still…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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