Maine Memory Network

Hose 5 Fire Museum

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Historic Hallowell - Police and Fire Citations

"member federal reserve system. Hallowell Fire Alarm     boxes. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Devlin, Douglas W. Police: The official Police Method Of Arrest and…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"The town’s fire alarm brought the firemen, their teams of horses to haul the equipment, and the hoses from both Rumford and the adjoining town of…"

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…"

Historic Hallowell - Whaling

"… watchtowers and once a whale was spotted, an alarm was sounded and twenty or so villagers would head out to get the whale."

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

"… of putting the lead into the joint when the alarm went off and Hall started to see the columns of smoke coming over the city."

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

"When people heard the alarm in town, they would call her to ask where the fire was. Ella called elderly people every morning as a community service."

Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2

"… and highways.” Town officials ordered “a general alarm blown on the fire whistle to call out all available men in town to help shovel the streets.”…"

Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"A modern alarm system and vault safe were added to the Bank. A picketing demonstration was held in Town on September 20, 1934."

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… then in 1868 a steam whistle, standard aural alarm of the era from factories to locomotives. Dual Steam WhistlesWest Quoddy Head Light Keepers…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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