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Millinocket Fire Department

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Hose 5 Fire Museum

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

"Frank Green at 176 Broad Street on the west side of the Kenduskeag Stream. It spread among the wooden warehouses along Bangor’s working waterfront."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Fire Department Technology

"Hallowell Fire Department Technology Fire Station, Second Street, Hallowell, May 30, 1918Hubbard Free Library Jade Gragg, Owen MacDonald…"

Historic Hallowell - The Hallowell Union Fire Club

"The Hallowell Union Fire Club Union Fire Club, Fire Bucket, Hallowell, 1805Hubbard Free Library The Union Fire Club of Hallowell, Maine…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"Damaged by fire in 1894, the store lost over $6,000 of goods, and it cost thousands more to compensate for the structural losses due to water, smoke…"

Historic Hallowell - Keeping Us Safe: Fire Department and Police Force

"Later, the fire department added hand tubs to the roster which put out fires quicker and more effectively."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Historic Hallowell - Protect and Serve - Hallowell Fire and Police

"In 1801 the first community fire company, the Union Fire (Club) Association, was established and its rules required each member to keep ready at…"

Historic Hallowell - Volunteer Firefighters and their Fire Clothes

"Fire Department Ladder Wagon, Second Street, Hallowell, 1913Hubbard Free Library Volunteer firefighters are always on call whereas career firemen or…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

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

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"Across Tuttle Road from the Fire Station stands a house that was once an important business established in 1793."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Main and State streets, Presque Isle, 1929

"The view is looking East up State Street. This photograph shows the Bolton Block and the businesses within in 1929."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Presque Isle’s Historic Fire Station

"… served as the municipal court (top floor), fire house (main floor) and jail (cellar). An addition was built in 1950 to house the larger ladder…"

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…"

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

"… as of 2013, there are still empty lots on Main Street as a result of the fire. On January 23, 2009, the Tan Turtle Tavern burned to the ground…"

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

"1917Northeast Harbor Library Main Street, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1980Northeast Harbor Library Northeast Harbor was one of the last villages on…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Site Resources

"Charleston, SC: History Press, 2009. Print. The story of Bangor: a brief history of Maine's queen city. Bangor, Me.: BookMarc's Publishing, 1999."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Fiske Block, Broad Street, Bangor, 1864

"… night may 12 1866 John Womans' Barn was set on fire E H Tebbets horse shed and 4 stores commencing at I W Pattens and running north Cyras Goss were…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Man Rats Out Brady Gang - Page 1 of 2

"The G-men turned their guns on Brady; Shaffer was still firing at the deadly machine guns. The G-men were closing in on Brady and Shaffer fast."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Before long, the conflagration swept up the Park Street hill, across French Street, and onto Broadway."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"She wrote an article about the fire after her investigation into the fire. That article launched Mary's literary career."

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"Main Street Arch Grant ReceptionBangor Public Library General Grant in Bangor President Ulysses S. Grant visited Bangor in October, 1871 as part of…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"In 1897 the grandstand caught fire, but it was re-built the next year and made to seat 5,000 people."