Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Ice; The Ice Storm of 1998; Ice Storm '98

"… and crash, the ice comes down, down with a crash, a crash, a smash. Down with the ice of ’98 and summer heat that crept in late, ice of blue, ice…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Captain Samuel Watts House

"… Historical Society Before the financial crash of 1857, shipyard owners were financially secure."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 4 of 4

"… snows from fields, from dark forests, water crashing to granite rock, spray leaping high in the air, rainbow rising in the spray – a sight to…"

Historic Hallowell - Train Wreck Of 1937

"… 1937Hubbard Free Library Once the train crash was discovered, people started to yell to get others attention and took pictures of it."

Historic Hallowell - Train Wreck Poem

"… however wanted to fly Into the library with a crash The old library needed cash Now with a hole in its side The library was opened wide In the…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Andrew Anderson

"… with investments during the stock market crash. Did you have any troubles getting the basic necessities? Andrew Anderson, clip one  No because you…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Depression, War, and Fire

"… cut into its excesses, and the 1929 stock market crash accelerated its decline. It was really World War II that ended the Depression."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Comparisons

"They both had wicked icy roads and a lot of car crashes. Also they had trees that had limbs that had been blown off from being so frozen and brittle."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of East New Portland

"… out by a strong gale that sent the heavy timbers crashing to the rocks and ice below. The structure was nearly 300' long."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Beniah Harding

"… committing suicide about the great stock market crash Did you know anyone who was personally affected and committed suicide? No How did your family…"

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

"… the scene of a fire, a murder trial, or a plane crash. Harry Kirby Murders Harry A. Kirby in front of his cell, Augusta, 1925Maine Historical…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford

"… over the natives and settlers like the waves crashing along the rocky shoreline. Many lives were lost on both sides, and for some time many of the…"

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

"… for the project; however because of the financial crash of 1837 the funds never materialized, and the project failed."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Woodrow Wilson

"… What do you remember about the stock market crash? Like how old were you then? Woodrow Wilson: I was not to well acquainted with that."

Lincoln, Maine - The Stanislaus Family

"Sylvia got into a railway crash in 1933, causing her to go blind until her her death in 1938. Sylvia lived to 102, eight days before her 103rd…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map

"… shipping boxes for Forster’s Toothpick Mill, crashed through the deck of the bridge to the riverbank below."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

"… opportunities went downhill when the stock market crashed in 1929. Potatoes were down from 45¢ to 15¢ a barrel."

Historic Hallowell - Hurricanes Of 1954 - Stories and Timelines

"… because of fear that tree limbs were going to crash through the windows. He also had two boats that were destroyed."

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"The locomotive and the cars had crashed and slid to the bank of the river. It took three hours to free Green."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… Commercial flights began by 1931 The stock market crash of 1929, however, brought the country's prosperity to a sudden end, and in Bangor tested…"