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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3
"Set up stove etc. I built a fire and then with Ayers went down to his house where with my wife and child and I took supper After supper I took the…"
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Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present
"Koritsky Block Fire, Guilford, Feb. 3, 1969Guilford Historical Society Half the downtown burned in a tremendous fire during a wild snowstorm in…"
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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."
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Guilford, Maine - Special Events
"… the devastation of events such as floods and fires, the townspeople of Guilford come together once again to celebrate."
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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future
"After a fire in the town of Falmouth (now Portland) in 1775, Falmouth citizens were given plots of land in New Portland to replace their loss."
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4
"… the north end of town to supply a reservoir for fire protection. After a drought lowered the level of Day Mountain Pond to a point below the dam…"
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Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 3 of 4
"The old coal boilers were converted to oil-fired, and recovery burning boilers were added to retrieve costly chemicals."
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Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3
"mentioned above. In 1884, this mill was lost to fire, and in 1901, the facility on the north side which had recently been expanded, was severely…"
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"A new building has been built, after a fire burned it down in November of 2009. Today, The Lincoln News costs 60 cents and over 6,000 people buy it…"
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Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4
"… of wood fiber tableware which was lost to fire. His next was to establish the Umbagog Pulp Company at Livermore Falls."
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"On that day, Pease arrived on Malaga to set fire to the buildings. It was a wasted trip, no one was there and the homes were gone."
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Scarborough Historical Society & Museum
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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War
"… Telegram, Sunday June 11, 1939 Big House Little House Back House Barn. Thomas C. Hubka, University Press of New England, 1984 Eastern Argus, May…"
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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle
"… end of the nineteenth century, the Presque Isle Fire Department had been incorporated and Presque Isle had its first water company, the Presque…"
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Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals
"… the home until it was shut down because of State fire regulations in 1990. Medical implements from the Lincoln Historical Society collection X…"
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village
"If ice freshets do not disturb them, and fire and other forces leave them alone, the present railroad company and all concerned in the construction…"
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture
"These challenges included freshets (floods), fires and weather. A freshet is described as a flash flood or flood resulting from a spring thaw."
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"… for the manufacture of Christmas wreaths, cutting fire wood and raking blueberries offers seasonal employment."
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould
"… gone, his mill had been completely destroyed by fire. Instead of boarding his train that day, he immediately began making plans to restore the…"