All posts tagged "fire"
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6.9KNew HampshireThe Great Lakeport Fire of 1903 Destroys a New Hampshire Village
Laconia, N.H., suffered several devastating fires over the centuries, but none so damaging as the Great Lakeport Fire of 1903. A fire...
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17.6KMassachusettsThe Cold Storm and Great Freeze of 1857
The Cold Storm and Great Freeze of 1857 prostrated New England during the winter of 1856-57, one of the worst ever. Thirty-two...
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9.5KArts and LeisureWonderland, Revere’s Brief, Brilliant Million-Dollar Amusement Park
In 1903 and 1904 the face of American public amusement changed with the successful opening of two new parks in Coney Island:...
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12.8KPolitics and MilitaryDisaster in Rhode Island Waters: The USS Bennington
On the early morning of May 26, 1954, fighter jets started to catapult into the air from the USS Bennington (CVA 20),...
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10.3KNew HampshireThe Portsmouth Fires That Turned the City to Brick
Three Portsmouth fires, all at Christmas, destroyed 500 buildings within a decade in the early 19th century. Miraculously, no one died in...
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16.3KConnecticutThe Wallingford Tornado of 1878 Unleashes Terror on an Unsuspecting Town
The Wallingford Tornado of 1878 ranks as one of the worst natural disasters to ever strike Connecticut. It caused so much damage...
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