All posts tagged "fires"
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8.0K5Arts and LeisureCharles Dickens Brings ‘A Christmas Carol’ — and Christmas — to Boston
Charles Dickens didn’t think much of American slavery on his first visit in 1842. But he loved Boston enough to return after...
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20.8K9bostonThe 6 Oldest Public High Schools in New England
The oldest public high schools in the United States all stand in New England, probably because the Puritans believed in educating children...
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8.6K2ConnecticutThe History of Indian Summer
Indian summer evolved over the centuries from a pioneer superstition to the poet’s best friend to the meteorologists’ whipping boy. It is...
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10.4K2ConnecticutThe 1965 Drought, New England’s Worst Ever
It will probably be several centuries before the Northeast United States again suffers anything like the 1965 drought. It was the driest...
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10.2K2ConnecticutNew England’s Forgotten Puerto Rican Riots
From 1967 to 1979, Puerto Rican riots broke out in New England cities from Waterbury, Conn., to Worcester, Mass. Outsiders didn’t understand...
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23.9K5Business and LaborSix New England Ghost Towns
Though people typically think of ghost towns as belonging to the Old West, New England actually has plenty. Villages that once supported...
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4.2K1MaineThe 1762 Drought Follows a Cold, Late Spring
A cold April was a prelude to the 1762 drought, one of the worst in the history of New England. It hit...
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9.0K2bostonThe Great Boston Fire of 1872
In 1871, a Boston fire department engineer name John Damrell traveled to Chicago to examine the smoking ruins of the Great Chicago...
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24.5K1MassachusettsThe Cold Friday of 1810
The legendary Cold Friday of 1810 brought such terrible winds and frigid temperature that people talked and wrote about it for generations....
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52.4K26ConnecticutU-Boat Attacks Of World War II: 6 Months of Secret Terror in the Atlantic
On Jan. 13, 1942, German U-boat attacks officially started against merchant ships along the Eastern Seaboard of North America. From then until...
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