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1913-03-23: Beehler Hat Store Fire

The following was published in the Stamford Advocate on March 24, 1913. $25,000 Fire Damage in Fessenden Block Blaze in Cellar Ruins Big Stocks of Merchandise on Easter Day BEEHLER'S LOSS, $12,000; H.NEWSTAD's, $6,000 JK Lawrence suffers $2500 loss; Royce and Judd, $200, and building damaged $3500 — tenants driven [...]

By |2021-05-03T21:22:40-05:00December 2, 2016|Categories: 1900's, 1910-1919, Commercial Building Fire, Timeline|Tags: , , |Comments Off on 1913-03-23: Beehler Hat Store Fire

1874-12-18: Meadow Street Barn Fire

Below is an article from the December 18, 1874 Stamford Advocate that tells the story of a barn fire on Meadow Street.  Fire Apparatus from the Atlantic Hose Company needed to be hauled from the center of town to Meadow Street...twice, to roughly the area where U-Haul now stands.  There [...]

By |2021-05-03T19:28:14-05:00November 27, 2016|Categories: 1800's, 1870-1879|Tags: , , |Comments Off on 1874-12-18: Meadow Street Barn Fire

1959-01-10: Freight Train Collides with Mail Train… Fire Ensues

As published in the Daily Advocate (Published as STAMFORD ADVOCATE) on January 10, 1959, pages 1 and 8 Freight Jumps Track, Crashes Mail train Four cars plunge into road after wreck at bridge All tracks tied up in wreckage – strewn area; fire results Eaighteen cars of a westbound freight train [...]

By |2021-05-03T21:22:40-05:00November 24, 2016|Categories: 1900's, 1950-1959, Timeline|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on 1959-01-10: Freight Train Collides with Mail Train… Fire Ensues

The History of Stamford’s Steam Fire Engines

During a violent afternoon storm on August 7, 1882, lightning struck the wooden steeple  of the Presbyterian Church and set it afire. The church then was on the north side of Broad St. between Bedford and Summer. Atlantic Hose Co. quickly laid hose to the belfry but hydrant pressure was [...]

By |2021-05-05T11:22:46-05:00November 24, 2016|Categories: Apparatus|Tags: , , |Comments Off on The History of Stamford’s Steam Fire Engines
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