1918 Farmington News Articles J.F. Cloutman Cloutman Shoe Company Fire & J.F. Cloutman Buys Curtis Factory
A 1918 Farmington News article exclusives discussing a vast fire at the Cloutman Shoe Company, putting 228 people out of work. It was billed as the biggest industrial fire Farmington had experienced. A second article in the same edition announces that Cloutman will buy the Curtis Factory. Both are from page 2 of the Farmington News published on Friday, February 22nd, 1918.
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FHS-Kyle Leach
PLEASE NOTE: This resource was created during the 19th or 20th century. It has biases stemming from those periods.
Farmington News
Farmington News
1918
1947 Farmington News Article Major Forest Fire 1908
November 14, 1947 Farmington News article about a major, July 10, 1908 forest fire.
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Farmington News
Farmington News
1908
Farmington News Articles October-December 1947 Discussing Great Fire Of 1947
Farmington News articles from October-December of 1947 discussing and detailing the Great Fire of 1947. Some of the later articles detail the human toll and monetary costs of the fire. Full news page size.
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Farmington News
Farmington News
1947
1962 Farmington News Article Pythias Hall Torn Down
A Farmington News article from page 21 dated 1962 covering the tearing down of the Pythias Hall. Over the years the hall was home to a candy store, movie theater, offices for Attorney Wiggin, Doctor Lord, and the dentist Doctor Clarkson. The Montauk Sports Club, Pythian Sisters, and the Harmony Lodge also called the building home at one time or another. Most of the building burned in a fire in 1914, but was rebuilt. Before being demolished, to make way for a parking lot, it had been vacant for some time.
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FHS-Kyle Leach
PLEASE NOTE: This resource was created during the 19th or 20th century. It has biases stemming from those periods.
Farmington News
Farmington News
1962
1892 Account 1875 Fire Farmington News, Page3, 1892
An 1892 account of the great 1875 fire on Central Street in Farmington, as presented in the Farmington News, Page3, February 12, 1892. The fire was swift and burned down many notable building including the Elm House hotel, the Thurston factory, Nat Roberts house, the J. F. Clesley house, and the First Congregational Church. Many, many other homes and businesses sustained damage.
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FHS-Kyle Leach
Farmington News
Farmington News
1892
1940 Remembrance 1875 Fire First Congregational Church Farmington News, Page4
A 1940 remembrance of the 1875 fire at the First Congregational Church, as recorded in a communication to the editor and public of the Farmington News. The communication is written by Ned Parker and is on page 4, of the November 22nd 1940 issue.
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FHS-Kyle Leach
Farmington News
Farmington News
1898 Account Central Street Fire 1875 Farmington News Page4
A 1898 account of the Central Street Fire in 1875 from the Farmington News, Page 4, May 20th 1898. The fire was swift and burned down many notable buildings including the Elm House hotel, the Thurston factory, Nat Roberts house, the J. F. Clesley house, and the First Congregational Church. Many, many other homes and businesses sustained damage.
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FHS-Kyle Leach
Farmington News
Farmington News
1898
Farmington Opera House Burns- 1928 Farmington News Page1
A Farmington News article covering the February 10, 1928 fire that effectively burned the Farmington Opera House to the ground. The library and town offices, along with most books, artifacts, and town records, perished in the fire. Farmington News Page 1, February 17th 1928.
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FHS-Kyle Leach
Farmington News
Farmington News
1928
Twin Mills Fire Article, Farmington News, Thursday, December 16th, 1971
"Fire Destroys Twin Mills" article from the Farmington News, published in Farmington, New Hampshire on Thursday, December 16th, 1971. <br /><br />The article reads: <br /><br /><p><em>"An explosion followed by fire</em><br /><em>destroyed the four-story brick</em><br /><em>"Twin Mills" on Central St..</em><br /><em>Farmington, Tuesday afternoon.</em></p>
<p><em>The blaze has temporarily put</em><br /><em>between 60 and 65 employees of</em><br /><em>the Davis Manufacturing Co. out</em><br /><em>of work, but Mrs. Robert Davis,</em><br /><em>who Is the managing owner, said</em><br /><em>that plans are in the works to</em><br /><em>reopen.</em></p>
<p><em>"We will pick up the pieces</em><br /><em>and start again" she said.</em><br /><em>Contacted yesterday morning,</em><br /><em>Mrs. Davis said that plant</em><br /><em>officials would spend the day</em><br /><em>with Insurance people, and in</em><br /><em>hunting for available space. Once</em><br /><em>suitable quarters are found, and</em><br /><em>retooling can be accomplished,</em><br /><em>work will resume.</em></p>
<p><em>She hopes quarters can be</em><br /><em>found in Farmington, so that</em><br /><em>work can begin within a week or</em><br /><em>two Mrs. Davis has been</em><br /><em>operating the wood heel shop<br /></em><em>about a year ago.</em></p>
<p><em>No serious injury was reported</em><br /><em>during the 5 hour blaze by over</em><br /><em>a hundred mutual aid firemen</em><br /><em>from 7 communities but</em><br /><em>Rochester Fire Chief Raymond</em><br /><em>Duhurst was rushed to the</em><br /><em>Frisbie Memorial Hospital and</em><br /><em>treated for smoke inhalation and</em><br /><em>fatigue before being released</em><br /><em>that evening.</em></p>
<p><em>The building which has been</em><br /><em>part of the central Farmington</em><br /><em>scene since its construction in<br /></em><em>1882 was presently being used as</em><br /><em>a wood heel shop. Reports have</em><br /><em>it that a short circuit occurred at</em><br /><em>11 30 a.m. on a spraying machine</em><br /><em>for a highly inflammable laquer</em><br /><em>being operated by Miss Joan</em><br /><em>Cardinal and that workmen</em><br /><em>believed that the small fire</em><br /><em>which began had been</em><br /><em>extinguished only to find soon</em><br /><em>that it had broken out In both<br /></em>sections Of the upper story of<br />the building.</p>
<p>The fire was brought under<br />control at about 4:00 p.m..<br />under the direction of Fire Chief<br />Robert Ricker but burning<br />continued between the brick<br />partitions well into the night.</p>
<p>The All Out was sounded at<br />2 00 a.m. Wednesday<br />No estimate of the loss was<br />known at press time but it was<br />felt that the building was<br />damaged beyond repair with the<br />two upper floor* nearly<br />completely gutted and water<br />damage so severe below that It<br />appeared unlikely that repairs<br />would be practical.</p>
<p>The budding, which until late<br />years housed a shoe<br />manufacturing plant, held<br />employment for several hundred<br />persons during its peak.</p>
<p>It was vacant until the Davises<br />purchased it 3 years ago since<br />1957 when the H.O. Rondeau<br />Co.. closed Its doors.</p>
<p>Mutual aid fire department<br />teams from Farmington.<br />Middleton. Milton. Rochester,<br />Somersworth. Dover. New<br />Durham and Portsmouth merged<br />on the scene and a dozen<br />streams of water played on the<br />fire from hydrants and the<br />Cocheco River."</p>
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Farmington News
Farmington News
1971
Farmington Public Library History 1890 1935 Farmington News, Page4, 1952-12-12
Farmington Public Library- A history from its beginning to in 1890 until 1935. This account is from the Farmington News, Page 4, December 12, 1952. Written by Ethel B Nason, longtime librarian. The account covers how the library was formed, who formed it, the first books it held, how it was managed, and how it was designed. Also included are details of incorporation in October of 1891, work of librarians and volunteers, further donations, fundraising over the years, and celebrations and attractions. Additional accounts include the fire that destroyed the Opera House building and the library within. Ending accounts include the fundraising for the new library, donation of the Goodwin library land, and construction of the new library building, and finally the opening of the new library in May of 1929.
Farmington News
Farmington News
1890 1935, 1952