Item	Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Publisher	Date	Place	Address	Description
15166	1908 Chelsea, Massachusetts Fire	Reference	Events, Fire				Chelsea MA			1908 Chelsea, Massachusetts Fire Item: 15166    Type: Reference Subject: Events, Fire Place: Chelsea MA State: MA
14688	1922 Southwest Harbor Fire	Reference	Events, Fire				Southwest Harbor		Main Street in Southwest Harbor was devastated by fire on March 27, 1922. Newspaper accounts of the fire reported estimated losses of $150,000 and that the Southwest Harbor Volunteer Fire Company, “did remarkable work, considering the limited equipment with which they had to work.” Bar Harbor and Northeast Harbor firemen also responded, but the roads were considerably different from today and it took the Bar Harbor department, “four hours over difficult spring roads.” Apparently their “combination truck…was making some 40 miles an hour near Burns’ Corner when it was stuck in a bad hole in the muddy road” and “between Somesville and Southwest they were mired time after time and horses that were sent to assist them…had to drag the big steamer” [weighing almost six tons] out of the holes in the road. In spite of these delays the truck arrived finally…in about three hours, too late to do any good. “Had the roads been in anything like fair condition it is the unanimous opinion that the truck from Bar Harbor would have been able to save the Odd Fellows building.”	1922 Southwest Harbor Fire Item: 14688    Type: Reference Subject: Events, Fire Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Description: Main Street in Southwest Harbor was devastated by fire on March 27, 1922. Newspaper accounts of the fire reported estimated losses of $150,000 and that the Southwest Harbor Volunteer Fire Company, “did remarkable work, considering the limited equipment with which they had to work.” Bar Harbor and Northeast Harbor firemen also responded, but the roads were considerably different from today and it took the Bar Harbor department, “four hours over difficult spring roads.” Apparently their “combination truck…was making some 40 miles an hour near Burns’ Corner when it was stuck in a bad hole in the muddy road” and “between Somesville and Southwest they were mired time after time and horses that were sent to assist them…had to drag the big steamer” [weighing almost six tons] out of the holes in the road. In spite of these delays the truck arrived finally…in about three hours, too late to do any good. “Had the roads been in anything like fair condition it is the unanimous opinion that the truck from Bar Harbor would have been able to save the Odd Fellows building.” [show more]
14421	1947 Bar Harbor Fire	Reference	Events, Fire							1947 Bar Harbor Fire Item: 14421    Type: Reference Subject: Events, Fire
14636	1955 Southwest Harbor Lemont Building Fire	Reference	Events, Fire				Southwest Harbor	14 Clark Point Road		1955 Southwest Harbor Lemont Building Fire Item: 14636    Type: Reference Subject: Events, Fire Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 14 Clark Point Road
14431	1967 Bar Harbor Times Newspaper, Fire of 1947 Anniversary Supplement	Publication, Newspaper	Events, Fire		The Bar Harbor Times	1967-10-19	Bar Harbor		A 12 page special supplement published on the 20th anniversary of the 1947 Bar Harbor Fire.	1967 Bar Harbor Times Newspaper, Fire of 1947 Anniversary Supplement Item: 14431    Accession #: 1119 Type: Publication, Newspaper Subject: Events, Fire Publisher: The Bar Harbor Times Date: 1967-10-19 Place: Bar Harbor State: ME Tags: zoomable Description: A 12 page special supplement published on the 20th anniversary of the 1947 Bar Harbor Fire.
5249	Chelsea Fire Ruins	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print	Places, Town Events, Fire	Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)		1908-04-17	Chelsea MA		Shurtleff Street looking toward Chester Avenue.	Chelsea Fire Ruins Item: 5249    Accession #: 1015 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print Subject: Places, Town Events, Fire Creator: Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945) Date: 1908-04-17 Place: Chelsea MA State: MA Source: Henry L. Rand Collection Description: Shurtleff Street looking toward Chester Avenue.
5250	Chelsea Fire Ruins	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print	Events, Fire Places, Town	Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)		1908-04-17	Chelsea MA		View from the railroad station.	Chelsea Fire Ruins Item: 5250    Accession #: 1015 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print Subject: Events, Fire Places, Town Creator: Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945) Date: 1908-04-17 Place: Chelsea MA State: MA Source: Henry L. Rand Collection Description: View from the railroad station.
5054	Chelsea Fire Ruins from Bellingham Hill	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print	Events, Fire Places, Town	Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)		1908-04-17	Chelsea MA			Chelsea Fire Ruins from Bellingham Hill Item: 5054    Accession #: 1015 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print Subject: Events, Fire Places, Town Creator: Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945) Date: 1908-04-17 Place: Chelsea MA State: MA Source: Henry L. Rand Collection
16502	Dirigo Hotel Fire	Image, Photograph, Negative, Film Negative	Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel Events, Fire							Dirigo Hotel Fire Item: 16502    Accession #: 1095 Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Film Negative Subject: Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel Events, Fire State: ME Source: Mary Emma Wamsley (Lenhard) Coates Collection
16503	Dirigo Hotel Fire	Image, Photograph, Negative, Film Negative	Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel Events, Fire							Dirigo Hotel Fire Item: 16503    Accession #: 1095 Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Film Negative Subject: Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel Events, Fire State: ME Source: Mary Emma Wamsley (Lenhard) Coates Collection
16504	Dirigo Hotel Ruins After the Fire	Image, Photograph, Negative, Film Negative	Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel Events, Fire							Dirigo Hotel Ruins After the Fire Item: 16504    Accession #: 1095 Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Film Negative Subject: Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel Events, Fire State: ME Source: Mary Emma Wamsley (Lenhard) Coates Collection
5946	Fire at the First Masonic Hall, Southwest Harbor	Image, Photograph	Events, Fire Structures, Other Structures			1939-01-28	Southwest Harbor	353 Main Street	The Hall had been badly damaged in the 1922 fire and rebuilt, but the 1939 fire destroyed it. The Park Theater then on the corner across Clark Point Road is visible on the left.	Fire at the First Masonic Hall, Southwest Harbor Item: 5946    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Events, Fire Structures, Other Structures Date: 1939-01-28 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 353 Main Street Description: The Hall had been badly damaged in the 1922 fire and rebuilt, but the 1939 fire destroyed it. The Park Theater then on the corner across Clark Point Road is visible on the left.
5947	Fire at the Second Masonic Hall, Southwest Harbor	Image, Photograph	Events, Fire			1939-01-28	Southwest Harbor			Fire at the Second Masonic Hall, Southwest Harbor Item: 5947    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Events, Fire Date: 1939-01-28 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME
5948	Fire at the Second Masonic Hall, Southwest Harbor	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Events, Fire Places, Town	Agnes R.		1939-01-28	Southwest Harbor			Fire at the Second Masonic Hall, Southwest Harbor Item: 5948    Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Events, Fire Places, Town Creator: Agnes R. Date: 1939-01-28 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME
12775	Fire, Obliteration, Mission 66, and Park Trails Program, 1943-2003	Publication, Literary, Article	Events, Fire Places, Hiking Trail	Brown - Margaret Coffin Brown Vekasi - Jim Vekasi		2006			Excerpt from Pathmakers: Cultural Landscape Report for the Historic Hiking Trail System of Mount Desert Island, pgs. 149-156	Fire, Obliteration, Mission 66, and Park Trails Program, 1943-2003 Item: 12775    Type: Publication, Literary, Article Subject: Events, Fire Places, Hiking Trail Creator: Brown - Margaret Coffin Brown Vekasi - Jim Vekasi Date: 2006 Description: Excerpt from Pathmakers: Cultural Landscape Report for the Historic Hiking Trail System of Mount Desert Island, pgs. 149-156
5055	First Baptist Church After the Fire	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print	Events, Fire Structures, Ceremonial, Church	Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)		1908-04-17	Chelsea MA			First Baptist Church After the Fire Item: 5055    Accession #: 1015 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print Subject: Events, Fire Structures, Ceremonial, Church Creator: Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945) Date: 1908-04-17 Place: Chelsea MA State: MA Source: Henry L. Rand Collection
16253	J. L. Stanley Wharf Fire of 1918	Set	Events, Fire						“…the fire started on December 2, 1918, which destroyed the buildings on the waterfront, swept away the fish wharves, the cold storage plant, a restaurant and several small buildings. J. L. Stanley and Sons were heavy losers in this fire.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 186-7.	J. L. Stanley Wharf Fire of 1918 Item: 16253    Type: Set Subject: Events, Fire Description: “…the fire started on December 2, 1918, which destroyed the buildings on the waterfront, swept away the fish wharves, the cold storage plant, a restaurant and several small buildings. J. L. Stanley and Sons were heavy losers in this fire.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 186-7.
5952	Lemont Building Destroyed by Fire in 1955	Image, Photograph	Events, Fire Structures, Commercial, Store				Southwest Harbor			Lemont Building Destroyed by Fire in 1955 Item: 5952    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Events, Fire Structures, Commercial, Store Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME
5552	Main Street Looking North to the Library	Image, Photograph	Events, Fire Places, Town Structures, Civic, Library			1922-03-27	Southwest Harbor		Shows Main Street across from the Odd Fellows Hall cellar hole looking North to the Library.	Main Street Looking North to the Library Item: 5552    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Events, Fire Places, Town Structures, Civic, Library Date: 1922-03-27 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Description: Shows Main Street across from the Odd Fellows Hall cellar hole looking North to the Library.
5584	Main Street Looking North to the Library	Image, Photograph	Events, Fire Structures, Civic, Library			1922-03-27	Southwest Harbor		This photograph looks north and shows the library and Allen’s store beyond it on the left. To the right can be seen the Gilley house, the Harmon Block and a corner of the Park Theatre. The fire destroyed the Carroll building, the Holmes store, the Holmes Hotel (space at the left foreground) and the Odd Fellows building, which was rebuilt on its lot across the street.	Main Street Looking North to the Library Item: 5584    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Events, Fire Structures, Civic, Library Date: 1922-03-27 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Description: This photograph looks north and shows the library and Allen’s store beyond it on the left. To the right can be seen the Gilley house, the Harmon Block and a corner of the Park Theatre. The fire destroyed the Carroll building, the Holmes store, the Holmes Hotel (space at the left foreground) and the Odd Fellows building, which was rebuilt on its lot across the street.
5585	Main Street Looking North to the Library	Image, Photograph	Events, Fire Structures, Civic, Library			1922-03-27	Southwest Harbor		Across from the Odd Fellows Hall cellar hole looking North to the Library. Shows woodshed on the back of the library and a child sitting on the foundation of a burned building.	Main Street Looking North to the Library Item: 5585    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Events, Fire Structures, Civic, Library Date: 1922-03-27 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Description: Across from the Odd Fellows Hall cellar hole looking North to the Library. Shows woodshed on the back of the library and a child sitting on the foundation of a burned building.
5550	Main Street Opposite Odd Fellows Hall Site	Image, Photograph	Events, Fire			1922-03-27	Southwest Harbor		Shows street across from the Odd Fellows Hall cellar hole.	Main Street Opposite Odd Fellows Hall Site Item: 5550    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Events, Fire Date: 1922-03-27 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Description: Shows street across from the Odd Fellows Hall cellar hole.
5541	Odd Fellows Building Cellar Hole	Image, Photograph	Structures, Other Structures Events, Fire			1922-03-27	Southwest Harbor		The east side of Main Street looking toward the west side of the street. Shows the Southwest Harbor Public Library in the background, just to the left of the scaffolding	Odd Fellows Building Cellar Hole Item: 5541    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Structures, Other Structures Events, Fire Date: 1922-03-27 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Description: The east side of Main Street looking toward the west side of the street. Shows the Southwest Harbor Public Library in the background, just to the left of the scaffolding
5542	Odd Fellows Building Cellar Hole	Image, Photograph	Structures, Other Structures Events, Fire			1922-03-27	Southwest Harbor		The east side of Main Street looking towards the west side of the street.	Odd Fellows Building Cellar Hole Item: 5542    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Structures, Other Structures Events, Fire Date: 1922-03-27 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Description: The east side of Main Street looking towards the west side of the street.
5543	Odd Fellows Building Cellar Hole	Image, Photograph	Structures, Other Structures Events, Fire			1922-03-27	Southwest Harbor		The east side of Main Street looking toward the west side of the street.	Odd Fellows Building Cellar Hole Item: 5543    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Structures, Other Structures Events, Fire Date: 1922-03-27 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Description: The east side of Main Street looking toward the west side of the street.

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