Some Noteable Headlines
 

From This date in History

Some noteable or not so noteable headlines from many years past around the lake.



Mar 13, 1855 - Meredith - NH - Floor timbers at Village Hall broke through tumbling 150 voters into basement on town meeting day - Many received permanent injuries



Jul 16, 1887 - Center Harbor - NH - Senter House (Hotel) - 80x120, 200 guest capacity - Destroyed by fire



Oct 18, 1894 - Wolfeboro - NH - Hasty Farm - Several buildings burned



Nov 15, 1960c. - Wolfeboro - NH - North Main Street - Dwelling fire - Assistant Fire Chief suffered a heart attack and died



Feb 23, 1896 - Wolfeboro - NH - (1898?) NT Brewster barn (150' x 36") and cider mill (40' x 30') burned along with 40,000 pounds of hay



Feb 20, 1896 - Wolfeboro - NH - Center Street - Hersey dwelling badly damaged by fire



Nov 04, 1906 - Alton - NH - Alton Bay B&M Railroad Station, warehouse and wharf destroyed by fire - $30,000 loss



Jul 02, 1799 - Gilmanton - NH - Mrs. Caleb Vear Struck by lightning and killed



Aug 02, 1831 - Gilmanton - NH - Barn of Col. Nicholas Durrell struck by lightning and burned to ground - 30 tons of hay and lifestock destroyed



Aug 28, 1825 - Gilmanton - NH - Earthquake recorded



Nov 09, 1924 - Laconia - NH - The Weirs - Ten buildings valued at $275,000 dollars destroyed by fire - Fire started in dance hall and spread to Methodist Episcopal Church, a building block containing the Post Office and 3 stores, the Casino, a restaurant, the Third Regiment Building, the New Weirs Hotel, and the Auditorium



Aug 18, 1931 - Laconia - NH - Doe Avenue (The Weirs) - Barn fire fatal - Extension to porch of 17 room mansion



Jul 02, 1898 - Laconia - NH - 34 Parker Place - Dwelling gutted by fire, fire through roof



Dec 06, 1902 - Laconia - NH - Major fire - Downtown - Fire with large explosion - Masonic Temple and adjacent livery stable destroyed by explosion



Oct 12, 1900c. - Laconia - NH - A.J. Hart and Son - Stable gutted by fire



I just could not let this headline pass:

Dec 17, 1905 - Chester - NH - 2 miles from village - Southwick House - Large and commodious building, a pretty summer house for seasonal borders with a capacity of 40 guests - Totally destroyed by fire - $6,000 loss - Building had both hot and cold running water

So, in today's market you would simply add a "k" after the three zeroes.


Neat vignettes from the past.

Oh God!
 

I think we have another dude on our hands! ;)

Isn't it nice!
 

Let's hope so - these types of threads are a blast! Besides the fact that we get to have a peek back into the history of our beloved region, we also are treated to threads where no one is lambasting each other for their points of view or lifestyle or political affiliation or anything else! Yahoo - bring on some more!

A very enjoyable post Just Sold!
I wish I could put my finger on the newspaper article from 1888. (I think that was the year.)
They found a 9’ rattlesnake that had 20 rattles on it on the island! Yikes! Glad they’re history.

RG,

I did not find out about the Rattlesnake http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/16/16_3_147.gif but this is the site I gleaned the headlines from http://www.bolducnh.com/State_wide/o...cidents-us.htm

Updated web link
 

That link with the reference to the local historical disasters has been updated to

http://www.swnh.org/onthisdate-ne.htm

Rattles?
 

I think this is what you are looking for RG...
Sept. 26, 1868.
A rattlesnake was recently killed at Rattlesnake island, measuring 9 feet in length and had 19 rattles.

found at http://belknapcountynh.accessgenealogy.com/photo4.html

Sounds like it could be a tall tail, I mean tale!