Yester-heroes: A new monument, new truck, and a turkey dinner
read more…: Yester-heroes: A new monument, new truck, and a turkey dinnerA 1889 timeline of progress for the Nashua fire department.
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Yester-Heroes: The city’s biggest blaze and a frozen tree
read more…: Yester-Heroes: The city’s biggest blaze and a frozen treeMedia news reporters always like to exaggerate the extent of whatever they are reporting especially when it comes to natural disasters – worst rainfall in ten years, a hundred-year flood, or the worst fire the city has ever seen. With that in mind, here are a few Nashua fires that were deemed the “worst-to-date” in the city, back in the 1880s.
Yester-Heroes: The vagaries of reporting a fire
read more…: Yester-Heroes: The vagaries of reporting a fireToday, reporting a fire in Nashua is simple and fast… call 911 on your cell-phone, or pull the switch on the many fire call boxes around Nashua. Back in “the day” it wasn’t so simple.
Yester-Heroes: Nashua fires – a juxtaposition of time and space
read more…: Yester-Heroes: Nashua fires – a juxtaposition of time and spaceGrowing up in Nashua, following its history, and seeing how the city has grown and developed is fascinating to me. I am constantly intrigued by the juxtaposition of time and space – seeing what structures occupied a certain space at a certain time, only to be replaced by another, and maybe another structure at a different time. Or perhaps, the structure burns, never to be replaced leaving only photos and a memory. Here are several instances of how buildings and property-use changed over time, and how it relates to fires in Nashua.
Yester-heroes: A Busy Early Spring for the Nashua Fire Dept.
read more…: Yester-heroes: A Busy Early Spring for the Nashua Fire Dept.Today it is easy and fast to report a fire in Nashua. A quick call on a cell phone to the dispatcher or a pull on the many fire boxes in town gets the job done. In times past, this was not so easy.
65 people displaced after 2-alarm apartment fire
read more…: 65 people displaced after 2-alarm apartment fireA 2-alarm fire has displaced 65 people in an early-morning blaze Tuesday on Bluestone Drive.