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OLD NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

This page contains a listing of the many newspaper articles written about the Boston Fire Department in the years from 1859 to 1925.

OLD NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

Article Date Posted
05/08/1873 - Story on steam fire engines. 2009
06/18/1882 - Cotton Waste Factory Fire in Roxbury. 2009
11/18/1882 - Needless General Alarm in South Boston. 03/12/2010
09/09/1890 - Death of Fire Horse "Grief" of Engine Co. 22. 03/10/2010
05/17/1891 - Boston Fire Dept. changes effective May 18, 1891. 06/27/2010
02/18/1896 - Old Colony Railroad Station fire. 07/13/2010
02/08/1898 - Chief Egan's Horse (Egan LODD on 2/5/1898). 2009
03/09/1899 - Horse's Tale. 01/22/2010
03/11/1900 - Early Boston Fires. 02/15/2010
07/06/1900 - Fire at the Curtis Lumber Yard, Eustis St. & Harrison Av., Roxbury.     Map 07/03/2010
07/22/1900 - Stories of Boston's Fire Department. 06/12/2010
11/06/1902 - Ladder Company 18 is organized. 02/18/2010
11/09/1902 - 30th Anniversary of Great Fire of 1872. 01/05/2010
12/20/1903 - What Happens When The Fire Alarm Bell Rings. 06/07/2010
01/08/1905 - Boston's Versatile Firemen. 2009
12/20/1906 - Capt. Joy's Dog Has Gone Away 06/13/2010
12/23/1906 - Men want a new firehouse 03/21/2010
01/26/1907 - Red Acre Farm - A Rest Cure for Horses 04/29/2010
05/01/1908 - Cunard Pier Fire, Marginal St., East Boston. 01/18/2010
01/20/1910 - New Fire Fighting Machine For Hub. 04/29/2010
07/28/1910 - District Chief John F. Ryan dies. 02/18/2010
07/29/1910 - New Chemical Co. 13 In Service. 2009
01/01/1911 - Boston's Fourth Fire District in 1911. 04/09/2010
02/26/1911 - Boston's Third Fire District in 1911. 2009
07/09/1911 - Boston's Second Fire District in 1911. 03/14/2010
10/29/1911 - Boston Protective Department in 1911. 2009
02/21/1912 - Ladder 12 crashes over a cliff. 2009
11/10/1912 - 40th Anniversary of Great Fire of 1872. 2009
08/23/1914 - Fire Fighters of Old No. 18. 02/07/2010
07/12/1915 - Chief of Department John A. Mullen (retired.) dies.   Funeral 03/10/2010
07/12/1915 - Deputy Chief Charles H.W. Pope dies. 04/01/2010
01/19/1921 - Peace Hath Her Heroes (Engine 26 to Worcester). 06/29/2010
07/25/1923 - Last Fire Horses in East Boston. 01/10/2010
08/21/1923 - Few Horses Remain in the Fire Department. 04/03/2010
09/23/1923 - Last Horse-Drawn Engine Discarded (Engine 29). 06/13/2010
10/18/1923 - Last Fire Horses in Charlestown (Ladder 9). 02/04/2010
10/19/1923 - Last Fire Horses in the Department (Ladder 24). 02/04/2010
11/13/1923 - Commissioner John A. Grady (retired) dies. 02/27/2010
03/31/1925 - District Chief Edward McDonough dies. 03/14/2010
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