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1947 Bar Harbor Fire
Southwest Harbor Public Library
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  • Events, Fire
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
1947 Bar Harbor Fire
Southwest Harbor Public Library
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1947 Bar Harbor Fire.pdf
…the Bar Harbor, Maine Fire Department received a call from a Mrs. …Written by an historian who was on the scene for the 1947 Bar Harbor Fire. …Bar Harbor: A Town Almost Lost A Pictorial Essay of Bar Harbor s Mansions Before and After the Fire of 1947 by Deborah M. …Dyer, maps courtesy of Arthur Corliss, Bar Harbor Historical Society, Bar Harbor, Maine, 2008. Author: Charlotte R. Morrill Date: 2016
1967 Bar Harbor Times Newspaper, Fire of 1947 Anniversary Supplement
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Events, Fire
  • 1967-10-19
  • Bar Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
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...A 12 page special supplement published on the 20th anniversary of the 1947 Bar Harbor Fire...
1922 Southwest Harbor Fire
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Reference
  • Events, Fire
  • Southwest Harbor
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
1922 Southwest Harbor Fire
Southwest Harbor Public Library
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...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...Bar Harbor and Northeast Harbor firemen also responded, but the roads were considerably different from today and it took the Bar Harbor department, “four...“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...
The Bar Harbor Fire - Ruins of the Malvern Hotel
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Fire
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1947
  • Bar Harbor
  • In Copyright
The Bar Harbor Fire - View from Beech Hill Road
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Fire
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1947-10-23
  • In Copyright
Description:
Somesville is at left and the E.F. Butler house is at left center. The photograph was taken at about 3 p.m. on October 23, 1947..
The Bar Harbor Fire From Route 102 in Town Hill
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Fire
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1947-10-23
  • Bar Harbor
  • In Copyright
Description:
The photograph was taken at about noon on October 23, 1947. W.H. Ballard was standing on Route 102 in Town Hill. Notice that the flames are taller than the trees in the foreground.
Fire, Obliteration, Mission 66, and Park Trails Program, 1943-2003
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Hiking Trail
  • Brown - Margaret Coffin Brown
  • Vekasi - Jim Vekasi
  • 2006
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
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Excerpt from Pathmakers: Cultural Landscape Report for the Historic Hiking Trail System of Mount Desert Island, pgs. 149-156


File Attachment:
Effects_of_the_1947_Fire.pdf
…However, as recorded in Bar Harbor or maintenance of the trails. …Norton had also been a member of the towards Hulls Cove and Bar Harbor and south over CCC trails crew at the Great [Long] Pond Camp. …For several years, Norm Walls and his crew divided their time between the NPS and the Bar Harbor VIA. …Path in Bar Harbor, a challenging task as the area was often hard-hit by winter storms.