Middlesex County Newspaper Abstracts


The Somerville Journal, 8 January 1866

Fire at 4 p.m., proved to be the Baptist Church on Perkins Street. The engine was on hand, but did not work. The church was entirely destroyed. The steeple fell at three o'clock. Engines present, Steamer 1 and Bunker Hill No. 2 from Charlestown, with Hook and Ladder Co.; Steamer No. 3, East Cambridge; Gen. Taylor hand engine from Malden [now Everett] the last named being without hose was not in service.
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1866 Newspaper Abstracts
Middlesex County Massachusetts

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