Rhode Island State Institutions Property Little is known about this fire company. It probably was not a volunteer company in the traditional sense, and likely manned by inmates and officers at the state institutions. The state institutions in Cranston occupied the Howard area near present-day Garden City. (Where the name “Howard”…
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Sockanosset Barn Fire – 1891
From The Howard Times, (Cranston, R. I.), June 6, 1891.
Cranston Print Works Fire – 1896
From The Providence News, April 1, 1896.
House Explosion – 1912
From the Daily Kennebec Journal, (Maine), August 26, 1912.
Stone Homestead Fire – 1905
From The Providence News, July 31, 1905.
Firebug In Auburn – 1904
From The Providence News, September 19, 1904.
Bucket Brigade – 1907
From The News-Democrat (Prov. R. I.), June 17, 1907.
Barn Fire in Auburn – 1893
From The Providence News, January 5, 1893.
Pocasset Fire Co. Parade – 1896
From The Providence News, June 29, 1896.
Inadequate Fire Protection – 1902
From The Providence News, December 8, 1902.