Vintage Newspaper Articles

  1. Cambrick Works Dye House Fire – 1837
  2. Cunliff Manufacturing Fire – 1838
  3. Massive Tornado – 1838
  4. Printworks Fire – 1855
  5. Cranston Manufacturing Co. Fire – 1856
  6. Smith’s Palace Fire – 1858
  7. A & W Sprague Print Works Fire – 1862
  8. Tillinghast Farm Fire – 1871
  9. Esbree Farm Fire – 1873
  10. Elmville Woolen Mills Fire – 1876
  11. Hotel Fire – 1881
  12. Whitaker Farm Fire – 1882
  13. Auburn Fire Co. Attempt To Organize – 1889
  14. Cranston Print Works Train Wreck – 1891
  15. Watchemoket’s Fair – 1891
  16. Sockanosset Barn Fire – 1891
  17. Fenner’s Ledge Explosion – 1892
  18. Dyer Avenue Fire – 1892
  19. The Cranston Hotel Fire – 1893
  20. Barn Fire in Auburn – 1893
  21. New Fire Company – 1895
  22. Adams Mansion Fire – 1896
  23. Narragansett Brewery Fire – 1896
  24. Pocasset Fire Co. Parade – 1896
  25. Arlington Fire Company Organized – 1896
  26. Pocasset Hose Company Engine – 1896
  27. Narragansett Brewery Storehouse Fire – 1896
  28. Cranston Print Works Fire – 1896
  29. Mashapaug Hose Company – 1897
  30. Pawtuxet Fire Muster – 1898
  31. Arlington Village Fire – 1900
  32. Cleveland Avenue Fire – 1900
  33. Rhodes On The Pawtuxet Fire – 1900
  34. Blacksmith Shop Fire – 1900
  35. Inadequate Fire Protection – 1902
  36. Pawtuxet’s Fire King Engine – 1902 
  37. Edgewood House Fire – 1902
  38. Pawtuxet Baptist Church Fire – 1903
  39. Barn Fire – 1904
  40. Firebug In Auburn – 1904
  41. Stone Homestead Fire – 1905
  42. Pawtuxet Sulphur Fire – 1905
  43. Pawtuxet Fire Co, New Engine – 1905
  44. Pawtuxet Neck Fire – 1905
  45. Edgewood Fire Alarm System – 1906
  46. Edgewood Fire Co. Fair – 1906
  47. 197 Albert Ave. Fire – 1906
  48. Mashapaug Pond Ice House Fire – 1907
  49. Providence Ice House Fire – 1908
  50. Bucket Brigade – 1907
  51. House Explosion – 1912
  52. Volunteer Firemen’s Parade – 1915
  53. Crystal Lake Icehouse Fire – 1916
  54. Mayor Horton Advocates Permanent Fire Dept. 1919
  55. Daniel Young – First Paid Fire Chief – 1920 
  56. Howard Asylum Fire – 1921
  57. Park Avenue Fire – 1922
  58. Garden City Coal Mines Fire – 1922
  59. New City Fire Truck – 1923
  60. Pine Orchard/Skeleton Valley Fire – 1923
  61. New Auburn Fire Co. Engine – 1923
  62. Valentine Almy School Fire – 1924
  63. Auburn Fire Co. Wins Trophy – 1924
  64. Firefighters Condemn Methods – 1924
  65. Letter To The Editor – 1924
  66. Hook & Ladder Accident – 1924
  67. Vasa Hall Fire – 1924
  68. Fred Farm Inn Fire – 1924
  69. Fire Alarm Siren For Auburn Plant – 1924
  70. Edgewood Demands New Fire Station – 1925
  71. Edgewood Fire Co. New Engine – 1925 
  72. Meshanticut Fire Station Dedication – 1925
  73. CFD Station 2 Improvements – 1925
  74. Cranston Print Works Fire Co. Assoc. – 1925
  75. Lumber Yard Fire – 1925
  76. Pawtuxet Fire Co. Charter Member Medals – 1926
  77. The Job Of A Cranston Firefighter – 1926
  78. Firefighters Battle Several Fires – 1926
  79. Cranston Vol. Fire Co. Annual Dinner – 1926
  80. Cranston Fire Co. Volunteer’s Banquet – 1926
  81. New Cranston Volunteer Fire Station – 1926
  82. Auburn Fire Company – 1926
  83. First Motorized Hook & Ladder Truck – 1926
  84. Edgewood Fire Co. New Pulmotor – 1926
  85. Niantic Avenue Dump Fires – 1926
  86. Following Fire Trucks To Fires – 1926
  87. Pawtuxet Firemen’s Ball – 1926
  88. Seaplane Makes Forced Landing – 1926
  89. Three Serious Midnight Fires – 1926
  90. Fiskeville Fire Co. Sets Record – 1927
  91. Pawtuxet Fire King Band – 1927
  92. New Oak Lawn Fire Station – 1927
  93. CFD Station No. 3 Official Opening – 1927
  94. CFD Station No. 1 Official Opening – 1928
  95. Auburn Fire Co. Sells Fire Truck – 1929
  96. Spectacular Ice House Fire – 1929 
  97. Cranston Volunteer Fire Co. Carnival – 1929
  98. Oak Lawn To Have 16 Fire Hydrants – 1929
  99. Firemen’s Ball – 1929
  100. Cranston Country Club Fire – 1930
  101. Pawtuxet Chief Fred E. Johnson – 1930
  102. Captain James A. Peck, CFD – 1930
  103. Blackamore Pond Ice House Fire – 1930
  104. Gansett Ave. Fire – 1930
  105. Cranston Volunteer Fire Co. Fair – 1930
  106. Eden Park Fire Co. Bell – 1930
  107. Park Avenue Fire – 1930
  108. CFD Given Three Golf Sets – 1930
  109. Pocasset Fire Co. Celebration – 1931
  110. City Fire Stations Open House – 1931
  111. Auburn House Explosion – 1932
  112. Eighth Annual Firemen’s Ball – 1932
  113. Eden Park Fire Co. Donates Land – 1932
  114. New CFD Hiring Plan – 1933  
  115. Volunteer Fire Companies – 1933
  116. Fiskeville Fairgrounds Fire – 1934
  117. State Prison Fire – 1935
  118. New Fiskeville Fire Truck – 1935
  119. New Fire Engine For Oak Lawn Fire Co. – 1935
  120. Roger Williams Manor Fire – 1939
  121. Chief Daniel F. Young Obituary – 1940
  122. PTA Protests Lack of Fire Alarms in School – 1940
  123. Aero-Tread Corp. Fire – 1941
  124. Columbia Ave. Fire – 1941
  125. First CFD Chief’s Car – 1941
  126. Permanent Fire Dept. Proposal – 1942
  127. Car Fire – 1942
  128. Auxiliary Fire Truck – 1942
  129. First City Ambulance – 1942
  130. Volunteers Fight Several Fires – 1942
  131. Capt. Louis Graziano Line of Duty Death – 1943
  132. Army Plane Crash – 1943
  133. Pippin Orchard Rd. Fire – 1943
  134. Cranston Street Explosion – 1944
  135. Three 2-Alarm Fires – 1944
  136. Recommend New Fire Station in Ward 4 -1945
  137. Heather Street Fire – 1945
  138. Chief William Young Passing – 1953
  139. Comstock Mansion Fire – 1953
  140. Line Of Duty Death – 1954
  141. State Dairy Farm Fire – 1956
  142. Cornell Farm Fire – 1958
  143. Station 5 Opening – 1974
  144. Station 6 Opening – 1984