Concord, NH State Prison Fire, Jul 1914
- New Hampshire |
- Fires |
- 1914
CRUSHED BENEATH LUMBER
One Fireman Killed and Two Badly Hurt at Concord Fire
Concord, N. H., July 28.--Spurred on by the promise of a baseball game after supper a large number of convicts at the state prison here rendered heroic service in fighting a fire which burned four large buildings in the prison grounds and caused about $100,000 loss.
One fireman, Amos Turner, was killed, and two others, Philip O’Connell and Clarence Clark. were seriously injured in fighting the flames. Turner was crushed by a pile of lumber which fell on him.
Sparks from a shifting engine are believed to have caused the fire which originated in a big wooden storehouse containing 50,000 prison made chairs.
Fitchburg Daily Sentinel, Fitchburg, MA 28 July 1914
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One Killed in $100,00 Blaze.
Concord, N. H.--Amos Turner, a fireman, was killed and two others were injured in a $100,000 fire in a big storehouse next to the New Hampshire state prison.
Elyria Evening Telegram, Elyria, OH 28 July 1914