Arson
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Austin Wilkins interviewed by Joyce Butler
Champ and Elizabeth Gould, interviewed by Joyce Butler
Dorothea (Mrs. Fred) Smith, interviewed by Joyce Butler
Frank Handlen, interviewed by Joyce Butler
1228 Frank Handlen, interviewed by Joyce Butler, September 9, 1977, Kennebunkport, Maine. Handlen discusses his experience of the 1947 wildfires in the Biddeford – Kennebunkport area; sight of the smoke; fire coming through and description of it; a man who saved his house; lack of organized firefighting; fire lingering in a bog and loss of trees; how Goose Rocks burned; and a house that was spared.
Lawrence T. Dolby, interviewed by Joyce Butler
Martin V. B. Wildes, interviewed by Joyce Butler
W. Charles Smith, Sr., interviewed by Joyce Butler
1235 W. Charles Smith, Sr., interviewed by Joyce Butler, December 12, 1977, Saco, Maine. Smith talks about the fires of 1947 in York County; progression of the fire around Saco; attempts of homeowners to keep houses wet; fighting side fires; dead animals; areas and buildings that did not burn; talk of arson which he did not believe; and the community’s fire consciousness afterwards.