Looters

Abstract 1245 Dorothea (Mrs. Fred) Smith, interviewed by Joyce Butler, January 13, 1977, Goose Rocks Beach, Maine. Smith talks about the fire of 1947 in Goose Rocks Beach; how the fire sounded; taking refuge in a neighbor’s house; annoyance that effort was concentrated on saving a farm; thieves and looters; animals fleeing towards the water; fear that her daughter was lost when in fact she was safely asleep elsewhere; the neighbor reunited with his dog; Elliot O’Hara’s art studio losses; National...

Abstract 1248 Warren L. Walker and Marjorie Walker, interviewed by Joyce Butler, interviewed by Joyce Butler, February 16, 1977, Clark’s Mills, Hollis, Maine. The Walkers talk about the fires of 1947 in Hollis; the assumption that fire departments would take care of the fires; what the fires department had for equipment; how the fire burned; National Guard brought in to prevent looting; crediting the Navy for saving Clark’s Mills; Mr. Walker’s work directing traffic and equipment; inability to use...