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Misc. Action Photos and Articles
June 30, 1853 - Somewhere in Hamden
September 27, 1875 - New Haven Web Co.
January 13, 1918 - Hamden Plains Methodist Church, Dixwell and Church
December 19, 1932 - Edwards Fishing Rod Co.
February 14, 1938 Dixwell Theater
September 21, 1938 Great New England Hurricane of 1938
August 7, 1940 Giant Valley Farm, 640 Tuttle Avenue
January 11, 1941 Old Peck School
February 18, 1941 Matavolti Building, Whitney and Dixwell
1948 Hamden Fire Apparatus at Two Spring Glen Incidents
November 26, 1950 Another Hurricane Hits Hamden
November 27, 1950 Thayer Street Home Explosion
January 13, 1951 Vintage Hamden Apparatus Respond to Fennbrook Drive Brush Fire
February 11, 1952 Mutual Aid: Waverly Inn, Cheshire
February 12, 1953 Country Club Pharmacy, 1235 Whitney Avenue
January 25, 1955 Hoffmeister Barn, Wintergreen Avenue
February 15, 1955 Butterworth Mansion, 640 Tuttle Avenue
December 23, 1957 Eli Moores, Hamden Plaza, 2100 Dixwell Avenue
January 31, 1959 North Haven Brick Co., State Street
February 1, 1961 3070 Whitney / 218 Skiff
April 3, 1963 The Office, 32 Lee Street
June 20, 1963 - Rite Box Co., 2317 Whitney Avenue
December 7, 1964 - Weather Vane Restaurant, 4137 Whitney Avenue
December 25, 1964 - Reillys Restaurant, 2392 Whitney Avenue
January 21, 1965 Radio Station WDEE, 438 Denslow Hill Road
December 30, 1965 Empire Kitchens, 1188 Dixwell Avenue
March 24, 1966 Rocket Fuel Fire, 36 Bolton Street
June 12, 1966 Connecticut Donut Co., 3800 Whitney Avenue
November 23, 1967 Fireside Restaurant, 3307 Whitney Avenue
January 12, 1968 Fleming Co., Broadway and Ives
May 1, 1968 Maselli Fireplace Center, 3547 Whitney Avenue
December 1968 Washdown at Whitney and Day Spring
April 20-21, 1969 - H&D Paper Products
January 25, 1971 Sam Mednicow's Used Cars
February 4, 1972 LIFE Magazine, Hamden Pond Rescue Photo
October 18, 1972 Tech Plywood, 1047 Dixwell Avenue
February 24, 1973 Tanker Disaster at 86 Glenbrook Avenue
May 26, 1975 Butterworths Barn, Opposite 640 Tuttle Avenue
October 18, 1977 1181 Whitney Avenue Apartment Explosion
February 3, 1978 Daw Packing Co., School St. and Washington Ave.
April 20-21, 1979 - Corey Lumber and Howard Johnson's
June 5, 1982 FLOOD!
September 15, 1984 Saxony Coat Co., 1443 Dixwell Ave.
January 24, 1985 French-Italian Building, Dixwell and Helen
February 9, 1985 House Fire, 27 Edwards Street
May 10, 1985 House Fire, 113 Goodyear Street (New Haven)
July 31, 1987 Hazmat Incident - Superior Printing Ink, 750 Sherman Avenue
September 9, 1987 Bassetts Service Station, 3050 Whitney Avenue
May 20, 1988 Servoss and Whitney
May 25, 1988 - Davenport Residence Fire
July 10, 1989 - TORNADO
November 10, 1989 The Bike Rack, Skiff near Whitney (No. Haven)
August 10, 1998 Butterworths Farm, 640 Tuttle Avenue
April 29, 1999 High Standard Building, 1817 Dixwell Avenue
August 31, 2000 House Fire, 106 Helen Street
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