EPSOM NH FIRE LOG 1891-1931
DATE CLASS DESCRIPTION OWNER OCCUPANT BUILDING BUILDING BUILDING CONTENTS CONTENTS CONTENTS LOSS CAUSE REMARKS
Value Damage Insurance Value Damage Insurance
Mar 5, 1891 Wood Stable Silver & Hall A.C. Caswell $225.00 Total Loss $150.00 $300.00 same none Total unknown
Mar 17, 1893 Wood Dwelling S.B. Woodbury C. Lewis $1,500.00 $200.00 $1,000.00 Not known Partial loss none Partial unknown
Feb. 18, 1895 Wood Dwelling Augustus L. Sanborn A.L. Sanborn $2,000.00 $2,000.00 $1,200.00 $1,500.00 1500 300 total on buildings Unknown Burned in the evening in the absence of the family Fire started in the barn. Building connected
Mar 13, 1895 Wood Dwelling Charles W. Royal C.W. Royal $1,200.00 $100.00 $900.00 Partial Overheated stove
July 4, 1895 Wood Dwelling L.J. Straw (?) L.J. Straw $1,500.00 $30.00 $1,000.00 Partial unknown
Apr. 5, 1896 Wood Barn Chapin H. Osgood C.H. Osgood $3,000.00 Total Loss $2,200.00 Total unknown
 " " Stable Chapin H. Osgood C.H. Osgood Total Loss " unknown
" " Dwelling Chapin H. Osgood C.H. Osgood Partial Partial unknown
Aug. 15, 1897 Wood Stable C.H. Osgood C.J. Brown $600.00 $600.00 $300.00 $1,000.00 200 none total to building Lightning Damage to contents of dwelling by removal
" " Dwelling & hotel C.H. Osgood C.J. Brown $1,800.00 $10.00 $1,000.00 $600.00 50 200 Partial caught from stable
Nov. 1, 1897 Wood Dwelling, barn & sheds Charles W. Tarleton Unoccupied $1,000.00 $1,000.00 none $300.00 300 none Total incendiary
Feb. 9, 1898 Wood Dwelling John Etheredge John Etheredge $300.00 $300.00 $200.00 $75.00 75 none Total clothing hanging too near the stove in the absence of the family
July 21, 1898 Wood 2 Barns Samuel Fowlers Heirs $1,200.00 $1,200.00 $650.00 $300.00 300 none Total Lightning
May 30, 1899 Wood House & Barn Lillian C. Wheeler Frank P. Wheeler Total Loss $750.00 Total Defective Chimney The owner had a fire in the house the day it was destroyed
Apr. 21, 1900 Wood Dwelling House Edward S. Morrill Unoccupied $500.00 Total Loss $250.00
Aug. 25, 1901 Wood Dwelling, barn, shed & corn house L.W. Moore L.W. Moore Total Loss $1,800.00 300 Partial Unknown
Mar. 2, 1903 Wood Saw Mill & Box Mill G.H. Burnham G.H. Burnham $1,000.00 Total Loss $160.00 $1,700.00 Total loss 640 Total Hot Box Contents included machinery tools, lumber and manufactured Boxes
May 1, 1903 Wood C.M. Steele C.M. Steele Forest Fire Burning 50 cords wood no insurance
May 9, 1903 Wood House, 3 barns and shed Samuel Martin Samuel Martin $1,800.00 Total Loss none Total Chimney Fire
May 2, 1906 Wood Dwelling Fred Stone Fred Stone Total Loss $600.00 Total Chimney Fire
May 2, 1906 Wood Grainary Fred Stone Fred Stone $25.00 Chimney Fire
Sept. 7, 1906 Wood Barn Heirs of Lemuel Towle Same as owners $1,500.00 Total Loss $800.00 $660.00 Total loss Total Incendiary
Sept. 10, 1910 Wood Dwelling and Barn Eugene H. Bochner Same as owners $1,200.00 Total Loss $800.00 Partial loss none Total Children playing with matches. Hay in barn was total loss, about two thirds of furniture was saved
Feb. 29, 1912 Wood Stable and barn Warren Tripp Warren Tripp Total Loss $1,200.00 Total loss 1700 Not known Mr. Tripps fire started in shop connected with stable thence to shed and barn
Jan. 10, 1913 Wood Hen House Charlotte E. Yeaton George Taylor $150.00 $150.00 $16.00 16 Total Unknown Ash barrell reported left inside of building
Mar. 31, 1913 Wood Shoe Manufactory Ernest R. Marden E.R. Marden $500.00 $500.00 $300.00 $1,150.00 Total loss 800 Total unknown Gasoline Engine power used
July 2, 1916 Wood Barn & out builldings James L. Bickford James L. Bickford $4,000.00 $4,000.00 $1,250.00 $550.00 Total    600 Total Lightning
August 23, 1916 Wood Dwellings and stable Amanda S. Hall Amanda S. Hall $5,000.00 $5,000.00 $1,300.00 $935.00 935 700 Total Lightning
Oct. 5, 1916 Wood Mfr. Lace Trimings Charles S. Hall Robert Zinn $5,000.00 $5,000.00 $5,000.00 $20,000.00 20000 10000 Total unknown
Machinery
Oct. 5, 1916 Wood Mfr. Fancy Trimings Charles S. Hall Paul Muller $1,500.00 1500 1500 Total unknown
Tools
Oct. 5, 1916 Wood Mfr. Fancy Trimings Charles S. Hall Robert Zinn $11,000.00 4800 Total unknown
stock/machinery
June 17, 1918 Wood Dwelling, barn and shed Charles Doe Charles Doe $200.00 $200.00 none Total unknown
July 20, 1926 Wood Barn and sheds James E. Philbrick Robert B. Michael Total Loss $500.00 Total unknown
Aug. 19, 1926 Wood Dwelling Arthur C. Locke Same as owners $25.00 Partial Defective chimney
Jan. 19, 1927 Wood Garage Charles N. Huckins Same as owners $2,500.00 $700.00 $2,000.00 $5,000.00 150 4000 Partial Gasoline explosion while working on customer car
Apr. 9, 1928 Wood Poultry Dressing Plant Bickford & Huckins Harry Hager $1,200.00 $15.00 $800.00 Partial Overheated stove
Apr. 18, 1928 Wood Dwelling Elmer H. Palmer Elmer H. Palmer $1,200.00 $350.00 $700.00 $700.00 140 500 Partial Fire started in barn near house and was a total loss with 2 cows & contents
Jan. 29, 1929 Wood Dwelling, Shed and barn Edwin L. Bunker Edwin L. Bunker $6,000.00 $6,000.00 $1,500.00 $2,700.00 2650 500 Total unknown Fire left banked in stoves upon retiring - windy night
July 29, 1929 Wood Farm Buildings Philip Fowler Unoccupied $2,400.00 300 Total unknown Barn first to burn
Jan. 17, 1930 Wood Dwelling Samuel L. Clark Samuel L. Clark $50.00 $1,500.00 Partial Overheated chimney
Mar. 1, 1930 Wood Dwelling Ernest Schmidt and Albert Heidman $1,000.00 254.8 500 Burning grass in yard Grass fire in yard
Aug. 12, 1930 Wood Dwelling Geo E & Alice Lombard Geo E Lombard $2,000.00 Total Loss $1,000.00 $1,200.00 500 700 Partial Family away for the day. Possibly spark from chimney
Mar. 15, 1931 Wood Dwelling Walter C. Melhorn Walter C. Melhorn $2,000.00 $10.00 $2,000.00 Partial Chimney Fire
Apr. 23, 1932 Wood Dwelling Horace H. Beaudet Horace H. Beaudet $1,500.00 Total Loss $1,200.00 Total Chimney