December 23, 1948 A crash a short distance west of Smithtown sent Henry Chieffo, 34, of Towers Street in Huntington Station to the Mather. Memorial…
Posts published in “Commack FD”
January 1, 1946. Fire completely destroyed the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Baiko in Commack on the Jericho Turnpike early New Year’s morning and…
May 24, 1942 Fire at the Johnson brothers property. 1 house and 3 barns burn. Was across from what was then Dugan’s garage. East Northport,…
November 20, 1941. Page 4 line 3 of the Record of fires and alarms in Smithtown Branch. Alarm time is 1430. States the fire was…
August 11, 1940. Corp. F. G. Kappesser of NYSPD Troop L and Troopers Stephen Bugalo and Dantel J. MeCarthy of the Commack Headquarters of the…
March 24, 1940 Listed in the 1940 Smithtown FD Record of Fires and Alarms on page 1. Occupant is W. White. No exact address indicated.…
March 6, 1929. Incorporation of the Central Long Island Forest Protective Association, which was created a few months prior, took place today. The mission of…
April 30, 1922 A forest fire, which swept over an area of about 600 acres in the section south of Commack Village today, is believed…
April 12, 1921 Several miles of woodland in the vicinity of the famous Burr racetrack, which was well known through the eastern States when Carll…
November 19, 1920. 32 year old Samuel Soper was shot and killed after returning to his garage from his daily breakfast across the street at…
April 20, 1906 For the past two days a fierce fire has been raging in this place, burning over several hundred acres of woodland.The fire…
September 17, 1901. An explosion of an oil stove caused the destruction of the house occupied by David H. Ketcham, Superintendent on the Merivale Stock…
October 28, 1899 A replacement barn belonging to John Morell, formerly of Brooklyn, who purchased a farm in Commack some months ago, was destroyed by…
November 10, 1898. The barn on the farm of John Morrell at Commack, situated near the training stable of Carll S. Burr, was completely destroyed…
April 13, 1898 A fire in the woods between this village and Kings Park burned over 1500 acres of fine timber, killing all the trees…
October 24, 1897. A fire in the early morning hours, destroyed a house and contents occupied by Thomas Armstrong. The cause of the fire is…
October 6, 1895 Northeast corner of of Commack Rd and Townline Road (White Castle area) William Cunningham, who resides near the store of the Hallock…
April 17, 1892. At about 2AM, Mr. H.H. Halo and family were awakened to find their barn on fire. It was too late. The barn…