August 31, 1904. On or about this date a young man from New York drowned in the lake. This is all I have and it…
The Suburban Fire Marshal
August 10, 1904, 2330 hours. Wallace Donaldson’s Store, residence and the village post office building was struck by lightning and burned. The Donaldson property was…
May 29, 1902 This was before the fire departments were here. From the Brooklyn Eagle on May 30th 1902:The Chrone homestead here was burned to…
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 1900. West Jericho Turnpike across from the bull. This was prior to the hotel becoming Frank Friedes. I have not been able to find…
June 19, 1900. Story from the Brooklyn Eagle. I do not have a reference to the fire, but it was prior to the creation of…
June 12, 1900, 0900 hours. T.W. Hartley was digging a well on his farm in Hauppauge. When he reached a depth of approximately 30 feet,…
May 11, 1900 Philip Becker plead guilty to the charge of arson, second degree. Becker said in answer to questions that he was a farmer…
Via Chris Klug on Facebook: This large metal ring hanging from an outstretched tree limbs was a makeshift fire alarm in the Lake Ronkonkoma area…
August 18, 1900 Brooklyn Eagle.
January 15, 1900. There is considerable mystery in connection with the fire early this morning which destroyed the boarding house of Bernard Osterby, at Fort…
January 4, 1900 A mysterious fire at St. James with Suspicions of foul play. A very disastrous fire occurred on the farm of Prescott Hall…
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…
April 27, 1899. Another big fire raged in the woods this afternoon in the east end of the village. The school and church bells were…
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…
April 12, 1898. Brooklyn Eagle 4-13-1898
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 14, 1897. Early this morning the Methodist Church at St. James was totally destroyed by fire. Efforts to save building and contents were futile,…
May 13, 1896. Forest fires in Central Islip were the most fierce ever known in this vicinity. Almost every person in Central Islip and Hauppauge…