October 6, 1994, 1711 hours. A tanker carrying 9,000 gallons of gasoline overturned after being struck by a Saab 900 on the eastbound side of…
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August 24, 1995 The Wild fires begin out east. On August 24, 1995 it hadn’t rained for about 21 days. North-northwest winds were sustained at…
August 14, 1995 George (Chip) Weimer III of Lake Avenue, St James was driving a Nissequogue Village FD Chiefs Ford Taurus when he crashed into…
September 20, 1994. On or about this date, Farris G. Ellis was operating a Cessna 210 enroute to Republic Airport when he ran out of…
February 15, 1994. Fire reported just after 2000 hours. This was a private dwelling at 600 North Country Road that was established in the 1700s…
February 8, 1994 Fire reported at 2341 hours. The Elks Lodge is located at 120 Edgewood Avenue. Units arrived to find a fire in the…
October 18, 1992. Town wide disaster drill at Long Beach. I have photos. Article in the 10-15-92 Smithtown News. Photos and story in the 10-22…
July 14, 1992 Fire reported at approximately 0600 hours, during storm. House reportedly hit by lightning. Extensive damage to the house. All township departments provided…
June 18, 1992. 263 Old Mill Road.
November 24, 1991. Dick L’ Hommedieu was a charter member of the Nissequogue and an assistant Chief. Prior to that, he was a member of…
September 27, 1991. Fire reported at approximately 1641 hours. No one home at the time of the fire. Fire was on the upper level of…
October 28, 1990. Nissequogue-Nesconset, Smithtown, Kings Park and Nissequogue FDs hold a SCUBA drill at Short beach 1990. Town of Smithtown, US Coast Guard Auxiliary…
April 8, 1990 L’Hommedieu dies at age 70 at St. Johns Hospital. An Army Air Corps veteran of WWII, he was employed by Hazeltine Electronics…
February 15, 1990 This Fire reported at 1640 hours. Firefighers on scene for over 6 hours. Crews laid over 4000 feet of hose as there…
November 29, 1989. In the early morning hours, a piece of history was lost, as a mansion once belonging to the writer/actress Cornelia Otis Skinner…
May 10, 1989 At 1900 hours, all sirens in Smithtown and Huntington Township will sound and all residents are asked to leave their homes as…
November 19, 1988. Incident reported at 1320 hours.Workers cutting a natural gas line, filling the building with gas, which then exploded, leveling the building. More…
September 13, 1988. A fire at a former sand mine in Kings Park that raged at least seven hours this week has rekindled a debate…
July 8, 1988 Nissequogue FD-Commercial Structure Fire-Nissequogue Country Club 1988A security guard trapped on a second-floor roof was rescued yesterday from a fire that caused…
December 27, 1987. Alice Anderson 60, is reported missing from her home late yesterday afternoon by her husband. Winthrop Anderson states that his wife went…