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Fire Danger Reaches Extreme as State Rolls Out New Fire Danger System
As unusually warm and dry fall weather pushes the Fire Danger to HIGH across the entire state, new real-time weather data tool to help inform New Yorkers when there is an increased risk of wildfires...
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One Of Sullivan County’s Most Destructive Fires
Brush fires have been much in the news of late, and those familiar with Sullivan County history have been moved to recall massively destructive wildfires from years gone by, including the May, 1884...
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The Day FDR’s Hyde Park Mansion Caught Fire
After President Franklin Delano Roosevelt lost the use of his legs, his son Eliott wrote that his father had a fear of fire. He regularly practiced escaping from their family home, Springwood, in Hyde...
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The Night Fort William Henry Burned A Second Time
It was a typical mid-September day at Lake George, New York. Much like a Georgia O’Keeffe painting, the surrounding hillsides were aglow in goldenrod, apricot, and crimson colors. A few hours later on...
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The Firehouses of Albany Highlights A Rich Firefighting History
A new book, The Firehouses of Albany, by Albany City Historian and Director of Albany Firefighters Museum Tony Opalka, showcases images, maps, rich history, and anecdotes surrounding the historic...
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Dawson’s: The Alplaus Kill’s Last Mill
Local historian W. Bronson Taylor once observed that the three essentials of the early pioneers of western Saratoga County were “a grist mill, a sawmill, and whiskey still.” While there is little...
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The Night A Rear Admiral & Nat Geo Co-Founder Battled A Lake George Fire
It was Saturday night, August 12, 1911, and 300 people attending the weekly dance at the Sagamore Hotel in the Town of Bolton on Lake George were startled to see a huge fire to the west. The C. E....
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19th Century Steamboat Memories From An Old Boatman
What follows is a letter to the New York Sun by John H. Hubbel from November 12, 1917. To the Editor of the Sun — Sir: I have been reading the letters of the Mary Powell [built in 1861 and operated 55...
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Mechanicville’s 1919 School Fire
It was a very calm night. No wind was blowing and the ground was free of ice and snow and the moon was shining brightly. It was a beautiful winter’s night, with no hint of tragedy. Communicants of...
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Historic Victory Mills Destroyed by Fire: Some History
The historic former Victory Mills factory building in the village of Victory near Schuylerville in Saratoga County was destroyed in a massive fire on Saturday. Multiple fire departments responded to...
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