Woonsocket R. I. Fires – 1800s

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Unknown Newspaper

January 28, 1846

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October 26, 1848

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November 30, 1848

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June 2, 1869

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July 2, 1874

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July 9, 1874

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June 28, 1875

Woonsocket Falls Village Fire – 1829

     In 1829, Woonsocket Falls was a tiny village on the Blackstone River, and land south of the Blackstone was at that time part of Smithfield. 

A news snippet from the Literary Cadet & R. I. Statesman
(Providence, R. I.)
November 3, 1827

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Phenix Gazette
(Alexandria, Virginia)
March 31, 1829

Phenix Gazette
March 31, 1829

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