Fires 1890-Present

Date	Construction type	Occupancy type	Owner	Partial or Total	Cause	Side Notes
9/1/1890	Wood	Dwelling	James Moore	total	Arson	"Two Men Amos Kimball and Fred Colby are under bonds for appearance at April turn of court for causing fire."
6/20/1893	Wood	4 Block Style Buildings, 2 Tenement Block Buildings, a General Store, a Tailor, a Harness Maker, 3 Dwellings, a Meat Market, and a Black Smith Shop	Multiple structures and owners	total	Arson	"The fire originated in the shed belonging to the tenement occupied by W. Griffin on second floor of Noyes Block and although the cause is given as unknown, there is a general belief that it was set by W. Griffin's son, a lad of about 4 years of age, because the boy frankly admits he set it."
1/12/1894	Wood	Dwelling	Timothy Peasley	total	Undetermined	"But probably defective chimney"
9/2/1894	Wood	Dwelling	Geo Colby	total	Undetermined
1/17/1896	Wood	School House	School Dist	total	Over Heated Stove
8/9/1896	Wood	Farm Buildings	George Woods	total	Undetermined
12/15/1896	Wood	Grist Mill	Ed Ingalls	total	Undetermined
9/27/1897	Wood	Barn	S. Tucker	total	Undetermined
10/6/1897	Wood	Barn	Larwood	total	Arson
7/21/1899	Wood	Dwelling and Barn	Gove	total	Lightning
12/28/1899	Wood	Dwelling	Gordon	total	Undetermined
4/9/1900	Wood	Dwelling	Blopp	total	Lantern
6/4/1900	Wood	Dwelling	Willard	total	Undetermined
7/14/1900	Wood	Store	Bean	Partial loss	Undetermined
8/1/1900	Wood	Saw Mill, Box Shop, Laundry, Dwelling, Wooden Bridge	Dow	total	Gas Drier Heater
1/8/1901	Wood	Dwelling	Connor	total	Defective Chimney
1/24/1902	Wood	Box Shop	Dow	Partial	Undetermined
12/9/1902	Wood	Dwelling	Wilkins	Partial	Over Heated Furnace
4/3/1903	Wood	Box Shop	Studley	Partial	Boiler
5/22/1903	Wood	Dwelling	Farrar	total	Undetermined
5/17/1904	Wood	Forest Fire			Undetermined
7/18/1904	Wood	Dwelling	Childs	Partial	Defective Chimney
3/4/1905	Wood	Sugar House	Atwood	total	Caught from Boiler
5/4/1905	Wood	Forest Fire			Undetermined
11/25/1905	Wood	Forest Fire
12/15/1905	Wood	Slaughter House	Whitney & Dow	total	Undetermined
3/20/1906	Wood	Law Office	Preston Bros.	Partial	Accidental
4/9/1906	Wood	Dwelling	Parmenter	total	By Locomotive
9/5/1906	Wood	Dwelling	Robins	Partial	Over Turned Oil Stove
6/29/1907	Wood	Block	Preston Bros.	Partial	Spontaneous Combustion
7/20/1907	Wood	Dwelling and Barn	Goss	total	Lightning
5/18/1908	Wood	Dwelling and Barn	Wilkins	Partial	Undetermined
1/30/1908	Wood	Dwelling	Garland	Partial	Over Heated Chimney
6/30/1908	Wood	Dwelling and Barn	Howe	total	Undetermined
8/16/1908	Wood	Dwelling and Barn	Wilkins	total	Spark from Chimney
2/15/1911	Wood	Hotel	Nichols	Partial	Over Heated Stove Pipe
11/25/1912	Wood	Dwelling	Merrick	total	Undetermined
12/12/1912	Wood	Factory	K&C Mfg.Co.	Partial	Spark from Chimney
8/26/1913	Wood	Dwelling	Richardson	total	Defective Chimney
4/14/1914	Wood	Tool House, Ice House	Mathews	total	Spark from Locomotive
7/15/1914	Wood	Dwelling and Barn	Childs	total	Spontaneous Combustion
9/4/1914	Wood	Dwelling and Barn	Robertson	total	Undetermined
10/30/1914	Wood	Dwelling and Barn	Favor	total	Spark from Chimney
12/28/1914	Wood	Dwelling	Huntoon	Partial	Overheated Chimney
4/20/1915	Wood	Shaving House	Wilkins	total	Spark from Chimney
7/7/1915	Wood	Wooden Ware Factory, Shaving House	Wilkins	total	Undetermined
12/11/1915	Wood	Dwelling	Hadley	Partial	Spontaneous Combustion	Caused by ashes stored in a wooden barrel
1/15/1916	Wood	Rim Factory	K&C Mfg.Co.	Partial	Spark from Chimney
5/7/1916	Wood	Dwelling and Barn	French	total	Lightning
8/1/1916	Wood	Rim Factory	K&C Mfg.Co.	Partial	Spark from Chimney
8/11/1916	Wood	Rim Factory	K&C Mfg.Co.	Partial	Spark from Chimney
8/14/1916	Wood	Factory Leather Board	Henniker ____	total	Undetermined
8/17/1916	Wood	Factory Wood Turning	Noyes	Partial	Spark from Boiler
8/23/1916	Wood	Dwelling and Barn	Preston and son	total	Undetermined
9/12/1916	Wood	Rim Factory	K&C Mfg.Co.	Partial	Spark from Chimney
9/16/1916	Wood	Barn and Garage	Bean	total	Arson
10/10/1916	Wood	Rim Factory	K&C Mfg.Co.	Partial	Arson	Guy Hollis 17 yrs old an employee confessed to setting the fire by applying a match to the shingles between the roof boards.
12/16/1916	Wood	Barn	Marsh	total	Undetermined
4/24/1917	Wood	Rim Factory	K&C Mfg.Co.	Partial	Sparks from Chimney
9/29/1917	Wood	Dwelling	Ashby	Total	Over Heated Chimney
12/27/1917	Wood	Dwelling	Morse	Partial	Defective Chimney
1/23/1918	Wood	Printing Office	Annis	Partial	Defective Stove
4/15/1918	Wood	Dwelling	Annis	Partial	Oil Stove
5/20/1918	Wood	Dwelling	Pinkham	total	Chimney Fire
9/29/1918	Wood	Dwelling	Hatch	Partial	Defective Chimney
10/30/1918	Wood	Dwelling	Wood	Partial	Chimney Fire
1/30/1919	Wood	Dwelling	Rice	Partial	Undetermined
5/15/1919	Wood	Dwelling and Barn	Moody	total	Undetermined
5/15/1919	Wood	Barn	Cogswell	total	Spark from Moody Fire
11/15/1919	Wood	Studio	Bunnell	Partial	Undetermined
1/18/1920	Wood	Office	Armstrong	total	Over heated stove
2/17/1920	Wood	Dwelling	Connelly	Partial	Undetermined
11/12/1920	Wood	Dwelling	Preston	Partial	Over Heated Chimney
6/21/1921	Wood	Ice House	Nichols	Partial	Undetermined
12/30/1921	Wood	Dwelling	Wescomb	Partial	Overheated Chimney
5/7/1922	Wood	Dwelling	Connor	total	Lightning
10/28/1922	Wood	Garage	Henniker Hotel	Partial	Undetermined
2/11/1923	Wood	Dwelling	Cutting	Partial	Defective Chimney
4/17/1923	Wood	Barn	Chase	Partial	Undetermined
6/24/1924	Wood	Dwelling	Brooks	total	Undetermined
6/24/1924	Wood	Dwelling	Huntington	partial	Over heated Stove
4/18/1925	Wood	2 Barns	Carter	total	Undetermined
8/19/1925	Wood	Dwelling	Birk	Partial	Lightning
10/10/1925	Wood	Dwelling	Higgins	Partial	Over heated stove
6/25/1927	Wood	Paint Shop	Bennett	Partial	Sparks from forge
6/25/1927	Wood	Dwelling	Dorr	total	Lightning
6/25/1927	Wood	Dwelling	Flanders	Partial	Lightning
9/19/1928	Wood	Mill	Preston Bros.	total	Undetermined
12/12/1928	Wood	Dwelling	Shaw	Partial	Spark from Chimney
12/24/1928	Wood	Dwelling	Skillin	Partial	Spark from Chimney
5/10/1929	Wood	Garage	North	Partial	Sparks from rubbish fire
6/29/1929	Wood	Dwelling	Gregory	Partial	Lightning
9/13/1929	Wood	Barn	Patterson	Partial	Undetermined
3/30/1930	Wood	Dwelling	Graham	Partial	Defective Chimney
6/28/1930	Wood	Dwelling	Farrar	Partial	Accidental	Paraffin wax boiled over setting fire to wood work near stove.
7/27/1930	Wood	Dwelling	Heino	total	Lightning
11/3/1930	Wood	Dwelling	Chase	Partial	accidental	Storage of a trunk to close to the stove
8/6/1931	Wood	Dwelling	Pinfeild	Partial	overheated iron
1/23/1931	Wood	Dwelling	Connelly	Partial	Chimney Fire
2/1/1931	Wood	Dwelling	Graham	Partial	Chimney Fire
6/30/1931	Wood	Dwelling	Morse	total	Undetermined
11/14/1931	Wood	Dwelling	Haines	total	Undetermined
10/9/1931	Wood	Dwelling	Beck	Partial	Undetermined
1/16/1932	Wood	Garage	Coombs	total	Undetermined
4/1/1932	Wood	Dwelling	Jerry	Partial	Chimney Fire
3/7/1932	Wood	Dwelling	Pierce	Partial	Chimney Fire
3/24/1932	Wood	Stock		Partial	Undetermined
8/24/1932	Wood	Dwelling	Kenny	Partial	Undetermined
5/14/1934	Wood	Dwelling	Hooper	Partial	Undetermined
1/22/1935	Wood	Dwelling	Goss	Partial	Undetermined
10/19/1935	Wood	Dwelling	Jones	Partial	Children and matches
1/21/1936	Wood	Dwelling	White	Partial	Over Heated Chimney
5/27/1938	Wood	Garage	Blaisdell	Partial	Undetermined
8/1/1938	Wood	Dwelling and Barn	Morrison	Partial	Lightning
8/8/1938	Wood	Dwelling	Colburn	total	Undetermined
10/4/1938	Wood	Dwelling	Parmenter	Partial	Undetermined
10/4/1938	Wood	Barn	Hall	total	Undetermined
1/8/1939	Wood	Store and Dwelling	Woollett	Partial	Undetermined
3/21/1939	Wood	Dwelling	Combs	total	Chimney Fire
5/10/1939	Wood	Dwelling	McEvan	total	Undetermined
8/8/1939	Wood	Barn	Troy	total	Lightning
11/14/1939	Wood	Dwelling	Damour	total	Undetermined
3/10/1940	Wood	Dwelling	Moody	Partial	Undetermined
4/12/1940	Brick	Factory	E. Norton& Sons	Partial	Undetermined
11/17/1940	Wood	Dwelling	Gagnon	total	Undetermined	Started Near Chimney (two Dwellings)
3/19/1941	Wood	Dwelling	Bean	Partial	Chimney Fire
9/3/1941	Wood	Dwelling	Rush	Partial	Automobile in garage ignited first (two dwellings damaged and garage totaled)
5/4/1943	Wood	Dwelling	Hazen	Partial	Chimney Fire
5/9/1943	Brick	Dwelling	Contoocook Valley Paper Co.	Partial	Chimney Fire
11/2/1943	Wood	Garage	Jaffey	total	Electrical Short in a car in the garage
12/1/1943	Wood	Dwelling	Preston	total	Undetermined
12/22/1943	Wood	Manufactory-Yarn	Henniker Yarn Co.	Partial	Undetermined
5/9/1944	Wood	Dwelling	Wilson	total	Undetermined
8/26/1944	Wood	Dwelling	Pritt	Partial	Undetermined
7/9/1945	Wood	Shed	Patenaude	Partial	Undetermined
8/4/1945	Wood	Fire Station	Town of Henniker	Partial	Undetermined
12/3/1945	Wood	Dwelling	Connor	Partial	Portable oil Heater Exploded
12/9/1945	Brick	Dwelling	Contoocook Valley Paper Co.	Partial	Flooded Oil Heater
12/22/1945	Wood	Dwelling and Barn	Patenaude	total	Chimney Fire
6/9/1946	Wood	Dwelling	Spies	Partial	Undetermined
6/27/1946	Wood	Dwelling	Carnes	total	Lightning
7/16/1946	Wood	Shed	Contoocook Valley Paper Co.	Partial	Arson	Children playing with matches
8/3/1946	Wood	Dwelling and Barn	Patenaude	Partial	Spontaneous Combustion of Hay
9/19/1946	Wood	Shed	Gove	Partial	Undetermined
3/27/1947	Wood	Store and Dwelling	Kendrick	Partial	Undetermined
8/2/1947		Grass Fire	Buxton		Undetermined
1947 21 out of 28 fire calls were chimney fires.
7/22/1949	Wood	Dwelling	Todd	Partial	Undetermined
7/24/1949	Wood	Hen House	Durgin	total	Undetermined
1949 14 out of 27 calls were chimney fires.
5/13/1950	Wood	Dwelling	Spring	total	Undetermined
5/15/1950	Wood	Dwelling	Morris	total	Undetermined
1950 21 out of 33 calls were chimney fires.
2/14/1951	Brush		Connor		Undetermined
8/21/1951	Wood	Barn	Andress	total	Undetermined
1951 11 out of 24 calls were Chimney Fires
3/3/1952	Wood	Dwelling	Peasley	Partial	Undetermined
4/8/1952	Wood	Dwelling	Whitney	total	Undetermined
4/16/1952	Brush		Cyr		Undetermined
9/6/1952	Wood	Dwelling	Miller	total	Undetermined
12/16/1952	Wood	Shed	Rice	total	Undetermined
1/4/1953	Wood	Dwelling	Blanchette	Partial	Chimney Fire
3/31/1953	Wood	Garage	Town of Henniker	total		Town Shed
4/1/1953	Wood	Hen House	Dermon	total	Undetermined
10/5/1953	Wood	Hen House	Paulson	total
11/5/1953	Wood	Spa (?)	NEC	total	Undetermined
8/19/1954	Wood	Hen House	Morrissey	total	Undetermined
1/2/1955	Wood	Dwelling	Derby	Partial	Undetermined
3/17/1955	Wood	Dwelling	St. Lawrence	total	Undetermined
9/1/1955	Wood	Dwelling	Allen	total	Undetermined
10/17/1955	Wood	Dwelling	Lemire	total	Undetermined	Concord Rd
11/12/1955	Wood	Garage	State NH	total	Undetermined
1/12/1956	Wood	Hotel	Henniker Inn	Partial	Electrical Motor
3/4/1956	Wood	Shed	Carmichael	total	Undetermined
3/24/1956	Wood	Dwelling	Connelly	Partial	Chimney Fire
6/9/1956	Wood	Dwelling	Nielson	total	Undetermined
7/13/1956	Wood	Dwelling	Hoyt	Partial	Undetermined
10/13/1956	Wood	Assembly	NEC	Partial	Undetermined
11/30/1956	Wood	Barn	Todd	total	Undetermined
11/25/1958	Brush		Greenwood		Undetermined
1/26/1959	Wood	Dwelling	Morse	total	Undetermined
4/5/1959	Wood	Dwelling	Swett	total	Undetermined
7/9/1959	Wood	Barn	Thompson	total	Undetermined
12/8/1959	Wood	Barn	Foote	total	Undetermined
12/20/1959	Wood	Dwelling	Allen	total	Undetermined
1/30/1964	Wood	Barn and Shed	Nazer	total	Undetermined
5/23/1967	Brick	Dorm	NEC	Partial	Undetermined	Connor Dorm
Dec-66	Brush					New Rt 114
8/11/1966			Grant		Lightning	Only damage was to television set
4/6/1966	Wood	Dwelling	Gould		Undetermined
4/18/1966	Brush		State			New Rt 202
3/29/1966	Wood	Dwelling	Blanchette	Partial	Chimney Fire
5/24/1966	Brush		State			New Rt 202
7/25/1966	Brush		State			New Rt 202
8/11/1966	Wood	Dwelling	Grarils	total	Lightning
11/1/1966	Brush		Herrin
1/1/1969	Wood	Dwelling	SPD Fraternity	total	Undetermined	(Fatal Fire) Depot Hill Rd
1/6/1980	Brush		McNaulty		Undetermined	Lehman Road
1/8/1980	Car				Arson	NEC Infirmary
1/29/1980	Wood	Dwelling	Malek	Partial	Undetermined
8/31/1980	Wood	Dwelling	Patenaude	total	Undetermined
12/4/1980	Wood	Dwelling	Buxton	Partial	Wood Stove
12/15/1980	Wood	Dwelling	Hill	Partial	Undetermined	Pleasant Pond
12/20/1980	Wood	Assembly	Pats Peak	Partial	Chimney Fire
12/25/1980	Wood	Dwelling/garage		total	Electrical	Maple Street
2/17/1981	Wood	Mill	Contoocook Valley Paper Co.	Partial	Arson	Western Ave
3/15/1981	Brush				Undetermined	River Rd
3/28/1981	Brush				Undetermined	Knolls Gulf Road
3/28/1981	Brush				Undetermined	Gould Pond Rd
7/4/1981	Wood	Assembly	Bethany's Restaurant	Partial	Grease Fire	Proctor Square
7/25/1981	Wood	Dwelling	Buxton	total	Undetermined	French Pond
8/10/1981	Wood	Dwelling	Watman	Partial	Stove Top Fire
11/28/1981	Brick	Dwelling	SPD Fraternity	Partial	Oven Fire	Depot Hill Road
1/21/1982	Wood	Garage	Patenaude	Partial	Undetermined	Rush Road
2/9/1982	Wood	Dwelling	Chagnon	Partial	Chimney Fire	Rush Road
2/26/1982	Wood	Dwelling	Jenkins	total	Undetermined	Old West Hopkinton Rd
7/17/1982	Brush			Lightning	Bradford Road
7/20/1982	Wood	Dwelling	Hatch	total	Depot Hill Rd
7/29/1982	Brick	Dwelling	Henniker Apartments	Partial	Arson	Gould Street
9/4/1982	Wood	Dwelling	LED - Frat	Partial	Electrical	Hall/Fairveiw Ave
1/20/1983	Wood	Dwelling	Murphy	Partial	Undetermined	Water Street
1/26/1983	Wood	Dwelling	Connor	Partial	Undetermined	Ray Rd
5/7/1983	Wood	Dwelling	Emerson	Partial	Undetermined	Craney Hill Rd
9/15/1983	Brush		Grimes		Undetermined	Craney Hill Rd
10/25/1983	Wood	Dwelling	Braiterman	Partial	Undetermined	Western Ave
12/10/1983	Wood	Dwelling	Rosenbleeth	Partial	Electrical	Weare Rd
2/3/1984	Wood	Mill	HHP	Partial	Electrical	Main Street
2/14/1984	Wood	Mill	Patenaude Lumber	Partial	Flash From Welder	Rush Road
3/22/1984	Wood	Police Station	Town of Henniker	Partial	??????	(Cell Fire)
4/24/1984	Brush				Undetermined	Mt. Hunger Rd
4/24/1984	Brush		Morse		Undetermined	Morse Circle
5/4/1984	Brick	Gym	NEC	Partial	Undetermined	Grove Street
5/9/1984	Brick	Dwelling	SPD Fraternity	Partial	Grease Fire	Extinguished by sprinkler system
5/11/1984	Brick	Dorm	NEC	Partial	Undetermined	West Dorm
6/29/1984	Wood	Barn	?	total	Undetermined	Keyser Pond
7/10/1984	Wood	Mill	HHP	Partial	Undetermined	Main Street
9/9/1984	Brush				Undetermined	Proctor Hill
10/16/1984	Brush				Undetermined	Ramsdel Rd
12/2/1984	Wood	Dwelling	Colby	Partial	Undetermined	Old Hillsboro Road
12/14/1984	Brick	Dorm	NEC	Partial	Undetermined	Colby Dorm
1/16/1985	Wood	Mill	Triple L	total	Undetermined	Foster Hill Rd
3/2/1985	Brush		Henniker Motel		Undetermined	Craney Pond Road
3/26/1985	Brush		McNaulty		Undetermined	Lyman Road
3/26/1985	Wood	Dwelling	Nault	Partial	Undetermined	Rush Road
3/26/1985	Brush				Undetermined	Ray Rd
3/27/1985	Brush		Lindstrom		Undetermined	Tanglewood Drive
4/4/1985	Wood	Dwelling	Towle	Partial	Undetermined	Main Street
4/22/1985	Wood	Dwelling	Archambault	Partial	Undetermined	Morse Circle
5/20/1985	Wood	Store	Baldwins Market	Partial	Undetermined	Main Street
10/26/1985	Brush				Undetermined	Old Concord Road
11/13/1985	Wood	Mill	HHP	Partial	Electrical	Main Street
11/24/1985	Wood	Dwelling	Jenkins	Partial	Undetermined	Warner Rd
12/3/1985	Wood	Dwelling	Murdough	Partial	Undetermined	Maple Street
12/20/1985	Wood	Dwelling	Kowalski	Partial	Undetermined	Hillside Dr (Kitchen)
2/7/1986	Wood	Mill	Contoocook Valley Paper Co.	Partial	Undetermined	Western Ave
4/2/1986	Brush		Shady		Undetermined	Ruffled
5/3/1986	Brush				Undetermined	Craney Tower
5/18/1986	Brush		Savage		Undetermined	College Hill Rd
5/24/1986	Wood	Dwelling	Wells	Partial	Undetermined	Warner Rd
7/26/1986	Wood	Church	Henniker Congregational Church	Partial	Lightning	Maple Street (Steple fire)
8/21/1986	Wood	Dwelling	Maxwell	total	Undetermined	Warner Rd
11/15/1986	Wood	Dwelling	Caldwell	Partial	Undetermined	Browns Way
11/16/1986	Wood	Shed		total	Undetermined	Craney Hill Rd
11/20/1986	Wood	Dwelling	Reilly	Partial	Undetermined	Craney Hill Rd
1/13/1987	Wood	Dwelling	Beasley	Partial	Chimney Fire	Weare Rd
2/6/1987	Wood	Dwelling	Russell	Partial	Undetermined	Main Street Preston Block
5/15/1987	Wood	Laundrmat		Partial	Undetermined	Rush Road
10/5/1987	Wood	Dwelling	Patenaude	Partial	Undetermined	Craney Pond Road A-Frame
4/8/1988	Wood	Mill	Bowland Lumber Co	Partial	Undetermined	Old Concord Road
4/22/1988	Wood	Dwelling	Davison	Partial	Undetermined	Quaker Street
7/17/1988	Wood	Dwelling	Penock	Partial	Lightning	Park Street
10/29/1988	Wood	Dorm	NEC	Partial	Undetermined	Union Street
12/17/1988	Wood	Dwelling	Patenaude	Partial	Undetermined	Rush Road
2/4/1989	Wood	Dwelling	Colby	total	Undetermined	Old Concord Road
4/9/1989	Brick	Dorm	NEC	Partial	Undetermined	Union Street Charter
4/10/1989	Wood	Garage	NEC	Partial	Undetermined	Maintenance Shop
4/22/1989	Brush		Hall		Undetermined
4/29/1989	Brush				Undetermined
5/19/1989	Brush		Langle		Undetermined
6/3/1989	Wood	Dwelling	Reynolds	total	Undetermined
8/7/1989	Wood	Dwelling	Onion Patch	Partial	Undetermined	Bear Hill Rd
10/16/1989	Wood	Dwelling	Williams	Partial	Undetermined	Dodge Hill Rd
3/20/1990	Wood	Classrooms	NEC	Partial	Undetermined	Bridge Street
3/28/1990	Wood	Dwelling	Peel	Partial	Undetermined	Deer Run
4/7/1990	Wood	Dwelling	Towle	Partial	Electrical	Main Street
8/2/1990	Brush		Arnolds		Undetermined	Western Ave
11/14/1990	Wood	Laundrmat		Partial	Undetermined	Rush Road
3/27/1991	Wood	Dorm	NEC	Partial	Undetermined	Western Ave Rowe
7/24/1991	Brush				Undetermined	Craney Hill
11/11/1991	Wood	Dwelling	Homo	Partial	Undetermined	Gulf Rd
11/20/1991	Brush				Undetermined	202/9
2/13/1992	Wood	Dwelling	Tinkham	Partial	Undetermined	Main Street
3/10/1992	Wood	Dwelling	Chapin