Starkweather Mill Fire

Starkweather Mill Fire

The Starkweather grist and flock mill catches fire and destroys John Atwood's factory next door. Fortunately, the heavy snow on surrounding buildings prevents the fire from spreading further into Willimantic

Thomas R. Beardsley, Willimantic Industry and Community: The Rise and Decline of a Connecticut Textile City (Willimantic, CT: Windham Textile and History Museum, 1993),75.

1876-02-27

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