Reader Joan Levesque sent us this picture of the burning of the Appleton Mill. The date of this fire was July 20, 1950. The damage was estimated at $50,000 (in 1950 dollars so a huge amount today). The caption in the newspaper read,”the blaze of unknown origin was first discovered sweeping though the top story of the building by Mrs. Henry Collie.”
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