1918 | With the number of cases of influenza in the Italian quarter of Portland, the Italian church at 235 Fore Street has opened and beds installed for persons who have been living in houses where the disease prevails. This has been arranged as a matter of precaution against spread of the epidemic. At the Elks Building in Lewiston a number of women are making gauze masks for physicians and nurses. | ||
1904 | The Henry Hyde, built in Bath in 1884, breaks apart in a storm on Virginia Beach. |
1949 |
Earthquake affects about 16,000 square miles in central and southwestern Maine. |
1968 |
First publication of the newspaper the Maine Times. |