1836 | North Haven and Vinalhaven witness a horrible fire aboard the Royal Tarr, a sidewheel steamer from New Brunswick with ninety people, and a host of animals, as a traveling circus. Some were rescued, but thirty people drowned. | ||
1877 | The Sabattus Temperence Union is formed. |
1980 |
The October (25th and 26th) Gale of 1980 with 65 knot winds beached many small boats along the Maine coast. |