10 years ago

From the Journal Tribune: “A family of six escaped injury as their mobile home burned to the ground early Thursday. Hayden Rogers and his family lost all their possessions in the blaze. An investigator with the State Fire Marshal’s office was on the scene Thursday, trying to determine what happened. Acton Fire Chief Harold Smith said that his understanding is that the cause was accidental, but he had no word this morning on whether the cause had been determined.”

50 years ago

From the Biddeford-Saco Journal: “Two local men have enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps for three years and will undergo recruit training under the Buddy program at Parris Island, .S.C. Pvt. Robert Gerard Dumont, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Dumont, 24 Wharf St., Saco, and Pvt. Philippe William Pelletier, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Pellitier, 52 Bradbury St., Biddeford, will train for six weeks before receiving 21 days of advance training and a 20 day leave. Following leave the Marines will report to their units for training in their chosen fields.”

100 years ago

From the Biddeford Daily Journal: “One of the pair of work horses belonging to Ivory E. Davis, the lumberman, figured in a rather unusual accident Thursday, falling to the bottom of a well where he remained for some two hours and a half and finally being hoisted with tackle and fall to the surface again. When the work of rescue was ended it was found that the animal could not stand and this morning Dr. W.S. Leighton, the veterinary, went to the Davis place, and after examining the animal shot it, the spine being so injured as to preclude the possibility of its recovering.”

— Krysteana Scribner