Community Damage, Storm and Loss Events
Fires
Stevens Family Fire Pittsfield News 1969
Gilmanton Iron Works Swept by Conflagration Laconia Democrat 04Jun1915
Gilmanton, NH, Swept by Fire-Several Missing Boston Globe 28May1915
Health
COVID-19 Virus
Daily Trends in Number of COVID-19 Cases in NH Reported to CDC Laconia Daily Sun 05/27/2021
COVID Tracker has no good news to start the new year Laconia Daily Sun 01/05/2021
COVID Tracker Concord Monitor 07/07/2020
Four numbers to watch to measure state progress against COVID-19 06/02/2020
We have Survived Pandemics Before Concord Monitor 03/29/2020
In NH, a Similar Time Came A Century Ago Concord Monitor 03/28/2020
Stay at Home Order Issued Concord Monitor 03/27/2020
Remember crowded rooms? Adjusting to circumstances beyond our control Union Leader 03/22/2020
The week that America changed Concord Monitor 03/22/2020
H1N1 Spanish Flu - 1918
1918 Influenza pandemic felt directly in US, military, Laconia 04/16/2020 Part 5 Daily Sun
Surgeon General issues instructions for coping with 1918 influenza pandemic 04/15/2020 Part 4 Daily Sun
State Board of Health offers guidelines for surviving 1918 influenza pandemic 04/13/2020 Part 3 Daily Sun
1918 Influenza pandemic strikes home, with local cases and military victims 04/10/2020 Part 2 Daily Sun
COVID-19 has parallel in “Spanish Flu” pandemic of 1918 04/09/2020 Part 1 Daily Sun
Spanish Flu 1918 Union Leader 03/15/20
The Deadliest Flu: The Complete Story of the Discovery and Reconstruction of the 1918 Pandemic Virus
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1918 Pandemic Influenza Historic Timeline Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Hurricane of 1938
Taken by Storm: The Hurricane at Gilmanton Historical Society Gilmanton Historical Society 09/20/2017
Storms
Fast-moving storm takes down trees, power at Sawyer Lake 08/07/2018 Laconia Daily Sun
National Weather Service confirms microburst hit Gilmanton
08/04/2018 WMUR Video
08/05/2018 WMUR Video
08/06/2018 WMUR Video
News Articles WMUR
Two buildings struck by lightning, three tornado warnings issued, streets heavily flooded in Friday Storm 08/04/2018 Laconia Daily Sun
Meadow Pond Road
Road Damage - 05/14/2006 Pic 1 Pic 2
Great Ice Storm of 1998 - Jan 05, 1998 – Gilmanton, NH – the “Great Ice Storm of 1998” An ice storm (January 5-9, 1998) that struck a large swath across three Canadian Provinces and much of New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, and New York caused massive damage to trees, leading to widespread and long-term power outages. Homeowners in the most severely hit areas spoke of hearing hours of thunderous “rifle shots” as tree limbs broke. An estimated 800,000 acres were damaged in central New Hampshire.
Blizzard of 1978
Windstorm of 1972
Tornado 1880