The Flood of 1909
THE FLOOD OF 1909 On Sunday morning December 26, 1909, the residents of Chelsea who were just about recovering from the effects…
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Relief efforts after The Chelsea Fire of 1908
After the Great Chelsea Fire: April 12, 1908 It is five o’clock April 12, 1908. We enter a city beleagured and replete…
Continue readingA Personal Account of the 1908 Fire
A PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF THE 1908 FIRE A PALM SUNDAY TO REMEMBER Written in 1982 by Arthur R. Anderson (1901-1996)…
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CATASTROPHE IN CHELSEA SQUARE In 1871 Isaac Stebbins founded the Academy of Music, a four story brick building built on Winnisimmet Street…
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Casualties from The Chelsea Fire of 1908
Casualties from the Great Chelsea Fire: April 12, 1908 List of the 19 people who died in the Fire Mary Field –…
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Chelsea City Managers after Receivership
RECEIVERSHIP In autumn of 1991, the long running fiscal problems in Chelsea came to a head, and the local government, in effect,…
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Influenze Epidemic of 1918
The Great Influenza of 1918 I had a little bird. Its name was Enza. I opened the window, And in-flu-enza. Children’s Rhyme…
Continue readingChelsea City Government from 1857 to 1870
CHELSEA CITY GOVERNMENT 1857 to 1871 DATE OF CITY CHARTER: March 13, 1857 FIRST ELECTION: March 23, 1857 FIRST INAUGURATION: April 13,…
Continue readingCHELSEA DEATH RECORDS FROM OCTOBER, 1757 to JANUARY 1801 Age at Cause of Year Date of Deat
CHELSEA DEATH RECORDS FROM OCTOBER, 1757 to JANUARY 1801 Age at Cause of Year Date of Death Name Death Death 1757 …
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Chelsea’s Officeholders 1643 – 1738 For the Districts of Winnisimmet, Rumney Marsh and Pullen Point prior to separation from Boston in 1739…
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