This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Newport Fire Chief Delivers Rescue Squad Talk
Rotary Club luncheon featured Fire Chief Abel Eldredge of Newport discussing the rescue squad origins and annual calls. He recounted ten to fifteen stories of rescues, equipment, and training, noting 567 calls last year and the squad’s history from 1934 35 to present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
White Rail
Metacom Avenue
William O’rourke
Frank J. Murphy
Abel Eldredge
Newport
Eldredge
Woonsocket
R. I
West Coast
Red Cross
Navy
O'Rourke
Frank J Murphy
Stephen F Hopkins
Edward J Fitzgerald
the Phoenix
Rotary Magazine
Frank J Sylvia
Louis Evans
Charles Liscomb
Foster Price
Norman Vermette
Joseph Perrom
C Paul Bruno
Samuel D Clark
Charles M. Connery
Student Loan Fund
JT Tuplin
Carl H. Witherell
A J Ferrara
David Ferris
Salvador Nunes
Albert F Means
Canon D K. Davis
D. V. A Capone
Samuel Campanella
John D. Moore