Adirondack Daily Enterprise, August 4, 1948Bloomingdale Fire Department was formed on February 1, 1912, as the Artesian Hose Company No. 1 of Bloomingdale by a group of fifteen men gathered at the St. Armand Town Hall.
Original members were: Henry Rock, Claude Goff, N.D. Barnard, Arthur Towne, Ben. E. Titus, Louis Pelky, Rufas H. Myers, Homer Hayes, Claude Winch, W.H. Biglow, M.B. Norman, Chas. White, Joseph P. Bercier, R.P. Towne, Wm. E. Flanders.
Ticonderoga Sentinel, November 20, 1930
Blaze at Bloomingdale Destroys Four Buildings
The village of Bloomingdale was thrown into a near panic last Thursday, when fire threatened to wipe out the business section of the community. Before the blaze was extinguished by the Bloomingdale firemen and others called from Saranac Lake, four buildings owned by William Bigelow of Maple street were destroyed.
Adirondack Daily Enterprise, August 13, 1948The fire raged in the heart of the community and was threatening to destroy the entire village. The local firemen fought the flames but were forced to ask aid from Saranac before the fire was brought under control. The buildings razed were an unoccupied dwelling, large barn [remainder illegible]
Essex County Republican, February 28, 1936
$4,000 Fire Damages Post Office at Bloomingdale
Fire took a toll, estimated at $4,000, as it wrecked the interior of the Bloomingdale post office and a barber shop, owned by Rufus Myres, at 9:45 o'clock Monday evening.
Prompt action by Francis Slattery, a postoffice [sic] worker, resulted in the saving of all mail and postoffice records. Slattery, when he noticed the flames, tossed mail pouches and records into a large fireproof safe, the only article in the building unscathed by the blaze.
It was reported that damage to the postoffice was $2,500 while the damage in the Myres barber shop was placed at $1,500. The postoffice was covered by insurance but is was reported that Myres carried little or none.
Essex County Republican, July 25, 1947
Bloomingdale Sets Project In Motion Benefit Of Youth
Up at Bloomingdale in the north-west corner of Essex county, they finish things when they start them—On July 4, 1947, a youth center that will compare favorably with any such project in Northern New York, when completed, was dedicated.
Credit for the whole idea should go to the Bloomingdale Fire department which inaugurated the project with purchase of several acres of unused land—a blueberry patch and some second growth timber.
Next step was deeding the land to the town of St. Armand. The town and the village of Bloomingdale then made plans to contribute equally to the center and made application to the state youth commission for aid--dollar for dollar. Total expenditure will be approximately $10,000 when all plans are carried out
To date the land has been cleared by bulldozers—leveled by graders —and fencing erected. Seeding will be done this fall.
The ball field, as large as some big league parks, will be one of the best in the area. The center field measures 610 feet from home plate, right field, 425 feet and left field, 345 feet. It is being used in its present condition.
Tennis courts, handball courts, children's playground, and grand-stand will be built. In winter a huge skating rink, with hockey pen in center, will be made ready for use. The Bloomingdale Fire department and merchants sponsor the village baseball team, each team mem-ber providing his own uniform. A game is scheduled every Sunday on the home diamond.
Source: Adirondack Daily Enterprise, July 12, 2012, Fire department marks a century of service
