History of Monastery Fire Scrapbook
Dublin Core
Title
History of Monastery Fire Scrapbook
Subject
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Fires
Rhode Island--Cumberland (Town)
Description
A scrapbook containing newspaper clippings and transcribed newspaper articles detailing the March 21, 1950 fire.
Creator
Edward J. Hayden
Source
Cumberland Public Library Special Collections
Publisher
Cumberland Public Library
Date
Unknown
Contributor
The Pawtucket Times
Format
Scrapbooks
Language
English
Type
Collection
Coverage
Cumberland, Rhode Island
Collection Items
Scenes as 50 years of toil on Cistercian Abbey is destroyed by fire
Two clippings from the March 22, 1950 edition of the Pawtucket Times: one photograph of the church and guest house, and one clipping of the article headline: "Scenes as 50 years of toil on Cistercian Abbey is destroyed by fire".
Flying Sparks
Newspaper clipping depicting firefighters attempting to put out the flaming guest house building. The caption states: "Flying sparks endanger firemen battling the abbey fire. Eleven departments in Rhode Island and Massachusetts sent men and apparatus…
$2.5 Million Loss in Abbey Fire
Three clippings from the March 22, 1950 edition of the Pawtucket Times: "$2.5-Million Loss in Abbey Fire" and an image of the charred remains of the Guest House building
Hands Folded and Flames Gnaw
Two newspaper clippings. The first depicts a monk watching the flames. The second shows two firefighters attempting to put out the flaming steeple.
Monks Rescue Meagre Personal Possessions
Two newspaper clippings depicting monks rescuing items from the burning buildings
Guest House is Aflame
Newspaper clipping that depicts the façade of the burning Guest House building
Hose Lines and Smoke Engulfs
Two newspaper clippings which depict firemen attempting to put out the fire in the chapel
Layman assists monk
Newspaper clipping depicting a bystander helping a monk carry a trunk out of a burning building