History, News and Stories of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA

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• 1756 - First Newspaper in New Hampshire
  The first [newspaper] in New Hampshire was "The New Hampshire Gazette," printed at Portsmouth in the summer of 1756.
  
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• 1761 - First regular U.S. stagecoach run is begun, from Boston to Portsmouth, New Hampshire
  
  The World Almanac of the U.S.A, by Allan Carpenter and Carl Provorse, 1996
  
• 1774 - December 14 - Portsmouth, New Hampshire militiamen successfully attacked arsenal of Ft William & Mary
  
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• 1813 - Devastating fire in Portsmouth
  
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• 1839 - Portsmouth
  Portsmouth, New Hampshire
  Rockingham county, is the principal town in the state, and the only sea-port which it contains. It is situated in N. lat. 43°4'54", W. lon. 70°45'. Portsmouth is built on a beautiful peninsula, on the south side of the river; and, as seen from the towers of the steeples,... Read MORE...
  
  
• 1854 - Portsmouth
  Portsmouth, a city, port of entry, and semi-capital of Rockingham county, New Hampshire, 54 miles N. by E. from Boston, is situated on the right bank of the Pisca-taqua river, about three miles from the ocean, and at the terminus of the Eastern, the Concord, and the Portland and Saco rail roads, by ... Read MORE...
  
  
• 1854 - The Destructive Gale - Its Effects at the East.
  ...The depot of the Concord Railroad at Portsmouth, N. H., was partly torn down by the wind...
  The New York Times
  New York, New York
  March 21, 1854
  
•   1868 - A female financier in Portsmouth, N. H., recently had her trunk robbed in Boston of one hundred and twenty shares of bank stock of nearly $7,000 value,
  and knew nothing about it until the stock had been sold in New York.
  St Joseph Herald
  Saint Joseph, Michigan
  June 6, 1868
  
•   1870 - A tradesman of Portsmouth, N. H., has advertised in every issue of a paper of that city for the last twenty-two years.
  
  St Joseph Herald
  Saint Joseph, Michigan
  January 8, 1870
  
•   1870 - The funeral of Admiral Farrigut, at Portsmouth, N. H., on the 17th, was attended by a larger concourse of people than ever assembled in that State on a similar occasion.
  
  
  St Joseph Herald
  Saint Joseph, Michigan
  August 27, 1870
  
• 1895 - Portsmouth
  Portsmouth, a city, a port of entry, and semi-capital of Rockingham co., N.H., 54 miles N. by E. of Boston, is situated on the right bank of the Piscataqua River, about 3 miles from the ocean, and at the terminus of the Eastern, Concord & Portsmouth, Portsmouth & Dover, and Portland & Saco... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1898 - Received a Painful Wound
  Lewis B. Hanson, who has been employed as a blacksmith at the navy yard, met with a painful accident on Friday. He was hammering a bar of steel when a piece struck him in the forehead, cutting a gash to the skull.
  Portsmouth Herald
  Portsmouth, New Hampshire
  April 4, 1898
  
•   1898 - SERIOUS ACCIDENT. William Fernald Felled by a Falling Electric Light Pole
  The North end was the scene of another terrible accident this morning when William Fernald of Eliot, received injuries that will likely prove fatal.
  
  He was employed on the bridge gang of the Boston and Maine railroad under foreman Preble and at the time of the accident, was engaged in tearing... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1904 - Brewing Company Fire
  PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Nov. 17. - The malt house of the Frank Jones Brewing Company's immense plant here was ruined by fire to-day, entailing a loss of $150,000. The fire originated in a kiln room of the malt house. Aid was necessary from Newburyport, Dover, and the Navy Yard at Kittery before the... Read MORE...
  
  
• 1906
  Portsmouth, a city, port of entry, and semi-capital of Rockingham co., N.H., 58 miles N. by E. of Boston, is situated on the right bank of the Piscataqua River, about 3 miles from the ocean, and on the Boston and Maine R. Lat. 43° 6' N. ; Ion. 70° 45' W. This city, the only seaport of the state, is ... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1909 - EDWIN HARNDEN KILLED IN RAILROAD WRECK. NOON PASSENGER TRAIN FROM BOSTON COLLIDES WITH SHIFTER IN YARD. SEVEN MEN SERIOUSLY INJURED AND ALL THE OTHERS WERE SHAKEN UP IN TODAY'S ACCIDENT.
  One of the worst train wrecks that has taken place for many years occurred shortly after noon today, in the Boston and Maine railroad yard, at the foot of Langdon steet.
  
  The crash was between passenger train No. 29, which leaves Boston at 10 o'clock, due here at 12:10, and a switching engine,... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1939 - May 23 - Submarine Squalis sank off Portsmouth NH, 26 die
  
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  May 23, 1939
  
• 1953 - USS Albacore was a prototype submarine built at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and commissioned in 1953. At the time she was the fastest submarine ever designed.
  
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