This article relates to the fire of Bradford on June 24th, 1862, which originated in an unknown stable in the main city sector. There is no lasting record of a newspaper published during the week of the fire.

"Fire Inquest

On Friday morning last [June 27th], Corner Allen, with a Jury, held an inquiry into the causes of the late fire. About a dozen witnesses were examined, after which the jury returned the following verdict:
'We, the Jury empannelled to inquire into the causes or origin of the fire that occurred in this village on the night of the 24th [June] inst., having heard the testimony brought before us, are of the opinion that such fire originated through accident, whose cause is unknown to this Jury.
-A.S. Warburton, Foreman'
No evidence was adduced to show that there was either a candle or lamp in the stable on the evening in question."

Recounts the fire at John Kirkpatrick's Hotel, originally the Burns' Hotel, in Bond Head on September 23, 1854.

Photo of Keith Stevens sifting though identifiable mail from the Post Office fire which occurred on April 29, 1981.

The following are part of a news-photo story on a fire in Bradford on May 3, 1988.

The photograph depicts the ruins of a fire on Drury Street in 1910. B.B. Collings is featured in it with the fire department.

South Simcoe News
Volume 6, Number 274
June 15, 1871
p.2

Photograph of firefighters tending to a bush fire on the edge of the Holland Marsh.

"This week's photo, courtesy of the Bradford Fire Department, depicts the fire in February of 1959 which destroyed a large block of the downtown section, from Evans and Evans to the police department. The fire swept through several businesses, unprotected by fire walls. Firefighters from five arena departments battled almost 20 hours to quell the stubborn blaze which caused an estimated $500,000 damage. This week's photo was suggested by Ernest and Lola Peterman of Bradford who sent in a newspaper clipping of the fire."

Article features a description of the fire which ripped through Holland Street's business block on February 11, 1959. See Related Descriptions for more information.