 1881 - 1930 (49 years)
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| Name |
Albert Melvin Kimball [1, 2] |
| Birth |
19 May 1881 |
Quincy, Mass  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
15 Dec 1930 |
Cohasset, Mass |
| Person ID |
I58822 |
Cecilie Family |
| Last Modified |
5 Oct 2007 |
| Father |
George Edward Kimball, b. 22 Jun 1853, Woburn, Mass. d. 1 Dec 1941, Hingham, Mass (Age 88 years) |
| Mother |
Alice Tower Howland, b. 30 Jun 1857, Cambridge, Mass. d. 23 Nov 1932, Hingham, Mass (Age 75 years) |
| Marriage |
2 Mar 1878 |
| Family ID |
F22573 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Clara Adele Mapes, b. 14 Jan 1886, Cohasset, Mass d. 19 Jan 1921, Boston, MA (Age 35 years) |
| Marriage |
26 Nov 1907 |
Cohasset, Mass |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F24783 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
22 Feb 2009 |
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| Notes |
Albert Melvin Kimball (1881-1930),
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Albert Melvin Kimball (1881-1930)
photo courtesy of Robert Howland Kimball and Eliana Marcia Villela Gomes Kimball. |
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was a Fire Chief at Hingham, Mass. He was an electrical engineer and volunteer fireman in Hingham before they had a permanent fire dept.
| Great Salem Fire JUne 25, 1914 |
HINGHAM
Captain Albert M. Kimball of Engine 2, hearing of the fire, got his company together and they arrived late in the afternoon in two automobiles. As the fire rushed unchecked down Eden street it seemed as if Messervey street would go.
Taking advantage of their experience gained at similar fires in their outlying districts where no water is available for the engines, they gathered all the rugs and clothing they could find and taking them to the salt water, wet them, and then lay them on the roof and over the sides of the houses, where an occasional bucket of salt water would keep them wet. Meeting with success at No. 9 Messervey, we soon had plenty of help, and further down the Street had blankets spread and lots of help from a bucket brigade in wetting down the blankets, as they began to smoke our boys took their positions on the roofs and the crowd kept the water coming. The owners said many pleasant things that night.
On the north side, about i 1.30 P. M., these boys relieved a crowd of volunteers handling a line on Union street. The volunteers were having quite a time handling it, losing ground all the time through improper handling. Captain Kimball and his boys manned this line till daylight, making the stop on the James Coffey house on one side and the Roache house on the other. Mr. Coffey was much pleased and has since entertained the boys. |
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| For more information see the Our Folk - Hart family Web Site |
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| Sources |
- [S939] Eliana Kimball, email from Albert (Kim) and Eliana Kimball, (Dec 2004).
- [S1125] ARTHUR B. JONES, The Salem Fire, (1914).
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