Veteran Windsor firefighter Richard Smith is a fountain of knowledge when it comes to firefighting history in the area. He’s helping to organize the 125th event to commemorate the Great Windsor Fire — a blaze that levelled much of the town in 1897. | Sa...
| Posted: Oct. 12, 2022, 11:32 a.m. | Updated: Oct. 12, 2022, 11:32 a.m. | 15 Min Read
“About 2,500 people were left homeless — businesses destroyed, homes destroyed, people displaced from their homes and lost all their belongings. ... And from that, Windsor rose from the ashes,” said Richard Smith, a retired Windsor firefighter, reflecting on what is known as the Great Windsor Fire. “We hope that citizens will come out and recognize the efforts of the local and surrounding fire service,” said Smith.Windsor Fire Chief Jamie Juteau agreed. He said it’s important for people to realize the magnitude of the fire, and how it helped reshape Windsor, and firefighting in general.
Upwards of 2,500 people were left picking up the pieces after homes were turned to rubble during the Great Windsor Fire of 1897. Pictured here are people searching for anything usable following the fire. - FileThe Windsor Fire Department was formed in 1881 — 16 years before the fire that would destroy as much as four-fifths of downtown Windsor.
Water Street in Windsor was a bustling place in the 1890s. This photograph was taken prior to the Great Windsor Fire of 1897. - File By 3 a.m., the ringing of the fire bell and the sounding of the whistle at the electric light station alerted sleeping residents to the problem. A strong northwest gale soon picked up, fanning the flames.
“These were huge fires — huge buildings that today we would have to bring fire departments in from all over the Valley ,” said Smith. The Windsor Foundry chimney, left, and the Windsor Plaster Mill chimney, right, were all that remained of the two businesses following the Great Windsor Fire of 1897. - File
“That's when you started to see more asphalt type of shingles. That's when you started to see more tar paper on the sides of buildings. That's when you started to see distances between buildings being more carefully considered,” Smith. “From then on we started to build the fire department,” said Smith, noting that at one point, the Windsor Fire Department “was well-recognized as one of the best equipped fire departments in Atlantic Canada.”
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