HISTORY
FIRES
Created by Gail Hussey Weir
February 2023
The buttons below will take you to descriptions of some of the known significant fires that occurred on Bell Island over the years. ​
The left-hand side of the photo below shows the buildings destroyed in the December 17, 1963 Town Square fire. Lawton's Drug Store was the yellow building with green trim mid-picture. It also contained the Eaton's Order Office and a barbour shop. Next going up hill was Mercer's Snack Bar, then the Agnew-Surpass shoe store that housed the Bowring's Supermarket in 1963. (Photo courtesy of Gerald Kavanagh.)