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Fire at Skegness
Great excitement was caused at Skegness on Thursday afternoon last, by an outbreak of fire on the premises of Messrs. Burton’s Stores, Lumley Road.
Mr. Stepson, of Skegness, was passing down Lumley Road about 2.15 p.m., when he noticed smoke issuing from the shop and immediately raised the alarm. A messenger was despatched for [...]

COAL CAUGHT FIRE
EARLY SUNDAY MORNING INCIDENT AT SKEGNESS STATION YARD
FIRE BRIGADE MOVED SIXTY TONS
Nearly sixty tons of coal was shifted by the Skegness Fire Brigade on Sunday, when, after receiving a call at 7.46 a.m. to the Railway Station coalyard, it was discovered that 150 tons of stacked coal had ignitedthrough spontaneous combustion.
It was fairly [...]

MYSTERY OF SKEGNESS POLICEMAN’S DEATH
WHAT CAUSED MOTOR CYCLE TO BURST INTO FLAMES ?
MOTOR ENGINEER’S THEORY
DECEASED’S COMRADE COMPLIMENTED BY CORONER’S JURY
A public inquiry into the tragic circumstances surrounding the death of Police Constable Walter Mapleson, a native of 11, Henry Street, Lincoln, and stationed at Skegness, who died on Wednesday last as the result of burns [...]

The Clock Tower at Skegness was considerably damaged on Saturday afternoon in 1913 through the fire-escape, which was reared against the east side of it, falling.
A large portion of the ornamental stonework at the bas on  which the escape fell was knocked off and broken, whilst the summit of the base on the opposite side [...]

PROF. BILLY THOMPSON’S GREAT FIRE DIVE.
Thrilling, is too commonplace a word whereby to describe the remarkable feat performed by Prof. Billy Thomason each night when there is water enough at the Pier Head. As soon as it becomes known that the ” fire dive ” will take place, that side of the Pier, near the [...]

Fire closes club
Bar damaged in Skegness blaze
QUICK thinking on the part of residents in Drummond Road, Skegness, early on Monday morning probably saved a whole block of shops from being wiped out by fire.
The fire broke out in the early hours at Dot’s Club in Drummond Road. Miss E. Woods, who lives just opposite, was [...]

Midnight Blaze at Skegness
Joy-Wheel Burnt Down
Source: Skegness, Mablethorpe and Alford News 1915
Following upon the fire alarm on the Tuesday evening previous, the residents of Skegness experienced a similar thrill in the early hours of Sunday morning, when between one and two o’clock the shrill noise of the fire buzzer and the shrieking of engine whistles [...]

65 fireman and 11 fire engines are still fighting a blaze that started around 5.30pm this evening at the Square Peg pub on Skegness seafront.
Fire fighters have been drafted in from Skegness, Alford, Wainfleet, Spilsby and Mablethorpe.
Water from the pond in the Tower Gardens is being pumped out to fight the fire and firefighters have [...]

Boys raise alarm to save Pier Theatre from fire
Source: Skegness Standard 1975
SKEGNESS Pier Theatre and the end of the pier were saved from being ravaged by fire on Thursday night when two schoolboys raised the alarm.
Fire broke out on the wooden decking some hours after workmen had finished doing welding work on metal supports along [...]

Update:30th September 2008 – Woman dies of flat fire injuries
Eye witness report…
Monday around 12.30 pm – Firefighters are fighting a fire at the flats adjoining Mary’s Guest House Cecil Avenue, Skegness.
The fire appeares to be in one of the upper rooms.
There appears to be casualties or a casualty, but it is not known as yet [...]