History of New Rockford: February 23, 2026

History of New Rockford: February 23, 2026

On the morning of Oct. 6, 1908, as Walter Alair was handling some kerosene in the basement of Hays & Adams, some of the liquid came in contact with a pile of unnoticed smoldering coals; the explosion hurled Alair into the coal bin and singed his hair and eyebrows, but otherwise he was all right. At noon, the NRFD was called to the home of Peter P. Hallquist in southeast New Rockford, where an...