Humarock News

As residents began the sad duty of picking through their fire-damaged homes Friday morning, investigators said that a Scituate fire on Thursday that left two homes destroyed and severely damaged two others was an accidental blaze.

A fire whipped by winds blowing up to 50 miles per hour swiftly destroyed three beachfront homes and severely damaged a fourth this afternoon, sending towering flames and billowing smoke skyward as hundreds of spectators looked on.

Romance is the unlikely background for the White Barn, a humble utilitarian structure that's now stored in pieces in a trailer at the local Department of Public Works.

A few years ago, the lovely Suzanne and I were invited toA spend the day at our friends' summer home in Humarock.A I was only vaguely aware of the spot, and was interested to learn that though still a part of Scituate, it was separated from the rest of the town due to the shifting of the North River during the PortlandA Gale of 1898.