.....Remembering November 5, 1999

Fire at the Provincial House
November 5, 1999
Photos from the Sun Chronicle, Attleboro, MA
Request has been made for permission for use.


The LaSalette Provincial House in Attleboro in 1998, forms the backdrop for the Stubenville East Conference held at the LaSalette Shrine during that summer. Sun Chronicle File Photo. Facing the picture, the NCVNVM offices were at the end of the left wing of the building, in the rear.



Fire rages through the upper floor of the Provincial House at LaSalette Shrine in the early stages of the blaze the morning of November 5. The fire began at about 4 AM in a third floor room. Sun Chronicle Staff Photo by Mark Stockwell.





Flames at the La Salette Provincial House where NCVNVM had its offices. Attleboro Sun Chronicle Staff Photos. Left photo by Mark Stockwell, right photo by Keith Nordstrom.




Our Lady of LaSalette silhouetted against the flames of the Provincial House as it burned on November 5, 1999. Attleboro Sun Chronicle Staff Photo by Mark Stockwell.



Doug St. Pierre comforts Emily Johnson in front of the ruins of LaSalette's Provincial House Friday. (Staff Photo by Stew Milne) 



Sunday. The statue of Our Lady of LaSalette appears to stand guard in front of the ruins of the Provincial House of LaSalette Shrine in Attleboro on Saturday. (Staff photo by Mark Stockwell)



Monday. Fire officials inspect the third-floor room Sunday where a priest died in the fire at the LaSalette Provincial House on Friday. The crane was brought in to try to knock down two damaged chimneys but couldn't be felled. (Staff photo by Stew Milne)

Tuesday. A trailer-load of plastic deer for the LaSalette Shrine Christmas display is moved past the shell of the Provincial House Monday. The structure was destroyed in a fire Friday that took the life of a visiting English priest.

On Friday, November 12, the following pictures were taken by NCVNVM Administrative Assistant Debbi McCallops and scanned onto disk by her daughter.


View of the ruined Provincial House. NCVNVM offices were to the left



Views of the ruined Provincial House. NCVNVM offices were to the left



Views of the ruined Provincial House. NCVNVM offices were to the left



The wing of the Provincial House in which the NCVNVM offices were located. Note that while the upper floors were completely destroyed, the lower floors were less so



The NCVNVM offices were behind the windows on the second floor. When the fire was out and an inspection made, it was discovered that the fire had not actually reached the NCVNVM office, and some documents are being salvaged. All equipment, however, was destroyed by heat and extensive water damage.

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