Known at the time as the "Great Fire," the Pepperell Cotton Storehouse on Pearl Street in Biddeford burned the night of October 29, 1915.

The loss of $500, 000 made this the most costly fire Biddeford had yet known, as well as one of the most spectacular.

The Pepperell Mills' cotton storehouse fire, Pearl Street, Biddeford as it looked between 2 and 3 a.m. on the morning of October 30, 1915

This view of the Pepperell Mills cotton store-house fire shows the hose stream playing from Pearl Street

The Pepperell Mills' cotton storehouse on Pearl Street, Biddeford, caught fire during the night of October 29, 1915. It burned through the night, and large portions of the wall collapsed.