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Ruins of Allied Textile Co. two decades after the fire
In 1983, Paterson's Great Falls Historic District was the scene of two general alarms fires - just weeks apart.
On June 24 of that year, Box 176 was transmitted at 3:55 a.m. for the Allied Textile Co. mill at 1 Van Houten St. Ten or more firefighters suffered minor injuries at the blaze.
The same box was struck on May 29, 1983 for a factory at 21 Market St. That alarm was received at 4:06 a.m, according to the book ``Taking the Heat,'' a history of the Paterson Fire Department published in 1985.
