tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62664473403436765822024-03-03T01:46:59.406+00:00PATERSON FIRE JOURNAL North Jersey Fire HistoryHonoring the Fire and Rescue Service - Paterson, New Jersey and Beyond - On Web Since 2008PATERSON FIRE JOURNALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17514433931576220056noreply@blogger.comBlogger145125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266447340343676582.post-61700266642190933212023-07-06T19:25:00.012+01:002023-07-11T20:22:25.431+01:00PORT NEWARK BLAZE <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpdLWQwWi--WC0PgU63alIghTwLd7IgR5eQv06HktpzH5hKrt29GgJH1afSUva-w-XrYnNLcdcxUi32vzchLyIE6VEGNAouU4NeVMU98S3eIX9aLn8kr99kM_0lPYnFlmwFuBSowuvZZQe0JxpSa0I755vf9XNQi3TxyZVu8ZMksZOEwk7xCQqPrXLxvQK/s474/newarkshipfire.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="266" data-original-width="474" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpdLWQwWi--WC0PgU63alIghTwLd7IgR5eQv06HktpzH5hKrt29GgJH1afSUva-w-XrYnNLcdcxUi32vzchLyIE6VEGNAouU4NeVMU98S3eIX9aLn8kr99kM_0lPYnFlmwFuBSowuvZZQe0JxpSa0I755vf9XNQi3TxyZVu8ZMksZOEwk7xCQqPrXLxvQK/w400-h225/newarkshipfire.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1BVuZZZmFn5gYkP_zoJPc2XtiSICzW917XqMgougDRiSojdXKG8WNXFNuxHkjSv2cOcJxdOH3hwHzcCLJZWuaDtZHhxIvyZ07P3y2O1qU5dGFKSydcfGG_cQCEZEgoUfLncGengglT5WlT7svFDTML4Kr0h8mZM_yCZVT_n2lb1Kc3afsnmAffslvXf1_/s477/newarklodd.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="374" data-original-width="477" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1BVuZZZmFn5gYkP_zoJPc2XtiSICzW917XqMgougDRiSojdXKG8WNXFNuxHkjSv2cOcJxdOH3hwHzcCLJZWuaDtZHhxIvyZ07P3y2O1qU5dGFKSydcfGG_cQCEZEgoUfLncGengglT5WlT7svFDTML4Kr0h8mZM_yCZVT_n2lb1Kc3afsnmAffslvXf1_/w400-h314/newarklodd.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><u>Photos</u>: City of Newark</span><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #0f1419; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="background-color: white;">Newark firefighters Augusto Acabou, 45, and Wayne Brooks, Jr., 49, died in a 2-alarm fire aboard a cargo ship at Port Newark on July 5, 2023. The maritime blaze burned for days. The Italian-flagged Grande Costa d’Avorio carried autos. It was a complex incident. Newark Fire Chief Rufus Jackson said of his firefighters: "T</span></span>hough this is a difficult fire, a different type of fire, they're still willing to put themselves on the line for others." </span><p></p>PATERSON FIRE JOURNALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17514433931576220056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266447340343676582.post-8654384640453418392023-02-03T17:36:00.003+00:002023-02-03T17:39:56.286+00:00HOBOKEN - 1930s<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7WPN1Y5lOXfQv45JpDwrACMUXc8S4YwkMyQ_DU04JgIR_R2TyPZ-Fz9sJSgC16nrmqAwVKX9H-x8r6hV31qerQwbxUKGv7O0hspK4o48NYGZ3oSQghU1Rc2drD5N82BgUcgNPKeRHcisA0MR1AykeA4-_XsoHcc7RhsQcCAQpaSFlSHLpNlU5MhNDnQ/s477/15%20Windsor%20Wax%20Co.%20fire,%20Hoboken,%20NJ,%20ca.%20mid%201930s%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="463" data-original-width="477" height="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7WPN1Y5lOXfQv45JpDwrACMUXc8S4YwkMyQ_DU04JgIR_R2TyPZ-Fz9sJSgC16nrmqAwVKX9H-x8r6hV31qerQwbxUKGv7O0hspK4o48NYGZ3oSQghU1Rc2drD5N82BgUcgNPKeRHcisA0MR1AykeA4-_XsoHcc7RhsQcCAQpaSFlSHLpNlU5MhNDnQ/w400-h389/15%20Windsor%20Wax%20Co.%20fire,%20Hoboken,%20NJ,%20ca.%20mid%201930s%20(2).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Fire struck the Windsor Wax Co. at 611 Newark Ave. in Hoboken in the 1930s. The building survived the blaze. </span></div><p></p>PATERSON FIRE JOURNALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17514433931576220056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266447340343676582.post-66733761151665605332023-02-01T15:58:00.006+00:002023-02-01T15:58:40.500+00:00FLYING FELINE - 1941<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxI7ptt0oYMN1zVDypEn7q0A1OE9tFyRSRj_F870ShV2LUG0SNA-C4L7az5RMn-rjpGTt5V8i_mxr-MMZ_fcbKVUa0sv2Q0RTURFyGqWbZVWgdLeaxEsD-aWLglaBaIqN0wvvoJwaOx6G1g22HWfdx739IqBfQAZJ8mDoQS6ugBeuLLJyHXuk2lHbWow/s639/pfd-1941-december-9-news-cat-rescue-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="639" data-original-width="430" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxI7ptt0oYMN1zVDypEn7q0A1OE9tFyRSRj_F870ShV2LUG0SNA-C4L7az5RMn-rjpGTt5V8i_mxr-MMZ_fcbKVUa0sv2Q0RTURFyGqWbZVWgdLeaxEsD-aWLglaBaIqN0wvvoJwaOx6G1g22HWfdx739IqBfQAZJ8mDoQS6ugBeuLLJyHXuk2lHbWow/w430-h640/pfd-1941-december-9-news-cat-rescue-1.jpg" width="430" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; font-size: 13.2px;"><u style="font-size: xx-small;">Photo</u><span style="font-size: xx-small;">: </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Paterson News via Paterson Fire History<br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; font-size: 13.2px;">Frisky feline acrobatics - an amazing news photography - at 51 Fair Street in Paterson, New Jersey, on Dec. 6, 1941. As firefighters attempted to rescue her, a grey cat belonging to Mrs. Fanny Levinson survived a daredevil dive unscathed after more than a day meowing perched atop a 40-foot wash-line pole. Once home, Mrs. Levinson fed the frightened flying cat a bowl of milk</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; font-size: 13.2px;">.</span><p></p>PATERSON FIRE JOURNALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17514433931576220056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266447340343676582.post-2231001409393294072023-01-26T20:20:00.008+00:002023-01-26T20:23:13.030+00:00PARK THEATRE - 1974<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqCORZ2TxrmeLjMQx7MgjNsdTPHAl5DIIV-HXNsuMFWiSnAtLL-pR0kaTLbDbJSXOLfCZiKNpm8HS9upJJUdN9fyMn8ItlUhXGPc-0hxDU24yd0lv6FBmvPVtF-CborHsVAJk69Lk-yPpoVfc17Aiwe7Krln4QLNmURGyqdMi9Xr8MOVFOBDph7swU6A/s1024/caldwelltheater.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="747" data-original-width="1024" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqCORZ2TxrmeLjMQx7MgjNsdTPHAl5DIIV-HXNsuMFWiSnAtLL-pR0kaTLbDbJSXOLfCZiKNpm8HS9upJJUdN9fyMn8ItlUhXGPc-0hxDU24yd0lv6FBmvPVtF-CborHsVAJk69Lk-yPpoVfc17Aiwe7Krln4QLNmURGyqdMi9Xr8MOVFOBDph7swU6A/w400-h291/caldwelltheater.webp" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br />Fire destroyed the Park Theatre in Caldwell, New Jersey, in 1974. The theater was constructed in the 1920s.</span>PATERSON FIRE JOURNALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17514433931576220056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266447340343676582.post-73351284211758940522023-01-25T19:23:00.010+00:002023-01-25T19:36:16.084+00:00ATLANTIC COAST FIBERS - 2021<p><span style="background-color: white;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCGo1kAGJUWAdJ7cuiNpwzlGzsv9-WAFtgEOiZ46cBYAb5VLZL6dDkjD8RjmUMT4S3CTJ0vUaAvopf80jQrASs6ks_idKIwPDuKJxP4bF-m6X3J2CJiUQXyiNX30VPUTb2jQynYmbrsYvzMIPfJAnihJqdjhmGZnaLgLDnBITWCBE7k5Mzkf4YZV8huA/s1050/passaic2021.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="589" data-original-width="1050" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCGo1kAGJUWAdJ7cuiNpwzlGzsv9-WAFtgEOiZ46cBYAb5VLZL6dDkjD8RjmUMT4S3CTJ0vUaAvopf80jQrASs6ks_idKIwPDuKJxP4bF-m6X3J2CJiUQXyiNX30VPUTb2jQynYmbrsYvzMIPfJAnihJqdjhmGZnaLgLDnBITWCBE7k5Mzkf4YZV8huA/w400-h225/passaic2021.webp" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br />On Jan. 29-30, 2021, an 11-alarm fire - accompanied by an explosion - ripped through the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: georgia;"><span>Atlantic Coast Fibers recycling plant on 7th Street in Passaic. The business employed 70 people. </span><span style="color: #101010;">"Firefighters realized that we could not make any headway, and the fire was getting up and over us into the roof. We had to back out," Passaic Fire Chief Patrick Trentacost told CBS. The site covered five acres.</span></span><p></p>PATERSON FIRE JOURNALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17514433931576220056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266447340343676582.post-87889995373702062082023-01-25T14:27:00.008+00:002023-01-25T16:51:30.196+00:00CLIFFSIDE DYE - 1980<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDR7mAVm9wm0JMhNl_fBiLrX3wtne6NH7Z1QeIHLxZOvpJats4dEBG9bcg6w02Qkv5viB-uZeKPArmu-ZfHUbumr_wjpF3asK8-P8AW-6uTwTg5Zvqo8-o7g8DFP2q048JzFTFUEbXeGzEVS6aQcrbSmrerOoriBQiRkl5rT2mhpXhwUxT_N8PfK6noA/s307/cliffsidedye.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="307" data-original-width="206" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDR7mAVm9wm0JMhNl_fBiLrX3wtne6NH7Z1QeIHLxZOvpJats4dEBG9bcg6w02Qkv5viB-uZeKPArmu-ZfHUbumr_wjpF3asK8-P8AW-6uTwTg5Zvqo8-o7g8DFP2q048JzFTFUEbXeGzEVS6aQcrbSmrerOoriBQiRkl5rT2mhpXhwUxT_N8PfK6noA/w429-h640/cliffsidedye.jpg" width="429" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_0ZaH2zneXOiE24b8fKXa-4WJxgWepmDByNkIVs71n5cn_meOlduEqM_vD6VdJ5iLt9um7RfBwZd3KO27ncqWQ8i3iTdMiRncWYE0o8vz7dYcMEYEPEjEX9qGaDkEz6j3XJLB3s064X0DQSl_g1JnKwv9uOucYG5lIMC39CY1NNpyaH8bil6MBQ7apQ/s320/cliffside2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="224" data-original-width="320" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_0ZaH2zneXOiE24b8fKXa-4WJxgWepmDByNkIVs71n5cn_meOlduEqM_vD6VdJ5iLt9um7RfBwZd3KO27ncqWQ8i3iTdMiRncWYE0o8vz7dYcMEYEPEjEX9qGaDkEz6j3XJLB3s064X0DQSl_g1JnKwv9uOucYG5lIMC39CY1NNpyaH8bil6MBQ7apQ/w400-h280/cliffside2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><u>Photo</u>: </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Paterson Retired Firefighters</span><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">A general alarm gutted the vacant Cliffside Dye Works at 99 Cliff St. in Paterson on April 8, 1980 - the fourth suspicious blaze in a year.<br /></span><br />The 90-year-old mill was engulfed when firefighters arrived - and its walls partially collapsed as the flames raged.<br /><br />"You just pour water on it," Deputy Fire Chief Solomon Reines told the Paterson News. "There is nothing to save." <br /><br />Paterson was known as the "Silk City" for its bustling textile industry during the late 19th Century and early 20th Century. <br /><br />However, textile firms went bust and empty mills went up in flames when the industry moved to the U.S. south, where wages were lower, and then offshore.<br /><br />Box 123 as transmitted at 9:35 a.m. - and "it couldn't possibly get going like that unless it had some help," Fire Chief Harold Kane said.<br /></span></p>PATERSON FIRE JOURNALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17514433931576220056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266447340343676582.post-16227800841419899572023-01-24T20:46:00.007+00:002023-01-24T20:53:22.000+00:005 ALARMS IN NEWARK<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #242424; letter-spacing: 1.2px; text-align: justify;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #242424; letter-spacing: 1.2px; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Century Gothic", sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #242424; font-family: arial; letter-spacing: 0.9pt; line-height: 107%;">On
July 7, 1951, the first five-alarm fire in the history of the Newark Fire
Department struck the Warren Maritime Petroleum Corporation at Port Newark.
"The fire involved exploding LPG tanks which flew hundreds of feet in the
air," according to the Newark Fire Department's website.</span></span></p><p></p>PATERSON FIRE JOURNALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17514433931576220056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266447340343676582.post-48100703708150848672023-01-20T21:53:00.017+00:002023-02-01T17:16:36.507+00:00LINDEN - 1970<span style="font-family: georgia;">"<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">On December 5, 1970, a very unusual fire occurred at the Exxon Refinery in Linden. A giant explosion, followed by ignition of several storage tanks, caused structural damage to homes as far as 7 miles from the site. The incident was followed by the almost instantaneous looting of stores whose windows had been blown away. Miraculously, no one was seriously injured." - Elizabeth Fire Department website</span></span>PATERSON FIRE JOURNALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17514433931576220056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266447340343676582.post-10529650053619355962023-01-20T20:14:00.013+00:002023-02-02T15:02:21.389+00:00WYCKOFF - 1935<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">On Nov. 24, 1935, fire struck the Christian Sanitorium in Wyckoff. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Two patients died in the blaze that destroyed one of the sanitorium's five buildings. Paterson, </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Hawthorne, Midland Park and Franklin Lakes provided mutual aid. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Nurses saved many patients. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The victims were identified as Barbara Sinke, 47, of Prospect Park, and Mary Duke, 77, of Bayonne, according to an Associated Press story in the St. Petersburg Times in Florida.</span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span><p></p>PATERSON FIRE JOURNALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17514433931576220056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266447340343676582.post-63673399115179047302023-01-18T14:04:00.028+00:002023-01-19T01:51:45.502+00:00DEAR OLD DAD - 1956<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhab2eaKrTI-fK4aTqH1KIW5m4vggx-VtXHVg6EJXRPf-LFeoN4spSq2ijxZCEi1gX58v7_uN6d3yJJQT-Yp9ysOYDg_mOo6Xh6OAxjk9JnTy6K-W8xVnFEDJFE-eOBKMVyp7EPrWR9JrRYSmu24ow-YUF6RPUiNrX4y1FmROPQcmH9yNoHTF2ACfgug/s800/pfd-1956-feb-8-main-market-photo-1_orig.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="676" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhab2eaKrTI-fK4aTqH1KIW5m4vggx-VtXHVg6EJXRPf-LFeoN4spSq2ijxZCEi1gX58v7_uN6d3yJJQT-Yp9ysOYDg_mOo6Xh6OAxjk9JnTy6K-W8xVnFEDJFE-eOBKMVyp7EPrWR9JrRYSmu24ow-YUF6RPUiNrX4y1FmROPQcmH9yNoHTF2ACfgug/w338-h400/pfd-1956-feb-8-main-market-photo-1_orig.jpg" width="338" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><br /><b>By Vinny Del Giudice<br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Paterson Fire Journal</span><br /></b><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">While doing research, your Fire Journal editor stumbled upon an article in the Paterson Morning Call mentioning his father, also named Vincent Del Giudice, during his time as a Paterson General Hospital ambulance surgeon. </span><br /></span><br />Dr. Del Giudice, then 34, treated seven Paterson firefighters at a two-alarm fire at the Elbow Building at Main and Market streets on Feb. 9, 1956. The article also mentioned his sidekick, ambulance driver Barney Ritchie.<br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiadSqwgYsqtjhy3nHxDmUAOF3XHNWLsf_1zIvje4-TINkYq6Qrej8wVPkGi7VG8m4pFw1ykNEyrn7GTKQ00lAR6x-K_JdckTA6DpUtUx3RU42UotL287bGz0ysrrbtshRdlM3LqBWnGFUYqjqty34JiP_n97iR4kxBSv36zPu-ErbglOza4ijMuhDZMA/s667/pfd1956-feb-8-father.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="430" data-original-width="667" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiadSqwgYsqtjhy3nHxDmUAOF3XHNWLsf_1zIvje4-TINkYq6Qrej8wVPkGi7VG8m4pFw1ykNEyrn7GTKQ00lAR6x-K_JdckTA6DpUtUx3RU42UotL287bGz0ysrrbtshRdlM3LqBWnGFUYqjqty34JiP_n97iR4kxBSv36zPu-ErbglOza4ijMuhDZMA/w400-h258/pfd1956-feb-8-father.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">The grainy photo below shows Barney (to far right with his trademark cap) administering oxygen to the firefighters:<br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY7rW5DTxN9VCgnrUmsPWLlyy1xR7HwKLh7OclR-TeZDIrBKGaMjJoWRnqQEUsSl2IKKqTl5GvW00-2BfuDcYKw4KdExhmwqhQj9I-dWoN84uJkH2S-oQGZfnLm2s0jwAverA9hToBmOAVqygLbkW8NQGVL2-HuyvJ8CscPyEN2uL2RlElkOr5XnJ7-w/s692/pfd-1956-feb-8-main-market-photo-2_orig.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="584" data-original-width="692" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY7rW5DTxN9VCgnrUmsPWLlyy1xR7HwKLh7OclR-TeZDIrBKGaMjJoWRnqQEUsSl2IKKqTl5GvW00-2BfuDcYKw4KdExhmwqhQj9I-dWoN84uJkH2S-oQGZfnLm2s0jwAverA9hToBmOAVqygLbkW8NQGVL2-HuyvJ8CscPyEN2uL2RlElkOr5XnJ7-w/w400-h338/pfd-1956-feb-8-main-market-photo-2_orig.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br />Your editor was unable to locate a photo of his "Old Man" at the fire. <br /><br />My father was a resident physician at the time and ambulance duty was a rite of passage - and he didn't like it, especially after serving as a medic in World War Two. He was at Normandy, Iwo Jima and Okinawa aboard a U.S. Coast Guard troop transport. <br /><br />The residents wore white tunics, white trousers and white shoes, not necessarily the best attire for attending a fire. Then again, they did travel in style as ambulances of that era were often Cadillacs, at least in North Jersey.<br /><br />As for the blaze itself, the first alarm was transmitted for Box 472 at 6</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">:05 p.m. for Engines 1, 4 and 5 and Truck 2. The second alarm was stuck at 6:28 p.m. bringing Engines 6 and 9 and Truck 3 to the scene.<br /><br />I image the Paterson General Hospital ambulance with my father and Barney rolled on the second alarm - at dinner time.<br /></span></span><p></p>PATERSON FIRE JOURNALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17514433931576220056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266447340343676582.post-67515899995841377212023-01-18T08:19:00.052+00:002023-01-20T22:52:37.388+00:00TRIO OF 3-ALARMERS<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Paterson was the scene of three simultaneous three-alarm fires on <span style="background-color: white;">Jan. 26, 1926. At 12:25 a.m., Box 472 at </span><span style="background-color: white;">Main and Market Streets, two commercial buildings. At 12:35 a.m., Box </span><span style="background-color: white;">514 at Market and Cross streets, a tenement. At 1 a.m. at Box 23 </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">River and Warren streets, a feed and grain store and other wooden buildings. Haledon, Prospect Park, Passaic and Clifton sent assistance, the Paterson Guardian newspaper said.</span></span><br /></div><p></p>PATERSON FIRE JOURNALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17514433931576220056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266447340343676582.post-12066986686822464502023-01-16T18:53:00.008+00:002023-01-16T20:42:30.367+00:00PERTH AMBOY - 1921<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsamPtEY5G01WY8NUE5YnRn3fFKlyTx0RcPXW9xb3Bm9o39CFS2PmzwTe8jjrGBksLcLslDJhscsVpEokrjqRHPcW-DaEqOud2md3g3YCV9Q-xCM-M6HV1X-HdXM8ER3KzWX0vgQbgcF-_1U8XStomocdcoS48ghyriL7NUtQj8Lzf2yenMuhSjmmM9Q/s165/perthamboy1921%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="106" data-original-width="165" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsamPtEY5G01WY8NUE5YnRn3fFKlyTx0RcPXW9xb3Bm9o39CFS2PmzwTe8jjrGBksLcLslDJhscsVpEokrjqRHPcW-DaEqOud2md3g3YCV9Q-xCM-M6HV1X-HdXM8ER3KzWX0vgQbgcF-_1U8XStomocdcoS48ghyriL7NUtQj8Lzf2yenMuhSjmmM9Q/w320-h206/perthamboy1921%20(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEganaZfgrRaMu0OIpRuAEE8qFzOiYh3D-ND6rJGI-v8d_J2QDanSTKoixiOo_9lImkOaK5DJIlrhx8rTePoqUOEeu2CULa_BESy3tGxboKc4JCAhjTBOCAOr_TQUkCPXW7PcP8HYWRAPlFvtmEkOWQ3lhPCGjrSIDN7uSYG0XVk9c7BlZkIGZQGfljt4g/s225/perthamboy1921%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="106" data-original-width="225" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEganaZfgrRaMu0OIpRuAEE8qFzOiYh3D-ND6rJGI-v8d_J2QDanSTKoixiOo_9lImkOaK5DJIlrhx8rTePoqUOEeu2CULa_BESy3tGxboKc4JCAhjTBOCAOr_TQUkCPXW7PcP8HYWRAPlFvtmEkOWQ3lhPCGjrSIDN7uSYG0XVk9c7BlZkIGZQGfljt4g/w320-h150/perthamboy1921%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">On June 15, 1921, a Perth Amboy fire engine racing to a blaze at a junk shop collided with an express train at the Market Street crossing of the Central Railway of New Jersey, killing nine volunteer firefighters.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; font-size: 13.2px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; font-size: 13.2px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">It's believed to be the largest loss of fire service personnel in 20th Century New Jersey.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">Seven of the men aboard Engine Company 4 died instantly, including the driver. The crossing gates were open and witnesses said the train was traveling faster than usual. The New York Times said the locomotive was "flying."</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">The flagman said there wasn't enough time to close the gates and he tried to stop traffic waving a red flag.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">The magazine Fire and Water Engineering said the fire engine "</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; line-height: 14.124px;">recoiled" and "spun" after slamming into the second car on the train. The victims were dragged as far as 100 feet down the track. The train also came close to nicking an auto at the crossing.<br /><br />The fire at </span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">the junk shop of H.
Rudderman on South Second Street was inconsequential. </span></span><p></p>PATERSON FIRE JOURNALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17514433931576220056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266447340343676582.post-3478887375437794342023-01-16T18:43:00.001+00:002023-01-16T18:43:39.123+00:00OLD CENTRAL<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAo5BmjwylQ8VDNqAQ-aUY6_O5t28TOOeJ8yuu4KeVMouv0i3wdgHLjDiwTQ2OI4KN6Vk_gfocmfP31eKBt7O_khUs5fbMXBLBXLhYI4EVuGUDnjsAQvKo4D9Cohu-ss37w4zxQkw4RnNTU50DORpfBgY8qAhSXaHaTsmK6G025InDdyNMTKFmcVvQog/s705/patfd-vanhouten.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="443" data-original-width="705" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAo5BmjwylQ8VDNqAQ-aUY6_O5t28TOOeJ8yuu4KeVMouv0i3wdgHLjDiwTQ2OI4KN6Vk_gfocmfP31eKBt7O_khUs5fbMXBLBXLhYI4EVuGUDnjsAQvKo4D9Cohu-ss37w4zxQkw4RnNTU50DORpfBgY8qAhSXaHaTsmK6G025InDdyNMTKFmcVvQog/w400-h251/patfd-vanhouten.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Paterson's central fire station, 115 Van Houten St., opened March 19, 1912 as quarters of Engine Co. 1 and Engine Co. 5. Later that year, Truck Co. 2 moved in. In 1982, it was replaced by the Madison Avenue station, on former site of Paterson General Hospital.</span></span></div><p></p>PATERSON FIRE JOURNALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17514433931576220056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266447340343676582.post-15055421550160264092023-01-16T18:35:00.002+00:002023-01-16T18:35:18.938+00:00CLOSE CALL - 1958<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1swccw4cO3vEUDOWJVgvpDgBZ_hjU5Iz26zLUDvK1WXbtg6mjnpDqddM8ttq9YM02FAeuS-Y4LfTA_8qXncgl45rlAzvJhjlXdGVrgzUe-dVR4s22pZRAq6SWIUdded1ZQUkAgZo_VX5F0mwR2Tb-5Gn6E0MIwI_zmOQoN5JSlIKv8LtG5Ujpk1PXWg/s400/patfd-2ndalarm1958.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="320" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1swccw4cO3vEUDOWJVgvpDgBZ_hjU5Iz26zLUDvK1WXbtg6mjnpDqddM8ttq9YM02FAeuS-Y4LfTA_8qXncgl45rlAzvJhjlXdGVrgzUe-dVR4s22pZRAq6SWIUdded1ZQUkAgZo_VX5F0mwR2Tb-5Gn6E0MIwI_zmOQoN5JSlIKv8LtG5Ujpk1PXWg/w320-h400/patfd-2ndalarm1958.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><u><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">Photo</span></u><span style="font-family: georgia;">: Paterson Retired Firefighters</span></span></div></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In 1958, a backdraft at two-alarm fire at 144 East Main St., Paterson, injured Deputy Chief Daniel J. Carroll, Firefighter Daniel Elkovich and Firefighter Nicholas Ricciardi.</span></span></div><p></p>PATERSON FIRE JOURNALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17514433931576220056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266447340343676582.post-13293458484870407292023-01-16T18:27:00.001+00:002023-01-17T17:55:40.929+00:00HACKENSACK FIRE PATROL 1876-1921<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">By Hackensack Fire Department</span></b><br /></span></p><p style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Hackensack Fire Patrol No. 1 was organized for the protection of
property taken from burning buildings. </span><br /><br />The members were appointed
deputy sheriffs and put into service on July 4, 1876 with 10 men to preserve
order during the centennial parade and fireworks show.<br /><br />On March 14, 1879, the
state legislature passed an act defining the duties of the patrol and
specifying that the company should have 20 men. <br /><br />In May 1887, the
Hackensack Improvement Commission granted the application of the Fire Patrol
for an improved equipment, and in August 1887 a new wagon equipped with canvas
covers, stretchers, ropes, lanterns, etc. was delivered to the Company and
housed in the quarters of Relief H & L Co. 2., where it was organized. <br /><br />In
February 1893, the wagon was moved to the firehouse on Mercer Street. <br /><br />In 1896, they
had 17 members.<br /><br />In 1921, the patrol was reorganized as a fire department salvage unit.</span></p>PATERSON FIRE JOURNALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17514433931576220056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266447340343676582.post-54377133320914200582023-01-16T02:53:00.091+00:002023-01-17T17:53:02.531+00:00KIRKER CHEMICAL - 1985<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0UueAX_hVe-1sQbh9S7ycvWVttomWIo-1oRU3jDRGs0-g3T1wSn_PEya8HnyAJC2VOWQFZF-9xvEWhq6dUDWCo3Re6XYKv-bSoIhk2uVCYNte1CisrQRS2F40hMzNFA5QANV_t4JQERK-73XytEClJySiHEzSzjHhB_SE9JRCFjsGgG50U1zwd2XFBw/s857/pfd-kirker-100985%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="545" data-original-width="857" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0UueAX_hVe-1sQbh9S7ycvWVttomWIo-1oRU3jDRGs0-g3T1wSn_PEya8HnyAJC2VOWQFZF-9xvEWhq6dUDWCo3Re6XYKv-bSoIhk2uVCYNte1CisrQRS2F40hMzNFA5QANV_t4JQERK-73XytEClJySiHEzSzjHhB_SE9JRCFjsGgG50U1zwd2XFBw/w400-h255/pfd-kirker-100985%20(2).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><u>Photo</u>: Paterson News</span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">Firefighter Rich Nocholas told The New York Times he saw "a big fire ball - it was sailing through the roof "of the Kirker Chemical Company in Paterson on Oct. 8, 1985. The three-alarm blaze forced the evacuations of 200 residents. Three workers escaped from the burning plant that produced nail polish and auto paint. Paterson firefighters used foam and water to contain the flames, the Times said.</span> </div><p></p>PATERSON FIRE JOURNALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17514433931576220056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266447340343676582.post-48022274724875312752022-01-15T14:36:00.011+00:002022-01-15T14:58:47.335+00:00PASSAIC BURNING - 2022<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhjCWlHftueEmLDdP2H8NBzSEOirKiCdCwzuRtAuLgEFbDM_-dwWw7GoWRLBC65uUI_n-bUXyOo5w4_zsFH9Rly2QaSn5taeluOdz81_ldJw2NXT-CDU_xgnFajJLtndYVfxvCaH0HXNkjCS-0dX1S9MVECJCw-jSvo1RBK3RuaOQExvi3R68E78LA4ng=s780" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="470" data-original-width="780" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhjCWlHftueEmLDdP2H8NBzSEOirKiCdCwzuRtAuLgEFbDM_-dwWw7GoWRLBC65uUI_n-bUXyOo5w4_zsFH9Rly2QaSn5taeluOdz81_ldJw2NXT-CDU_xgnFajJLtndYVfxvCaH0HXNkjCS-0dX1S9MVECJCw-jSvo1RBK3RuaOQExvi3R68E78LA4ng=w400-h241" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;">Call it a signature North Jersey factory fire. </span><br /><br />On Jan. 14-15, 2002, an 11-alarm<span color="var(--color-text)" style="background-color: white;"> blaze burned through the night at </span></span><span color="var(--color-text)" style="background-color: white;"><span>Majestic Industries and the Qualco chemical plant in Passaic, engulfing adjacent buildings.<br /><br />"</span><span style="color: #2c2f34;">There have been bad fires before, but this is the worst I’ve ever seen,” Passaic Mayor Hector Lora said. In 1985, </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: georgia;">Passaic's Labor Day fire gutted dozens on structures and took the fire of a </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Secaucus </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: georgia;">firefighter who suffered a heart attack.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span color="var(--color-text)" style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #2c2f34;"><br /><br />A flammable combination of p</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #303030;">lastics, wooden pallets and chlorine were stored in the building bordering the Passaic River where the latest fire started, </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #303030; font-family: georgia;">Passaic Fire Chief Patrick Trentacost told reporters.<br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br />On Jan. 30, 2019, a fire of similar magnitude leveled the famed Marcal Paper Company in Elmwood Park.<br /></span></span><p></p>PATERSON FIRE JOURNALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17514433931576220056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266447340343676582.post-60819915913209249692021-07-14T00:40:00.017+01:002023-02-02T14:52:26.104+00:00PATERSON TRAIN DISASTER - 1899<span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>On Nov. 29, 1899, Paterson firefighters wielding axes and saws worked with police to free passengers from wreck of the Buffalo Express at the Van Winkle Street rail crossing. </span>A train bound for Hoboken sped through a signal and crashed into the express as it waited near the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad station - killing six people and injuring 21 others, according to The New York Times.</span>PATERSON FIRE JOURNALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17514433931576220056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266447340343676582.post-65667648304134248282021-07-12T22:54:00.002+01:002021-07-12T22:57:23.246+01:00FRANKLIN LAKES - 2019<p></p><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd_y2l_6Slu5KT_tTisaJ4rrTbrplLTvP8T8_vU18fzuaXzkyTAg2LRvn9R53L-y4Rg47pG88Qyr77G3IBRxU0MDVuRK-qtIBCJv_hEVLlJSPSafZSd5shl-2F2KJ8lbdKGBQvec0EdwQm/w551-h323/mbs+abc+7+5747305_121119-wabc-church-fire-arson-with-mug-img.jpg" width="551" /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />Photo: ABC7</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">An arson fire leveled the Most Blessed Sacrament Church in Franklin Lakes on Dec. 12, 2019.</span><br /><br />James Mayers, 27, was found not guilty by reason of insanity, committed to Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital and ordered to remain under court supervision until December 2049, according to NorthJersey.com.<br /><br />At a 2020 court hearing, <span style="background-color: white; color: #303030;">psychiatrist Steven Simring characterized Mayers as "religiously preoccupied" and hoping to reach "religious purity" by setting a blaze.<br /></span></span><p></p>PATERSON FIRE JOURNALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17514433931576220056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266447340343676582.post-71454430419961381632021-07-12T17:43:00.009+01:002021-07-12T23:08:36.130+01:00LAKE DENMARK - 1926 <p><span face="Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Geneva, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #45444a; font-size: 17px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixqlO2z1YNMVPnVdZbC4cqebNJ0JePBQfZGAS3IhaogPmIfhOB8Jqp8UaQeiZo0vr2uXI5Rg7SfyCOQzUGMt8jIyxRU4m59E_XwB8EnSogYOnlv02k9HuGu-MTBmlQs9RxtQIggbD-4IMm/s800/lake+denmark+c_scale%252Cfl_progressive%252Cq_80%252Cw_800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="591" data-original-width="800" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixqlO2z1YNMVPnVdZbC4cqebNJ0JePBQfZGAS3IhaogPmIfhOB8Jqp8UaQeiZo0vr2uXI5Rg7SfyCOQzUGMt8jIyxRU4m59E_XwB8EnSogYOnlv02k9HuGu-MTBmlQs9RxtQIggbD-4IMm/w501-h279/lake+denmark+c_scale%252Cfl_progressive%252Cq_80%252Cw_800.jpg" width="501" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The disaster killed 21 people and destroyed almost 200 build</span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #45444a;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">ings.</span><br /></span></span>PATERSON FIRE JOURNALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17514433931576220056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266447340343676582.post-17971007595877851802019-11-07T13:08:00.001+00:002019-11-07T13:08:43.795+00:00WONDER DOG<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Ralph the Wonder Dog, mascot of Jersey City's Engine 6, posing in 1975</span></span></div>
PATERSON FIRE JOURNALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17514433931576220056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266447340343676582.post-29998148612459079852019-11-06T20:46:00.000+00:002019-11-07T13:03:32.144+00:00FAIRYLAND FIRE, PATERSON - 1955<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">On Jan. 15, 1955, a fairyland display in a Paterson home went up in flames during a fund-raising party, claiming the life of its sponsor, Emma Ench. </span><br /><br />The 1,200 square-foot display featured 500 characters from nursery rhymes and story books, according to The Morning Call newspaper.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /><br />It was built to raise funds for the Damon Runyon Cancer Fund in memory of Ench's mother, who died of cancer.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Hundreds of people had visited the display, called the "Land of Let's Believe," over the holidays.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br />The blaze was apparently sparked by a marshmallow that fell onto the display erected in the basement of the home.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /><br />Ench suffered burns trying to extinguish the flames with a pitcher of water.<br /><br />Firefighter Reginald Ripley pulled her from the first floor "and almost dropped from the intense heat and smoke," the newspaper said.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /><br />Twenty-five men, women and children escaped up a stairway with s</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ix suffering injuries.<br /><br />Box 347 was transmitted for 95 Totowa Ave. at 6:42 p.m. </span>PATERSON FIRE JOURNALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17514433931576220056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266447340343676582.post-11613741879764679002019-11-06T16:25:00.040+00:002023-01-24T21:13:01.966+00:00NEWARK - 1978 <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #242424; letter-spacing: 1.2px; text-align: justify;">On May 26, 1978, three major fires struck Newark - including a pair of four alarmers. "The first leveled 16 wood frame tenements at Avon Avenue and Ridgewood (and) a scant six hours later, fire destroyed nine buildings at Mt. Prospect and 6th Avenue," </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #242424; letter-spacing: 1.2px; text-align: justify;">the Newark Fire Department website said. "As the fire on Mt. Prospect Avenue was being fought a two-alarm blaze broke out in three buildings at High and Crane streets."<br /></span></span></div>
PATERSON FIRE JOURNALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17514433931576220056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266447340343676582.post-149313636890713052019-11-03T17:03:00.003+00:002019-11-07T13:50:23.861+00:00PATERSON PROJECTS - 1980 <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Ladder up! Paterson firefighters knocked down an apartment blaze with a ladder pipe at the Christopher Columbus Projects in February 1980. The projects - nicknamed CCP - included four 16-story towers, which have since been demolished.</span></div>
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<span class="hasCaption" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On Sept. 3, 1953, fire crews contended with a three-alarm blaze at 80 Pennington Street, Paterson, N.J. Box 156 was transmitted at 8:05 p.m. Photograph from Vince Marchese collection.</span></div>
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