PATERSON TRAIN DISASTER - 1899

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. 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.

FRANKLIN LAKES - 2019

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An arson fire leveled the Most Blessed Sacrament Church in Franklin Lakes on Dec. 12, 2019.

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.

At a 2020 court hearing, psychiatrist Steven Simring characterized Mayers as "religiously preoccupied" and hoping to reach "religious purity" by setting a blaze.

LAKE DENMARK - 1926

On July 10, 1926, a lightning bolt set off a blast at the Lake Denmark Naval Ammunition Storage Depot in Rockaway Township. The disaster killed 21 people and destroyed almost 200 buildings.