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Kossup, Stanley Story1635 views

Olvaney, William1618 viewsEngine Company 6

Kossup, Stanley1600 viewsFire Director
1960
Photo shows Stanley as a rookie.

Kossup, Stanley1594 viewsFire Director
1960
Photo shows Stanley as a rookie.

Caufield, Fire Director John1568 viewsPhoto from Stan Kossup

Kossup, Stanley Story1548 views

Donlan, James1516 viewsEngine Company 6

Redden, Chief1487 viewsPhoto from Stan Kossup

Keifrider, Elmer1485 viewsTruck Company 8
1963

Hurle, Captain Eugene1471 viewsMIchael McGrath (l)
Photo from Cathy Knapp

McGrath, Captain Michael1462 viewsCaptain Eugene Hurle (r)
Photo from Cathy Knapp

Rescue with Stanley Kossup1459 views

Hegel, George1422 viewsTruck Company 7

Newark Firemen 1950s1403 viewsPhoto from Bill J.

Van Houton, James E.1390 viewsAsst. Fire Chief

Wilson, John1380 viewsPhoto from Joyce Myers

Tighe, John Cornelius1362 viewsNewark Salvage Corps
1922/1924

Hagel, George1324 viewsTruck Company 7

Newark Riots1308 views

Durando, Edward1267 viewsFire Chief

House Fire ~19781166 viewsPhoto from Stan Kossup

Rescue with Stanley Kossup1157 views

Dolan, James1147 views

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Reilly, William1091 views(click photo to enlarge)
Photo from David Reilly

Rescue with Stanley Kossup1074 views

Owens, Lieut. Joseph J.1057 viewsLieutenant Joseph J. Owens of Company No. 3 died at the City Hospital about 6 O'Clock December 25th, 1916. He sustained a fractured skull ina collision between the truck and the Salvage Corps automobile, when the apparatus was responding to an alarm of fire from Fourteenth Avenue and South Seventh Street.

Newspaper Article1047 views

Marenghi, Vincent1044 viewsPhoto from David Reilly

Practicing with the Saftey Net1042 views

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Jersey Central Railroad Yard Fire1040 views

Memorial1037 viewsA memorial to the marines killed in the ambush in Lebanon at the
Newark Fire Academy on October 29, 1983
Photo from Stan Kossup

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July 7, 19511021 viewsFrom Robert Baptista:
I was living in Elizabeth at the time of the explosion but was too young to recall it now. My online newspaper archive indicates it happened at 1PM July 7, 1951 at the Warren Petroleum Co. 82 acre tank farm on Newark Bay. 125 Propane tanks blew up causing a fire that took six hours to bring under control. Flames shot up hundreds of feet and the smoke was visible to people in Manhattan skyscrapers and on Brooklyn beaches. Heat and a concussion shock wave were felt five miles away. The fire blew up seven rail tankcars on a siding next to Warren. A section of a tankcar flew a half-mile, landing on a gas station which ignited. Seventy-five men were working at the Warren site. Eleven men were injured but no lives were lost. The victims were treated at St. James Hospital. Property damage to Warren Petroleum and nearby plants was estimated at $5 million. Except for a favorable wind, 1.5 million gallons of gasoline stored at the Atlantic Petroleum Co. would have blown up. The cause of the explosion was not immediately known but all possibilites were being investigated including sabotage.