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Rescue with Stanley Kossup2843 views

Kossup, Stanley2821 viewsFire Director
1960
Photo shows Stanley as a rookie.

Kossup, Stanley Story2745 views

Caufield, Fire Director John2734 viewsPhoto from Stan Kossup

Hurle, Captain Eugene2696 viewsMIchael McGrath (l)
Photo from Cathy Knapp

Donlan, James2670 viewsEngine Company 6

Kossup, Stanley2667 viewsFire Director
1960
Photo shows Stanley as a rookie.

Kossup, Stanley Story2663 views

Redden, Chief2662 viewsPhoto from Stan Kossup

McGrath, Captain Michael2607 viewsCaptain Eugene Hurle (r)
Photo from Cathy Knapp

Van Houton, James E.2584 viewsAsst. Fire Chief

Rescue with Stanley Kossup2582 views

2578 views(l to r) Captain Greeley, Bernie Habig & William Olvaney

Olvaney, William2574 viewsEngine Company 6

Keifrider, Elmer2571 viewsTruck Company 8
1963

Tighe, John Cornelius2524 viewsNewark Salvage Corps
1922/1924

Newark Riots2516 views

Wilson, John2515 viewsPhoto from Joyce Myers

July 7, 19512477 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.

Rescue with Stanley Kossup2442 views

Hegel, George2439 viewsTruck Company 7

Memorial2372 viewsA memorial to the marines killed in the ambush in Lebanon at the
Newark Fire Academy on October 29, 1983
Photo from Stan Kossup

House Fire ~19782369 viewsPhoto from Stan Kossup

Newark Firemen 1950s2367 viewsPhoto from Bill J.

Newspaper Article2356 views

Durando, Edward2336 viewsFire Chief

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Hagel, George2312 viewsTruck Company 7

Reilly, William2302 views(click photo to enlarge)
Photo from David Reilly

Rescue2277 views

Jersey Central Railroad Yard Fire2268 views

Engine Company 112262 views521-23 Central Avenue, corner of 9th Street
Photo from Cathy Knapp

Practicing with the Saftey Net2259 views

Last Alarm - International Fire Fighter2256 views

Rescue with Stanley Kossup2244 views

Rescue2235 views

Jersey Central Railroad Yard Fire2226 views

Marenghi, Vincent2223 viewsPhoto from David Reilly

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Newspaper Article2201 views

Rescue2192 views

Rescue2190 views

Jersey Central Railroad Yard Fire2180 views

Fire Helmet2168 views

John Tappan's Badge2166 views

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Rescue2153 views

Newspaper Article2151 views

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Rescue2140 views

Owens, Lieut. Joseph J.2137 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.