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Rescue with Stanley Kossup2689 views

Kossup, Stanley2675 viewsFire Director
1960
Photo shows Stanley as a rookie.

Kossup, Stanley Story2610 views

Hurle, Captain Eugene2560 viewsMIchael McGrath (l)
Photo from Cathy Knapp

Caufield, Fire Director John2558 viewsPhoto from Stan Kossup

Donlan, James2526 viewsEngine Company 6

Kossup, Stanley2515 viewsFire Director
1960
Photo shows Stanley as a rookie.

Kossup, Stanley Story2507 views

Redden, Chief2479 viewsPhoto from Stan Kossup

McGrath, Captain Michael2463 viewsCaptain Eugene Hurle (r)
Photo from Cathy Knapp

Olvaney, William2427 viewsEngine Company 6

2417 views(l to r) Captain Greeley, Bernie Habig & William Olvaney

Van Houton, James E.2414 viewsAsst. Fire Chief

Keifrider, Elmer2402 viewsTruck Company 8
1963

Rescue with Stanley Kossup2397 views

Newark Riots2390 views

Tighe, John Cornelius2370 viewsNewark Salvage Corps
1922/1924

Wilson, John2363 viewsPhoto from Joyce Myers

Hegel, George2290 viewsTruck Company 7

Rescue with Stanley Kossup2270 views

Memorial2266 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 ~19782264 viewsPhoto from Stan Kossup

Newark Firemen 1950s2225 viewsPhoto from Bill J.

Durando, Edward2195 viewsFire Chief

Newspaper Article2189 views

Hagel, George2179 viewsTruck Company 7

2158 views

Jersey Central Railroad Yard Fire2149 views

Practicing with the Saftey Net2142 views

Reilly, William2142 views(click photo to enlarge)
Photo from David Reilly

Rescue2106 views

Jersey Central Railroad Yard Fire2097 views

Last Alarm - International Fire Fighter2088 views

Rescue with Stanley Kossup2072 views

Engine Company 112063 views521-23 Central Avenue, corner of 9th Street
Photo from Cathy Knapp

Rescue2060 views

July 7, 19512053 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.

Marenghi, Vincent2049 viewsPhoto from David Reilly

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Jersey Central Railroad Yard Fire2038 views

Rescue2035 views

Newspaper Article2030 views

Rescue2020 views

20032007 views

Hook & Ladder Truck2000 views

1999 views

John Tappan's Badge1996 views

Owens, Lieut. Joseph J.1991 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.