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Rescue with Stanley Kossup2845 views

Kossup, Stanley2823 viewsFire Director
1960
Photo shows Stanley as a rookie.

Kossup, Stanley Story2746 views

Caufield, Fire Director John2735 viewsPhoto from Stan Kossup

Hurle, Captain Eugene2697 viewsMIchael McGrath (l)
Photo from Cathy Knapp

Donlan, James2671 viewsEngine Company 6

Kossup, Stanley2668 viewsFire Director
1960
Photo shows Stanley as a rookie.

Kossup, Stanley Story2664 views

Redden, Chief2663 viewsPhoto from Stan Kossup

McGrath, Captain Michael2608 viewsCaptain Eugene Hurle (r)
Photo from Cathy Knapp

Van Houton, James E.2584 viewsAsst. Fire Chief

Rescue with Stanley Kossup2583 views

2580 views(l to r) Captain Greeley, Bernie Habig & William Olvaney

Olvaney, William2575 viewsEngine Company 6

Keifrider, Elmer2572 viewsTruck Company 8
1963

Tighe, John Cornelius2525 viewsNewark Salvage Corps
1922/1924

Newark Riots2518 views

Wilson, John2515 viewsPhoto from Joyce Myers

July 7, 19512478 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 Kossup2443 views

Hegel, George2439 viewsTruck Company 7

Memorial2373 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 ~19782370 viewsPhoto from Stan Kossup

Newark Firemen 1950s2369 viewsPhoto from Bill J.

Newspaper Article2357 views

Durando, Edward2337 viewsFire Chief

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Hagel, George2312 viewsTruck Company 7

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

Rescue2279 views

Jersey Central Railroad Yard Fire2269 views

Engine Company 112263 views521-23 Central Avenue, corner of 9th Street
Photo from Cathy Knapp

Practicing with the Saftey Net2259 views

Last Alarm - International Fire Fighter2258 views

Rescue with Stanley Kossup2245 views

Rescue2236 views

Jersey Central Railroad Yard Fire2227 views

Marenghi, Vincent2224 viewsPhoto from David Reilly

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Newspaper Article2202 views

Rescue2194 views

Rescue2191 views

Jersey Central Railroad Yard Fire2181 views

Fire Helmet2170 views

John Tappan's Badge2168 views

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Rescue2155 views

Newspaper Article2152 views

Rescue2141 views

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Owens, Lieut. Joseph J.2138 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.