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Kossup, Stanley Story1638 views

Olvaney, William1619 viewsEngine Company 6

Kossup, Stanley1604 viewsFire Director
1960
Photo shows Stanley as a rookie.

Kossup, Stanley1597 viewsFire Director
1960
Photo shows Stanley as a rookie.

Caufield, Fire Director John1571 viewsPhoto from Stan Kossup

Kossup, Stanley Story1551 views

Donlan, James1520 viewsEngine Company 6

Redden, Chief1491 viewsPhoto from Stan Kossup

Keifrider, Elmer1487 viewsTruck Company 8
1963

Hurle, Captain Eugene1472 viewsMIchael McGrath (l)
Photo from Cathy Knapp

McGrath, Captain Michael1465 viewsCaptain Eugene Hurle (r)
Photo from Cathy Knapp

Rescue with Stanley Kossup1463 views

Hegel, George1427 viewsTruck Company 7

Newark Firemen 1950s1405 viewsPhoto from Bill J.

Van Houton, James E.1394 viewsAsst. Fire Chief

Wilson, John1384 viewsPhoto from Joyce Myers

Tighe, John Cornelius1365 viewsNewark Salvage Corps
1922/1924

Hagel, George1328 viewsTruck Company 7

Newark Riots1314 views

Durando, Edward1271 viewsFire Chief

House Fire ~19781171 viewsPhoto from Stan Kossup

Rescue with Stanley Kossup1162 views

Dolan, James1151 views

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Reilly, William1096 views(click photo to enlarge)
Photo from David Reilly

Rescue with Stanley Kossup1082 views

Owens, Lieut. Joseph J.1059 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 Article1050 views

Practicing with the Saftey Net1049 views

Jersey Central Railroad Yard Fire1047 views

Marenghi, Vincent1047 viewsPhoto from David Reilly

Memorial1044 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, 19511025 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.