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Rescue with Stanley Kossup2862 views

Kossup, Stanley2841 viewsFire Director
1960
Photo shows Stanley as a rookie.

Kossup, Stanley Story2768 views

Caufield, Fire Director John2749 viewsPhoto from Stan Kossup

Hurle, Captain Eugene2712 viewsMIchael McGrath (l)
Photo from Cathy Knapp

Donlan, James2694 viewsEngine Company 6

Kossup, Stanley2685 viewsFire Director
1960
Photo shows Stanley as a rookie.

Kossup, Stanley Story2682 views

Redden, Chief2682 viewsPhoto from Stan Kossup

McGrath, Captain Michael2628 viewsCaptain Eugene Hurle (r)
Photo from Cathy Knapp

Van Houton, James E.2607 viewsAsst. Fire Chief

Olvaney, William2602 viewsEngine Company 6

2600 views(l to r) Captain Greeley, Bernie Habig & William Olvaney

Rescue with Stanley Kossup2600 views

Keifrider, Elmer2594 viewsTruck Company 8
1963

Tighe, John Cornelius2542 viewsNewark Salvage Corps
1922/1924

Newark Riots2537 views

Wilson, John2536 viewsPhoto from Joyce Myers

July 7, 19512503 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 Kossup2464 views

Hegel, George2456 viewsTruck Company 7

House Fire ~19782388 viewsPhoto from Stan Kossup

Memorial2388 viewsA memorial to the marines killed in the ambush in Lebanon at the
Newark Fire Academy on October 29, 1983
Photo from Stan Kossup

Newark Firemen 1950s2387 viewsPhoto from Bill J.

Newspaper Article2372 views

Durando, Edward2353 viewsFire Chief

Hagel, George2338 viewsTruck Company 7

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Reilly, William2323 views(click photo to enlarge)
Photo from David Reilly

Rescue2297 views

Last Alarm - International Fire Fighter2281 views

Jersey Central Railroad Yard Fire2280 views

Practicing with the Saftey Net2279 views

Engine Company 112275 views521-23 Central Avenue, corner of 9th Street
Photo from Cathy Knapp

Rescue with Stanley Kossup2267 views

Rescue2252 views

Jersey Central Railroad Yard Fire2245 views

Marenghi, Vincent2240 viewsPhoto from David Reilly

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Newspaper Article2225 views

Rescue2213 views

Rescue2205 views

Jersey Central Railroad Yard Fire2199 views

Fire Helmet2190 views

John Tappan's Badge2186 views

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Rescue2174 views

Newspaper Article2165 views

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Masterson, Andy2153 views~1926

Photo from Bat Masterson

Owens, Lieut. Joseph J.2152 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.