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Kossup, Stanley Story1763 views

Kossup, Stanley1747 viewsFire Director
1960
Photo shows Stanley as a rookie.

Olvaney, William1732 viewsEngine Company 6

Kossup, Stanley1703 viewsFire Director
1960
Photo shows Stanley as a rookie.

Caufield, Fire Director John1672 viewsPhoto from Stan Kossup

Kossup, Stanley Story1656 views

Donlan, James1640 viewsEngine Company 6

Hurle, Captain Eugene1624 viewsMIchael McGrath (l)
Photo from Cathy Knapp

Redden, Chief1612 viewsPhoto from Stan Kossup

Rescue with Stanley Kossup1606 views

Keifrider, Elmer1599 viewsTruck Company 8
1963

McGrath, Captain Michael1594 viewsCaptain Eugene Hurle (r)
Photo from Cathy Knapp

Newark Firemen 1950s1533 viewsPhoto from Bill J.

Wilson, John1525 viewsPhoto from Joyce Myers

Hegel, George1517 viewsTruck Company 7

Van Houton, James E.1496 viewsAsst. Fire Chief

Tighe, John Cornelius1485 viewsNewark Salvage Corps
1922/1924

Hagel, George1447 viewsTruck Company 7

Newark Riots1422 views

Durando, Edward1370 viewsFire Chief

Rescue with Stanley Kossup1300 views

July 7, 19511281 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.

House Fire ~19781262 viewsPhoto from Stan Kossup

Dolan, James1244 views

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Rescue with Stanley Kossup1237 views

Reilly, William1230 views(click photo to enlarge)
Photo from David Reilly

Owens, Lieut. Joseph J.1201 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.