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Rescue with Stanley Kossup2810 views

Kossup, Stanley2794 viewsFire Director
1960
Photo shows Stanley as a rookie.

Kossup, Stanley Story2715 views

Caufield, Fire Director John2708 viewsPhoto from Stan Kossup

Hurle, Captain Eugene2673 viewsMIchael McGrath (l)
Photo from Cathy Knapp

Donlan, James2643 viewsEngine Company 6

Kossup, Stanley2635 viewsFire Director
1960
Photo shows Stanley as a rookie.

Kossup, Stanley Story2633 views

Redden, Chief2633 viewsPhoto from Stan Kossup

McGrath, Captain Michael2584 viewsCaptain Eugene Hurle (r)
Photo from Cathy Knapp

Van Houton, James E.2552 viewsAsst. Fire Chief

Olvaney, William2551 viewsEngine Company 6

Keifrider, Elmer2542 viewsTruck Company 8
1963

Rescue with Stanley Kossup2541 views

2540 views(l to r) Captain Greeley, Bernie Habig & William Olvaney

Tighe, John Cornelius2499 viewsNewark Salvage Corps
1922/1924

Wilson, John2488 viewsPhoto from Joyce Myers

Newark Riots2483 views

Hegel, George2414 viewsTruck Company 7

Rescue with Stanley Kossup2404 views

House Fire ~19782346 viewsPhoto from Stan Kossup

Memorial2345 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 1950s2339 viewsPhoto from Bill J.

Newspaper Article2324 views

Durando, Edward2305 viewsFire Chief

Hagel, George2288 viewsTruck Company 7

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Reilly, William2274 views(click photo to enlarge)
Photo from David Reilly

Rescue2241 views

Jersey Central Railroad Yard Fire2237 views

Practicing with the Saftey Net2231 views

Engine Company 112224 views521-23 Central Avenue, corner of 9th Street
Photo from Cathy Knapp

Last Alarm - International Fire Fighter2214 views

July 7, 19512210 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 Kossup2209 views

Marenghi, Vincent2200 viewsPhoto from David Reilly

Rescue2196 views

Jersey Central Railroad Yard Fire2193 views

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Newspaper Article2162 views

Rescue2156 views

Rescue2155 views

Jersey Central Railroad Yard Fire2138 views

John Tappan's Badge2130 views

Fire Helmet2126 views

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Rescue2113 views

Owens, Lieut. Joseph J.2112 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.