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Kossup, Stanley Story1658 views

Olvaney, William1639 viewsEngine Company 6

Kossup, Stanley1627 viewsFire Director
1960
Photo shows Stanley as a rookie.

Kossup, Stanley1613 viewsFire Director
1960
Photo shows Stanley as a rookie.

Caufield, Fire Director John1592 viewsPhoto from Stan Kossup

Kossup, Stanley Story1573 views

Donlan, James1541 viewsEngine Company 6

Redden, Chief1516 viewsPhoto from Stan Kossup

Keifrider, Elmer1506 viewsTruck Company 8
1963

Hurle, Captain Eugene1492 viewsMIchael McGrath (l)
Photo from Cathy Knapp

McGrath, Captain Michael1486 viewsCaptain Eugene Hurle (r)
Photo from Cathy Knapp

Rescue with Stanley Kossup1480 views

Hegel, George1443 viewsTruck Company 7

Newark Firemen 1950s1422 viewsPhoto from Bill J.

Van Houton, James E.1413 viewsAsst. Fire Chief

Wilson, John1408 viewsPhoto from Joyce Myers

Tighe, John Cornelius1384 viewsNewark Salvage Corps
1922/1924

Hagel, George1345 viewsTruck Company 7

Newark Riots1328 views

Durando, Edward1288 viewsFire Chief

July 7, 19511194 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 ~19781185 viewsPhoto from Stan Kossup

Rescue with Stanley Kossup1181 views

Dolan, James1164 views

1123 views

Reilly, William1119 views(click photo to enlarge)
Photo from David Reilly

Rescue with Stanley Kossup1097 views

Owens, Lieut. Joseph J.1078 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.