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1895 - 1899

CHRONOLOGICAL LISTING OF MAJOR FIRES

1895-1899

1895   Box    Time               Address   

January 1, 1895: Station at Main & Broadway Just after midnight    Liquor store
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January 18, 1895: Station 32 (North Main & Clinton) ~ 9:00 PM  186 Water Street  Dwelling
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January 19 Morning Call
January 23, 1895: ~ 11:00 PM   96 Straight Street   Ice box factory
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January 24 Morning Call
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February 5, 1895: Station 12  ~ 4:00 PM   74 Jersey Street
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February 6 Paterson News
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February 10, 1895:  37 10:04 AM   East 25th Street & 15th Avenue     2.5 story frame
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February 11 Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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February 10, 1895:  Mutual Aid to Little Falls -  Engine Company 8 and Chief Stagg
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February 11 Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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February 14, 1895:   Station 24 (Market and Vine Streets)    7:53 PM  General Alarm                                Doherty and Wadsworth Mill at Beech and Essex Street   Frozen Hydrants
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February 15 Morning Call
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March 5, 1895: Station 42 ~   2:30 PM  19 Elm Street    Carpenter Shop   Chemical 1 loses a wheel at Main and Market Streets while responding 
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March 6 Morning Call
March 18, 1895:  Station 37  8:20 AM  PS 13 at 15th Avenue and East 21st Street  Cellar Fire
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March 19 Morning Call
March 24, 1895:   ~ 4:00 PM    Eat 18th Street  2nd alarm    Ran and Co Dye factory   Fatality
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March 25 Paterson News
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April 6, 1895:  ~11:30 PM  Station 34 North West and Hamburg    57 Ryle Avenue   Dwelling
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April 8 Paterson News
April 21, 1895:  ~ 9:00 PM  19 Lawrence Street    Dwelling
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April 22 Morning Call
May 6, 1895:            125                 Ellison & Straight Streets    Landau Silk Mill
May 22, 1895: Station 21 Bridge and River Street   6:45 PM    General alarm                                                                                          Sowerbutt Carriage Factory 
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May 23 Morning Call
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June 23, 1895: Station 45 (Main & Hamilton) 93 River Street   Merrill Mill
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June 24 Morning Call
July 5, 1895:  Passaic Rolling Mill    Street issues delay Chemical 1 response
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July 6 Morning Call
July 20, 1895:  ~ 10:00 PM  Van Houten Street   Asiel's Saloon
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July 22 Morning Call
July 24, 1895: Station 12  ~ 8:00 PM   Mill & Ward Street saloon woodshed
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July 25 Morning Call
August 4, 1895:  Station 33   20 Lawrence Street   Dwelling
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August 5 Morning Call
September 6, 1895:  Station 651  North York & Lyon  9:40 PM  136 Highland Street
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September 7 Morning Call
​September 18, 1895;   53 11:55 PM  159-161 Marshall Street   2nd Alarm 
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September 19 Paterson News
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September 24, 1895:   ~ 4 PM 15th Ave & East 18th Street  2nd alarm Begg's Mill
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September 25 Morning Call
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September 27, 1895:  Station 87  Park Ave & East 25th Street   680 East 25th St
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September 28 Morning Call
October 11, 1895:  14 and 141  9:32 AM   Park Avenue   2nd alarm    Paint store
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Evening News - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
October 15, 1895:   Station 51   North 4th Street    Assistant Chief Mills inhales toxic gas
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October 16 Morning Call
November 8, 1895:  Station 186   ~7:00 PM  686 East 18th Street    Dwelling
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November 9 Morning Call
November 10, 1895:    Four fires    1:30 AM  Station 125  Landau Silk Mill Ellison St
        11:24 AM  Station 43    95 Lewis Street    Cellar fire
         6:40 PM   275 Main Street  Saloon
         11:00 PM  825 Straight Street  Chimney fire    Incident with Horses of E4
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November 11 Morning Call
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November 11 Paterson News
November 13, 1895: Station 562 (Main & Bloomfield)  2:35 PM   103 Newark Avenue
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November 14 Morning Call
November 14, 1895:  Station 124 Hamilton & Bridge  68-70 Godwin Street   Soda factory
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November 14, 1895:  ~ 11:00 PM  1014 Madison Avenue
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November 15 Paterson News
November 18, 1895: Station 46  (Broadway & Mulberry)  and also 451 (Main & Broadway)  ~ 11:07 PM   3rd alarm    Bobbin shop at River and Mulberry Streets
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November 19 Morning Call
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November 19, Paterson News
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November 25, 1895:  Station 24  5:30 PM  353-355 Market Street    Kitchen fire  Gig accident
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November 26 Morning Call
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December 5, 1895:   Station 52  Ward and Main Streets  3:30 PM  502 Main Street   Store
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December 6 Morning Call
December 29, 1895:  ~ 11:00 PM     Horse shoe shop   "Broadway Blacksmith"
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1896   Box   Time     Address          Alarm     Remarks

January 3, 1896: 6:30 AM 242-244 Grand Street   2nd alarm               Stryker Flats
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Summary of the Fire - Morning Call
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January 4, 1896:  Stations 18, 234, 231, & 182 (2nd alarm for 182)    40-42 Fulton Street
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February 18, 1896:    ~11 PM  414 Broadway             Dwelling
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February 19 Mortning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison

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February 18 Paterson News
March 1, 1896:  ~7 PM  Old Derrom Mansion at Eastside Park
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March 2 Paterson News
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April 30, 1896:  PPD Call at 7:17 PM  Station 242 (Straight and Morton)  7:20 PM and Station 237 (Park & Vreeland) at 7:40 PM   Old Derrom Mansion    Equivalent of multiple alarms
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March 1 Chronicle courtesy Dennis Morrison
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May 11, 1896:   18     3:40 PM      9 Ann Street           3rd       Hinchliffe Brewery
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May 12 Paterson News
May 11, 1896:    451                                                                  Machinist's Assc Bldg
May 12, 1896:   Station 13 (Main and Grand)  9:52 PM    405 Main Street  Split occupancy
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May 13 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
May 22, 1896:  4 AM   Market and Straight Street  
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May 24, 1896: Station 251 (Company private box)   9:50 AM  Stables at Standard Oil Works
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May 22 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
June 28, 1896:   51   11:22 PM   13 Van Houten Street    3rd      Todd Mill
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June 29 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
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July 24, 1896:    PFD supervises the torching of the Old City Hospital = The "Post House"
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July 25 Paterson News
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October 22, 1896:  Station 451  6:50 PM  176 Main Street     Lloyd store
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October 23 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
November 6, 1896:   False Alarm at North Main and Temple Streets
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November 7, 1896:  24   6 PM  Vine and Essex Street saloon
November 7, 1896:  36  9 PM  12th Avenue & East 18th Street barn
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November 15, 1896: Station 124 at12 Noon  41 Bridge Street
​                                 Private Box at 9:45 PM  Passaic Rolling Mill Gas House
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November 16 Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
December 2, 1896:   43    3:00 PM ​ 209 Huron Street   FF Injury
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December 8, 1896:   Box 14 (Market & Railroad) ~11 PM  198 Market Street
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December 9 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
December 18, 1896: 2:15 AM     Rip Van Winkle Avenue    Heavy snow retards apparatus
                                                     General Alarm          Bamford Brother's Stable/Coach House
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December 23, 1896: 451  4:20 PM 176 Main Street  Lloyd's Four & Eight Cents Store
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1897   Box   Time     Address          Alarm     Remarks

January 5, 1897:  Station 72  (old City Hall)  7:18 PM  2nd alarm  Old Hobart Mansion
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January 6 Paterson News
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January 13, 1897:  Station 451  6:45 PM   73 Broadway  Grocery store
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January 27, 1897:   Station 253 (Straight & Essex) 12:30 AM  286 Straight Street (at Morton)
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January 27 Paterson News
January 31, 1897:  153  11:43 PM    Hazel Street and Gould Avenue    Dwelling
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February 1 Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrisaon
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February 11, 1897:  Station 81 (Slater and Dale)  4:40 PM     38 Dale Avenue   Kitchen fire
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February 12 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrrison
February 20, 1897:  Incident at Passaic falls   Truck 3 Captain Stewart Taylor aids in rescue
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March 10, 1897:   ~8:00 AM   3 Hamburg Avenue
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March 26, 1897:  Station 14 (Market and Railroad)   1 1/2 Park Avenue  Barber shop
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April 17, 1897: Station 18   12:10 AM   119 Tyler Street      Boarding House
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April 21 Paterson News
May 5, 1897:   Station at 3rd Ave & Eat 19th Street  ~ 1:00 AM  127 19th Street
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May 5 Morning Call
May 18, 1897:   Station 51 (Van Houten & McGee's Alley)  Van Houten Street                                         General Alarm  Old Nightingale Cotton Mill   
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May 18 Paterson News
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July 4 and 5th  1897:  Multiple Incidents
                          1:17 AM 306 Tyler Street   Still alarm Engine 3 and Truck 3
                           5:06 PM  337 Main Street  Still alarm Chemical Company #1
                           7:30 PM  70 Ryle Avenue  Still alarm Engine 5
                           8:10 PM 12 Lake Street  Still alarm Truck 3
                           9:02 PM 61 Temple and Matlock    72 Lane Street Dwelling
                           9:09 PM 124 Bridge & Hamilton  
                                          62 Madison and Cedar
                                          34 Hamburgh & North West   House at North West and Benson
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July 6 Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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July 30, 1897:  Four small fires
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July 31 Paterson News
September 21, 1897:  ~4:00 PM   19 & 21 Van Houten Street      Bobbin maker
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​November 19, 1897: Captain John Weber & FF John Breen & John Crotty commended for
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November 26, 1897:   Station 153   Warings Hotel in Acquackanonk Township (Clifton)
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December 24, 1897:   451 (Main & Broadway)   3:04 AM   166 Main at Van Houten Streets   3rd alarm       
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December 25 & 26th, 1897:  Fire incidents
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December 27 Paterson News

1898   Box   Time     Address          Alarm     Remarks

March 18, 1898:  Station 651   111 Lyon Street    2 1/2 story frame dwelling
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April 9, 1898:    ~4 PM  Dolphin Mill Straight Street   3rd alarm
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April 10 Morning Call
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April 14 Paterson News
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April 15, 1898:  452 (Broadway & Main) ~ 11 PM    71 Main Street   Shop
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April 24, 1898:  Paterson Island Park
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April 25 Morning Call
May 2, 1898:  451 53-55 Washington Street   2nd alarm  David Boyle Co
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June 22, 1898:   8:30 PM   Washington Street    2nd alarm
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June 23 Morning Call
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July  2, 1898:    741    2:45 AM   12th Avenue & East 31st Street    3rd      Looschen Piano Co.
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July 2 Paterson News
July 4, 1898:  4:00 AM   Brick extension of Katz Brewery on Tyler Street
​       Other incidents related to July 3 and 4 celebration listed in clips below
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July 4 Morning Call
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July 3 and 4, 1898:  Multiple Holiday Incidents
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July 5 Paterson News
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August 20, 1898:   3:45 AM   1007 Madison Avenue     Dwelling
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August 24, 1898:   Station 72  5:53 AM  59-61 Washington Street   Myer's Building
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August 29, 1898:   Station 32  ~ 10 AM   55 Clinton Street   Dwelling  Child fatality
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August 31, 1898:     Station 35  ~ 6:00 PM  372 Totowa Avenue    2 story dwelling
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September 1 Paterson News
September 1, 1898:  ~1:00 AM  328 Grand Street    Saloon
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September 1 Morning Call
September 2, 1898:  ~2:00 AM   Grand Street between Mill & Jersey
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September 22, 1898:  Madison and First Avenue     Reinus Chemical firm
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September 22 Paterson News
October 5, 1898:   Construction building on Ward Street by new post office
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October 5, 1898:   ~ 6:00 PM   Main and Ellison  Norwood Store
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October 6 Morning Call
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October 6, 1898:  ~9:00 PM  68 Bridge Street    Plumbing store
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October 7 Paterson News
October 13, 1898:   Station 724 (Church & Market)  ~ 10:00 PM  179 Market Street
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October 14 Paterson News
October 17, 1898:   5:15 PM  Hay wagon on Slater Street near Main
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October 18 Morning Call
October 18, 1898:  Station 635 (6th and Madison)  8:15 PM  6th Ave and East 25th Street                                                                                 Milk Dealer's Barn
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October 19 Paterson News
October 27, 1898:  Station 512  ~1:00 AM     Atherton's Machine shop on Mill Street
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October 27 Paterson News
October 30, 1898:  ~7:00 PM  6-8 Arch Street    3 story fat
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October 31 Paterson News
November 16, 1898:  9:30 PM  23 West Street
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November 17 Morning Call
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November 20, 1898:   ~ 9:00 PM  74 Washington Street    Shed
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November 21 Morning Call
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November 22, 1898:  Station 472  (Main and Market Streets)  5:40 PM  Main Street  Marshall & Ball's Clothing store
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November 22 Paterson News
November 26, 1898: ~ 5:00 PM  Market Street  Jewelry store   Still alarm for Truck 2
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November 28 Paterson News
November 30, 1898:  Station 145  10:30 PM  17 West Street     Printing office
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December 1 Paterson News
December 7, 1898:   ~ 1:00 AM  7 Park Place     Mixed occupancy - bakery
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December 10, 1898:   ~ 8:00 PM  114 Burhans Avenue
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December 12 Paterson News
December 14, 1898:   Station 74  ~10:15 PM 586 East 25th Street    Dwelling
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December 15 Paterson News
December 16, 1898:  116 Mill Street    Chimney Fire    Still alarm Engine 4
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December 17 Morning Call
December 19, 1898:   Rubbish along River Road
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December 20 Paterson News
December 21, 1898:   146 + multiple other boxes    1:04 AM    Main and Van Houten Streets                                                                                                 2nd alarm              Continental Hall
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December 26, 1898:  45   1:21 AM     14, 16, 18 & 20 Main Street     2nd Alarm
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December 29, 1898:   Station 231  Jefferson & Garfield  ~ 8 PM    Holsman Street Barn
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December 30, 1898:   Essex Street Tunnel   Trolley wire
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December 31 Paterson News

1899   Box   Time        Address          Alarm     Remarks

January 14, 1899:  Early morning  224 River Street   Saloon
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​January 17, 1899:   72       3:50 AM                           Segars, Marks & Co
January 24, 1899:   11:30 PM  24 Fair Street   Hall Building
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January 25 Paterson News
February 6, 1899: 12:40 AM   Eastside Park Cricket Club
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​February 11, 1899: 741 4:01 AM   161 East 31st Street  2nd     Frame Dwelling
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February 15, 1899:   Station 43  (Lewis & Clay) 964-966 Madison Avenue
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February 16 Paterson News
February 23, 1899:   Riverlawn Sanatorium
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February 24 News
March 2, 1899: 9:43 AM Boiler explosion at St. Agnes school
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March 9, 1899:  Station 14  ~10 PM  6-7 Ramapo Avenue
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March 10, 1899:  4:00 PM  Tyler Street at Susquehanna crossing   Still alarm Engine 3 - Chief Stagg has response issues (blocked by train)
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April 20, 1899:  Station 72  (Police Station on Washington Street)  General Alarm   11:20 AM 
 Apollo Hall on Van Houten Street
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March 20, 1899:  Three calls for PFD starting at 4:30 AM - Engine 8 gets stuck climbing Temple Hill responding to a North 4th Street fire
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March 27, 1899:   Trolley car motor fire
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March 28 Paterson News
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March 29 Morning Call
April 1, 1899:    ~ 7:00 PM   123 Maple Avenue      Dwelling fire with fatality
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April 3 Paterson News
April 7, 1899: Station 212  Dolphin Mill  Spruce Street   5:30 PM
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April 8 Paterson News
April 29, 1899:  651  4:36 PM 252 East 16th Street   Van Winkle Estate barn
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April 15, 1899:    ~ 9:00 PM  94 Straight Street   1 story frame dwelling  Fatality
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April 17 Paterson News
April 28, 1899:   Station 13 (Grand and Main)  12:10 PM  Grand and Prince Streets  Barbour Flax
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April 29 Paterson News
April 30, 1899:  Station 472  228 Main Street  Noon   Franklin House Hostelery
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May 1 Paterson News
May 2, 1899: Station 513   7:30 AM    36 Market Street    Boarding house
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May 6, 1899:  Responding to Grand and Marshall, wheel of Chief Stagg's gig snaps off expelling the Chief
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May 8 News Clip
May 12, 1899: Station 174  6:36 AM  Eastside Dyeing & Printing
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May 25, 1899:  31 (North Main & North Straight), Station 131 (an error box)  4:15 AM    
​                 Mill at North 1st and Halpine             Capella Silk Company         Nightingale Mill
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May 29, 1899:  74 (East 25th & 12th Ave)  and Box 137 (Broadway & East 22nd)
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May 30 Paterson News
June 1899  5 PM 110 Straight at Governor Street   Holt Toweling Mill  Apparatus accident
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June 5, 1899:  Station 472 (Man & Market Streets)  4:00 AM  265-267 Main Street 
​                 General alarm  Shops
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June 5 Morning Call
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June 16, 1899:  Station 56 (Main & Barclay)  ~7:00 PM   29 Close Street   Laundry steam
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June 17 Paterson News
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June 26, 1899:  Station 514 (Cross and Passaic Street) 1:30 AM    The Third Turn Hall Fire
                     German Gymnastic Club  - 
Turn Verein (pronounced “TOORN-fair-ine”)
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July 7, 1899: Station 56 (Main & Barclay) 8:30 AM   659 Main Street
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July 11, 1899:  31   8:30 AM  42 North Straight Street
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July 27, 1899:   Station 83  4:30 AM   Pine & Slater Street Mixed occupancy
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July 31, 1899:   on Van Houten Street near Washington Street  
​               Captains Cook (Chemical 1) and Fields (E1) burned    Staten Island Cleaning Works 
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August 1 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
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August 5, 1899:  Station 451 (Main & Broadway) 6:30 PM   112 Broadway
August 6, 1899:  Station 32   11:00 AM   23 North Main Street    (PFD Horse injury)
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August 7 Paterson News
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August 17, 1899: Station 354   6:27 PM    East 37th Street  Jersey Pipe Co
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August 18 News
September 3, 1899:  Station 153 (Main & Gould) ~ 9:00 PM  Olympic Park Hotel at Lakeview
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September 5 Morning Call
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September 13, 1899:   156 (Court & Pacific Streets)    1:56 AM   Marshall & Dakota  Street                                        3rd alarm             J Brandes Silk Mill
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September 15, 1899:   Station 112 (Hill Street & Ryerson Ave) & 235 (Union & Preakness                       Aves)   270 Edmund Avenue  Barn fire
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September 16 Morning Call
September 17, 1899:  2 Boxes sounded:  212 (Dolphin Jute Mill) and 821 (Grand & Spruce)
          ~ 11 PM       Saloon fire
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September 18 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrisom
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September 18 Morning Call
September 29, 1899:   Station 61  ~1:00 PM   9, then 7 and 11 Garrison Street   3 dwellings
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September 30 Morning Call
October 2, 1899:   ~ 8:00 PM  East 7th and Peel Street   Carpenter shop
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October 3 Morning Call
October 31, 1899:   72  8:40 PM 3rd alarm - Van Houten & Washington Streets 
                                         Building adjacent to Engine Company 1 at 112 Van Houten Street
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November 12, 1899:   416  Boonstra's farm at Union & North 24th Street   Corn Stalks
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November 13 Paterson News
November 15, 1899:  Cat rescue by Chemical Company 1
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November 16 Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
November 22, 1899:  Apollo Hall   Van Houten at Church Street
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November 23 Paterson News
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November 29, 1899: Paterson firefighters wielding axes and saws worked with police to free passengers from wreck of the Buffalo Express at the Van Winkle Street rail crossing. A train bound for Hoboken sped through a signal and crashed into the express as it waited near the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad station - killing six people and injuring 21 others.                     Click for full story
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December 4, 1899:  Station 451 (Main & Broadway) 11:30 PM  29 Fair Street at Washington  Hall Building
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December 5 Paterson News
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December 7, 1899:   Station 34  9:30 PM  Hamburg Ave and Matlock Street   Grocery Store
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December 8 Paterson News
December 9, 1899:  Station 236   1:40 AM   188 Governor Street     Dwelling
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December 18, 1899:  2 Boxes pulled: Dolphin Mill & Grand & Spruce Streets 11 PM 
​                                     73 Spruce Street  Saloon
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December 30, 1899: 7:57 AM  169 Van Houten Street   Sonntag Brothers store
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December 31, 1899:  Riverside Church on River Street
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January 1 1900 Guardian courtesy Dennis Morrison
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