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1915 - 1919

1915         Box    Time               Address               Alarm       Remarks

​January 23, 1915:   513  6:35 PM   Market and Mill Streets at raceway  2nd   
                                                                               NJ General Security Co     Old Hamil Mill
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January 24 Paterson Press - Courtesy dennis Morrison
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February 3, 1915: 3 AM   TH Philips' School van Houten and Auburn Streets
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Paterson Press - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
February 21, 1915:  7:45 PM 170-172 12th Avenue  2nd alarm     Two 3 story dwellings
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Paterson Press - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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March 5, 1915:   2 AM  100 North Main Street                                                Tailor Shop
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Paterson Press - Courtesy Dennis Mprrison
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March 16, 1915: ~ 11 AM    107 Madison Avenue   1 alarm with FF injury
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1908 photo of FF William Shane
March 27, 1915:  321 Godwin Street    A morning rescue by a passing firefighter - Gas leak
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Paterson Press: Courtesy Dennis Morrison
April 2, 1915:     51     6:18 P​M         11 Van Houten Street         3rd             Todd Mill
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April 14, 1915:   352   1:47 A​M         86-90 Front Street              3rd              Houses
April 19, 1915:    512   11:47 P​M       Ellison & Cross Streets      3rd             Turn Hall
June 12, 1915:    512  3:28 PM          8 Mill Street  (at Ellison)    2nd    Atherton Machine Co
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June 13 - Paterson Press - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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June 18, 1915:  ~10 PM  285 Summer Street (near Van Houten Street)  Mixed Use occupancy
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Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
June 28, 1915:  52 Van Houten Street                                Apartment House 
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Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
July 29, 1915:     233  6:59 PM          47-51 Godwin Street                     Brower's Silk Co
August 10, 1915:​  456 8:15 AM        25 Godwin Street
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Evening News - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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August 13, 1915:  Still alarm truck # 3   ​  112 Straight Street   Barnert and Heimann Mill
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September 2, 1915:  3:30 AM   Van Winkle and Marshall Streets     2nd Alarm                    Sprattler and Mennel's Brewery
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December 7, 1915:  252  7:25 PM      Railroad Avenue & Green Street  2nd                                                                                                                                                 Erie Freight House
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December 8 Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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1916            Box    Time        Address               Alarm         Remarks

March 9, 1916: 278 Vreeland Avenue 2nd Alarm 
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Evening News - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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The Guardian - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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April 14, 1916:  531   8:27 AM  5 Taylor Street  Fatality
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June 9, 1916:  447 Main Street  Paint Store
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Evening News - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
September 9, 1916:  4:00 AM Totowa and Wayne Ave   2nd    Eyres Grocery Store
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The Guardian - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
September 17, 1916: 11:00 PM River Street 2nd alarm  Weidmann Silk and Dyeing   
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Guardian - Courtesy Dennis Miller
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October 16, 1916:  5:15 PM 497 River Street  Bell's Barn Fire  3 horses suffocated
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Guardian - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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November 6, 1916:   8 AM    Clay and Martin Street  Still alarm - Engine Co. 6     Store fire
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Press Guardian - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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November 13, 1916:  43    11:15 AM  143 River Street                 Fish Store
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Press Guardian - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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November 16, 1916:  42   1:42 AM   532 East 4th Street     2nd   Samuel Schoeman Dwelling
December 12, 1916:  45  10:18 AM  Main and Bank Street   Overall Store, Boston Shoe Store
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December 21, 1916: 10:30 AM             445 East 27th Street                       Dwelling
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Press Guardian - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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December 30, 1916:  254 (Graham & Ellison) Morning fire 137 Pearl Street         Dwelling
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1917            Box    Time        Address               Alarm         Remarks

January 3, 1917:   3:15 AM  81 Market Street
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Press Guardian - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
January 29, 1917:  634  4:05 AM      82 First Avenue                            Wagaraw Garage
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Press Guardian - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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February 15, 1917: 412  2;23 AM   11 New Street                   3rd              Henry Muh
​February 19, 1917:  7 PM  Notch Road home    Engine overturns  on return  to quarters
February 19, 1917:   11:00 PM  Baltic Avenue  Erie Freight-house

​February 20, 1917: ~ 12:00 AM 121 East 23rd Street    2 double framed tenements destroyed
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Press Guardian - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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February 23, 1917: 452    8:42 AM  93-95 Broadway              3rd       Steele Motorcycle Store
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Press Guardian: Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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​​March 3, 1917:       512  12:08 AM         6 Mill Street               2nd            Tesha Gordon
March 4, 1917:       14  11:52 PM   210 Market Street                2nd             William Wieda
March 13, 1917       452  8:23 P​M         7-11 Fair Street             3rd              Quinn Building
March 14, 1917:     1 AM       489 East 23rd Street                            Explosion at 2 story frame 
April 9, 1917:  1 AM 489 East 23rd Street      FF including Chief Coyle injured
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Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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April 19, 1917:   Market and Cross Streets                 Charles Zupt's Drug Store
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May 3, 1917:  55  9:46 PM   213 Pennsylvania Avenue            2nd        Peg Lock & Block Co
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May 4 Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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  June 28, 1917:  231 Lafayette & River Street     250 River Street
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Press Guardian - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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​June 22, 1917:   227 River Street   3 children rescued to the cheers of the crowd
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Paterson Evening News - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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June 23, 1917:  ~ 9PM   557-577 East 23rd Street   Textile Mill Supply Co.
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June 23 Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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July 4, 1917: ~ Midnight   Boulevard and East 39th Street    Woodshed
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Press Guardian Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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​July 19, 1917:   45  10:00 PM  35 Main Street at Power's Alley      1.5 story frame building
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Press Guardian- Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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August 3, 1917:  12 Ellison Street                         Barn       Horse Fatality
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Press Guardian - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
August 7, 1917:   1:30 AM  749 River Street                                      Grocery Store
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Press Guardian - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
August 17, 1917:  23 Mary Street  Engine 9 still alarm     No action needed
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Press Guardian- Courtesy Dennis Morrison
August 25, 1917:  42   Evening fire - Cedar Lawn Cemetery Stables     
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August 27, 1917:  234 11 AM   19 Governor Street        Bedroom Fire
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Press Guardian - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
October 18, 1917:     28 Peach Street                                     2nd floor Iron Workers Office
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November 4, 1917:    513   1:05 AM    11 Van Houten St.          3rd          Todd Mill
       Salvation Army Rescue Mission   42 Mill Street        17 deaths: Most in Paterson history
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December 2, 1917:  Redwood Avenue (near Union Avenue)  2nd Alarm   Wooden Silk Mill
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Chronicle - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
December 3, 1917:   9:30 AM  70 North First Street                           Apartments
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December 18, 1917:   8:05 PM  311 159 North 3rd Street  2nd alarm  3 story frame dwelling
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Chronicle - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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1918           Box   Time        Address            Alarm       Remarks

January 21, 1918: 341 11:16 AM    155 Hamburgh Avenue  3rd   Donohue Dyeing Co
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January 21, 1918: 6:30 PM  Grove Street & Eire Railroad   3rd          Standard Oil plant
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January 25, 1918: 733    8:56 PM      193 Ellison Street        General  Fidelity Storage
​February 6, 1918:  1 PM Governor and Summer Streets  2nd Alarm (see press clip below)
​February 6, 1918:  Van Houten Street   3rd Alarm  Great Eastern Grocery Store
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Factory owner Joseph Martin makes donation to PFD re the work at above fire
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February 8 Press Guardian - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
February 25, 1918: 181  12:54 AM  Governor & Summer Streets  3rd    Morris Schaub Co
​April, 25 1918:    253   1:20 PM     Clay & Straight Streets           3rd             Kelly Storehouse                                                             This was the Old Dexter Lambert Silk Mill
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April 26 - Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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April 25, 1918:  ~1PM Straight and Clay Streets  2 different boxes plus a second alarm
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Guardian - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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April 26 Guardian - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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August 2, 1918 - PFD kept FF on duty day and night at above fire scene -
​as flare ups still occurred over 4 months - three requiring box alarms

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Guardian = Courtesy Dennis Morrison
May 8, 1918:  2 PM  63 Market Street
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May 29, 1918: ~12 Noon   Incident near Engine Co 6 at 476 Market Street  
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Evening News - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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June 2, 1918:   32   8 AM  59 North First Street                                           Dwelling
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Evening News - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
June 9, 1918:   253 1:58  PM Kelley Warehouse at Clay and Straight Streets
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June 10 Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
November 6, 1918:   51   8 PM  3 & 5 Ward Street    1 alarm     Bakery
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1919            Box  Time                Address               Alarm        Remarks

​January 10, 1919:    521 (Main & Grand) & 83 (Slater & Marshall)    1:50 PM   
​                                               398-400 Main Street    3rd   J Spitz Furniture Store
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Guardian - Courtesy - Dennis Morrison
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January 11, 1919 Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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January 11, 1919 Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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February 10, 1919   456      9:18 PM         21-29 Main Street         3rd     Levine Retail Stores
​May 26, 1919:   651 (North York & Lyon Streets)  1:10 AM 8th Avenue and East 15th Street
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May 29, 1919:  52 (Main & Ward Streets)  8:52 PM 296 Main Street  Theater
​               268 9:55 PM Marshall & Van Winkle  Sprattler and Mennell Brewery Barn
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The Guardian Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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July 28, 1919:  Station 34    15 Hamburgh Avenue   1 alarm
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Paterson Evening News - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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August 8, 1919:   Ellison and Prospect Street   Public Service Manhole  Still alarm Engine 1
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August 12, 1919: 472 5:10 PM 230 Main Street             Building fire
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August 17, 1919:   10 AM   265-267 River Street    Mixed occupancy
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October 29, 1919:  5:00 AM    563 East 23rd Street  Frost Turning Plant
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Guardian - Courtesy Dennis Morrfison
​December 13, 1919:  142  11:40 AM  227-231 Market Street (at Paterson Street)        
                                                                                  3rd alarm            Simon Building
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December 17, 1919:   108 Mill Street - Apparatus & Chief Gig trapped in snow drifts
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December 29, 1919:   24    1:13 AM      403-07 Summer Street      3rd    Frankel Silk Co.
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  • HOME
  • OVERVIEW
    • EVENTS 1890-1899
    • EVENTS 1900-1910
    • EVENTS 1911-1919
    • EVENTS 1920-1939
    • EVENTS 1940-1959
    • EVENTS 1960-1979
    • EVENTS 1980-99
    • EVENTS > 2000
  • FIREFIGHTERS
  • THE SUPREME SACRFICE
  • CHIEF ENGINEERS
    • ASSISTANT CHIEFS
    • DEPUTY CHIEFS
    • BATTALION CHIEFS
    • CHIEF GIGS
  • NOTABLE FIRES
  • GREAT 1902 CONFLIGRATION
  • EMS
    • EMS ROSTER
  • FIRE PHOTOS BY ERA
  • FIREHOUSE PHOTOS / FACTS
  • COMPANY FH LOCATIONS
  • APPARATUS
  • APPARATUS VIDEOS
  • FIRE VIDEOS 1991-2011
  • FIRE VIDEOS 2014-2019
  • DOCUDRAMAS
  • NOTABLE EVENTS INDEX
    • APPARATUS NOTABLES
    • APPTS & PROMOTIONS
    • AWARDS
    • FIREMEN STORIES
    • 1960 CHIEF SELECTION
    • GRAND STREET RIOT 1917
    • GROUND ZERO
    • HANCOCKS
    • HISTORICAL REVIEWS
    • HISTORY by CHIEF STAGG
    • KEARNEY-FAMILY
    • MILITARY
    • PARADES
    • RED MASS
    • RESCUES
    • SISTER LORETTA
    • SPORTS
    • THEATRE DETAIL
  • MEMORABILIA
  • DEPARTMENT DOGS
  • TRAINING
  • VOLUNTEER DEPARTMENT
    • 1821 - 1854 HISTORY
    • VOLUNTEER HISTORY
    • ANNUAL REPORTS
    • VOLUNTEER CHIEFS
    • VOLUNTEER PROFILES
    • VOLUNTEER COMPANIES
  • COMMUNICATIONS / FA
    • FIRE BOX LISTS
    • EVRS STATION LIST
  • EXEMPT ASSOCIATION
  • EXEMPT HOME & RELICS
  • FMBA / PFA
  • AUXILIARY FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • STATISTICS
  • CITY OF PATERSON
  • ORAL HISTORY
  • PFH CONTRIBUTORS
  • CONTACT
  • 1909 BALL BOOK
  • 1916 BALL BOOK