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1915 - 1919

1915         Box    Time               Address               Alarm       Remarks

January 14, 1915:  Station 321(Water and Temple)  11:30 PM  174 Water Street  paint Co.
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January 15 Morning Call Courtesy Dennis Morrison
​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 2, 1915:  Station 724  5:00 PM  183 Marker Street  cellar fire
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February 3 Morning Call 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 15, 1915:    Caldwell Avenue  "West"  Paterson    3rd alarm  Slaughter house
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February 20, 1915:  Station 53  (Main and Green)  11:30 PM  492 Main Street  2nd alarm
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February 21 Morning Call 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 3, 1915: 2:45 AM  525 with extension to 527 Main Street    Furniture store
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Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
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 11, 1915:  9:30 PM  264 East 25th Street     Barn fire    Horse fatalities
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March 12 Paterson News courtesy Dennis Morrison
March 16, 1915: ~ 11 AM    107 Madison Avenue   1 alarm with FF injury
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March 18, 1915:   412 East 33rd Street      E10 Still alarm to settle family dispute
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March 19 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
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 1, 1915:  27 Trenton Avenue     Chimney fire
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April 2 Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
April 2, 1915:     51     6:18 P​M         11 Van Houten Street         3rd             Todd Mill
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April 3 Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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April 14, 1915:   352   1:47 A​M         86-90 Front Street              3rd              Houses
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April 19, 1915:    512   11:47 P​M       Ellison & Cross Streets      3rd             Turn Hall
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April 20 Guardian courtesy Dennis Morrison
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April 16 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
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May 15, 1915:   Station 45  2:30 AM    43 Main Street    Jewelry Store
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May 15 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
May 27, 1915:  Station 545 (Summer & Ellison Streets)      Kitchen fire
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May 28 Morning Call - courtesy Dennis Morrison
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 13, 1915:  Station 45 ~ 4:00 PM 24 Main Street    2nd alarm        Stores
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June 14 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
June 14, 1915:  Stations 141 (Park & Straight) and 14 (Market & Railroad)   12:15 AM  
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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
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June 30 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
August 10, 1915:​  456 8:15 AM        25 Godwin Street
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Evening News - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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August 11, 1915:  Early morning - 37 Trenton Avenue      Dwelling
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August 12 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
August 13, 1915:  Still alarm truck # 3   ​  112 Straight Street   Barnert and Heimann Mill
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August 17, 1915:     90 Jefferson Street    Shoe repair store
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August 17 Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
September 2, 1915:  3:30 AM   Van Winkle and Marshall Streets     2nd Alarm                    Sprattler and Mennel's Brewery
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September 4, 1915:  Station 43 (Clay & Lewis Streets) 12:30 AM      105 Gray Street
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September 20, 1915:   ~1:00 PM    United States Hotel     Ammonia Leak
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September 21 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
October 9, 1915:  ~10:00 AM   Box Car of DW&L RR  Engine 4 still alarm
          2 other alarms that day for freight cars
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October 9 Paterson News
October 11, 1915:  Stations 14 and 141 sounded - 9:32 AM 11-13 Park Avenue  Paint store
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October 27, 1915:  54 (16th & Carroll Sts)   ~2 PM  Church of the Holy Communion
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October 28 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
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October 30, 1915:  104 and 61 North 6th Street                        Barn fires
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November 15, 1915:  Station 326   281Water Street (at Stout Street)  feed storage building
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December 17, 1915:  4:30 PM   Union Ave near Kearney St   Apparatus incident
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November 21, 1915: Mutual aid at Alyea Ice House in Fairlawn -
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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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December 12, 1915:  181 (Godwin &Auburn)13 & 15 12th Avenue 2nd alarm
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December 13 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
December 15, 1915:   Fire Boxes not working   -   Snow storm hampered apparatus
​                       2:45 AM   8, 10 & 12 Fair Street  3rd alarm  3 story frame
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December 22, 1915:  321  5:30 PM 142-148 Water Street  3rd alarm  Lewis Furniture store
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December 23 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
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December 24, 1915:  11:00 AM  93-95 East 5th Street    3 story frame dwelling
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1916            Box    Time        Address               Alarm         Remarks

January 10, 1916:  Station 421  908 East 28th Street     garage with autos
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January 11 Morning Call courtesy Denis Morrison
February 1, 1916:   Station 562  12 midnight 883 Main Street                   Mixed occupancy
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Paterson News courtesy Dennis Morrison
February 21, 1916:   Station 636   751 River Street                       Dwelling
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February 22 Paterson News courtesy Dennis Morrison
February 28, 1916:  Station 551 (Trenton & Dundee) at 11:16 PM  and Box 44 (Alabama and East Railway) at 11:20 PM  3 story house burned to ground at Vernon & Crooks Avenue    
                              Mutual aid dispute with Clifton FD
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February 29, 1916:   414 Main Street    3 story frame     Furrier shop
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March 1 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
March 1, 1916: 3:54 AM  Temple and Matlock Street  2nd alarm   3 story frame -- shoe store
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March 5, 1916:   Three different alarms   571 Main Street, 15 Hillman Street
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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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March 19, 1916: Station 237 80 Lafayette Street    Dwelling
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March 20 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
April 14, 1916:  531   8:27 AM  5 Taylor Street  Fatality
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April 19, 1916:   Station 326  prior to midnight  16 Jefferson Street   Dwelling
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April20 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
May 9, 1916:  Station 81 2 PM  Dale Ave & Slater Street  Barbour Flax Spinning Company
              5 PM  Station 436 Rose Silk Company in Stern Mill Dale Avenue & Slater Street
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May 25, 1916: 3 AM 84 East 5th Street   Butcher shop
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June 9, 1916:  447 Main Street  Paint Store
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August 22, 1916:  3:25 PM   109 with damage to 111 River Street    Stores
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August 23 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
August 31, 1916:  6:45 PM   Summer and Fulton     Hall Mill
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September 1 Morning Call 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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October 16, 1916:  5:15 PM 497 River Street  Bell's Barn Fire  3 horses suffocated
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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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November 14, 2021:  30 & 32 Market Street   Mixed occupancy
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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 12 Paterson News
December 21, 1916: 10:30 AM             445 East 27th Street                       Dwelling
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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 10, 1917:  2AM   Market Street 
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January 23, 1917:   24 Highland Street                                           2.5 story wood frame
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January 28, 1917:  1:52  AM  589-591 River Street     2nd alarm      4 Story brick tenement
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January 29 Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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January 29, 1917:  634  4:05 AM      82 First Avenue                            Wagaraw Garage
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February 12, 1917:    Essex Street Tunnel (under Erie RR)    Wagon with jute bales fire
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Paterson News - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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​February 15, 1917: 412  2;23 AM   11 New Street                   3rd              Henry Muh
February 16, 1917:   1 AM  348 Totowa Avenue  Turn-Verein Headquarters
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February 18, 1917:  3:05 AM  62 East 33rd Street                                        Dwelling
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​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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February 23, 1917: 452    8:42 AM  93-95 Broadway              3rd       Steele Motorcycle Store
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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 7, 1917:  512   Foot of Van Houten Street   General Coal Tar Products
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March 8 Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
March 12, 1917:   24   449 Summer Street                             Stove explosion
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March 13 Morning call - Curtesy Dennis Morrison
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​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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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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May 25, 1917:  11 PM Market Street Movie Emporium
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May 26 Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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  June 28, 1917:  231 Lafayette & River Street     250 River Street
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​June 22, 1917:   227 River Street   3 children rescued to the cheers of the crowd
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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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​July 19, 1917:   45  10:00 PM  35 Main Street at Power's Alley      1.5 story frame building
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August 3, 1917:  12 Ellison Street                         Barn       Horse Fatality
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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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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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October 18, 1917:     28 Peach Street                                     2nd floor Iron Workers Office
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October 22, 1917:  2 AM 586 River Street  Pharmacy
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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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November 22 Morning Call follow up
November 25, 1917:   10 PM  5th and Madison Avenues  Riverside Silk Mill
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November 26, Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
December 2, 1917:  Redwood Avenue (near Union Avenue)  2nd Alarm   Wooden Silk Mill
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December 3, 1917:   9:30 AM  70 North First Street                           Apartments
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December 10, 1917:  252 (Spring & Peach Streets) ~ 8 PM  169 Spring Street   
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December 11, Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
December 18, 1917:   8:05 PM  311 159 North 3rd Street  2nd alarm  3 story frame dwelling
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1918           Box   Time        Address            Alarm       Remarks

January 3, 1918;
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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: 732 (Ellison and Paterson Streets)    8:56 PM      193 Ellison Street                                                                                     General Alarm       Fidelity Storage Warehouse
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​February 2, 1918:  10:00 PM  Totowa Mill
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​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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February 8 Press Guardian - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
February 25, 1918: 181  12:54 AM  Governor & Summer Streets  3rd    Morris Schaub Co
February 25, 1918:   Stations 141 (Park Avenue & Straight Street) and 14 (Market St and 
​                                                              Railroad Avenue)  Explosions and fire at Suttle Building
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February 26 Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
March 11, 1918:  Midnight t 606 River Street  2nd alarm   2 story frame 
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March 11 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
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March 26, 1918:  531  4 PM  249-Main Street    Donohue Carpet frame structure storehouse
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March 27th Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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​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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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 -
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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 5, 1918: 142   10:30 PM  164 Ward Street   2nd Alarm     Jessop Mill
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June 6 Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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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
June 19, 1918:  164 (Mill and Oliver Streets)    ~ 7 PM  20-22 Ward Street
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June 20th Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
October 25, 1918:  53 North 14th Street  (Prospect Park)    Silk Mill & house
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Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
October 29, 1918:  513 (Mill & Market Streets) 5:08 PM  At Ellison and Washington Streets Engine 1 Hose wagon  & Chief's gig collide and then Trolley hits Engine 1 Steamer
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October 30 Morning Call - courtesy Dennis Morrison
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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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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
February 14, 1919:  Two different alarms sounded for 2 fires   8:25 and 8:43 AM
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Paterson Evening News
March 1, 1909:   Barbershop at Bridge and Godwin Streets
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May 7, 1919:  ~ 10:00 AM   11, 13, 15 Hudson Street   2nd alarm
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Paterson News
​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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Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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August 17, 1919:   10 AM   265-267 River Street    Mixed occupancy
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October 17, 1919: Station 451 (Main & Broadway) 2:55 AM  127 Main Street     Star Tea Company
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October 18 Guardian courtesy Dennis Morrison
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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Guardian - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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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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Same Fire
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