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 1935 -1939

CHRONOLOGICAL LISTING OF MAJOR FIRES

Notable Fires / Incidents   1935 - 1939

1935     Box     Time          Address               Alarm         Remarks

January 1, 1935:  Station 65 (River & Sassafras) 4:33 AM   42 Highland Street 
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January 2 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Mrrison
March 11, 1935:  Station 421 (Market & East 29th) 2:31 PM  54 Trenton Ave    Dwelling​
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March 12 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
March 14, 1935:  220-226 Slater & 47, 49, 51 Jackson Street    Tenement
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March 18 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
April 10, 1935:  9:14 PM  134 North Main Street     Dwelling
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April 11 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
April 14, 1935:  Station 145 (Market & Church Streets)1:49 AM  174 Market Street   
                               2nd alarm             Chief Coyle injured
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April 15 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison

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April 15 Paterson News
April 21, 1935:    63 Butler Street      Still alarm engine 2               Vacant house arson
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April 22 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
June 1 and 2, 1935: 5 fires
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August 23, 1935: Station 415  Murray & Dayton   1:40 AM   167 Caldwell Avenue
                              Our Lady of Pompei Church
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September 7, 1935: 473 (Main & Ellison)   10:50 PM  201-203-205 Main Street   cellar fire
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December 24 Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
December 18, 1935:  9:30 PM   261 Graham Avenue  Novelty store
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December 19 Paterson News
December 28 & 29, 1935:     Five different alarms
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December 20 Paterson News

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January 4, 1936:   11:17 PM  505 Main Street    Silk City Mattress Co
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January 6 Paterson Evening Newsd
February 6, 1936:  25 (Straight & 20th) 11:59 PM 431 Straight Street   3 story frame
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February 7 Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
February 9, 1936: 315 (Jefferson & Garfield)   8:08 PM  53-55 Garfield Avenue  Dwelling
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February 10 Morning call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
March 1, 1936: 2 PM  Still alarm Engine 2   21 May Street     Fatality   
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March 2 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
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March 10, 1936:   Station 233 (Bridge & Hamilton) 3:06 PM  58 Hamilton Avenue
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March 11 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
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March 10, 1936:  Evening  - 59 and 61 Market Street  2nd alarm          Mixed occupancy
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March 11 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
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March 17, 1936:      73      5:59 AM     153 Broadway                        3rd              Retail Store
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March 17 Paterson News
April 22, 1936:  Station at Bridge & Hamilton  ~ 1:00 AM    98 Hamilton Avenue
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May 22, 1936:   8:00 PM  40-42 Fulton Street    Paper and Rag warehouse
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May 22 Paterson News
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June 11, 1936:   Station 14  7:15 PM  230 Market Street  2nd  
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June 30, 1936: Station 237  Montgomery & Summer  12:16 PM 78 Lafayette Street   Dwelling
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July 1 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
August 18, 1936: ~ 10 PM  18 North Main Street    Cap Manufacturer
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August 19 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
September 3, 1936:  Collie Rescue by Engine 8 at 487-489 Union Avenue
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September 4 Paterson News
​​October 9, 1936:      141     4:48 AM     19-21 Park Ave.          3rd              Apartment House
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October 10 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
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October 14, 1936:    Arsonist at large
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October 30, 1936: 24 Albion Avenue   2nd alarm    Old Jackson Mull
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November 10, 1936:   ​Multiple incendiary fires on Park Avenue
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November 22, 1936: Station 234  Bridge and River  1-3 Bridge Street
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November 23 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
November 23, 1936: Station 246  (Bamford Mill - Madison St)   20 Martin Street
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November 24 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
November 25, 1936:  388, 390-392 & 394 Totowa Avenue   2nd alarm    Dwellings  
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November 26 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morison
November 28, 1936: Station 523 (Main & Green)   505-507 Main Street   2 1/2 story frame
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November  30, 1936:    285     3:30  AM     345 Union Ave.            3rd              Hirz Bakery
December 3, 1936: Station 562 (Main & Bloomfield)  11:07 PM  852 Main Street                            3 car garage
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December 4 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
December  10, 1936:  555  10:03 PM  Oregon Ave & Gray Street  3rd        Hamilton Millwork
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December 11 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
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December 11 Paterson News
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December 12 Morning Call
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December 27, 1936:  Station 145 (Market & Church) 1:47 AM         Restaurant 
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December 28 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison

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January 16, 1937:  1:45  AM 159 Governor Street     2 story hall
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January 20, 1937:  40-42 West Broadway   4 story brick apartment
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January 27, 1937:  ~2:00 AM    29 Church Street              Restaurant
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January 28 Paterson Evening News
January 31, 1937:  521 (Main and Grand) 6:20 PM  351 Grand Street
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February 1 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
February 10, 1937:   743      2:09 PM    185 East 33rd Street     3rd               Apartment House
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February 11 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
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February 11 Paterson News
February 12, 1937: 23 West Broadway                Garage fire
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February 13 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
February 25, 1937:  218 (10th & East 28th) 12:39 AM  420 East 26th Street
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February 25, 1937:   Station 24 (Market & Summer)  3:57 PM  456 Summer Street
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February 26 Paterson Evening News
March 2, 1937:  Station at Main & Market pulled -   6:40 AM  24 Hamilton Street
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March 10, 1937:       734      5:14 AM    121-123 Broadway               3rd              Retail Stores
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March 10, 1937: Kitay Building at Main & Market   Adler's Boys Shop
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April 12, 1937: 438 Hamilton Avenue   Garage
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April 13 Paterson News
June 22, 1937:   Fifth Avenue & McLean Boulevard   Mill fire with fumes
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June 30, 1937:   Shantytown fire at Molly Ann's brook by West Broadway
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July 17, 1939:    5:13 AM  81 Florida Avenue     Fire and explosion
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August 5, 1937:   8:10 AM  52 Courtland Street    World Bestos Factory Explosion
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August 6 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
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Patient Harold Murphy & Dr.James Morrill Jr of St. Joseph's
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August 12, 1937:   10:00 AM  49 State Street    Colonial Silk Throwing Company
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September 27, 1937:  7 PM 189-191 Main Street    Retail shops
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September 28 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
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September 29, 1937:   Station at Market & Railroad   4:50 AM   226 Market Street
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December 1, 1937:  174-176 Market Street       2nd alarm     Konner's Store
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December 2 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
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December 21, 1937:   5:26 PM Temple & Matlock Street  Old Pelgram Mill
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December 22 Paterson News
December 23, 1937: Station 457 (Washington & Van Houten) 12:59 PM  90 Washington Street between Van Houten and Broadway  Clement Building  Silver Rod store
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December 23 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
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December 24 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
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1938     Box     Time          Address               Alarm         Remarks

January 3, 1938:  5:07 AM  223--225 Market Street  tavern and Shoe repair store
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January 4 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
January 22, 1938:  73  12:04 PM     237 Market Street               3rd              Manhattan Hotel
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Ahrens Fox Aerial- Truck 3 - Courtesy Brian Fleischer
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Chief Coyle in white coat and helmet - PFD supply truck in foreground - Courtesy Brian Fleischer
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January 23, 1938:   14 (Market St & Railroad Ave) 12:04 PM 240 Market Street 
                               Heat & Cold equip Co.  Manhattan Hotel  3rd    Numerous FF injuries
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January 24 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
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February 17, 1938:  Gasoline leak into building investigated
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February 22, 1938:  Station 561 (Getty & George) 11:44 PM  335 Getty Avenue  Dwelling
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February 23 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
February 26, 1938: 731 (Broadway & Summer Streets)  10:30 PM 285 Summer Street 
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February 28 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
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February 26, 1938:    7:30 PM  521 twentieth Avenue   2nd alarm Johnson-Cueman Lumbar
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February 28 Paterson Evening News
February 26, 1938:    Station 731 (Summer & Broadway)  10"33 PM  285-289 Summer Street                        4 alarms      3 story frame
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March 9, 1938: Station 266 (Montclair & Sussex)   43 Montclair Avenue    Dwelling
                               While responding Engine 9 strikes pedestrian
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March 12, 1938:    141    11:08 AM     130 Broadway.               3rd               Retail Stores
March 12, 1938:    474     1:58  PM     51-55 Prospect St.           4th              Quackenbush WH
              Supreme Sacrifice: DC James Sweeney, Captain John Devenport, FF Louis Rodesky,
​              FF William Lynch, and FF Matthew O'Neill     For full Story CLICK
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March 14 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
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​March 20, 1938:    555     8:35  PM     217-219 N 1st Street (at Bergen Street)  
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March 21 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
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Paterson News courtesy Dennis Morrison
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Captain (?James Buser or Charles Dawson) and FF of Engine Company 3 - Courtesy Brian Fleischer
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Unidentified Chief officer - Courtesy Brian Fleischer
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? Chief Thomas Coyle at left - Courtesy Brian Fleischer
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March 22, 1938: Series of fires
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March 31, 1938:  1:30 AM  853 East 22nd Street     Dwelling
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April 25, 1938:     731    10:30 PM     285 Summer St.                4th              Apartment House
May 4, 1938: 323 East 28th Street   Dwelling with fatality
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May 6, 1938: Engine 9 collides with bus as it exits Main Street quarters
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May 10, 1938:   6 PM and later - 4 different fires - at 203 Godwin Street
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May 11 Paterson Evening News
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May 21, 1938:   7:37 AM  86 Governor Street  Father murders his two sons and sets house on fire
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May 28, 1938: 1:30 PM Fair and Washington Street building cellar fire  2nd alarm
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June 11, 1938:  Station 36 (12th & East 18th) ~ 6:00 AM  131-133 York Avenue  2nd alarm
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​July 11, 1938:   556  (box pulled twice causing double response)  5:03 PM     
​    Lewis Street     2nd alarm     Wright Aeronautical Works - 
​    Firefighter Edward Moore collapsed and died while running from fire to hydrant
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Fireman Edward J Moore, 57, a veteran member of the fire department sustained a fatal heart attack  ------  last night as he was engaged in fighting a fire which endangered the plant of the Wright Aeronautical Corporation. Four plant employees sustained first and second degree burns in fighting the fire  -  Paterson Evening News  -  Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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August 22, 1938:  235 Governor Street  2nd alarm   3 story dwelling     Arson
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October 3, 1938:   
​               Station 742 12:19 PM 643 11th Avenue
               Station 731  2:23 PM
               afternoon 276 Broadway      2 car garage
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October 10, 1938:  357  1:35 PM  - Explosion and suicide 116 Lexington Avenue    
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Chief Thomas Coyle - Courtesy Brian Fleischer
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Police Lieutenant Thomas Stapleton and PFD Chief Thomas Coyle - Courtesy Brian Fleischer
November 19, 1938:  733 (Straight & Ellison) 4:30 PM  2nd alarm   FF injuries
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November 19, 1938:  731 (Broadway and Church Streets) 11:06 PM  91 Broadway   
​                           3rd alarm    Apparel Shop and Lindbergh Hotel
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Weekend Fires
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1939     Box     Time          Address               Alarm         Remarks

January 3, 1939:      266 (Montclair & Sussex) and 56 (Gould and Dakota)      7:56 PM          
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January 8, 1939:  Station 31 125 North Main Street     Hardware store
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January 8, 1939:      472     1:21  PM          264-266 Main Street        3rd               Office Bldg
​                         315     1:34 PM            97 Jefferson Street                               Dwelling
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February 16, 1939:    Station at River & Lawrence Streets   9:19 PM  34 Lawrence Street                                                   Levi Mill
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February 21, 1939:  Station 456 120 River Street    Mixed occupancy
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April 17, 1939:    25      1:45  PM          422 Straight Street                   3rd               Factory
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June 2, 1939:   ~9:30 AM 89 17th Avenue      2 story frame
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May 6, 1939:    1:46 PM  483 East 19th Street     Mill
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June 6, 1939:   3:30 PM   136 Sheridan Avenue   2nd alarm   Paint shop
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June 12, 1939: Station 56 (Gould and Dakota)  4:43 PM  2 story frame
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​August 12, 1939:  Stations 656 (Graham & Franklin) and 212 (East 18th & Lafayette) 12:15 PM  187 Franklin Street  4th Alarm   Junkyard at RR Tracks)
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August 30, 1939: 625  8:06 PM 86 5th Avenue    Berles  Carton VCo
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August 31 Morning Call Courtesy Dennis Morrison
August 31, 1939:  Station 24 (Market and Summer) 9:25 PM  339-341 Market Street 
                                                    4th Alarm     Tire and automotive shops
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September 28, 1939: 4:30 AM 109-115 River Street   2nd alarm  Cellar fire with rescues
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October 13, 1939: 396 Straight Street      Mill fire
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October 18, 1939: Station 255 (Jackson & Washington) 12:39 AM 47 Washington Avenue
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October 30, 1939:   Station 376   312 Park Avenue   2nd alarm    Four stores cellar fire
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November 10, 1939:    144  2:10 AM    192 Paterson  Street      3rd               Retail Store
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 November 21, 1939:  Station 355 (Burlington and Union Aves) 8:14 PM 91 Arlington Avenue
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December 4, 1939: 181 (Godwin and Auburn Streets)  7:45 PM  34-36 12th Avenue  2nd alarm  Apartment house
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December 30, 1939:  Station 635 Madison & 6th Avenue  3:55 AM   2nd   920 East 19th Street
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