CHRONOLOGICAL LISTING OF NOTABLE FIRES
1955-1959
1955 Box Time Address Alarm Remarks
January 7, 1955: 3 Boxes pulled: 182 (Fulton & Summer), 18 (Straight and Governor) and 231 (River &Lafayette) ~ 6 PM 54 Straight Street Dwelling fire
January 8 Paterson News
January 9, 1955: 103 West Broadway and other fires
January 10 Paterson News
January 12, 1955: 18 North 4th Street plus other fires
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January 13 Paterson News
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January 12, 1955: Station 527 (Mill & Slater) 8:24 PM 213 Mill Street Apartments
January 13 Paterson News
January 15, 1955: 347 6:42PM 95 Totowa Avenue Dwelling with fatality
January 17 Morning Call - courtesy Dennis Morrison
January 17 Morning Call - courtesy Dennis Morrison
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Additional article - published on Tuesday January 18th
January 18 Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
January 18 Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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April 11, 1955 Letter to Editor
Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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Note at that time William Comer (future Chief) was Chief's Aide to BC Joseph Dayspring
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January 16, 1955: 26 Tyler Street (corner Bridge Street) 2nd alarm Double fatality
January 17 Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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January 17th Morning Call
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January 17th Morning Call
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January 17th Morning Call
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From January 18th Morning Call
January 17 Paterson News
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January 29, 1955: 2 boxes with a 2nd alarm - 22 Temple Street 3 story dwelling
Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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Morning Call Courtesy Dennis Morrison
February 21, 1955: 734 (Broadway & Church) 7:07 PM 115-117 Broadway 2nd
Lodi Custom Dinette Company
Lodi Custom Dinette Company
Morning Call - courtesy Dennis Morrison
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March 16, 1955: 108 Lafayette Street 2nd alarm Dwelling
March 19, 1955: 156-160 Ward Street Fabricated Cushion 4 story brick mill
March 24, 1955: 438 6:57 PM 377 Mclean Boulevard 3rd Municipal Pool
March 26 Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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2nd Battalion Chief Joseph Dayspring
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April 23, 1955: 102-104 Governor Street
Paterson News
June 8, 1955: 23 12:45 PM River & Keen Streets 4th Meat Packing Plant
Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
Aerial Truck with FWD Cab
Truck ? with Ahrens Fox trailer
Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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July 10, 1955: Station 284 (Jasper & Crosby) 2:21 PM 153-155 Jasper Street 2nd alarm
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July 11 Paterson News
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July 12, 1955: 523 (Main & Greene) 5:22 AM 449 Main St. 4th Bakery
July 13 Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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August 1955: 12:50 Am Two homeless men incinerated (caused by smoking) while sleeping in car on McBride Ave
courtesy Richard Davenport
August 2, 1955: Station 45 (River & Bank Streets) and 456 River & Washington Streets)
6:13 PM 21 Washington Street 2 story building
6:13 PM 21 Washington Street 2 story building
August 14, 1955: 237 (Summer & Montgomery) 7:05 PM 93 Montgomery Place
August 15 Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
August 25, 1955: 18 (Straight & Governor Streets) 5:18 AM 110 Straight Street 3rd alarm Dry Cleaners
Paterson News courtesy Dennis Morrison
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September 17 and 18, 1955: 7 different alarms
September 19 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
September 27, 1955: 1:40 PM 158 Fair Street Rooming House
September 28 Paterson News courtesy Dennis Morrison
October 18, 1955: Station 269 (Newark and Pacific) 7:52 PM Serious apparatus accident as Engine 7 responds to a false alarm - Pacific Street and Bloomfield Avenue. F/F Edward Ristan was driver and Eugene Fredericks Captain.
Morning Call
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Morning Call
Paterson News
November 29, 1955: 6:35 PM 433 11th Avenue Dwelling
November 30 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
December 12, 1955: 9:18 PM 114-124 Straight Street
December 13 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
December 16, 1955: 10:33 PM 136 West Broadway Apartment
December 17 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
December 16, 1955: Station 42 Vreeland and 21st Aves 530 East 38th Street Dye Works
December 17 Paterson News
December 22, 1955: Station 18 (Straight & Governor) 7:36 AM 136 Governor Street
Paterson News
December 28, 1955: 74 (12th & East 25th) 9:30 PM 627 East 24th Street 2nd alarm Drs Office
December 29 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
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December 29, 1955: 234 (Bridge & River) 11:50 PM 17 Tyler Street Apartment
December 30 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
1956 Box Time Address Alarm Remarks
January 9, 1956: 8 AM 143 River Street 2nd alarm 4 story brick tenement
January 10 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
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1956 Ball Book
January 13, 1956: Station 562 Main and Bloomfield 3:53 PM 885 Main Street 2nd alarm
January 14 Paterson News
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January 14, 1956: 233 Hamilton Avenue Multi family building - Rescue
451 6:06 PM 56 Broadway Darby Lingerie shop cellar FF injuries
451 6:06 PM 56 Broadway Darby Lingerie shop cellar FF injuries
January 16 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
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January 16 Paterson News
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January 17, 1956: Station 255 (Jackson Street and Washington Ave) 9:30 PM
41 Washington Avenue 3 fatalities
41 Washington Avenue 3 fatalities
January 18 Paterson News
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January 18, 1956: 151 North Main St
January 28, 1956: Station 527 136 Slater Street 849 AM
January 28 & 29, 1956: 8 weekend fires
January 30 Paterson News
February 9, 1956: 472 6:28 PM 242 main Street 2nd alarm 6 story elbow building
February 10 Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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February 15, 1956: 208 Carroll Street + other fires
February 22, 1956: 237 5:57 PM 39-45 Summer Street 3rd Factory
Morning Call - Courtesy DennisMorrison
1953 Seagrave Pumper - either E2 a or E3
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February 23 Paterson News
March 5, 1956: 12:35 PM 62 Pearl Street Apartment fire
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Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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March 10, 1956: 6:38 1:37 PM 107 East 17th Street 3rd alarm 3 story factory
March 11th Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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March 16, 1956: Mercer & Lafayette Sts - 12:15 PM 108 Lafayette Street 2nd
Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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March 16, 1956: ~ 9 PM 25 Washington Street Chesler Paper Co
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March 18, 1956: 147 (Market & Railroad) Just after 6 AM 231-233 Market Street 2nd
March 19, Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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March 19, 1956: 23 Washington Street Chesler Paper Co F/F injuries
March 20 Paterson News
March 21, 1956: 8:20 PM 415 East 26th Street Dwelling
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March 22 Morning call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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April 5, 1956: Station 54 (16th & Carroll) 1:30 PM 166 16th Avenue
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April 6 Paterson News
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April 10, 1956: 6:30 AM 267 Water Street
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Paterson News
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April 12, 1956: Still alarm followed by a transmitted and pulled from location Station 638 (5th & East 17th) and well as station 63 (5th and River Streets) 7:20 PM 135 5th Avenue
April 13 Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
April 13, 1956: 24 (Market & Summer) 1:45 PM 88 Essex Street Dwelling
April 14 Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
April 15, 1956: afternoon - Station at East 31st & 20th - 492 East 33rd Street Dwelling
April 16 Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
April 25, 1956: 3:50 PM 494 Madison Ave 2nd Madison Ave Christian Reformed Church
April 26 Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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May 11, 1956: Station 431 (22nd Ave & Eat 25th Street) 10:32 AM 178 23rd Avenue
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Paterson News
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June 2, 1956: 567 5:39 PM 790 Main Street 3rd Lumbar Yard
June 2, 1956 Evening News -- Courtesy Dennis Morrison
June 2, 1956 Evening News -- Courtesy Dennis Morrison
June 2, 1956 Evening News -- Courtesy Dennis Morrison
June 2, 1956 Evening News -- Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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June 2, 1956 Evening News -- Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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June 4 Paterson News
June 13, 1956: Passaic River Drowning
Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
June 28, 1956: 462 & 459 east railway Avenue 2nd Alarm American Celery Co
June 29 Paterson News
July 10, 1956: Station 638 (3rd Ave & East 17th St) 1:37 PM 107 East 17th Street
Exposures at 105, 111, 113 East 17th Street 3rd alarm Factory
Exposures at 105, 111, 113 East 17th Street 3rd alarm Factory
July 11 Paterson News
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July 23, 1956: Paterson sends mutual aid to East Paterson General Alarm at Grand Union on Broadway
July 23, 1956: 638 1:37 PM 107 East 17th Street 3rd Factory
August 5, 1956: 3:30 AM 58 Chestnut Street Dwelling
B/C Chaplain - August 6 Paterson News
August 12, 1956: 4 PM 185 Paterson Street 2nd Germain Store Equipment Co
August 13 Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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August 20, 1956: 144 (Paterson & Ellison) ~ 5 Pm 181-183 Paterson Street 2nd Stores
August 21 Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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August 24, 1956: 943 and 947 East 28th Street Dwelling
August 25 Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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August 25 Paterson News
September 2, 1956: 146 Spruce Street Apartment
September 4 Paterson Everning News
September 8, 1956: 523 9:05 PM 573-577 Main Street 3rd alarm Apartment House
September 10, 1956:
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October 20, 1956: 467 21st Avenue Mixed occupancy
October 23 Paterson Evening News
November 5, 1956: 154 2:41 PM 19th Avenue & East 22nd Street 4th Public School 24
Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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School 24: Truck 1 at top and Truck 3 at bottom. Angelo Contini on aerial below the officer
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Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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December 25, 1956: 293 Main Street Majestic Theater
December 26 Paterson News
1957 Box Time Address Alarm Remarks
January 2, 1957: 321 11:47 AM 128 Water Street 2nd Alarm 2 1/2 Story Building
Building was once home of Protection Engine 5 and Engine 5
Building was once home of Protection Engine 5 and Engine 5
January 2 Paterson News
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January 34 Paterson News
January 2, 1957: 514 (512 and 47 also pulled) ~12:20 PM 31 Ellison Street
2nd Alarm 4 story brick building Engine 10 in accident at Park Ave and Straight Street while responding
2nd Alarm 4 story brick building Engine 10 in accident at Park Ave and Straight Street while responding
Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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February 17, 1957: Morning 20 Arch Street 2 story frame
February 18 Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Mossison
February 20, 1957: 6:00 AM 908 East 27th Street
February 20 Paterson News
March 17, 1957: 10:30 AM 236 River Street
March 18 Paterson News
March 30, 1957: ~ 7 PM 281 Grand Street Apartment with ladder rescue
Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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April 1 Paterson News
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April 1, 1957: 6:50 PM 428 East 30th Street Had to return ~ 9 PM for flare up
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April 2 Paterson News
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April 2, 1957: 468 Totowa Avenue Explosion at Fashion Screen Printing Co
April 2 Paterson News
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April 4, 1957: Spruce Street Raceway (near Market Street) rescue Truck 2 & Rescue Co
Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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April 5, 1957: 9:50 AM 371 Union Avenue 2nd Mixed occupancy
Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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April 5, 1957: Afternoon - 166 16th Avenue Apartment building
April 6 Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
April 19, 1957: 11:47 PM 8 Benson Street Dwelling fire
Paterson News
May 7, 1957: Station 378 (East Park Drive & Park Ave) 9:47 AM 333 East 39th Street
May 8 Paterson News
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May 30, 1957: 8:45 PM 315 South Mill Street
May 31 Paterson News
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July 20, 1957: 390 River Street Abandoned building
Morning call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
July 20 & 21, 1957: Multiple alarms on a busy weekend
July 22 Morning Call - Courtesy of Dennis Morrison
July 27, 1957: 503-505 Market Street 2nd alarm Mixed Occupancy
Paterson News
July 31, 1957: 2 Boxes pulled - 485 East 33rd Street 2 story dwelling
Paterson News
July 31, 1957: 485 East 33rd Street Dwelling
August 1 Paterson News
September 16, 1957: 9 Peach Street Dwelling fire with rescue
September 17 Paterson Evening News
October 23, 1957: 285 Straight Street Mill Fire
October 25 Paterson Evening News
October 25, 1957: 41 Lane Street
October 28 Paterson Evening News
November 8, 1957: River rescue from Arch Street Bridge
November 9 Paterson News
November 17, 1957: 1:30 AM 8 Bank Street
November 18 Paterson News
November 29, 1957: 32-38 Robert Street 2nd Alarm Furniture Warehouse
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Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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November 30 Paterson News
December 25, 1957: 8:45 AM 319 Park Avenue
December 26 Paterson News
1958 Box Time Address Alarm Remarks
January 8, 1958: 453 (West Broadway and River Street) 4:15 AM 32 River Street 3rd alarm Small Hotel Fatalities
Paterson News
Truck 2 FWD with Ahrens Fox aerial and E1 Mack pumper
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January 21, 1958: 9:25 AM 92 Benson Street Multiple rescues Dwelling
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January 22 Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
February 2, 1958: 4:34 PM 68 Haledon Avenue 3rd Christian Reformed Church
February 3 Paterson News
February 3, 1958: ~6:00 PM 111-113 Market Street 2nd alarm Stores
February 4 Paterson News
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February 14, 1958: Evening - Grand & New Streets Explosion & fire PVWC Gate House
February 15 Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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February 22, 1958: 7:30 AM 11-13 Albion Street Dwelling
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February 22 Paterson News
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March 7, 1958: 4:23 PM Passaic River at 6th Avenue
Still alarm Rescue Truck (operated by Engine 5): BC Dugan in command
Still alarm Rescue Truck (operated by Engine 5): BC Dugan in command
March 8 Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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March 10, 1958: 1:12 AM 140 Water Street with extension to 134 & 136 2nd alarm
Paterson News
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Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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March 17, 1958: 198 Market Street Cellar Fire
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March 18 Paterson News
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April 4, 1958: Main Street (near Slater Street) Newly appointed FF Warren Grant of E4
April 5 Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
April 13, 1958: 407 20th Avenue 2nd alarm Brake shop
Paterson News
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April 18, 1958: 4:00 AM 757-761 River Street 4th Alarm Bowling Alley
April 19 Paterson News
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April 28, 1958: 10:51 AM 64 Chadwick and 14 Mary Street 2nd alarm 3 story frame
Paterson News
FWD pumper at right is likely E4. Apparatus at left looks like Ahrens Fox which would have been a spare in 1958
April 29 Paterson News
May 27, 1958: 5:10 PM 22 Hamilton Avenue Diner roof fire
May 28 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
June 7, 1958: 4:02 AM 276 Slater Street 3rd alarm Freight House
1953 Seagrave pumper at left - ?E9, 11 or 10
June 8, 1958: 12:39 AM 36 Park Avenue 3rd Alarm Dwelling
First time PFD Recall system ever used
First time PFD Recall system ever used
Courtesy Dennis Morrison
June 9 Paterson Evening New
June 9 Morning Call
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Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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June 9 Paterson News
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June 17, 1958: 2:05 AM 27 East 33rd Street 3rd Alarm Eastern Machine Co
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June 23, 1958: Oxygen providing resuscitators were carried in gigs
June 24 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
July 2, 1958: 529 2:30 AM 349 Main St. 3rd Retail Store
July 20, 1958: 5:30 AM 341-347 Graham Avenue Apartment fire
July 21 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
July 28, 1958: 840-842 Main Street Suspicious laundry fires
July 29 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
August 2, 1958: Station 529 Hamilton & DeGrasse Streets - 2:30 AM 349-351 Main Street 3rd alarm Office supply store
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August 4 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
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August 3, 1958: 8:04 AM 99 Granite Avenue City Hospital cockloft fire
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August 4 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
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August 8, 1958: 286 Getty Avenue
Paterson News
August 13, 1958: 300 Marshall Street Marshall Trading Company
August 14 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
August 17, 1958: 633 4:00 AM 757-761 River Street 4th Bowling Alley
August 18 Morning call courtesy Dennis Morrison
August 20, 1958: 451 (Main and Market Sts) 6:20 PM 279 Main Street (at Smith St)
2nd alarm Gross Furniture Store
Also 132 Beckwith Avenue Two boxes and a 2nd alarm Old Curtiss Wright Factory
2nd alarm Gross Furniture Store
Also 132 Beckwith Avenue Two boxes and a 2nd alarm Old Curtiss Wright Factory
Gig and Engine 4 1957 FWD pumper
Engine 9 1953 Seagrave - 2nd alarm company - Truck 2 FWD cab seen at left
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August 21 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
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August 21, 1958: 1:59 PM 653 Market Street Zabriskie Motors
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August 22 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
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August 23, 1958: 107 Madison Avenue 2nd alarm 3 story dwelling
August 24 Paterson News
September 4, 1958: Station 322 - False alarm at Temple and Matlock Streets
September 5 Paterson Evening News
September 7, 1958: Van Houten & Summer Street rooming house 2nd alarm
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September 8 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
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September 11, 1958: Station 558 (East Railway & Alabama) 12:12 AM
99 East Railway Avenue 4th alarm Warehouse
99 East Railway Avenue 4th alarm Warehouse
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September 12 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
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September 11 Paterson Evening News
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October 16, 1958: ~ 9:00 PM Fire at abandoned City Hospital on Katz Avenue
Mid 1940's News Clip
October 17 Paterson News
October 18, 1958: 9:00 AM 358 Straight Street Mill fire
October 18 Paterson News
October 20, 1958: 3:57 PM 379 Straight Street Dwelling
October 21 Paterson Evening News
October 23, 1958: 4:47 AM 455-457 Main Street 2nd alarm Tenement
October 24 Paterson Evening News
October 24, 1958: 6:30 PM First National Bank on Straight Street
October 25 Paterson Evening News
October 28, 1958: 9:30 AM Colonial Dye Works McLean Blvd F/F injury
Paterson Evening News
December 6, 1958: 12:47 PM 92-96 Fair Street (at Paterson Street) 2nd alarm Synagogue
2:25 PM 126 Carbon Street Dwelling BC gig in accident responding
2:25 PM 126 Carbon Street Dwelling BC gig in accident responding
Truck 3 FWD Cab with Ahrens Fox aerial at left. FWD Pumper in front (E1 or E5?) Paterson News August 21
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Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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December 8, 1958: Responding to a fire at 22 Temple Street E12 driven by F/F William Savage, slides on icy road into traffic light at Water and Temple Streets
December 9 Paterson News
December 14, 1958: 451 (Main and Broadway) 5:30 AM 81 Broadway
4th alarm Retail Stores
4th alarm Retail Stores
December 15 Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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Hancock Collection
Hancock Collection
Building demolished in January 1959
Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
Post-fire photos by Captain Frank Malzone
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December 18, 1958: 523 11:13 AM 577-581 Main Street 3rd Apartment House
December 19 Morning Call Courtesy Dennis Morrison
Truck 2 Ahrens Fox aerial December 19 Paterson News
December 19 Morning Call Courtesy Dennis Morrison
December 19 Morning Call Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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December 19 Paterson News
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December 28, 1958: 1:30 PM 25 6th Avenue Associated Dye and Paint
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December 31, 1958: 5:14 PM 796 14th Avenue Dwelling of Edward Haines
(son of Paterson Evening news publisher Harry B Haines)
(son of Paterson Evening news publisher Harry B Haines)
January 1, 1959 Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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January 2 1959 Paterson Evening News
1959 Box Time Address Alarm Remarks
January 3, 1959: 1 Van Houten Street Allied Textile Printers
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Paterson Evening News
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January 6, 1959: Station 472 (Main & Market) 7:50 PM 213-17 Main Street 4th alarm Stenchever Shoes
Courtesy Dennis Morrison
Hancock Collection
T2 with 1954 FWD cab and 1932 85' Ahrens Fox aerial
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Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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January 7 Morning Call
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Frank Malzone photo
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Father of future PFD Captain Michael Caposella
January 12, 1959: 2:40 PM 144 East Main Street 2nd alarm Dwelling
Engine Co.12 - Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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February 8, 1959: 11-13 Governor Street rescue by Battalion Chef Michael Fleming
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February 8, 1959 - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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February 13, 1959: 472 12:08 AM 236 Main Street 3rd Caroline Shop (retail)
Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
February 15, 1959: 473 7:05 AM 86-88 Ellison Street 4th Retail Stores
Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
FF John Sisco Engine Company 7
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February 21, 1959: Multiple Boxes: 34-36 Pearl Street 3rd alarm equivalent Dwelling
Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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March 23, 1959: 25 and 27 Passaic Street 2nd alarm Tenement
March 24 Paterson Evening News
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March 28, 1959: 8:50 AM 499 Main Street 2nd alarm Dwelling
Paterson Evening News
March 24, 1959: 12:25 AM False alarm telephoned in Patrolman Frank Calamita later transferred to PFD and made Supreme Sacrifice
March 29 Paterson Evening News
April 16, 1959: busy day for PFD
April 17 Paterson Evening News
April 18, 1959: ~7PM 193 Montgomery Street
Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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May, 1959: 45 8:26 PM 32 Main Street 4th Paint Store
May 6, 1959: 9:36 AM PS 4 Clinton Street Lavatory fire
Paterson News
May 27, 1959: 256 (Grand St & Railroad Ave) 4:20 PM 104 Railroad Ave 3rd alarm Sanitary Soap Co
May 28 Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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June 10, 1959: 266 12:40 AM 101 Hazel St. 3rd General Electric
Courtesy Dennis Morrison
Courtesy Dennis Morrison
Courtesy Dennis Morrison
Courtesy Dennis Morrison
Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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June 10, 1959: 10:20 AM 265-275 4the Avenue 2nd alarm Roofing Company
Paterson Evening News
June 15, 1959: 7:00 PM Alexander Hamilton Project apartment fire
June 16 Paterson News
July 11, 1959: ~ 7:00 AM 28 Church Street apartment fire
Paterson Evening News
August 20, 1959: 5:30 PM 387 12th Ave Temple fire
July 25, 1959: 2 AM Ward Street & Dale Avenue plant
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July 25 Paterson Evening News
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August 30, 1959: 12:32 AM 220 Water Street Dwelling
1:30 AM 114 Water Street
1:44 AM 109 Water Street
1:30 AM 114 Water Street
1:44 AM 109 Water Street
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August 31 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
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August 30, 1959: 1:30 PM 29 Main Street 3rd Jacobs Bargain Store
August 31, Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
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September 7, 1959: 5:30 AM 339 Fair Street
November 10, 1959: 12:40 AM 27 Park Avenue Mixed occupancy
Paterson News
November 16, 1959: 8:45 PM 7-9 Park Avenue 2nd alarm Fatality
November 17 Morning Call -Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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November 17 Paterson News
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December 2, 1959: ~5:00 PM 300 Straight Street Foundry
December 3 Paterson Evening News
December 19, 1959: 351 Hamilton Avenue 2nd 3 children die
December 22 Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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December 21, 1959: 12:42 PM 22 Jefferson Street with extension to 20 & 24) 2nd Alarm
December 22 Morning Call -, Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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Fire Chaplain, Father James Doyle
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December 22 Paterson Evening News