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Chronological Listing of Major Fires during the Volunteer Department Era
January 3, 1816
The first fire in Paterson of which there is any written record was described in the Paterson Bee at probably referring to the residence of Mr. Samuel Colt, a leading manufacturer and store-keeper who lived at 120 Market Street (where in 1893, the Masonic Hall Stood)
July 5 , 1819
John Amen had a small frame house between Little Falls Road and the chasm (raceway) just west of Spruce Street Fire! July 5, 1819.  From the Bergen Express - On Sunday last the house belonging to Mr. John Amens of this town was burnt to the ground together with the furniture it contained.
February 12, 1826: 4AM  Parke Street fire
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December 15, 1826
James Moore Dry Good Store  --  See plea below from Foreman of Engine 1 John Benson
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1828
     August 24, 1828  Van Houten Street, south side: Burned up Van Houten to Main Street and
​     up Main to Ellison Street. 23 houses destroyed
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From the Albany Argus August 28, 1828 - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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Published NY Spectator September 2, 1828 - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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Published NY Spectator September 2, 1828 - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
January 19, 1830
Main and Van Houten Streets 3 story brick building of Abraham Godwin Jr. 
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July 19, 1830
Building of Abraham Godwin destroyed on southwest corner of Main and Van Houten Street
April 29, 1832
Destruction of the Little Beaver Mill, a brick and stone building on the West Side of raceway at the foot of Prospect Street. A Sunday night fire between 10 and 11 PM -  from the painting by Thomas Whitely.  The building was owned by Peter Walker and the fire, thought to be accidental, spread rapidly. By the time the engines arrived little could be done except preserve adjacent buildings. 
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1833
     July 16, 1833:  Bakehouse of Charles Strattain on Main Street
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1834  
        September 3, 1834:  Ward Street house fire
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1835
      May 26, 1835: Manufacturing establishment of Paul and Reggs
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1836
     October12, 1836: Van Riper Turning shop, Phenix Manufacturing buildings
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     December 17, 1836: Paterson & Hudson River RR Depot
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1837
             January 10, 1837: 2 PM  Boudinot Street (later renamed Van Houten Street)
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1838
     April 24, 1838:  Fire in small building on Main Street opposite Van Houten Street at 1:00
     AM. The engines repaired to the spot. The minute book of Engine 3 states: Engine Mo. 3
     took water from Np. 2 and played into No. 4. No. 3 sucked No. 2 dry three times and
​     "washed" No. 4 during the whole time of the fire.
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     July 16, 1838:  Blacksmith's shop and stable. Washington and Fair Streets: No. 3 took water
     from the brook and were about to play into No. 2. But No. 2's company got its dander up
     about something and would not take water from No. 3. While this quarrel was going on Nos.
​    1 and 5 got to work and put out the fire. 

     November 19,1838: Hope Factory,  Mill Street   $100 damage
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1839
     List of the 1839 fires in the Annual Report of Chief Engineer Nathan lane
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1839
    February 26, 1839:    8 PM  Congress Street    Boggs Foundry
​                                         Midnight - fire in Manchester section dwelling
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     April 19, 1839:  2 AM  Oliver Street dwelling & adjoining building
     April 20, 1839: Paterson Machine Company at Oldham (Haledon)​            
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     May 1, 1839: 11PM  Van Houten Street stables
                             3 AM  Auction Room & other stores at Main & Van Houten Streets
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May 8 article - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
     July 10, 1939: 3 AM  John Nightingale factory on Boudinot Street
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     August 14, 1839: Machine shop of Godwin, Clark and Company
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1840
     July 15, 1840: 1:30 AM  Brower House Van Houten Street
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     August 6, 1840:   A fire broke out in a stable on Main Street occupied by John Hart and
​     about 20 buildings were destroyed before the flames could be extinguished
1841
    February 2, 1841
           Coppersmith Shop of William Cundell, Main Street
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     May 12, 1841:   Tavern near the Turnpike Bridge
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     October 6, 1841:  ~1-2AM  Barn and Cowhouse of Ralph Doremus
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1842
    February 16, 1842
          Prospect Street fire - 2 story dwelling and exposure lost due to poor FD management
​          Young citizen run over by an apparatus
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     April 6, 1842: Ridgeway, Dickey and Morrell cotton mill
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November 22, 1843
     Chandler (wax and candles) shop of Patrick Kelley on Van Houten Street
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1845
     November 19, 1845:  2 PM  Mill Street   Printing & Dyeing Establishment, Foundry
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1846
     December 16, 1846:  Van Houten Street fire                      H Moses Establishment
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1847
     March 31, 1847:  8 PM Doremus Barn in Manchester
                                   After midnight - Passaic Street dwelling
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April 14, 1847:  11 PM  Main and Van Houten Streets  Several stores
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     May 26, 1847:  Broadway & Prospect Streets  Bradley & Bros Machine shop
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     June 16, 1847:    Midnight  Paterson Academy on Academy Street
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1848
    June 20: ​House of Neptune Engine Company 2 destroyed
    June 28: Congress Hall, St. Paul's Church and the Oldham Machine shops on Market Street
​    between Main and Union Streets
    July 23: House of Eagle Truck Company 1 and Washington Engine Company 3 located on
    John (Ellison) Street destroyed​
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   October 18: West side of Main Street, near corner of Broadway, then crossed over to east
   side of Main Street, thence up Main Street and stopped about where B. Kent's lower
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1849
   March 10: Carrick Mill, corner of Mill and Market Streets
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    March 14, 1849:  Mill Street Cotton factory (A&R Carrick)    Defective hose
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1850: 
     January 6, 1850:   8 PM Broadway & Washington Streets  2 story dwelling
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   March 5, 1850:    4 AM   Main Street - Moser's Confectionary Store & School House
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April 24, 1850:   West Street Dwellings  Water issue for firefighters
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    October 5:  2 PM First Presbyterian Church totally destroyed  Main & Ward Street
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1851
     November 10:   2 AM   John Street stable of John McGrogan
​                                4-5 AM John Street stable of James Krenshaw and a dwelling
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1855
March 21, 1855:  ~10-11PM  Rogers, Ketchum & Grosvenor Foundry Pine Street
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1856
     March 26, 1856:  1:30 AM   Broadway Stable fire
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April 30, 1856:   1 AM  Rockport Mill on Morris Canal bank
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    July 26, 1856:  1 AM  Fire at Engine 4 on Slater Street with scorching of apparatus
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July 27, 1856:    Church between Market & Ellison Streets  Stable fires with horse fatality
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    August 2: Several stores burned out on west side of Main Street, near Broadway. Several       fire companies indulged in a free fight. Men of Columbia Hose 1 and Protection Engine No. 5 resisted an attack from Engine No. 4's men. Afterwards the men of Hose 1 were expelled from the department and Columbia Hose Company One was disbanded. ​

   December, 29: Several firms burned out at the northwest corner of Main and Van Houten Street. $40,000 loss.
1857
    March 12, 1857: The Malleray and Waverly Mills
     ? Month and day:  Ward Street barn  Fire hydrants worked nicely
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1858
    April 5: Ensign's Coffin Warerooms, 47 Broadway
    December 26: The firehouse of Protection Engine Company 5 at Temple and High Streets
1859
   February 4: 1:45 AM  Main and Fair Streets  Grocery Store (snowing)
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1863
    March 12: Gun Mill, at the foot of Boudinot Street (now called Van Houten Street)
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   July 1: Erie Repair Shop, Market Street. $40,000 loss
September 8, 1864
    Odam's Stables at Main and Grand streets
1865
    January 3: David Henry's carpenter shop - Main Street near Smith Street
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    November 12: Allen, Reynolds & Company Tobacco Factory. The first Supreme                   Sacrifice made by a Paterson Fireman - John Brophy of  Washington Fire
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1865 
    December 20: Waverly Mill, foot of Mill Street. $100,000 loss
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July 8, 1866
    Danforth, Cooke and Company Locomotive Works. The second Supreme Sacrifice made by a Paterson Fireman - James Johnson of  Protection Fire Engine Company 5 overcome with heat
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February 21, 1867:  Northside fire (lower Clinton Street) hampered by snow - early steamer use - At this time Engine 5 was a hand pumper - All of the apparatus was hand, not horse pulled during this time period
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Same Fire - Paterson Press February 22, 1867
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1868
    July 25, 1868:  Beveridge Lumbar Yard
          2:30 AM  Market Street at the railroad
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     September 28, 1868: Hotel Fire
                5 AM  Franklin House Hotel Fire
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May 10, 1869
     1:30 PM  Ryles Mill, Murray Mill   Oliver Street between Jersey and Mill Streets  
​     5 Dwellings       $300,000 loss 
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1871
March 2: 4 PM  West Street - Double frame building of Andrew Derrom's carpenters works
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Letter from Neighbors castigating owner of above property
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March 15:  11:00 PM  Grant Locomotive Pine Street (Hammer Shop)
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March 16 Guardian - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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Same Fire - Paterson Daily Press March 16
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​September 7: National Mills
October 2: 1 AM Quarters of Protection Engine Company 5 on Water Street
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The Guardian - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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The Guardian - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
December 13, 1871: Franklin Mill
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Below is a letter to the editor
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December 14, 1871: "The Town Clock" Fire: First Reformed Church, Old Post Office, several stores and residences
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1872
    October 4: Watson's Shop  Loss $300,000
​    October 17: Station 14  Erie Railroad Depot Water Tower
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The Guardian - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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    December 22: Collier's Rolling Mill on Railroad Avenue
1873
     March 4,
     Riverside Hotel: Box 25 is the first fire transmitted via a street alarm box.
1875
    April 18: Firehouse and Steamer of Protection Engine Company 5 on Water Street
    June 28-29:  Watson Shop
    December 8: Adam's Milll on Van Houten Street
1876
   April 21: Elvin's Arcade, Ellison Street west of Main Street. $80,000 loss
    June 28-29:  Box 5 at 1:30 AM - Haring's Spice Mills and Paterson Horse Railroad Stables
​    April 22: 7:15 AM  Station 3 (at City Hall)  Arcade on Ellison Street   from the Guardian
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   November 13, 1876: Box 3 at 1:55 AM - Bloomberg Brothers on Main Street
1877
    March 27: Box 14 at 5:40 AM Slater's Hotel on Ramapo Ave.
    April 12: Box 7 at  9 AM Buchanan & Company's Mill on Mill Street
    April 13: Box 3 at 2 AM Norwood and Company on Main Street
    December 17: A train of cars and several buildings (Oil Fire)
1878
    October 5: Box 25 10:45 PM Passaic Rolling Mill
​    December 3: Box 43 11:15 PM Continental Hall at corner of Main and Van Houten Street
1879
    February 13: Box 17 at 6:45 PM Roger's L and M Works & Barbour Mills on Spruce Street
    July 14: Box 45 at 6:30 PM Union Manufacturing Company on River Street
1880
    March 6: Box 16 at 5:30 AM  Danforth L & M Company on Market Street
    May 20: Box 17 at 1 PM  Grant Locomotive Works, Gas House on Jersey Street
    July 3:  72 Jackson Street- quarters of Eagle Hook and Ladder Company 1

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    December 24: Box 52 at 1 AM F.C. Van Dyk & Company on Main Street
The sketch below of the Van Dyk Fire is embellished as the fire department was not using horses to ​pull steam fire engines in 1880
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1881
    May 8: Box 14 at 2:55 AM  Kip's Livery Stable on Ramapo Ave
July 2, 1882:  Five Steamers at Work!
       Five Steamers at work    River and Montgomery Streets   Also 101 Jackson Street
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1883
    September 18: Box 71 2:30 PM  R and H Adams Mill on Van Houten Street   (all clips courtesy of Jim Eifler)
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    November 29: Box 63 at 1:25 AM  I.T Hyatts in Riverside
1884
    July 15: Box 72 at 7:45 AM Mahoney's Dry Goods Store on Main Street
    July 20: Box 12 at 4:10 AM Dolphin Manufacturing Company's batch house on Spruce Street
1885: 
January 11, 1885:  Box 14  3:10 AM  Wills Street & Crosby Place  General Alarm
​           Sandy Hill  The Mansion House
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July 1885:  Several Days of Fires
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   September 25: Boxes 31, 21  3:47 PM  Pope Mill, Jay Street  Loss $29,200
1886
    January 12: Box 14 at 3:10 AM Crosby Buildings, corner of Park Avenue and Crosby Place
    April 21: Box 63 at 3:22 AM  Greppo Dye works in Riverside
1887
   January 17:  Box 72  3:30 PM  90 Washington Street   HB Crosby Grocery Store
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    February 5:, 1887 Box 71 at 6:34 AM  R and H Adam's Mill on Van Houten Street
    April 23, 1887: Box 12 at 2:50 PM Ivanhoe Paper Mill on Spruce Street: boiler explosion
    May 12, 1887: Box 25 at 11:10 PM Paterson Iron Works
    September 7, 1887: Box 16 at 2:25 AM Grant Locomotive Works on Market Street  
​    September 13, 1887: Box 156  (Marshall & Paxton Sts) 2:45 AM   Fenner Barn & Stables
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​   December 2, 1887: 6:40 PM  Roger's Locomotive Shops Spruce and Oliver Streets
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1888
    January 23: at 10:40 AM Roger's L and M Works on Spruce Street
    June 28: Box 45 at 2:10 AM Ackerman's Stables on River Street
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    July 10: Box 14 at 9:11 AM Bell Building at Market St and Ramapo Avenue
    October 24: Box 45 at 3:12 AM AR Rutan's Stable on Godwin Street $18,500
1889
   January 23: Box 17 10:40 AM  Roger's L&M works  Spruce Street  Loss $38,700    
    March 6:
Box 14 at 4:44 AM Ekings block on Market Street  $17,182
    June 3: Box 243 at 10:20 PM  Doherty and Wadsworth at Beech and Essex Streets 
    June 7: Box 36 at 2:05 AM Ulrich Piano Company
​    June 28: Box 45 2:10 AM  Ackerman's Stables, River Street   Loss $8,900
​    July 24: Box 51 at 8:05 PM Kohlhaas Brothers Gun Mill
    October 15: Box 23 at 12:31 PM Peerless Plush Company Franklin and Summer Streets
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1890
 February 8: Box 72 (City Hall)  at 1:57 AM Washington Market, northeast corner of Broadway and Fair Streets
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​This was the last major fire handled by Paterson's Volunteer department. Below are the Paterson Weekly Press clippings courtesy Jim Eifler   Read the columns L to R. The photo and its legend were from a review 2 1/2 years later on November 24, 1912 in the Chronicle - courtesy of Dennis Morrison.
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1887 Sanborn Map
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November 24, 1912 Chronicle - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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The legend with the above photo - typed out below for easier reading.
PHOTO LEGEND: The accompanying photograph taken on the afternoon of February 8, 1890, shows the ruin of old Washington  Hall which was destroyed by fire during the forenoon of that day. The Hall was built in 1870 by a stock company formed of Paterson men at a cost of $150,000. It had a frontage of 500 feet on Broadway, extended along the entire depth of Washington street to Fair and also along Fair street at the rear. The company, which erected the building, did so with the intentions of conducting it as a public marketplace. They failed in this, however, and a few months prior to the fire sold out to the Katz brothers for $50,000. 

At the time of the fire, Washington Hall was occupied by a number or merchants who had stores om the lowest floor and by the Majestic lodge, who occupied the upper floors. The Board of Trade met in the building and the First Battalion drilled there. 

The fire broke out at 1:45 o'clock in the morning and had gained such headway by the time the firemen arrived that they were unable to cope with the flames and their engines were directed to saving adjoining property. The day pf the fire was one of the coldest of the winter and the volunteer firemen who now bark back to the old times, often tell of the intense sufferings of the men handling the hose, owing to the instant freezing of spray and running water on their persons. Washington Market was the last indoor market in Paterson and since that time agitation has been frequent, as it is at the present time, to establish another.


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MARCH 20, 1890: VOLUNTEER DEPARTMENT CEASES OPERATION
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