"This 'n' That..."

A little of anything & everything about Newark...

...but nothing in particular

N.F.D. REPORTER

In September, 1963, the first issue of the Newark Fire Department's own newsletter, the
NFD Reporter made its debut appearance. The Reporter was published by the NFD on
a quarterly basis, with Firefighters Mike Menafro, as Editor, and Mike Restivo, as Manag-
ing Editor. The paper was published through 1968, when it was cut due to financial con-
straints.

Each page of every issue I have will be posted here, and when finished, the postings
will be of the complete issues. Each posting will be presented in a larger than normal
format to make it easier to read.

NOTE: I have most of the issues that were published in my collection, but I don't have all.
If anyone out there has issues of the Reporter, or even a complete set, I'd be more than
happy to work out a deal for them so the entire set can be published here for all to enjoy.

1906 Newark Fire Department
Annual Report

Gary Knoller has been kind enough to allow me to share this piece of NFD history, from
his collection, with you all.

The report contains heaps of info on the department of the day, including fire company
locations, rosters of each company's personnel and apparatus, fire box locations, reports
from every division of the department, and lots more.

Unfortunately, the listing of alarms for the year will not be able to be shown here as they
are two pages wide and of very small print, and will not reproduce here well enough to be
read. However, the rest of the report will be posted here.

A tip o' the ol' NFH leather to Mr. Knolls for his kind generosity.

Ye Olde Towne On Ye Pesayak

June 26, 1934
Raymond Boulevard Beneath the Pulaski Skyway
Public Service trolley #1758 proceeds east on Raymond Boulevard toward Avenue P.
Hank Przybylowicz Collection

NEWARK  MULTIPLE-ALARM  FIRES
BY  BOX  LOCATION
1896  TO  1990

Many years ago, I put together a document showing Newark's multiple-alarm fires, from
1896 to 1990, by box location, meaning the intersection the box number was assigned to,
e.g. Box 4316 - 16th and Littleton Avenues.

As there may have been several different box numbers assigned to an intersection over
the years, I chose to list the fires by intersection, in alphabetical order, i.e. Abinger Place
and Brookdale Avenue. In the cases of named and numbered streets mixed, the named
street is first, e.g. Littleton & 16th Aves. Two numbered streets are listed by avenue first,
e.g. 18th Avenue and 11th Street.

The box numbers that have been assigned to that intersection are shown, followed by a
listing of multiple-alarm fires for which that box was transmitted. The dates are shown in
year/month/day format, followed by the time, in 24-hour format, number of alarms (or task
forces), and address(es) and/or type of occupancy. Fatal fires are highlighted in green.

 

Bremen Street & Hamburg Place (Box 513)
1927/12/25 - 05:06 – 2-alarms (Harburger’s Hall)

Brenner Street & Rose Street (Box 4324)
1936/08/26 – 17:17 – 2-alarms (56 Kent St.)
1938/02/01 – 18:37 – 3-alarms (40 Kent St.)
1970/05/22 – 10:23 – 2-alarms (303 Rose St.)
1980/06/20 – 11:04 – 2-alarms (390-392-394 18th Ave.)

Bridge Street & Broad Street (Box 451 - Box 2138)
1915/02/05 – 05:10 – 2-alarms (24-1/2-26-28 Atlantic St.)
1916/01/13 – 04:15 – 3-alarms (486 Broad St.)
1917/01/28 – 06:56 – 2-alarms (Newark Lunch Co.)
1922/12/27 – 21:01 – 2-alarms (New Reformed Church)
1926/07/25 – 03:06 – 2-alarms (Warehouse)
1930/12/01 – 04:06 – 4-alarms (2nd Presbyterian Church)
1931/04/20 – 14:18 – 3-alarms (Church)
1940/12/23 – 05:28 – 2-alarms (42 Orange St.)
1962/11/16 – 19:24 – 2-alarms (Fire on Garabrant Pl.)

Bridge Street & Ogden Street (Box 45 - Box 2139)
1914/07/19 – 12:50 – 2-alarms (Newark Lime & Cement Co.)
1918/03/29 – 23:36 – 2-alarms (Meeker-Hedden Co.)
1926/06/11 – 02:57 – 2-alarms (Fire on Orange St.)
1927/04/21 – 19:47 – 2-alarms (414 Ogden St.)
1931/09/13 – 22:04 – 2-alarms (Mulroy & Cooke Co.)
1938/03/24 – 00:59 – 2-alarms (23 Atlantic St.)

Brill Street & Christie Street (Box 5335)
1981/07/04 – 19:54 – 2-alarms (124 Christie St.)

Brill Street & Ferry Street (Box 5142)
1985/12/10 – 04:05 – 2-alarms (459-463 Ferry St.)

Broad Street & Broadway
See Belleville Avenue & Broad Street

Broad Street & Camp Street (Box 2343)
1963/05/31 – 02:05 – 2-alarms (Hotel Essex House – 1050 Broad St.)

Broad Street & Camp Street (Box 2792)
1972/03/29 – 13:40 – 2-alarms (Hotel Essex House – 1050 Broad St.)

Broad Street & Canal Street (Box 17)
1904/01/ 03 – 20:57 – 2-alarms (Allen’s Restaurant)

Broad Street & Central Avenue (Box 2134)
1945/02/03 – 18:45 – 2-alarms (569 Broad St.)
1946/01/10 – 13:52 – 2-alarms (605 Broad St.)
1947/07/06 – 16:38 – 2-alarms (587 Broad St.)
1955/08/13 – 12:51 – 2-alarms (577 Broad St.)
1990/08/15 – 05:39 – 2-alarms (Restaurant – 25 Fulton St.)

Broad Street & Chestnut Street (Box 2312)
1963/02/13 – 03:27 – 3-alarms (17 Pennington St. – 5 killed)
1968/04/14 – 01:58 – 3-task forces (1074 Broad St.)
1970/01/27 – 00:48 – 2-alarms (18 Chestnut St. – 1 killed)
1979/11/18 – 00:20 – 2-alarms (5-7 Lincoln Pk. – 1 killed)
1982/07/17 – 05:51 – 2-alarms (17 Lincoln Pk.)

Broad Street & Clark Street (Box 3215)
1981/08/25 – 07:48 – 2-alarms (63-65 Broadway – 7-9 Clark St.)
1989/07/06 – 06:25 – 2-alarms (271 Broad St.)
1990/03/08 – 22:09 – 2-alarms (292 Broad St.)

Broad Street & Clay Street
See Belleville Avenue & Broad Street

Broad Street & Commerce Street (Box 17 - Box 2147)
1923/01/30 – 22:15 – 3-alarms (Center Market)
1943/02/16 – 03:23 – 3-alarms (52 Commerce St.)
1978/06/01 – 14:00 – 2-alarms (8 Commerce St.)
1984/05/09 – 20:39 – 3-alarms (Restaurant & offices - 27 Academy St.)

Broad Street & Division Street (Box 3749)
1970/12/06 – 02:09 – 4-alarms (Hotel Benzell – 450 Broad St. – 1 killed)
1977/04/25 – 21:59 – 2-alarms (Hotel Benzell – 450 Broad St.)
1977/05/23 – 04:54 – 3-alarms (Hotel Benzell – 450 Broad St.)
1980/01/23 – 23:36 – 2-alarms (Hotel Benzell – 450 Broad St.)

Broad Street & Edison Place (Box 2212)
1939/12/03 – 19:51 – 2-alarms (24-26 Edison Pl.)
1959/03/12 – 18:47 – 2-alarms (Stores)
1965/11/22 – 16:47 – 2-alarms (795 Broad St.)

Broad Street & Gillette Place (Box 2347)
1977/12/30 – 18:58 – 2-alarms (Hotel Lucerne - 1156 Broad St. – 8 killed)

Broad Street & Gouverneur Street (Box 49 - Box 3218)
1914/01/13 – 14:09 – 2-alarms (Apartment house)
1935/06/16 – 03:46 – 4-alarms (Apartment house)
1959/03/03 – 02:18 – 2-alarms (211 Broad St. - 2 killed)
1975/05/29 – 23:47 – 2-alarms (227-229-223 Broad St.)
1976/12/23 – 04:04 – 2-alarms (261-263 Broad St.)
1986/05/21 – 03:52 – 2-alarms (123 Broadway – 1 Gouverneur St.)
1990/02/19 – 22:49 – 3-alarms (109-11 Broadway)

Broad Street & Grant Street (Box 3119)
1939/11/16 – 13:26 – 2-alarms (386 Broad St.)
1942/12/24 – 00:50 – 2-alarms (396-398-400 Broad St.)
1972/04/09 – 04:13 – 2-alarms (Stores - 392-394-396 Broad St.)
1978/06/06 – 03:36 – 3-alarms (42 Spring St.)

Broad Street & Green Street (Box 312 - Box 2223)
1918/04/11 – 02:51 – 2-alarms (Newark Bill Posting Co.)
1922/06/10 – 22:23 – 3-alarms (24 Lafayette St.)
1926/07/29 – 23:42 – 2-alarms (City Hall – 920 Broad St.)
1955/01/28 – 07:36 – 4-alarms (Abelson Building)
1971/07/13 – 07:35 – 2-alarms (14 Green St. – 1 killed)
1979/01/03 – 16:51 – 3-alarms (16 Green St.)

Broad Street & Green Street (Box 343)
1924/03/10 – 19:20 – 2-alarms (City Hall – 920 Broad St.)