The great Ocean County fire of 1930
Ocean County Fire of 1930 As reported in the pages of the New Jersey Courier , 9 May 1930 FIERCE FIRES RAGE FOUR DAYS DESTROY FIFTY OR MORE HOMES Tuckerton Lost One House in Four Days Tuckerton, May 8--For a period of three days this town experienced the worst series of forest fires ever recorded here. Beginning with Saturday afternoon and still raging on Wednesday night. Every able bodied man and even school boys were fighting fires. There were companies here from Atlantic City, Ocean City, Pomona, Beach Haven, West Creek, Manahawkin, Beach- Arlington and other places. During the time a thousand or more men have been at work. The first fire started on Saturday afternoon at Tuckerton Manors, a new development on North Green street road, and quickly spread through the Wood street area, but above the houses, burned out to the New York road, endangering the Marine Radio Station, the home of James Cullen , his son's and Joseph Petzak 's. These places ...