Ocean County , NJ History

from the Asbury Park Press 2 Oct 1977

May 1930 saw a huge forest fire in the pines of Ocean County. This is how it was reported in the New Jersey Courier of 9 May 1930: 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 were saved only after a hard fight. On Sun