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that time someone smashed the toilets at Winding River with a sledgehammer
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Pine Barrens Fire, 1936
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Pine Barrens Fire of 1936 As reported in the pages of the New Jersey Mirror , 27 May 1936 Five Killed, Many Injured in Greatest Forest Fires in the History of Two Counties / More Than 20,000 Acres Involved in Four-Day Conflagration in the Area from Chatsworth to Tuckerton and Manahawkin--2,000 Men Fought Fire / Men Were Trapped While Fighting In one of the worst forest fires in the history of Burlington and Ocean counties, the past four days, burning over more than 20,000 acres, five men lost their lives and many others were injured. The area involved includes the section from Chatsworth to Tuckerton. There also were fires east of Brown's Mills. Colonel Leonidas J. Coyle, state fire warden, reported last night that the fire was under control and practically extinguished, when a change of wind turned the flames back over the area already burned over. The dead are: Edward F. Sullivan, 19, of New Brunswick. Kingsley White, 38, of Whitesville. Stanley Carr, 23, of Farmingd...
One day in Asbury Park news, 1941
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Individuals Appearing in the Asbury Park Evening Press on 2 Sep 1941 Surname Given name Residence Notes Abrams Maurice Ocean Twp, Monmouth Co charged with non payment of wages for one month to Julia Bosley Adams John 214 Union Ave, Newark age 9; he and Patricia Compton were attacked by older kids with razors Betesch David 415 Second Ave, Bradley Beach He nad Ralph Tamil were on a bike struck by Melvin Etten's car; both were unhurt Bosley Julia* Munroe Ave, Asbury Park charged Maurice Abrams with nonpayment of her wages for one month Branner Stella Cranbury Injured knee on Ocean Grove beach, had to go to hospital Brevaid Dorothy* 1315 Springwood Ave, Asbury Park Injured shoulder in a fall, went to hospital Bruno Carlo Paterson Car accidentally struck pedestrian Marie Stout of Barnegat Clans Agnes Colonia Age 69; back injured in an auto accident Clark Walter* Neptune Age 9 -cut himself on glass and had to go to hospital Compton Patricia --- age 7; she and John Adams wer...
Schooner Lydia B. Cowperthwaite runs aground at Absecon, 1857
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