1938: FIRE AT THE OLD WASHINGTON MARKET SITE

The city of Trenton had its share of destructive fires during the first half of the 20th century. I recall two particularly damaging fires during the mid 1940's; one a the Binder's establishment, and another at the New Jersey Floor Covering Plant, both in downtown Trenton. The fire in the photos above shows that stretch of property going "down hill" from State and Broad, on the western side of South Broad Street,