This was one of the area's very tragic fires.

The view above shows the front facade of the Trenton Brass and Machine Company which experienced a very serious fire back in 1908 as can b...

  The Capitol was the location of my very first date with my high school sweetheart and wife of 59 years, Judy Britton. I took her to s...

This news photo and the accompanying article from my "FIRE-FIRE RELATED" folder in the Local History Collection. It has been scann...

This would have been in an era where the rural villages of Hamilton Township and other rural Mercer County communities were sadly lacking in...

Many years ago, I paid a visit to Meredith "Med" Havens home in the Cadwalader section of Trenton to purchase a stack of his dup...

How I love sepia views! In fact, I am going to convert some future posts from "gray scale" to sepia. The above Trenton Public Libr...

I had posted graphics on the tragic Chandler-Palruba fire in Yardville back in August. A recent guest book comment by Ms. Claire Dwier Zarr...

Fire Protection in Hamilton was not as efficient as it is today. However, the local firemen did an admirable job of fighting this fire which...

The above graphic shows an aerial view of the area described in the 1941 article from the Library's "ROEBLING" file regarding ...

If you look closely, you will see that the theater was still under the B.F. Kieth management. However, the sign was yet to be changed to the...

I ask your indulgence for the poor quality of the photo in the graphic. In computing, there is a problem that sometimes arises in the proces...

The city of Trenton had its share of destructive fires during the first half of the 20th century. I recall two particularly damaging fires...

These are the three Lenhardt boys I grew up with. Even though Jack has been a Chief and a leading light in the Mercerville Volunteer Fire Co...

As you can see, the recent disruption in this website has been solved. Google advised that it could take at least 24 hours until verificatio...

This fascinating photo of the horse-drawn fire apparatus of the Hopewell Fire Company as it looked in 1913, before there were fire hydrant...

We have all heard and seen the dedicated volunteers who go to major fires with their support unit, serving hot coffee in the winter time and...

As you will see when you read the article above, fire fighting today is a far cry from the bucket brigades of old, and even a further far cr...