YEAR DATE LOCATIO N DEATHS ARSON NAME AGE INJURY NAME AGE TREATMENT CAUSE DISPLACEMENT

1967 15-Nov 415 Monroe Street 5 NO Alice Dickerson 47 Burns&Smoke I Rebecca Dickerson 21 Admitted possible heater Building demolished
Robin Dickerson 11 mos. Burns&Smoke I Carmen Torres 21 Admitted explosion
Fernando Nunn 4 Burns Frances Torres 9 mos. Admitted
Robert Nunn 5 Burns&Smoke I Evalise Sinano 4 Admitted
Michael Tillman 2 Multiple Injuries **JaneMarie Dickersor11 mos. Admitted **rescued by 15 year old
Hand laceration HFF Joseph Erns cousin, Walter Dickerson
Hand injuries** Anthony Amato ** injured as he
attempted to catch baby,
km Frances, dropped from
window by mother Carmen

1970's ?? 256 11th Street Unknown Unidentified HFF Began 1st floor vacant 256 23 Homeless// 9
258 11th Street had been codemned, temporarily housed@
260 11th Street process of being vacated American Hotel
3 Alarm Fire by tenants

1972 5-Dec 324 Monroe Street heavily damaged.ordered 33 Families lost their
326 Monroe Street to remove top 2 floors homes
328 Monroe Street danger of collapse
330 Monroe Street
332 Monroe Street
General Alarm

1970's ?? 54 Monroe Street
3 Alarm Blaze
started main hallway.roared
through center of building
Floors burned at same time
?? John Atkins ? Multiple injuries *'Therdore Grahaf ? Suspicious origin// Building gutted
Paul Sullivan, Proscecutor's 'sidewalk around building
Office on site covered in blood,trapped
*'hung by his hands 3rd tenants leaped from
floor window until flames building."
licking his fingers forced
him to let go"

YEAR DATE LOCATION DEATHS ARSON NAME AGE INJURY NAME AGE TREATMENT CAUSE DISPLACEMENT
1973 29-Sep 263 11th Street 11 YES Patricia Requena 19 Burns Nellie Espesjo 40 Admitted 40 Families
General Alarm @1 :20 AM Jacquelina Requena 18 Burns Juana Equena 17 Admitted Top 3 floors of 263 collapse 160 Individuals
Carola Requena 17 Smoke lnh. Denise Saulo 40 Tx& released
Spread to Not yet named Shock Roberto Matos 45 Tx& released
259 11th Street Not yet named Shock John Coogan 74 Tx& released
261 11th Street Not yet named Burns *'Carol Roquero 17 *Adm. SMH I,** jumped or fell from 4th
1031 Willow Avenue Not yet named died from inj1 floor window.tall broken by
Not yet named Carlos Gonzalez 22,
Not yet named mechanic, injured both
Not yet named hands & fractured arm
Not yet named
1973 ?? 328 Garden Street 2 Families homeless

1973 20-Aug 1416 Clinton Street 0 NO Parade Float Display No one in warehouse Building destroyed
started @ 9 PM Company Warehouse when fire broke out

1974 4-0ct 303 First Sfreet 0 NO Burned hands Hilda Arroyo 23 Cooking oil ignited curtains **Awilda Arroyo,3,rescued
5th Floor Apt@12:45 PM *Mrs Arroyo & baby Jose,3 by Joseph Muti, Off-Duty
monthe rescued by NJ Bell Weehawken Patrolman
workers Dan Fodera &
Bob Harrington

1975 ?? 921 Clinton Street

2 Alarm Fire

1976 7-Feb St. Mary Hospital 0 Smoke lnh. About 12 Firemen ?? Tx&Released Store room smoky 100 Patients
300 Willow Avenue fire evacuated

YEAR DATE LOCATION DEATHS ARSON NAME AGE INJURY NAME AGE TREATMENT CAUSE DISPLACEMENT
1976 20-Jul 10th & River Road 0 Con Rail Marine Repair None
3Alarm Fire Shop// Pier near
Maxwell
1977 2-Mar 325 Monroe Street
General Alarm

1977 28-May 812 Willow Avenue

1977 30-Jun Pier Fire Erie Lackawana RR

Foot of 17th Street Pier 3 & Pier 4

1977 July 403 Jefferson Street

1977 25-0ct Mount Olive Baptist Church Smoke lnhalatic HFF John Green Adm. SMH/10 Under renovation, 4th week 11 families left
721 Washington Street & chest pain $100,000 project on Washington Street
Spread to Hand laceration HFF William Thiel Tx&Released 2 Families homeless on
723 Washington Street Unknown HFF Unnamed Tx&Released Hudson Street
725 Washington Street 61 Homeless
Rectory Sacred Heart Academy
Church? All Saints?
722 Hudson Street/in back
 General Alarm 2:30AM

1978 10-Mar 560 Marshall Drive Alberto Langini ?

80% Burns

1978 6-May 70 Washington Stre, 2 Julia Rodriguez 7

Jesus Rodriguez 11

YEAR DATE LOCATION DEATHS ARSON NAME AGE INJURY NAME AGE TREATMENT CAUSE DISPLACEMENT
1979 21-Jan 131 Clinton Street 21 ?? Gayatri Rampersad 35 Multiple fracture William Bosch 19 Admitted No evidence os inflammabl, 48 occupants at
3 Alarm Fire@ 3:30 AM Sandra Rampersad 12 Unknown William Bosch Jr 5mos. Admitted found/ children may have lit time of fire
lndravati Rampersad 11 Shattered legs Aida Rivera 20 Admitted newspapers in hallway 21 dead
Bholaram Rampersad 10 Unknown Placida Soto Torres 53 Admitted 20 injured
lnder Rampersad 8 Abd. Pain/lacs. Pablo/Paul Ramirez 3 Admitted 6 hospitalized
Fatbay Rampersad 7 Unknown Erolida Arroyo 51 Admitted 37 individuals were
Sharmun Rampersad 4 Unknown Hector Rodriguez 8 Admitted displaced
Neelavati Rampersad 2 Unknown 0
Richard Lorenzi 14 Admitted SFI **rescued 9yo niece Maria
Jacob Drepauls 43 Rodriguez More Heroes
Gangapati Drepau/ 39 Arm Laceration ** Roberto Mendel 35 Tx& Release, **Roberto broke open Andrew Arroyo 14yo
Roxanne Drepauls 17 nailed shut window rescued Grandparents &
129 Clinton Street Adrian Drepau/s 15 Bruised legs Elsa Ramirez 27 Tx& Released cousins
131 Clinton Street Mukesh Drepaul 13 Smoke inh. 14 Individuals ? Tx& Released Angelo Ramirez,27, threw
13~ Clinton Street razed after Veronica Drepaul 11 Smoke inh,/CP HPD Sgt John Carrier ? Admitted SMH his 2 children from 2nd
fire Raynond Drepaul 9 Back inj/seared HPD John Smith ? Tx& Released floor window. Joanne(?)
Premnath Drepau/ 6 throat caught by neighbor. Paul
Pradeep Drepau/ 5 not caught Adm. SMH/
Nicholas Torres 24 Observed/no serious injury
Maria Teresa Torres 17 Wm,Bosch jumped holding
Margarita Torres 16 son close to his chest to
Marilyn Torres 14 protect him

1979 21-Jan YMCA 0 NO Short circuit feedline rear 51 Displaced//31

3 Alarm Fire 5:15 AM basement, initially HFD una returned to YMCA
to shut down

1979 Jan. 107 Jackson Street Building razed

 1979 10-Jul 10411th Street

YEAR DATE LOCATION DEATHS ARSON NAME AGE INJURY NAME AGE TREATMENT CAUSE DISPLACEMENT

1979 29-Sep 1038 Willow Avenue

1 family known

1979 26-Oct 311 First Street 2 Edna Kadea 39 Rubin Colon Tx & Released
Above Apicellas Fish Store Tawary Colon 1 \

1980 19-Jul 1101 Washington Street

Building demolished,
3 Alarm
is now a parking lot

1980 20-Sep 2 Louis Sanchez 8

Victor Sanchez 2

1980 1-Nov Piers 3rd & River Street

General Alarm @ 9 PM

1981 31-Jan 108 Washington Streer

110 Washington Street

1981 2-Sep 233 Madison Street 4 story Building

4th fire in 3 months//only 51 Residents/10
3 Alarm Fire@ 1PM above El Fargo, one was considered families
grocery suspicious 4th floor & roof gutted
started in dumb-
waiter
YEAR DATE LOCATION DEATHS ARSON NAME AGE INJURY NAME AGE TREATMENT CAUSE DISPLACEMENT
1981 13-0ct 67 Park Avenue 2 ?? Javier Galicia 2 Facial burns Raralenda(Rosa) Butle 9 Adm.St Barn; Originally postulated that 13 injured
General Alarm @10:40AM Modesto Galicia 7 30% 2nd degre, Javels(Jacob) Hernanc 29 Adm.St.Barn; Children playing 100 Homeless
Building already engulfed 35% 2nd degre, Paul Rodriguez 6 Adm.St.Barn; with matches, set
Columbus Day holiday -> higher 40% 2nd degre, Carmen Garcia 24 Adm.St.Barn; couch/mattress on fire
injury/mortality Severe Burns Frankie Rodriguez 4 Adm.St.Barn; under investigation ** 31 housed @ American
Burn&Smoke In Joseph Rodriguez 10 Adm. SMH Hotel
Burn&Smoke In Robert Rodriguez 9 Adm. SMH
Burn&Smoke In Antonio Olavarria ? Adm. SMH 5th fire in past 4 weeks// all
Burn&Smoke In William(Efrain) Olavarr 17 Adm. SMH were hallway fires
Burn&Smoke In Gladys Garcia ? Adm. SMH Smoke Alarm system not
Burn&Smoke In HPD Thomas White ? Adm. SMH working???had been turned off
Burn&Smoke In HPD Andrew Markey ? Adm. SMH
Smoke lnh. HPD James Fitzsimmc ? Tx&Released

Two suspicious fires

1981 17-0ct 267 First Street reported

1981 25-0ct 1200 Washington SI 11 YES Goduvim Mercado 34 Smoke lnh. Robert Burzichelli 22 Admitted Victims trapped on top floor Building scheduled
Ana Mercado 35 Smoke lnh. Lauren Tarr 21 Admitted to be sold 10/26
Ruth Mercado 13 Smoke lnh. HPO Eugene Drayton ? Tx & Released to Robert Fisher
Dennise Mercado 12 Smoke lnh. HPO Antonio Julve ? Tx & Released later purchased by
Walter Mercado 10 Robert Fox, being
Kenneth Mercado 9 converted into
Manuel Vega 76 condominiums
Reineira Rios 43
Frank Rios 20
Marybe/1 Rios 18
Jesus Rios 13

1981 21-Nov American Hotel/ 2 ??? Walter Mitchell 51 unknown Not yet named ? Yes Under Investigation 60 Individuals,
80 River Street Not yet named unknown Not yet named ? Yes may or not have later moved out of
Smoke inh. Not yet named ? Tx & Release been arson Hoboken, some
Smoke inh. Not yet named ? Tx & Released were briefly
Smoke inh. Not yet named ? Tx & Released housed there b/o
Smoke inh. Not yet named ? Tx & Released recent arson

1981 15-Dec 1114 Clinton Street

1982 30-Apr Pinter's Hotel 13* YES Anna Hilda Perez 45 Burns Maria Colon 28 Hackensack Burn

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 151 14th Street Francisca Vasquez 41 Unknown Unnamed girl 15 SMH
reported 4:22AM John Serrano 38 Unknown Unnamed HFF ? SMH
Olga Garcia 22
Luz Delia Garcia 17/18
Ismael Vasquez 15
Angel Luis Perez 8
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Luis Colon 4
Charlie Serrano 3
Jorge Negron 18mos.
Catherine Torres 6mos.
Erica Negron 1mo.
5-May * • Maria Colon 28

1982 May 901 Jefferson Street Bamboo Factory

1983 29-Jan 3rd & Grand Former Steel Factory was being converted for
General Alarm & vacant use as an apartment
building

1983 913 Garden Street

1983 3-Jun Artist's loft-just lost 20 sculptures,60 all art tools & supplies
renovated paintings, 1 00's drawings

1984 27-Nov 115 Observer Highway NJ Transit Warehouse

started 10:40 PM

1985 15-Jan 810 Monroe Street Leve/or Blinds destroys 30 b114 homes damaged, 2000
beN;een 8th & 9th Streets Warehouse nesses,18 ind jobs lost.damage $10 million
*empty & scheduled firms,92 cars
to be torn down
YEAR DATE LOCATION DEATHS ARSON NAME AGE INJURY NAME AGE TREATMENT CAUSE DISPLACEMENT

1985 58 Monroe Street 1

1987 211 Third Street 1 individual/ building

later demolished

1987 9-Oct 123 Willow Avenue 3 Not yet named male Unknown Nancy Vasquez 28 SMH/ICU
Infant son of male 18 mos Unknown Evelyn Rivera 16 SMH
Not yet named Unknown Antonio Rivera 13 SMH
Unknown Unnamed HFF
Unknown Unnamed HFF
Unknown Unnamed HFF
Unknown Jose Rivera Tx&Released
Unknown Mirirz Rivera Tx&Released

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1988 27-Feb 618-620 W ashington Street M assarsky's Hardw are unknow n unnam ed resident ? Benny Tudino's 27 people//later 4 fam ilies
10:30A M basem ent & spread to closed 5-6 m onths m oved to susidized
3 other businesses housing

1989 Feb. 312 2nd Street : 1 ?? Robert(Bobby) Mazzo 50 Abandoned Apartment

Hoboken Fire Captain building

1994 308 Madison Street 2

1997 Senior Citizen Buildi 3

1998 11-Jan 714 Grand Street back pain Unnamed HFF Tx&Released Fire in basement or 18 families
first floor,Ann's homeless
Lunch/restaurant
1998 21-Feb 917 Clinton Street

2007 16-Apr 2nd & Clinton General lumber Co.

2008 29-Jan 1203 Washington S1 1 Not yet named female 80

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