Title

1937 Drug Co Fire Newsreel Stills

Description

On September 15, 1937, an electrical accident at the S.B. Penick and Company mixing plant sparked a major fire, visible for miles around. More than 100 employees were evacuated with 20 injuries reported and 600 students at PS 1 (the Lincoln School) were evacuated as well. These images are from a contemporary Universal Newsreel. The description of the story reads: BLAST, FIRE TRAP 100 GIRLS, WEEHAWKEN, N.J. -- A terrific explosion, followed by flames which engulf a drug manufacturing plant, menaces the lives of 100 girls at work in the building. Frantic rescue efforts save all of the girls, but 20 of them are seriously hurt.

Subject

WHC404

Date

1937

Type

OT

Identifier

WHC404

Coverage

1800 Willow Avenue,Weehawken, NJ [40.7588905,-74.0281887]

Tag

Buildings

Business

Fire

Rights

This digital image may be used for educational or scholarly purposes without restriction. Commercial and other uses of the item are prohibited without prior written permission from the Weehawken Historical Commission.