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    An Ocean County Forest Fire 

    by
    Ben Ruset
    Published on 02-28-08 10:54 PM

    The following is reprinted from “A History of Monmouth and Ocean County” by Edwin Salter.

    Fires have been so frequent in the extensive forests of Ocean County, that it is a hopeless task to attempt to enumerate them or describe in detail the exciting scenes they have occasioned. Often thousands of acres are swept over and tens of thousands of dollars’ worth are burned in a very short time. With ...
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    Forest Fires In New Jersey - An Evil Which the State Seeks to Remedy by Legislation - Sept 17, 1894 

    by
    Ben Ruset
    Published on 02-28-08 10:52 PM

    TRENTON, N.J., Sept 16. - New Jersey has just reason to be alarmed about forest fires, for she now has 1,300,000 acres of land remaining in forests in what is known as the pine country, which embraces Salem, Cumberland, Monmouth, Ocean, Atlantic, and Burlington Counties.

    The wildest part of the Jersey woodland is divided into pine-land tracts. These tracts are as follows: Hominy Hill, 9,000 acr ...
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    Fighting Fire in Waterford - Sept. 16, 1895 

    by
    Ben Ruset
    Published on 02-28-08 10:51 PM

    FIGHTING FIRE IN WATERFORD
    Thousands of Acres of Cedar Swamps Ablaze
    Cranberry Bogs Destroyed
    A Gallop for Life.

    WATERFORD, N. J., Sept. 15.— A terrific fire is destroying thousands of acres of cedar swamps near here to-night. This is the fire that has been burning in the Jackson meadows for the past two weeks, and which has destroyed at least $60,000 worth of property.

    A forty-mile-an-ho ...
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    Five Killed, Many Injured in Greatest Forest Fires in the History of Two Counties 

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    Ben Ruset
    Published on 02-28-08 10:49 PM

    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 ...
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    A Hot Time in Cold Spring 

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    Ben Ruset
    Published on 09-01-02 10:54 PM

    This is the 23d in a series of articles by Emile DeVito, Ph.D., NJCF’s director of conservation biology, designed to help our readers learn about the natural world.

    April is fire-danger month in New Jersey’s Pine Barrens. This spring, a wind-whipped fire, possibly set by arsonists, roared across 20,000 acres, blackening public and private land in the Forked River Mountains.

    Was there signifi ...
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