Page three of a newspaper published by the Community Service Society (formerly the Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor) about radio personality Wythe Williams' visit to Ward Manor in 1941.
Students practice extinguishing a fire. Practice commenced every Wednesday afternoon. In the foreground is the Fire Department's 1 ton, 400 gallon water tank Ford equipped with 150 feet of hose.
Newspaper article about the arson trial resulting from the investigation following the disastrous fire of July 5, 1877 that consumed much of downtown Chester.
Caption reads: The Mary Powell, Captain Anderson, will leave Vestry Street, Pier 39, N.R., (adjacent to Jersey City Ferry,) every afternoon, Sundays excepted, at 3:30 o'clock, landing at cozzen's Hotel, West Point, government dock, Cornwall,...
