History, News and Stories of Hoboken, New Jersey, USA

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• 1824 - First ferry service in U.S. opened between Hoboken and Manhattan
  
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• 1846 - June 19 - First organized game of baseball: played in Hoboken.
  The New York Knickerbocker Club plays the New York Club in the first baseball game at the Elysian Field in Hoboken, New Jersey. It is the first... Read MORE...
  
  
• 1854 - Hoboken
  Hoboken, a beautiful post-village of North Bergen township, Hudson county, New Jersey, on the Hudson river, opposite New York, and about 2 miles... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1854 - ALARMING ACCIDENT AT HOBOKEN. FALL OF THE BARCLAY STREET FERRY BRIDGE. ONE HUNDRED PERSONS THROWN INTO THE WATER - SEVERAL SUPPOSED DROWNED - MIRACULOUS ESCAPE OF HUNDREDS ON THE BRIDGE.
  An accident of the most painful and alarming nature occurred between 5 and 6 o'clock last evening, at the Hoboken Ferry on the Jersey shore, by which ... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1873 - TORNADO IN JERSEY.
  A few minutes after the heavy rain-storm had commenced in Hoboken, about 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, the immense frame-work, over 400 feet in... Read MORE...
  
  
• 1895 - Hoboken
  Hoboken, ho-bo'ken, a city and port of entry of Hudson co, N.J., on the W. bank of the Hudson River, opposite New York City, and immediately above... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1905 - BIG FIRE IN HOBOKEN. DELAWARE, LACKAWANNA AND WESTERN'S TERMINAL DESTROYED. ENTIRE WATER FRONT IN PERIL.
  TWO FERRY BOATS RUINED AND MUCH WHARF PROPERTY DAMAGED BY FIERCE FLAMES - THE LOSS WILL BE OVER $500,000.
  
  New York, Aug. 8. - Inside of... Read MORE...
  
  
• 1916
  Hoboken, ho'bo-ken, a city and port of entry of Hudson co., N.J., on the W. bank of the Hudson River, opposite New York city (with which it is... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1921 - 12 DEAD IN HOTEL FIRE; TWO INQUIRIES BEGUN IN HOBOKEN. POLICE SEEK CAUSE OF BLAZE WHILE PROSECUTER INVESTIGATES CONDUCT OF HOSTELRY. SEVEN BODIES IDENTIFIED.
  SHOES, RINGS AND SCORCHED REMNANTS OF CLOTHING GIVE CLUES IN SEVERAL CASES.
  WOMAN DIES IN HOSPITAL.
  FLAMES BELIEVED TO HAVE STARTED IN ROOM SHORTLY ... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1944 - HURRICANE HITS NEW YORK AND NEW ENGLAND COASTS. HIGH WINDS LASH JERSEY, LONG ISLAND.
  ...Hoboken Ferry Halted.
  Ferry operations between New York and Hoboken, N. J., were suspended because docks were covered with two feet of water.... Read MORE...