History of Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA

At Asbury Park, N. J., a new $4,000 steam engine recently purchased was ordered out for trail. Engineer Bartine Greene, trying one of the steam-cocks, found there was but little water in it, and hurriedly turned on the pump-tank, but it would not admit water into the boiler. Thoroughly frightened, he forsook the engine, returned, and made frantic efforts to turn the pump. The boiler seemed at white hear, and now thoroughly convinced that an explosion must take place, he fled. After running forty yards he fell down in a swoon, and from 6:30 at night until 10 the next morning was unconscious. When out of the swoon his first words were: "Pull the valve." His condition is precarious. The engine is almost a total wreck.

Asbury Park, N.J., Sept. 4. - Fire at about 1 A.M. this morning destroyed the big Hotel Guernsey, at Grand and Seventh Avenues, owned and managed by MESSRS. LUNGER and STEINMETZ of Philadelphia. The building, which was a substantial four-story structure, was totally burned in an hour from the time the fire started. The loss on the house will reach $20,000, on which there was a small insurance. There was only $1,500 insurance on the furniture, which was valued at $6,000.

At the time of the fire there were over sixty persons in the hotel, forty-six of whom were guests. All escaped to the street in safety, but wearing only their night clothes. Everything they possessed was burned up, including trunks, wardrobes, jewelry, diamonds, and money, to the value of several thousand dollars.

The evicted lodgers found temporary shelter in the neighboring hotels and cottages. The sufferers are mainly residents of New York and Philadelphia. Nobody was seriously injured, although there were...

Asbury Park, a post-borough and noted summer resort of Monmouth co, N.J., on the Atlantic Ocean, and on the New York & Long Branch Railroad, 6 miles S. of Long Branch, 36 miles from New York, and about 80 miles by rail from Philadelphia. It is adjacent to Ocean Grove, from which it is separated by Wesley Lake. It contains 8 churches, 3 banks, a ladies' school, a graded school, and several newspaper offices, both daily (in the summer) and weekly. Resident population about 5000.

Asbury Park, Jan. 26. - The famous West End Hotel was partly destroyed by fire today with a loss of fifty thousand dollars.

Several other famous hostelries were threatened at the time, but finally the blaze was gotten under control.

Asbury Park, a banking city and noted summer-re sort of Monmouth co., N.J., on the Atlantic Ocean and on the Central of New Jersey and the Pennsylvania Rs., 6 miles S. of Long Branch and about 80 miles from Philadelphia. It is adjacent to Ocean Grove, from which it is separated by Wesley Lake. Resident population in 1900, 4148.

Asbury Park, N.J. July 7 - Fireworks stored in four buildings in Neptune Township exploded, killing three persons and injuring five.
Sheets of flames spread out and set fire to an adjoining woods in the sparsely settled section. All four of the buildings were wrecked. The structures comprised the fireworks factory of FRANK CIMINO.

The dead are:
DOLORES RENNA, 2 months old.
MINNIE CIMINO, 9, daughter of the proprietor.
CONSIGLIO CIMINO, 72, father of FRANK.
FRANK CIMINO, JR., 11 months old, who was believed to be sleeping in one of the buildings, is missing, and the firemen fear he may have been killed.

The explosion ripped off the roof of the buildings, showering fire and blazing fireworks. MRS. NANCY RENNA, 24, was standing near the structure, with DOLORES in her arms. The blast hurled the baby to the ground. MINNIE CIMINO picked up the child just as the second blast occurred in a building beside them. Flames rolled out, scorching MINNIE and DOLORES black and hurling their ...

...The Homestead restaurant on the Ocean Grove, N. J. boardwalk near Asbury Park, was washed into the sea. The restaurant had a capacity of 300 persons, but was believed to have been unoccupied when it was destroyed.

A pier was reported washed out at Asbury Park, but details were unavailable...