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History of Bayonne, New Jersey, USA

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Visit Bayonne, New Jersey, USA. Discover its history. Learn about the people who lived there through stories, old newspaper articles, pictures, postcards and genealogy.

     

•  1892 - A BAYONNE HOTEL ON FIRE.
  BAYONNE, N. J., March 2. — Fire broke out early this morning in the St. Charles Hotel on West Eighth Street, and caused a panic among two dozen...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1895 - BROKEN AXLE. TWO MEN KILLED AND ANOTHER BADLY INJURED IN A RAILROAD WRECK.
  Bayonne, N.J., March 2. - The breaking of an axle of a gondola attached to a coal train on the Central railroad of New Jersey caused a serious wreck...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1895 - Bayonne
  Bayonne, hi-yon', a city of Hudson co., N.J., is finely situated on New York and Newark Bays, about 6 miles S.W. of New York. It comprises the former ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1900 - July 5 - A spectacular three day fire began when a bolt of lightning struck a refinery in Bayonne NJ.
  
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  July 5, 1900
  
  
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  Boulevard, Bayonne, N.J.
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  Avenue C., St Mary's R.C. Church, and Rectory
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  Street Scene, 1905
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  Public School No. 8, 1906
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  AVENUE C LOOKING NORTH FROM 31st STREET (1906)
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  Avenue D, looking north from Sixth Street, 1907
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  Grace English Lutheran Church, 37th Street
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  New Police Headquarters, 1907
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  Public School No. 7, 1907
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  West Eighth Street, looking east from Avenue A, 1907
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  Robbins Reef Yacht Club, 1907
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  Avenue A, 1908
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  Along the Hudson Boulevard
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  La Tourette House, 1908
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  Melville Park Cafe
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  Miniature Railway in Melville Park, 1908
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  West 1st Street, East from Hudson County Boulevard
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  West Eighth St. Station, 1908
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  Bergen Point Baptist Church
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  Hudson County Park
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  Melville Park, Entrance and Penny Arcade
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  The Morris Canal, Connecting line of Jersey City and Bayonne, N.J.
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  Hudson County Boulevard and Avenue A, 1911
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•  1916 - HISTORIC OLD HOTEL WRECKED BY FIRE. THE TOURETTE, AT BAYONNE, N. J., BADLY DAMAGED AND LODGERS LOSE VALUABLES. CUPOLA CRASHES DOWN.
  PARTS OF THE STRUCTURE DATE BACK TO REVOLUTIONARY DAYS - DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT $10,000.
  
  The ancient Hotel La. Tourette at Bayonne Point, Bayonne, N. ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1916
  Bayonne, a city of Hudson co., N.J., is finely situated on New York and Newark Bays and on the Central R. of New Jersey, about 6 miles SW. of New...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  East 49th St., C.R.R. Station
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  Scene on Newark Bay, 1919
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  Avenue C. Looking South from West 35th Street
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  Newark Bay Boat Club
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  Bayonne Library
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  C.R.R. of N.J. Station, West 8th Street
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  Trinity Episcopal Church
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  Junior High School, 1947
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