Black Saturday: One of the largest fires in Staten Island history in photos
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Mrs. Dorothy Vorek stands within the leveled walls of her former home at 875 Sinclair Avenue in Huguenot, as a fire pumper throws a stream to test water flow from a nearby hydrant. Mrs. Vorek s home, was one of about 100 structures destroyed or damaged in the 1963 brush fire epidemic on the South Shore – April 20, 1963. (Staten Island Advance)Staten Island Advance
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. –– Nearly 60 years ago, 100 homes were destroyed, as three different fires simultaneously burned through multiple Staten Island neighborhoods.
On April 20, 1963, also known as Black Saturday, a total of three large brush fires began in Rossville, Tottenville, and Mariners Harbor. In their wake, the fires caused more than $2 million of property damage and left over 500 people homeless.
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1960: From the Terrace was playing at the Fox Theater, which was in New Dorp, and starred Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman, real life husband and wife. This was their third picture together and an adaption of the explosive John O Hara novel. Academy Award wining actor Paul Newman and his wife, Joanne Woodward, started out in an apartment in St. George. The two lived in the Ambassador Arms building.
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It’s no secret the roster of famous Staten Islanders include politicians, literary figures, musicians, sports heroes, comedians, actors and singers, artists, clergy and religious as well as all types of business entrepreneurs.
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American Flag on Black
The Venice-Nokomis Rotary presented checks totaling $10,500 to local, veteran organizations from their “Flags Across Venice-Nokomis” program to assist local Veterans and Service Families who are in need of financial aid.
For only $45, subscribers to the program will be provided with a beautiful, 3-foot by 5-foot American Flag placed in their yard on each of the five Patriotic Holidays: Memorial Day, Flag Day, 4th of July, Labor Day and Veterans Day. The Venice-Nokomis Rotary also removes the flag after each holiday and safely stores it all year. The program has grown rapidly, to over 266 subscribers in 2020.
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