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A LOADING PIER BEFORE THE CATASTROPHE<br />

Early in October the photograph above was sold to ILLUSTRATED WORLD with a caption that predicted<br />

another "Black Tom" catastrophe. This forecast had been made by the New York Board of Fire<br />

Underwriters Bureau of Surveys and was fulfilled in every detail.<br />

THE HILL THAT SAVED TWO TOWNS<br />

Back of the smoke to the right is a ridge that shielded Kingsland and Rutherford from the full force of<br />

explosion. Had it not been for this protection it is likely that both towns would have been demolished.<br />

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