New Jersey 101.5 » old jersey http://nj1015.com New Jersey News Tue, 21 May 2013 19:26:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Forgotten NJ Airship Crash Recalled 80 Years Later http://nj1015.com/forgotten-nj-airship-crash-recalled-80-years-later/ http://nj1015.com/forgotten-nj-airship-crash-recalled-80-years-later/#comments Sun, 31 Mar 2013 17:24:34 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=247016 History buffs will gather this week near the New Jersey coast to commemorate a major airship disaster.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/forgotten-nj-airship-crash-recalled-80-years-later/feed/ 0 Keystone/Getty Images NJ History: The Great Atlantic Hurricane of 1944 Battered NJ on Sept. 14 http://nj1015.com/nj-history-the-great-atlantic-hurricane-of-1944-battered-nj-on-sept-14/ http://nj1015.com/nj-history-the-great-atlantic-hurricane-of-1944-battered-nj-on-sept-14/#comments Fri, 14 Sep 2012 19:03:35 +0000 Leanne Vuksanic http://nj1015.com/?p=166117 On September 14 in 1944, an unnamed hurricane dubbed "The Great Atlantic Hurricane" battered 900 miles of the East Coast. The hurricane's total death toll was 390, with most of them being marine casualties due to ship wreckage and sinkings. On land, the death toll was 46 people, with 338 people injured and thousands of buildings destroyed. 

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]]> http://nj1015.com/nj-history-the-great-atlantic-hurricane-of-1944-battered-nj-on-sept-14/feed/ 0 Harvey Cedars after the Great Atlantic Hurricane of 1944 (Photo Credit: NJ State Archives via the Department of Transportation Collection)