Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 14, Number 43, DeMotte, Jasper County, 8 September 1944 — Amusement Park Fires Greatest in History [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Amusement Park Fires Greatest in History

Two fires swept New York City's most popular amusement beach parks doing damage of nearly one million dollars and resulting in an injury list of more than 500 people. Left, aerial view of Palisades amusement park fire at ClifTside Park, N. J., favorite resort of New Yorkers. Photo taken from a navy plane from Floyd Bennett field. Right, billows of black smoke, spotted by spurts of live flame, shoot skyward from a roller-coaster ride in historic Luna park on Coney Island. Thousands of men, women and children were routed from the crowded park. The fire at both parks was of undetermined origin.