This Day in History: 1933-02-16

Both Mahwah fire companies responded to an alarm on Crescent Ave.  Theodore Stuart’s barn burned to the ground.  Fortunately it was possible to save a cow, and Shetland pony and two cars from the flames.  An explosion, later determined to have been of a fire extinguisher knocked out a spectator for a time.  No determination was made as to the cause of the blaze.

(Bristow)