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Madison Historical Society Presentation - March 20th, 2018
Madison Historical Society Presents "Alan A. Siegel: New Jersey Disasters in the 19th Century"
Madison Historical Society Presents “Alan A. Siegel: New Jersey Disasters in the 19th Century”
MADISON – On Tuesday, March 20th, Alan Siegel will speak at the Madison Historical Society on “NJ Disasters in the 19th Century”. Siegel’s presentation will take place in the Chase Room of the Madison Public Library beginning at 7:15 PM. Light refreshments will be available from 7:00 PM. The presentation is open to the public, and there is no admission charge.
“This will be our third presentation in the Society’s 2017 – 2018 program year,” stated society vice president and programs chair, Jim Malcolm. Our speaker is a lawyer practicing in Chatham, NJ and has published numerous books, including the one he will be focusing on, “Disaster! Stories of Destruction and Death in Nineteenth-Century New Jersey.” Alan Siegel has served as president of the Warren and Irvington historical societies
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Alan Siegel will talk about twenty-eight of the deadliest natural and human caused calamities to strike New Jersey between 1821 and 1906, ranging from horrific transportation accidents to uncontrolled fires of a kind rarely seen today. Disasters bring out the worst as well as the best in people. Siegel will focus on the bravest individuals, including harbor pilot Thomas Freeborn who drowned while attempting to save fifty passengers and crew, and Warwicke Greene, a fourteen-year-old schoolboy who rescued the injured after a train wreck in the Hackensack Meadows.
The Madison Historical Society’s role is to assemble, record, and preserve all matters of historical interest concerning Madison and its residents. Formed in 1922 to preserve the old Bottle Hill Tavern, the Society has organized a significant collection of historic documents, maps and photographs over the intervening years. These are housed at the Local History Center at the Madison Public Library. For more information about the Society or to inquire about membership, call 973-377-0722, ext 8 or visit the Society’s website at www.madisonhistoricalsociety.org.
