DescriptionBlack-and-white photo of Hoboken firemen fighting a tenement fire at 121 Clinton Street, Hoboken, January 20, 1979. 8" x 10" high modern copy print. Photographer not indicated. Reverse has ink note: Hoboken, N.J. Tenement Fire 21 Killed 1979. The event was the worst example of a building being destroyed by suspected arson-for-profit in Hoboken during a period when such fires were all too frequent. Although arson was suspected and investigated, no one was ever charged with a crime related to it. The death toll of twenty one included several children. See photo 2013.001.0069 for another view that was apparently taken the next day. --- criminal act / destroyed / real estate speculation