Hoboken Docks fire (1900)

[Jim Eshelman]

June 30, 1900, about 4:00 PM, at the docks of Hoboken, NJ (specifically 40N44'19'', 74W01'36''). Cotton bales stored at the wharf caught fire, then winds drove the fire toward nearby barrels of volatile liquids; these exploded in rapid succession, The fire killed at least 326 people and burned the piers completely down to the waterline.

Year: Capsolar
Sun sq. MC (1°58')
Moon-Saturn op. (2°37' in mundo)

Bridge
CapQ Moon-Mercury op. (0°24')
t. Neptune op. Cansolar MC (1°44')

Quarter: Arisolar (Dormant.) Moon-Saturn sq. (2°56' in mundo)

Month: Caplunar
Neptune sq. MC (1°07')
Moon-Venus op. (0°36')
-- Venus on Asc (5°57')
-- Moon on Dsc (8°13')
Mercury on Asc (6°27')
-- Mo/Ve on Asc (0°15')
-- Mo/Me on horizon (0°53')

Week: Canlunar
Mercury on Asc (2°23')
Venus sq. MC (1°57')
Moon-Venus conj. (1°58')

Day: Capsolar Quotidian & Transits
p. Asc op. s. Pluto (0°48'), t. Pluto (0°52')
p. Moon-Mercury op. (0°24')
t. Sun conj. p. Moon (0°25')
-- t. Sun op. p. Mercury (0°49')
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t. Venus sq. s. MC (1°09')
t. Mercury conj. s. Asc (0°30')

Day: Cansolar Quotidian & Transits
p. Asc sq. t. Mars (1°10'), sq. s. Uranus (0°40'), sq. t. Jupiter (1°26')
p. MC op. t. Pluto (1°01'), op. s. Pluto (0°24')
NB - A 16' Mars-Saturn square is just past the 2° orb of MC.
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t. Neptune op. s. MC (1°44')


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