Continuation research: n–z and additional documented cases

Continuation research: n–z and additional documented cases

Checked September 7, 2026. 15 distinct entries: 5 substantive updates and 10 new stories. Excludes the previous Reso, Scott/Bodine, Pohlig and Wainwright updates. No shared catalog edits. Search-indexed passages are identified below where direct page retrieval failed. No source is represented as fully inspected when only an excerpt or catalog description was available.

1. pine-robbers-the (updated)

File: pinebarrens/entry/pine-robbers-the.html Completed Amelia Dennis’s truncated account and checked Fagan’s death against the later bounty and legislative compensation.

Checked sources and extent: MCHA Michael Adelberg article, full text and appendix read: https://www.monmouthhistory.org/250/the-death-of-the-pine-robber-jacob-fagan

Limits and next leads: Original militia and Assembly documents cited by the historian were not separately inspected; underground fortress claims remain unsupported.

2. royal-pine-1930 (updated)

File: pinebarrens/entry/royal-pine-1930.html Separated hotel service tunnels from gangster lore and exposed conflicting opening dates and multiple sheriff’s sales.

Checked sources and extent: Full Chris Lundy interview: https://www.jerseyshoreonline.com/berkeley/the-history-and-mystery-of-crystal-lake-and-the-royal-pines-hotel/ ; Ocean County panel downloaded and visually inspected: https://www.co.ocean.nj.us/WebContentFiles/c5c9c070-1c5d-4822-aaa9-b8710abbebc6.pdf

Limits and next leads: Panel itself prints November1 1930 in timeline and November18 1929 in prose. Existing account follows November18 1930. Opening advertisements and deeds needed.

3. tuckerton-railroad-company-1880 (updated)

File: pinebarrens/entry/tuckerton-railroad-company-1880.html Added the contemporary Whiting–Tuckerton and Edge Cove route description and an 1881 corporation-file lead for the advertised sale.

Checked sources and extent: Industries of New Jersey1882 p64 railroad text and p83 Edge Cove ferry description checked in downloaded PDF text: https://data.hopewell-history.org/hvhist/Hopewell-History/Hw-Books-Historic/1882-Edwards-Indust-of-NJ-Part1-Goog.pdf ; independently located same text in scan https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Industries_of_New_Jersey._%28IA_industriesofnewj01edwa%29.pdf ; NJ archives guide opened and Tuckerton1881 reference559 checked: https://nj.gov/state/archives/guides/sstse008.pdf

Limits and next leads: Guide is not corporation-file contents. No auction purchaser, price or completed sale established. Bay terminus interpretation combines the route survey with the contemporary Edge Cove ferry description.

4. rider-henry-cranberry-king-1916 (updated)

File: pinebarrens/entry/rider-henry-cranberry-king-1916.html Added Governor Fielder’s reward proclamation, its prosecutorial origin, per-offender amount, and a victim-initial discrepancy.

Checked sources and extent: Mount Holly News November14 1916 full PDF text, proclamation near end of page: https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ndnp/njr/batch_njr_junior_ver01/data/sn85035801/0051415577A/1916111401/0186.pdf

Limits and next leads: Proclamation issued November8; amounts and named officials checked in text. Complaint and prosecutor file not retrieved. J.H.Rigby differs from existing JamesN.Rigby.

5. paul-david-f-1920 (updated)

File: pinebarrens/entry/paul-david-f-1920.html Explained the James appeal’s jury, confession, venue and mental-health-evidence objections while distinguishing them from established trial errors.

Checked sources and extent: State v James114A553, indexed opinion passage including assignments of error and affirmation: https://case-law.vlex.com/vid/state-v-james-888783457

Limits and next leads: Rendered page is limited preview; search-indexed opinion text checked, not full trial transcript. Opinion uses DavidS.Paul versus archive DavidF; no unsupported identity resolution.

6. blue-comet-wreck-1939 (new)

File: pinebarrens/entry/blue-comet-wreck-1939.html Reconstructed the Chatsworth washout from the ICC inquiry and separated its injury tally from a reported later death.

Checked sources and extent: ICC2376 full13page report opened/downloaded/text inspected: https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/44824/dot_44824_DS1.pdf ; full retrospective https://www.inquirer.com/philly/news/local/20110816_Recalling_an_up-close_view_of_1939_New_Jersey_train_wreck.html

Limits and next leads: ICC body counts32passengers plus6employees; summary OCR is defective. Later cook death needs death/hospital record; removed unverified personal name. Rejected loose personal essay as main source.

7. bomarc-missile-fire-1960 (new)

File: pinebarrens/entry/bomarc-missile-fire-1960.html Documented the nuclear-armed missile fire, contamination without nuclear detonation, and later remediation history.

Checked sources and extent: Official2019 video DESCRIPTION read, not video watched: https://www.dvidshub.net/video/699850/bomarc-missile-site-accident-history ; LLNL-BOOK-688957 scientific review indexed p97 checked: https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1606477 ; full archive essay and document8 metadata read: https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/nukevault/ebb332/index.htm

Limits and next leads: Archive hosts original documents but this pass inspected essay/catalog metadata, not each scanned memorandum. ScientificPDF open timed out; indexed McGuire section read. No current exposure or site access claim.

8. warren-grove-fire-2007 (new)

File: pinebarrens/entry/warren-grove-fire-2007.html Added the Air Force’s flare-altitude and coordination findings and independent wildlife-study evidence of the fire’s damage.

Checked sources and extent: Official findings release indexed fulltext: https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/126161/new-jersey-f-16-accident-report-released/ ; wildlife report opened and fire section checked pp5–6: https://www.nj.gov/dep/fgw/ensp/pdf/literature/2007_pinesnake_rep_stafford.pdf

Limits and next leads: Wildlife report dates its effects May16; ignition May15 from military account. Over17000acres attributed to researchers, not exact final acreage. Full accident board exhibits not checked.

9. akron-airship-loss-1933 (new)

File: pinebarrens/entry/akron-airship-loss-1933.html Connected Akron’s final Lakehurst departure with the offshore loss and the separate fatal J-3 rescue accident.

Checked sources and extent: Navy DANFS indexed history checked: https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/a/akron.html ; casualty chronology April4 entries checked: https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/c/casualties-usnavy-marinecorps-personnel-killed-injured-selected-accidents-other-incidents-notdirectly-result-enemy-action.html

Limits and next leads: Navy pages timed out on direct web open but indexed text available. Contemporary inquiry and individual testimony needed for command-decision reconstruction.

10. lakehurst-aircraft-carrier-tests-1932 (new)

File: pinebarrens/entry/lakehurst-aircraft-carrier-tests-1932.html Explained Akron’s airborne airplane-recovery trials and the museum photographs showing the trapeze and internal hangar.

Checked sources and extent: DANFS May3–4 operations indexed paragraphs read: https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/a/akron.html ; museum collection captions read: https://www.naval-air.org/AircraftCollection/airships/airships.asp

Limits and next leads: Distinct operational experiment from1933loss. Rejected initial lead misplacing May1932 fatal rope incident atLakehurst: Navy identifies CampKearnyCalifornia. No claim successful trial proved operational reliability.

11. shenandoah-storm-breakaway-1924 (new)

File: pinebarrens/entry/shenandoah-storm-breakaway-1924.html Linked Shenandoah’s storm breakaway and recovery to the cancellation of its proposed Arctic expedition.

Checked sources and extent: Smithsonian indexed mooring section checked: https://airandspace.si.edu/uss-shenandoah-accessibility-version ; DANFS full indexed historical narrative checked: https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/s/shenandoah-ii.html

Limits and next leads: Direct pages blocked/timedout but long indexed passages supplied relevant text. No detailed claim about Arctic preparations. Distinguishes1924survival from1925Ohiofatality.

12. los-angeles-mooring-1927 (new)

File: pinebarrens/entry/los-angeles-mooring-1927.html Explained the near-vertical Lakehurst airship photograph using the Navy’s date, weather mechanism and minor-damage finding.

Checked sources and extent: Full catalog description checked: https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-84000/NH-84567.html

Limits and next leads: Catalog evidence, not an engineering investigation; exactangle and crewresponse not invented. No imageasset copied.

13. warren-grove-fire-2001 (new)

File: pinebarrens/entry/warren-grove-fire-2001.html Recovered the separate 2001 training-bomb wildfire and kept its proposed mechanical cause provisional.

Checked sources and extent: Entire contemporary DEP release read in indexed text: https://dep.nj.gov/newsrel/01_0070/

Limits and next leads: Directopen403. Cause of errantdrop under investigation in June12 release; commissioner suggestion not finalfinding. Distinct2001bomb versus2007flare.

14. fort-dix-influenza-1976 (new)

File: pinebarrens/entry/fort-dix-influenza-1976.html Traced the short-lived outbreak and vaccination response while preserving investigators’ unanswered questions about the virus’s origin and disappearance.

Checked sources and extent: Detailed indexed outbreak retrospective checked: https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/1/05-0965_article ; full5page program retrospective PDF read: https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/16051/cdc_16051_DS1.pdf

Limits and next leads: Source chronology differs slightly between retrospectives; exactspecimendispatch dates omitted.13severecases including1death, up230infections follows Gaydos. No modern healthadvice or deliberateintroduction claim.

15. fort-dix-stockade-riot-1969 (new)

File: pinebarrens/entry/fort-dix-stockade-riot-1969.html Added the prison rebellion and differentiated reported court-martial outcomes instead of treating all 38 defendants alike.

Checked sources and extent: Contemporary advocacy reports read: https://www.fifthestate.org/archive/85-august-7-20-1969/dix-brass-plot-vengeance/ ; https://www.fifthestate.org/archive/95-december-26-1969-january-7-1970/victory-at-fort-dix/ ; supporting trialstory https://www.fifthestate.org/archive/93-november-27-december-10-1969/fort-dix-trial/

Limits and next leads: Advocacy source perspective explicit throughout. Court-martialfiles not obtained; neither conditionsallegations nor politicalmotive are treated as adjudicatedfacts. Quicksilver and TheMovement reprints reviewed as leads; mainstream Oklahoma scan could notbeopened. No blanket acquittal asserted.