Today in New Jersey history:
March 15, 1777:The New Jersey legislature created the New Jersey Council of Safety, and made Governor William Livingston its president. The Council was charged with investigating suspected Loyalists and arresting, interrogating and jailing them.
March 15, 1856: A fire broke out on the steam ferry New Jersey as it headed across the Delaware River from Philadelphia to New Jersey on the night of March 15 with more than one hundred people on board. Ice in the river interfered with rescue operations, and more than sixty people died.
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