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588 viewsMarket Street fire, fireman pour water on to barrels and wood structure
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Page 09202 views
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1901 Map361 views
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December 30, 1909386 viewsImage from Alberto Valdes
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Identify More Newark Fire Victims219 viewsNew York Times November 28, 1910
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July 7, 19511351 viewsFrom Robert Baptista:
I was living in Elizabeth at the time of the explosion but was too young to recall it now. My online newspaper archive indicates it happened at 1PM July 7, 1951 at the Warren Petroleum Co. 82 acre tank farm on Newark Bay. 125 Propane tanks blew up causing a fire that took six hours to bring under control. Flames shot up hundreds of feet and the smoke was visible to people in Manhattan skyscrapers and on Brooklyn beaches. Heat and a concussion shock wave were felt five miles away. The fire blew up seven rail tankcars on a siding next to Warren. A section of a tankcar flew a half-mile, landing on a gas station which ignited. Seventy-five men were working at the Warren site. Eleven men were injured but no lives were lost. The victims were treated at St. James Hospital. Property damage to Warren Petroleum and nearby plants was estimated at $5 million. Except for a favorable wind, 1.5 million gallons of gasoline stored at the Atlantic Petroleum Co. would have blown up. The cause of the explosion was not immediately known but all possibilites were being investigated including sabotage.
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121 viewsNew York Times
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590 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
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23 Die, 40 Hurt in Newark Fire272 viewsNew York Times November 27, 1910
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Newark Fire Starts and Inquiry Here269 viewsNew York Times November 30, 1910
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Last additions - Fires & Other Calls
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27 Horses Valued at $15,000 Perish and 14 Lives are Saved During Fire147 viewsFebruary 19, 1908
Newark StarOct 10, 2024
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$5,000 Trotter, Thursday, Among the Horses Lost127 viewsFebruary 19, 1908
Newark StarOct 10, 2024
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27 HOrses Valued at $15,000 Perish and 14 Lives are Saved During Fire 128 viewsFebruary 19, 1908
Newark StarOct 10, 2024
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Mother Sticks to Buring Home to Save Children132 viewsFebruary 19, 1908
Newark StarOct 10, 2024
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Hold Fire Victim's Brother132 viewsJune 30, 1909Oct 07, 2024
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Down-Plum Factory Ruins141 viewsJune 30, 1909Oct 07, 2024
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1909 Boyd Street Fire150 viewsOct 04, 2024
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1909 Boyd Street Fire139 viewsOct 04, 2024
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152 viewsSep 10, 2024
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142 viewsSep 01, 2024
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