Last additions - Fires & Other Calls
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265 viewsJul 27, 2018
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437 viewsLarger FormatFeb 16, 2018
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Central Lunch358 viewsCommerce & Broad Street
Photo from Gonzalo AlbertoOct 09, 2016
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351 viewsPhoto from Alberto ValdesOct 09, 2016
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December 30, 1909386 viewsImage from Alberto ValdesNov 29, 2015
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1920471 viewsJan 16, 2015
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589 viewsMarket Street fire, fireman pour water on to barrels and wood structure
Photo from JoemalApr 03, 2009
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549 viewsMarket Street Fire from the RR bridge over Ferry Street.
Photo from JoemalApr 03, 2009
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603 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
Photo from JoemalApr 03, 2009
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647 viewsMarket Street Fire photo from Filmore street Side. On right is where the fire started next to RR station on Ferry Street.
Photo from JoemalApr 03, 2009
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630 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
Photo from JoemalApr 03, 2009
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590 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
Photo from JoemalApr 03, 2009
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Art Metal Works~1905906 viewsFrom "National Newark & Essex Banking Company"Mar 26, 2007
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July 7, 19511355 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.Mar 01, 2007
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