Last additions - Fires & Other Calls
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126 viewsJul 27, 2018
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285 viewsLarger FormatFeb 16, 2018
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Central Lunch247 viewsCommerce & Broad Street
Photo from Gonzalo AlbertoOct 09, 2016
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221 viewsPhoto from Alberto ValdesOct 09, 2016
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December 30, 1909251 viewsImage from Alberto ValdesNov 29, 2015
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1920322 viewsJan 16, 2015
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451 viewsMarket Street fire, fireman pour water on to barrels and wood structure
Photo from JoemalApr 03, 2009
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434 viewsMarket Street Fire from the RR bridge over Ferry Street.
Photo from JoemalApr 03, 2009
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476 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
Photo from JoemalApr 03, 2009
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484 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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490 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
Photo from JoemalApr 03, 2009
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457 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
Photo from JoemalApr 03, 2009
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Art Metal Works~1905735 viewsFrom "National Newark & Essex Banking Company"Mar 26, 2007
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July 7, 19511203 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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