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July 7, 19512053 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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Art Metal Works~19051553 viewsFrom "National Newark & Essex Banking Company"
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1408 viewsMarket Street Fire photo from Filmore street Side. On right is where the fire started next to RR station on Ferry Street.
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1379 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
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1158 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
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1148 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
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1108 viewsMarket Street fire, fireman pour water on to barrels and wood structure
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1061 viewsMarket Street Fire from the RR bridge over Ferry Street.
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Part 21039 views
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Hold Memorials for Fire Victims1017 views1911
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1007 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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23 Die, 40 Hurt in Newark Fire1007 viewsNew York Times November 27, 1910
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978 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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1901 Map975 views
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969 viewsLarger Format
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965 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Page 06962 views
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956 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Page 05955 views
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1920951 views
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Page 07951 views
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947 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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After the Fire946 viewsMarch 18, 1900
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943 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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940 viewsPhoto from Gregory Sereico
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Page 01936 views
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934 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Funeral of Fire Victims934 viewsMarch 17, 1900
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Fourteen Perish in a Fire at Newark933 viewsMarch 13, 1900
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Page 03930 views
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Victims of the Newark Factory Fire930 viewsNew York Times November 27, 1910
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Newark Fire Deaths Charged to Victim930 viewsNew York Times December 7, 1910
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Fifteen in One Grave930 viewsMarch 18, 1900
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From a French Magazine928 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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927 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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The Newark Disaster924 viewsNew York Times November 28, 1910
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Page 10918 views
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Grand Jury Sees Newark Fire Ruin913 viewsNew York Times November 29, 1910
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The Newark Fire913 viewsNew York Times November 30, 1910
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Before the Fire912 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Page 08909 views
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Part 1908 views
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Newark Fire Starts and Inquiry Here907 viewsNew York Times November 30, 1910
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Building a Trap for the Hundreds900 viewsNew York Times November 27, 1910
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898 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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897 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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Page 02891 views
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1892 Map891 views
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Page 09879 views
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The Area Today874 views
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870 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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Identify More Newark Fire Victims868 viewsNew York Times November 28, 1910
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868 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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Central Lunch857 viewsCommerce & Broad Street
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Where the Awful Fire of Monday Occured848 viewsMarch 18, 1900
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December 30, 1909846 viewsImage from Alberto Valdes
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More Newark Fire Victims842 viewsMarch 14, 1900
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Newark Fire Inquiry836 viewsMarch 16, 1900
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The Mechanic Street Fire Arouses the Whole City834 viewsClick again to enlarge the article.
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823 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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820 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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The location today.818 views
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Plaque Location813 views
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Find jBodies in Fadctory Ruins Headlines812 views
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798 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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Factory Owners Guilty in Newark Fire787 views1918 Municipal Journal
From Alberto Valdes
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773 views
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769 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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767 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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751 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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1909 Boyd Street Fire748 views
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743 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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742 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Mother Sticks to Buring Home to Save Children726 viewsFebruary 19, 1908
Newark Star
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711 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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