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July 7, 19512496 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~19051741 viewsFrom "National Newark & Essex Banking Company"
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1615 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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1561 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
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1318 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
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1313 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
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1271 viewsMarket Street fire, fireman pour water on to barrels and wood structure
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Hold Memorials for Fire Victims1249 views1911
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1243 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Part 21224 views
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1214 viewsFrom Alberto Valdes
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1210 viewsMarket Street Fire from the RR bridge over Ferry Street.
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1204 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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1202 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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1200 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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23 Die, 40 Hurt in Newark Fire1194 viewsNew York Times November 27, 1910
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Page 061193 views
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Page 071188 views
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1177 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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1177 viewsPhoto from Gregory Sereico
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Victims of the Newark Factory Fire1173 viewsNew York Times November 27, 1910
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Page 041172 views
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Page 051171 views
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From a French Magazine1170 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Page 101160 views
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Page 011159 views
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1158 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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1153 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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The Newark Disaster1152 viewsNew York Times November 28, 1910
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1901 Map1150 views
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Grand Jury Sees Newark Fire Ruin1146 viewsNew York Times November 29, 1910
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1143 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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Newark Fire Deaths Charged to Victim1138 viewsNew York Times December 7, 1910
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1137 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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After the Fire1135 viewsMarch 18, 1900
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Page 031134 views
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1133 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Before the Fire1132 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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The Newark Fire1128 viewsNew York Times November 30, 1910
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1121 viewsLarger Format
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Page 081120 views
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Newark Fire Starts and Inquiry Here1117 viewsNew York Times November 30, 1910
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1114 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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Building a Trap for the Hundreds1110 viewsNew York Times November 27, 1910
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19201104 views
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1892 Map1099 views
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Fifteen in One Grave1096 viewsMarch 18, 1900
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Part 11096 views
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1093 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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Funeral of Fire Victims1092 viewsMarch 17, 1900
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Fourteen Perish in a Fire at Newark1081 viewsMarch 13, 1900
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Page 021078 views
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Page 091078 views
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Identify More Newark Fire Victims1070 viewsNew York Times November 28, 1910
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1054 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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1037 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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The Area Today1035 views
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More Newark Fire Victims1029 viewsMarch 14, 1900
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Plaque Location1023 views
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Central Lunch1021 viewsCommerce & Broad Street
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The location today.1021 views
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Find jBodies in Fadctory Ruins Headlines1015 views
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Where the Awful Fire of Monday Occured1007 viewsMarch 18, 1900
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December 30, 19091001 viewsImage from Alberto Valdes
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The Mechanic Street Fire Arouses the Whole City1001 viewsClick again to enlarge the article.
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Newark Fire Inquiry996 viewsMarch 16, 1900
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964 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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Factory Owners Guilty in Newark Fire964 views1918 Municipal Journal
From Alberto Valdes
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955 views
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934 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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932 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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918 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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916 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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908 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Mother Sticks to Buring Home to Save Children903 viewsFebruary 19, 1908
Newark Star
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1909 Boyd Street Fire900 views
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895 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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