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July 7, 19511200 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~1905734 viewsFrom "National Newark & Essex Banking Company"
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489 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
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482 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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476 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
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457 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
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451 viewsMarket Street fire, fireman pour water on to barrels and wood structure
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433 viewsMarket Street Fire from the RR bridge over Ferry Street.
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Part 2371 views
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1920322 views
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Part 1287 views
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284 viewsLarger Format
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1901 Map259 views
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After the Fire254 viewsMarch 18, 1900
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December 30, 1909251 viewsImage from Alberto Valdes
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Central Lunch247 viewsCommerce & Broad Street
Photo from Gonzalo Alberto
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Fifteen in One Grave239 viewsMarch 18, 1900
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Where the Awful Fire of Monday Occured223 viewsMarch 18, 1900
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221 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Funeral of Fire Victims213 viewsMarch 17, 1900
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Fourteen Perish in a Fire at Newark208 viewsMarch 13, 1900
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Newark Fire Inquiry208 viewsMarch 16, 1900
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The Area Today203 views
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More Newark Fire Victims202 viewsMarch 14, 1900
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1892 Map154 views
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151 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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147 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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146 views
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Newark Fire Deaths Charged to Victim144 viewsNew York Times December 7, 1910
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23 Die, 40 Hurt in Newark Fire143 viewsNew York Times November 27, 1910
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141 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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141 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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140 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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138 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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The Newark Fire136 viewsNew York Times November 30, 1910
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133 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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From a French Magazine133 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Victims of the Newark Factory Fire133 viewsNew York Times November 27, 1910
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Newark Fire Starts and Inquiry Here132 viewsNew York Times November 30, 1910
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131 viewsPhoto from Gregory Sereico
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130 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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130 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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The Newark Disaster129 viewsNew York Times November 28, 1910
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The Mechanic Street Fire Arouses the Whole City126 viewsClick again to enlarge the article.
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126 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Identify More Newark Fire Victims126 viewsNew York Times November 28, 1910
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Grand Jury Sees Newark Fire Ruin125 viewsNew York Times November 29, 1910
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123 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Hold Memorials for Fire Victims119 views1911
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Building a Trap for the Hundreds118 viewsNew York Times November 27, 1910
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Page 01117 views
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Page 05117 views
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Page 07116 views
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Before the Fire115 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Page 10115 views
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Page 08112 views
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Page 02103 views
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Factory Owners Guilty in Newark Fire101 views1918 Municipal Journal
From Alberto Valdes
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Page 03100 views
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Page 0999 views
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95 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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85 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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September 18, 1918 New York Times85 views
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27 Horses Valued at $15,000 Perish and 14 Lives are Saved During Fire33 viewsFebruary 19, 1908
Newark Star
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27 HOrses Valued at $15,000 Perish and 14 Lives are Saved During Fire 25 viewsFebruary 19, 1908
Newark Star
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$5,000 Trotter, Thursday, Among the Horses Lost25 viewsFebruary 19, 1908
Newark Star
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23 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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Mother Sticks to Buring Home to Save Children23 viewsFebruary 19, 1908
Newark Star
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22 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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Down-Plum Factory Ruins22 viewsJune 30, 1909
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Hold Fire Victim's Brother22 viewsJune 30, 1909
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20 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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1909 Boyd Street Fire20 views
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19 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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18 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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