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July 7, 19511205 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~1905737 viewsFrom "National Newark & Essex Banking Company"
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491 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
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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.
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477 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
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458 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
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452 viewsMarket Street fire, fireman pour water on to barrels and wood structure
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434 viewsMarket Street Fire from the RR bridge over Ferry Street.
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Part 2374 views
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1920323 views
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Part 1288 views
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285 viewsLarger Format
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1901 Map259 views
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After the Fire255 viewsMarch 18, 1900
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December 30, 1909252 viewsImage from Alberto Valdes
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Central Lunch247 viewsCommerce & Broad Street
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Fifteen in One Grave241 viewsMarch 18, 1900
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Where the Awful Fire of Monday Occured225 viewsMarch 18, 1900
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221 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Funeral of Fire Victims215 viewsMarch 17, 1900
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Fourteen Perish in a Fire at Newark209 viewsMarch 13, 1900
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Newark Fire Inquiry208 viewsMarch 16, 1900
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The Area Today204 views
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More Newark Fire Victims204 viewsMarch 14, 1900
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1892 Map156 views
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151 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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148 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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23 Die, 40 Hurt in Newark Fire147 viewsNew York Times November 27, 1910
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Newark Fire Deaths Charged to Victim146 viewsNew York Times December 7, 1910
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143 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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143 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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142 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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140 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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The Newark Fire137 viewsNew York Times November 30, 1910
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136 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Victims of the Newark Factory Fire135 viewsNew York Times November 27, 1910
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From a French Magazine134 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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133 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Newark Fire Starts and Inquiry Here133 viewsNew York Times November 30, 1910
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132 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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132 viewsPhoto from Gregory Sereico
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The Newark Disaster132 viewsNew York Times November 28, 1910
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128 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Identify More Newark Fire Victims128 viewsNew York Times November 28, 1910
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The Mechanic Street Fire Arouses the Whole City127 viewsClick again to enlarge the article.
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Grand Jury Sees Newark Fire Ruin126 viewsNew York Times November 29, 1910
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125 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Hold Memorials for Fire Victims121 views1911
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Page 01119 views
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Page 07119 views
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Building a Trap for the Hundreds119 viewsNew York Times November 27, 1910
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Page 05118 views
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Page 10118 views
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Page 08116 views
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Before the Fire115 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Page 06111 views
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Page 02105 views
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Factory Owners Guilty in Newark Fire102 views1918 Municipal Journal
From Alberto Valdes
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95 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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86 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 Fire34 viewsFebruary 19, 1908
Newark Star
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27 HOrses Valued at $15,000 Perish and 14 Lives are Saved During Fire 27 viewsFebruary 19, 1908
Newark Star
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26 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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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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Down-Plum Factory Ruins23 viewsJune 30, 1909
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Hold Fire Victim's Brother23 viewsJune 30, 1909
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Mother Sticks to Buring Home to Save Children23 viewsFebruary 19, 1908
Newark Star
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21 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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21 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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1909 Boyd Street Fire21 views
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19 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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