Most viewed - Fires & Other Calls
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July 7, 19512503 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~19051745 viewsFrom "National Newark & Essex Banking Company"
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1620 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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1566 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
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1320 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
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1316 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
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1273 viewsMarket Street fire, fireman pour water on to barrels and wood structure
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Hold Memorials for Fire Victims1250 views1911
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1247 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Part 21228 views
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1216 viewsFrom Alberto Valdes
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1212 viewsMarket Street Fire from the RR bridge over Ferry Street.
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1205 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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1205 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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1204 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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23 Die, 40 Hurt in Newark Fire1198 viewsNew York Times November 27, 1910
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Page 061195 views
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Page 071190 views
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1179 viewsPhoto from Gregory Sereico
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1178 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Victims of the Newark Factory Fire1178 viewsNew York Times November 27, 1910
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Page 041176 views
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From a French Magazine1174 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Page 051174 views
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Page 101164 views
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Page 011162 views
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1160 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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1157 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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1901 Map1154 views
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The Newark Disaster1153 viewsNew York Times November 28, 1910
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Grand Jury Sees Newark Fire Ruin1150 viewsNew York Times November 29, 1910
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1146 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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Newark Fire Deaths Charged to Victim1141 viewsNew York Times December 7, 1910
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1139 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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After the Fire1139 viewsMarch 18, 1900
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Page 031137 views
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1136 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Before the Fire1134 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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The Newark Fire1129 viewsNew York Times November 30, 1910
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Page 081125 views
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1124 viewsLarger Format
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Newark Fire Starts and Inquiry Here1121 viewsNew York Times November 30, 1910
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1116 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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Building a Trap for the Hundreds1113 viewsNew York Times November 27, 1910
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19201106 views
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1892 Map1102 views
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Part 11100 views
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Fifteen in One Grave1099 viewsMarch 18, 1900
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1097 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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Funeral of Fire Victims1095 viewsMarch 17, 1900
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Fourteen Perish in a Fire at Newark1084 viewsMarch 13, 1900
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Page 021081 views
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Page 091081 views
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Identify More Newark Fire Victims1073 viewsNew York Times November 28, 1910
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1057 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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1041 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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The Area Today1036 views
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More Newark Fire Victims1030 viewsMarch 14, 1900
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Plaque Location1028 views
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The location today.1024 views
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Central Lunch1023 viewsCommerce & Broad Street
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Find jBodies in Fadctory Ruins Headlines1018 views
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Where the Awful Fire of Monday Occured1011 viewsMarch 18, 1900
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The Mechanic Street Fire Arouses the Whole City1005 viewsClick again to enlarge the article.
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December 30, 19091004 viewsImage from Alberto Valdes
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Newark Fire Inquiry1000 viewsMarch 16, 1900
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Factory Owners Guilty in Newark Fire968 views1918 Municipal Journal
From Alberto Valdes
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964 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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957 views
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937 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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934 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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922 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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917 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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913 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Mother Sticks to Buring Home to Save Children907 viewsFebruary 19, 1908
Newark Star
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1909 Boyd Street Fire901 views
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897 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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