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July 7, 19512095 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~19051605 viewsFrom "National Newark & Essex Banking Company"
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1453 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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1419 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
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1193 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
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1182 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
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1142 viewsMarket Street fire, fireman pour water on to barrels and wood structure
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Part 21096 views
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Hold Memorials for Fire Victims1087 views1911
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1086 viewsMarket Street Fire from the RR bridge over Ferry Street.
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1077 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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23 Die, 40 Hurt in Newark Fire1054 viewsNew York Times November 27, 1910
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Page 061038 views
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1030 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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1901 Map1029 views
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1027 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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1026 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Page 071026 views
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1021 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Page 051018 views
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After the Fire1017 viewsMarch 18, 1900
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1016 viewsPhoto from Gregory Sereico
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Victims of the Newark Factory Fire1016 viewsNew York Times November 27, 1910
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Page 041015 views
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1009 viewsLarger Format
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Page 101005 views
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1004 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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1003 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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1920997 views
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From a French Magazine995 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Page 01992 views
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989 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Fifteen in One Grave986 viewsMarch 18, 1900
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Newark Fire Deaths Charged to Victim984 viewsNew York Times December 7, 1910
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The Newark Disaster983 viewsNew York Times November 28, 1910
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Page 03982 views
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Grand Jury Sees Newark Fire Ruin982 viewsNew York Times November 29, 1910
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980 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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Before the Fire978 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Funeral of Fire Victims978 viewsMarch 17, 1900
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Part 1977 views
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968 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Building a Trap for the Hundreds965 viewsNew York Times November 27, 1910
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The Newark Fire963 viewsNew York Times November 30, 1910
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Fourteen Perish in a Fire at Newark962 viewsMarch 13, 1900
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Newark Fire Starts and Inquiry Here960 viewsNew York Times November 30, 1910
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Page 08959 views
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1892 Map948 views
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940 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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The Area Today925 views
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924 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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Identify More Newark Fire Victims913 viewsNew York Times November 28, 1910
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More Newark Fire Victims899 viewsMarch 14, 1900
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Central Lunch898 viewsCommerce & Broad Street
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Where the Awful Fire of Monday Occured897 viewsMarch 18, 1900
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The Mechanic Street Fire Arouses the Whole City881 viewsClick again to enlarge the article.
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Newark Fire Inquiry880 viewsMarch 16, 1900
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878 views
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876 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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The location today.875 views
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December 30, 1909873 viewsImage from Alberto Valdes
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Plaque Location871 views
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Find jBodies in Fadctory Ruins Headlines863 views
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862 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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845 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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Factory Owners Guilty in Newark Fire835 views1918 Municipal Journal
From Alberto Valdes
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810 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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791 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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790 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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1909 Boyd Street Fire790 views
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788 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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777 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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Mother Sticks to Buring Home to Save Children771 viewsFebruary 19, 1908
Newark Star
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766 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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