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July 7, 19512467 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~19051723 viewsFrom "National Newark & Essex Banking Company"
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1596 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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1541 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
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1299 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
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1297 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
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1256 viewsMarket Street fire, fireman pour water on to barrels and wood structure
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Hold Memorials for Fire Victims1230 views1911
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1226 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Part 21200 views
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1200 viewsFrom Alberto Valdes
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1191 viewsMarket Street Fire from the RR bridge over Ferry Street.
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1188 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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1186 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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23 Die, 40 Hurt in Newark Fire1178 viewsNew York Times November 27, 1910
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1177 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Page 061173 views
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1166 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Page 071166 views
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1164 viewsPhoto from Gregory Sereico
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Page 051154 views
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Page 041153 views
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From a French Magazine1152 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Victims of the Newark Factory Fire1151 viewsNew York Times November 27, 1910
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1144 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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Page 101141 views
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1138 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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1901 Map1136 views
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Page 011135 views
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The Newark Disaster1130 viewsNew York Times November 28, 1910
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Grand Jury Sees Newark Fire Ruin1128 viewsNew York Times November 29, 1910
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1127 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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1124 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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After the Fire1122 viewsMarch 18, 1900
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Before the Fire1121 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Page 031121 views
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Newark Fire Deaths Charged to Victim1119 viewsNew York Times December 7, 1910
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1117 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Page 081107 views
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The Newark Fire1106 viewsNew York Times November 30, 1910
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1102 viewsLarger Format
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Building a Trap for the Hundreds1098 viewsNew York Times November 27, 1910
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Newark Fire Starts and Inquiry Here1098 viewsNew York Times November 30, 1910
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1098 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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19201083 views
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Part 11083 views
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Fifteen in One Grave1082 viewsMarch 18, 1900
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1892 Map1080 views
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1078 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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Funeral of Fire Victims1077 viewsMarch 17, 1900
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Fourteen Perish in a Fire at Newark1069 viewsMarch 13, 1900
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Page 021061 views
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Page 091061 views
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Identify More Newark Fire Victims1052 viewsNew York Times November 28, 1910
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1030 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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1024 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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The Area Today1022 views
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More Newark Fire Victims1013 viewsMarch 14, 1900
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Plaque Location1008 views
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The location today.1003 views
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Central Lunch1002 viewsCommerce & Broad Street
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Where the Awful Fire of Monday Occured997 viewsMarch 18, 1900
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Find jBodies in Fadctory Ruins Headlines997 views
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December 30, 1909989 viewsImage from Alberto Valdes
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The Mechanic Street Fire Arouses the Whole City984 viewsClick again to enlarge the article.
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Newark Fire Inquiry979 viewsMarch 16, 1900
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953 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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Factory Owners Guilty in Newark Fire947 views1918 Municipal Journal
From Alberto Valdes
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938 views
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919 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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917 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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905 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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899 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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892 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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1909 Boyd Street Fire887 views
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881 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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Mother Sticks to Buring Home to Save Children880 viewsFebruary 19, 1908
Newark Star
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