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July 7, 19511021 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~1905709 viewsFrom "National Newark & Essex Banking Company"
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466 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
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460 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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454 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
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438 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
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432 viewsMarket Street fire, fireman pour water on to barrels and wood structure
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416 viewsMarket Street Fire from the RR bridge over Ferry Street.
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Part 2345 views
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1920293 views
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Part 1263 views
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261 viewsLarger Format
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1901 Map230 views
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Central Lunch229 viewsCommerce & Broad Street
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December 30, 1909227 viewsImage from Alberto Valdes
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After the Fire217 viewsMarch 18, 1900
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Fifteen in One Grave204 viewsMarch 18, 1900
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201 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Where the Awful Fire of Monday Occured194 viewsMarch 18, 1900
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Funeral of Fire Victims181 viewsMarch 17, 1900
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Fourteen Perish in a Fire at Newark178 viewsMarch 13, 1900
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Newark Fire Inquiry177 viewsMarch 16, 1900
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More Newark Fire Victims176 viewsMarch 14, 1900
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The Area Today170 views
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1892 Map133 views
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129 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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124 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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122 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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Newark Fire Deaths Charged to Victim119 viewsNew York Times December 7, 1910
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23 Die, 40 Hurt in Newark Fire118 viewsNew York Times November 27, 1910
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114 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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The Mechanic Street Fire Arouses the Whole City111 viewsClick again to enlarge the article.
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111 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Newark Fire Starts and Inquiry Here111 viewsNew York Times November 30, 1910
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Victims of the Newark Factory Fire110 viewsNew York Times November 27, 1910
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The Newark Fire110 viewsNew York Times November 30, 1910
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The Newark Disaster107 viewsNew York Times November 28, 1910
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106 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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From a French Magazine104 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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101 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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101 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Identify More Newark Fire Victims101 viewsNew York Times November 28, 1910
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99 viewsPhoto from Gregory Sereico
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Grand Jury Sees Newark Fire Ruin99 viewsNew York Times November 29, 1910
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98 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Building a Trap for the Hundreds96 viewsNew York Times November 27, 1910
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94 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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92 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Hold Memorials for Fire Victims90 views1911
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Factory Owners Guilty in Newark Fire84 views1918 Municipal Journal
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Before the Fire84 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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75 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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September 18, 1918 New York Times71 views
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70 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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