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July 7, 19512472 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~19051728 viewsFrom "National Newark & Essex Banking Company"
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1602 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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1547 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
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1304 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
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1302 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
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1260 viewsMarket Street fire, fireman pour water on to barrels and wood structure
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Hold Memorials for Fire Victims1231 views1911
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1228 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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1204 viewsFrom Alberto Valdes
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Part 21203 views
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1195 viewsMarket Street Fire from the RR bridge over Ferry Street.
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1189 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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1188 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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23 Die, 40 Hurt in Newark Fire1180 viewsNew York Times November 27, 1910
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1179 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Page 061176 views
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Page 071172 views
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1167 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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1166 viewsPhoto from Gregory Sereico
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Page 041156 views
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Page 051156 views
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From a French Magazine1155 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Victims of the Newark Factory Fire1154 viewsNew York Times November 27, 1910
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1147 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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Page 101145 views
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1141 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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1901 Map1140 views
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Page 011139 views
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The Newark Disaster1133 viewsNew York Times November 28, 1910
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Grand Jury Sees Newark Fire Ruin1131 viewsNew York Times November 29, 1910
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1129 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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1127 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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After the Fire1125 viewsMarch 18, 1900
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Page 031123 views
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Newark Fire Deaths Charged to Victim1122 viewsNew York Times December 7, 1910
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Before the Fire1121 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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1119 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Page 081110 views
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The Newark Fire1110 viewsNew York Times November 30, 1910
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1107 viewsLarger Format
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1101 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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Building a Trap for the Hundreds1100 viewsNew York Times November 27, 1910
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Newark Fire Starts and Inquiry Here1100 viewsNew York Times November 30, 1910
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Part 11086 views
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19201085 views
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Fifteen in One Grave1084 viewsMarch 18, 1900
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1892 Map1083 views
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1081 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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Funeral of Fire Victims1079 viewsMarch 17, 1900
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Fourteen Perish in a Fire at Newark1073 viewsMarch 13, 1900
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Page 021064 views
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Page 091062 views
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Identify More Newark Fire Victims1055 viewsNew York Times November 28, 1910
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1034 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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1027 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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The Area Today1024 views
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More Newark Fire Victims1015 viewsMarch 14, 1900
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Plaque Location1010 views
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The location today.1006 views
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Central Lunch1005 viewsCommerce & Broad Street
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Where the Awful Fire of Monday Occured999 viewsMarch 18, 1900
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Find jBodies in Fadctory Ruins Headlines999 views
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December 30, 1909991 viewsImage from Alberto Valdes
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The Mechanic Street Fire Arouses the Whole City989 viewsClick again to enlarge the article.
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Newark Fire Inquiry985 viewsMarch 16, 1900
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956 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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Factory Owners Guilty in Newark Fire950 views1918 Municipal Journal
From Alberto Valdes
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921 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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919 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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907 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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902 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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895 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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1909 Boyd Street Fire889 views
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Mother Sticks to Buring Home to Save Children886 viewsFebruary 19, 1908
Newark Star
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883 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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