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July 7, 19512474 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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1604 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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1548 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
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1305 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
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1304 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
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1261 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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1230 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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1205 viewsFrom Alberto Valdes
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Part 21203 views
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1196 viewsMarket Street Fire from the RR bridge over Ferry Street.
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1191 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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1190 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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23 Die, 40 Hurt in Newark Fire1181 viewsNew York Times November 27, 1910
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1179 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Page 061177 views
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Page 071175 views
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1168 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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1168 viewsPhoto from Gregory Sereico
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Page 041161 views
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Page 051158 views
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From a French Magazine1157 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Victims of the Newark Factory Fire1156 viewsNew York Times November 27, 1910
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Page 101147 views
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1147 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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1143 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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Page 011142 views
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1901 Map1141 views
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The Newark Disaster1134 viewsNew York Times November 28, 1910
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Grand Jury Sees Newark Fire Ruin1133 viewsNew York Times November 29, 1910
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1131 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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1128 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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After the Fire1127 viewsMarch 18, 1900
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Before the Fire1123 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Page 031123 views
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Newark Fire Deaths Charged to Victim1123 viewsNew York Times December 7, 1910
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1119 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Page 081113 views
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The Newark Fire1111 viewsNew York Times November 30, 1910
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1107 viewsLarger Format
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1102 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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Building a Trap for the Hundreds1101 viewsNew York Times November 27, 1910
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Newark Fire Starts and Inquiry Here1101 viewsNew York Times November 30, 1910
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Fifteen in One Grave1087 viewsMarch 18, 1900
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Part 11087 views
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19201086 views
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1892 Map1085 views
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1082 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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Funeral of Fire Victims1080 viewsMarch 17, 1900
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Fourteen Perish in a Fire at Newark1074 viewsMarch 13, 1900
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Page 021066 views
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Page 091065 views
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Identify More Newark Fire Victims1057 viewsNew York Times November 28, 1910
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1036 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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1028 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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The Area Today1026 views
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More Newark Fire Victims1017 viewsMarch 14, 1900
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Plaque Location1010 views
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Central Lunch1007 viewsCommerce & Broad Street
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The location today.1007 views
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Find jBodies in Fadctory Ruins Headlines1001 views
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Where the Awful Fire of Monday Occured1000 viewsMarch 18, 1900
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December 30, 1909991 viewsImage from Alberto Valdes
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The Mechanic Street Fire Arouses the Whole City991 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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943 views
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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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904 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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895 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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1909 Boyd Street Fire890 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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