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July 7, 19512147 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~19051649 viewsFrom "National Newark & Essex Banking Company"
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1519 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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1472 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
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1244 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
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1237 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
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1195 viewsMarket Street fire, fireman pour water on to barrels and wood structure
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Hold Memorials for Fire Victims1167 views1911
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1166 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Part 21143 views
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1139 viewsMarket Street Fire from the RR bridge over Ferry Street.
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23 Die, 40 Hurt in Newark Fire1125 viewsNew York Times November 27, 1910
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Page 061122 views
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1112 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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1111 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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1111 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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1106 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Page 071106 views
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Page 051097 views
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1093 viewsPhoto from Gregory Sereico
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1901 Map1092 views
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Victims of the Newark Factory Fire1090 viewsNew York Times November 27, 1910
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From a French Magazine1086 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Page 041086 views
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Page 101084 views
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1082 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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Page 011079 views
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1078 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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The Newark Disaster1076 viewsNew York Times November 28, 1910
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After the Fire1075 viewsMarch 18, 1900
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Grand Jury Sees Newark Fire Ruin1068 viewsNew York Times November 29, 1910
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1065 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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Page 031064 views
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1061 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Newark Fire Deaths Charged to Victim1059 viewsNew York Times December 7, 1910
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Before the Fire1058 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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1057 viewsLarger Format
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1055 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Page 081048 views
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The Newark Fire1048 viewsNew York Times November 30, 1910
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Fifteen in One Grave1043 viewsMarch 18, 1900
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Building a Trap for the Hundreds1042 viewsNew York Times November 27, 1910
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Newark Fire Starts and Inquiry Here1041 viewsNew York Times November 30, 1910
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Funeral of Fire Victims1035 viewsMarch 17, 1900
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Part 11030 views
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1029 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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19201027 views
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1892 Map1024 views
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Fourteen Perish in a Fire at Newark1018 viewsMarch 13, 1900
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Page 021012 views
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1007 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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Page 091006 views
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Identify More Newark Fire Victims993 viewsNew York Times November 28, 1910
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The Area Today972 views
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More Newark Fire Victims965 viewsMarch 14, 1900
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962 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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954 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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Where the Awful Fire of Monday Occured947 viewsMarch 18, 1900
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Central Lunch945 viewsCommerce & Broad Street
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The location today.941 views
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Plaque Location938 views
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Find jBodies in Fadctory Ruins Headlines937 views
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Newark Fire Inquiry934 viewsMarch 16, 1900
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December 30, 1909920 viewsImage from Alberto Valdes
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The Mechanic Street Fire Arouses the Whole City919 viewsClick again to enlarge the article.
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897 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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Factory Owners Guilty in Newark Fire893 views1918 Municipal Journal
From Alberto Valdes
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869 views
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859 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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857 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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839 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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838 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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1909 Boyd Street Fire837 views
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832 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Mother Sticks to Buring Home to Save Children830 viewsFebruary 19, 1908
Newark Star
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825 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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September 18, 1918 New York Times814 views
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