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July 7, 19511194 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~1905730 viewsFrom "National Newark & Essex Banking Company"
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487 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
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481 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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473 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
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455 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
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450 viewsMarket Street fire, fireman pour water on to barrels and wood structure
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431 viewsMarket Street Fire from the RR bridge over Ferry Street.
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Part 2368 views
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1920318 views
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Part 1283 views
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279 viewsLarger Format
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1901 Map256 views
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December 30, 1909248 viewsImage from Alberto Valdes
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After the Fire247 viewsMarch 18, 1900
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Central Lunch243 viewsCommerce & Broad Street
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Fifteen in One Grave233 viewsMarch 18, 1900
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Where the Awful Fire of Monday Occured219 viewsMarch 18, 1900
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218 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Funeral of Fire Victims208 viewsMarch 17, 1900
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Newark Fire Inquiry202 viewsMarch 16, 1900
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Fourteen Perish in a Fire at Newark201 viewsMarch 13, 1900
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More Newark Fire Victims198 viewsMarch 14, 1900
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The Area Today197 views
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1892 Map150 views
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144 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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142 views
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Newark Fire Deaths Charged to Victim142 viewsNew York Times December 7, 1910
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141 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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23 Die, 40 Hurt in Newark Fire140 viewsNew York Times November 27, 1910
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136 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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136 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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134 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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The Newark Fire133 viewsNew York Times November 30, 1910
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131 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Victims of the Newark Factory Fire130 viewsNew York Times November 27, 1910
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129 viewsPhoto from Gregory Sereico
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From a French Magazine128 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Newark Fire Starts and Inquiry Here128 viewsNew York Times November 30, 1910
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127 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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127 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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The Newark Disaster126 viewsNew York Times November 28, 1910
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The Mechanic Street Fire Arouses the Whole City124 viewsClick again to enlarge the article.
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124 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Identify More Newark Fire Victims122 viewsNew York Times November 28, 1910
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120 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Grand Jury Sees Newark Fire Ruin120 viewsNew York Times November 29, 1910
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119 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Page 05114 views
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Building a Trap for the Hundreds114 viewsNew York Times November 27, 1910
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Page 01113 views
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Page 07113 views
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Hold Memorials for Fire Victims113 views1911
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Page 10111 views
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Before the Fire110 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Page 08109 views
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Page 06105 views
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Factory Owners Guilty in Newark Fire100 views1918 Municipal Journal
From Alberto Valdes
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Page 0299 views
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Page 0397 views
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Page 0495 views
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Page 0995 views
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92 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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84 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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September 18, 1918 New York Times84 views
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27 Horses Valued at $15,000 Perish and 14 Lives are Saved During Fire27 viewsFebruary 19, 1908
Newark Star
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27 HOrses Valued at $15,000 Perish and 14 Lives are Saved During Fire 21 viewsFebruary 19, 1908
Newark Star
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Mother Sticks to Buring Home to Save Children20 viewsFebruary 19, 1908
Newark Star
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$5,000 Trotter, Thursday, Among the Horses Lost20 viewsFebruary 19, 1908
Newark Star
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Down-Plum Factory Ruins19 viewsJune 30, 1909
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Hold Fire Victim's Brother17 viewsJune 30, 1909
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15 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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1909 Boyd Street Fire15 views
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14 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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1909 Boyd Street Fire14 views
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13 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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13 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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