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July 7, 19512185 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~19051684 viewsFrom "National Newark & Essex Banking Company"
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1558 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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1504 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
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1273 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
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1269 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
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1224 viewsMarket Street fire, fireman pour water on to barrels and wood structure
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Hold Memorials for Fire Victims1203 views1911
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1198 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Part 21168 views
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1167 viewsMarket Street Fire from the RR bridge over Ferry Street.
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23 Die, 40 Hurt in Newark Fire1154 viewsNew York Times November 27, 1910
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1151 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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1148 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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1145 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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1137 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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1130 viewsPhoto from Gregory Sereico
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From a French Magazine1125 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Page 041119 views
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Victims of the Newark Factory Fire1119 viewsNew York Times November 27, 1910
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1901 Map1115 views
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Page 101114 views
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1109 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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Page 011107 views
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The Newark Disaster1103 viewsNew York Times November 28, 1910
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1101 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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Grand Jury Sees Newark Fire Ruin1099 viewsNew York Times November 29, 1910
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After the Fire1099 viewsMarch 18, 1900
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Page 031095 views
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1092 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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1092 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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Newark Fire Deaths Charged to Victim1091 viewsNew York Times December 7, 1910
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Before the Fire1082 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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1081 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Page 081081 views
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The Newark Fire1079 viewsNew York Times November 30, 1910
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1075 viewsLarger Format
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Newark Fire Starts and Inquiry Here1071 viewsNew York Times November 30, 1910
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Building a Trap for the Hundreds1070 viewsNew York Times November 27, 1910
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Fifteen in One Grave1065 viewsMarch 18, 1900
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1061 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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Funeral of Fire Victims1059 viewsMarch 17, 1900
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1892 Map1057 views
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19201055 views
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Part 11052 views
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Fourteen Perish in a Fire at Newark1049 viewsMarch 13, 1900
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1039 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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Identify More Newark Fire Victims1024 viewsNew York Times November 28, 1910
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The Area Today999 views
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993 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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More Newark Fire Victims991 viewsMarch 14, 1900
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985 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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Plaque Location976 views
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Central Lunch975 viewsCommerce & Broad Street
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Where the Awful Fire of Monday Occured974 viewsMarch 18, 1900
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Find jBodies in Fadctory Ruins Headlines968 views
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The location today.967 views
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Newark Fire Inquiry957 viewsMarch 16, 1900
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December 30, 1909956 viewsImage from Alberto Valdes
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The Mechanic Street Fire Arouses the Whole City954 viewsClick again to enlarge the article.
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Factory Owners Guilty in Newark Fire919 views1918 Municipal Journal
From Alberto Valdes
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918 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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902 views
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888 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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886 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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870 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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869 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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866 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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1909 Boyd Street Fire860 views
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Mother Sticks to Buring Home to Save Children851 viewsFebruary 19, 1908
Newark Star
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850 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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