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July 7, 19511031 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~1905722 viewsFrom "National Newark & Essex Banking Company"
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480 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
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474 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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466 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
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450 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
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445 viewsMarket Street fire, fireman pour water on to barrels and wood structure
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424 viewsMarket Street Fire from the RR bridge over Ferry Street.
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214 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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135 viewsNewark Star Ledger
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131 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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129 viewsNewark Star Ledger
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121 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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120 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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109 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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86 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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September 18, 1918 New York Times81 views
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80 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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