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July 7, 19512159 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~19051664 viewsFrom "National Newark & Essex Banking Company"
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1534 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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1480 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
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1250 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
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1247 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
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1203 viewsMarket Street fire, fireman pour water on to barrels and wood structure
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1180 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Hold Memorials for Fire Victims1177 views1911
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Part 21152 views
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1145 viewsMarket Street Fire from the RR bridge over Ferry Street.
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23 Die, 40 Hurt in Newark Fire1134 viewsNew York Times November 27, 1910
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1128 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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1122 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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1108 viewsPhoto from Gregory Sereico
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From a French Magazine1102 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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1901 Map1099 views
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Victims of the Newark Factory Fire1096 viewsNew York Times November 27, 1910
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1095 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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1088 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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The Newark Disaster1085 viewsNew York Times November 28, 1910
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After the Fire1084 viewsMarch 18, 1900
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Grand Jury Sees Newark Fire Ruin1077 viewsNew York Times November 29, 1910
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1077 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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1071 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Newark Fire Deaths Charged to Victim1071 viewsNew York Times December 7, 1910
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1068 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Before the Fire1066 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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The Newark Fire1058 viewsNew York Times November 30, 1910
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Building a Trap for the Hundreds1051 viewsNew York Times November 27, 1910
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Newark Fire Starts and Inquiry Here1051 viewsNew York Times November 30, 1910
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Fifteen in One Grave1048 viewsMarch 18, 1900
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Funeral of Fire Victims1044 viewsMarch 17, 1900
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1039 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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Part 11038 views
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1892 Map1037 views
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19201036 views
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Fourteen Perish in a Fire at Newark1024 viewsMarch 13, 1900
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1021 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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Identify More Newark Fire Victims1000 viewsNew York Times November 28, 1910
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The Area Today978 views
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976 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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More Newark Fire Victims973 viewsMarch 14, 1900
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966 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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Where the Awful Fire of Monday Occured959 viewsMarch 18, 1900
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Central Lunch952 viewsCommerce & Broad Street
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The location today.952 views
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Plaque Location951 views
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Find jBodies in Fadctory Ruins Headlines950 views
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Newark Fire Inquiry938 viewsMarch 16, 1900
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The Mechanic Street Fire Arouses the Whole City932 viewsClick again to enlarge the article.
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December 30, 1909930 viewsImage from Alberto Valdes
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903 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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Factory Owners Guilty in Newark Fire900 views1918 Municipal Journal
From Alberto Valdes
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871 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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870 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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849 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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1909 Boyd Street Fire849 views
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844 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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843 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Mother Sticks to Buring Home to Save Children840 viewsFebruary 19, 1908
Newark Star
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836 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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