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July 7, 19511988 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~19051488 viewsFrom "National Newark & Essex Banking Company"
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1338 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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1317 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
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1121 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
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1114 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
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1062 viewsMarket Street fire, fireman pour water on to barrels and wood structure
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1034 viewsMarket Street Fire from the RR bridge over Ferry Street.
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Part 2986 views
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945 viewsLarger Format
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Hold Memorials for Fire Victims940 views1911
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937 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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1920925 views
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23 Die, 40 Hurt in Newark Fire922 viewsNew York Times November 27, 1910
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1901 Map899 views
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After the Fire893 viewsMarch 18, 1900
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Page 05889 views
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Page 04888 views
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885 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Page 06879 views
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Page 07879 views
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877 viewsPhoto from Gregory Sereico
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Funeral of Fire Victims877 viewsMarch 17, 1900
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873 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Fourteen Perish in a Fire at Newark871 viewsMarch 13, 1900
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Fifteen in One Grave866 viewsMarch 18, 1900
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Page 01865 views
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Page 03865 views
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862 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Victims of the Newark Factory Fire861 viewsNew York Times November 27, 1910
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Part 1860 views
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855 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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The Newark Disaster854 viewsNew York Times November 28, 1910
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Page 10853 views
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From a French Magazine852 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Before the Fire849 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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The Newark Fire846 viewsNew York Times November 30, 1910
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Grand Jury Sees Newark Fire Ruin844 viewsNew York Times November 29, 1910
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Newark Fire Deaths Charged to Victim844 viewsNew York Times December 7, 1910
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Newark Fire Starts and Inquiry Here843 viewsNew York Times November 30, 1910
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840 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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837 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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835 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Building a Trap for the Hundreds834 viewsNew York Times November 27, 1910
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Page 08828 views
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December 30, 1909826 viewsImage from Alberto Valdes
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Where the Awful Fire of Monday Occured822 viewsMarch 18, 1900
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Central Lunch820 viewsCommerce & Broad Street
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820 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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816 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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1892 Map814 views
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The Area Today813 views
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Page 02805 views
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The Mechanic Street Fire Arouses the Whole City797 viewsClick again to enlarge the article.
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More Newark Fire Victims794 viewsMarch 14, 1900
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Identify More Newark Fire Victims784 viewsNew York Times November 28, 1910
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Newark Fire Inquiry781 viewsMarch 16, 1900
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779 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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766 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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755 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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Factory Owners Guilty in Newark Fire747 views1918 Municipal Journal
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740 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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739 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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Find jBodies in Fadctory Ruins Headlines733 views
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728 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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Plaque Location727 views
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726 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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723 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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The location today.715 views
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712 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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706 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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1909 Boyd Street Fire686 views
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662 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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September 18, 1918 New York Times661 views
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Mother Sticks to Buring Home to Save Children660 viewsFebruary 19, 1908
Newark Star
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