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July 7, 19512155 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~19051656 viewsFrom "National Newark & Essex Banking Company"
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1526 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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1478 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
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1247 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
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1244 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
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1199 viewsMarket Street fire, fireman pour water on to barrels and wood structure
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Hold Memorials for Fire Victims1173 views1911
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1172 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Part 21150 views
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1143 viewsMarket Street Fire from the RR bridge over Ferry Street.
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23 Die, 40 Hurt in Newark Fire1129 viewsNew York Times November 27, 1910
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Page 061126 views
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1120 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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1120 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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1118 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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1113 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Page 071112 views
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Page 051104 views
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1101 viewsPhoto from Gregory Sereico
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1901 Map1096 views
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Page 041093 views
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Victims of the Newark Factory Fire1093 viewsNew York Times November 27, 1910
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From a French Magazine1092 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Page 101088 views
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1088 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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Page 011087 views
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1085 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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After the Fire1082 viewsMarch 18, 1900
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The Newark Disaster1079 viewsNew York Times November 28, 1910
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Grand Jury Sees Newark Fire Ruin1071 viewsNew York Times November 29, 1910
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Page 031070 views
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1070 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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1065 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Newark Fire Deaths Charged to Victim1064 viewsNew York Times December 7, 1910
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Before the Fire1063 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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1061 viewsLarger Format
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1059 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Page 081053 views
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The Newark Fire1051 viewsNew York Times November 30, 1910
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Newark Fire Starts and Inquiry Here1046 viewsNew York Times November 30, 1910
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Fifteen in One Grave1046 viewsMarch 18, 1900
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Building a Trap for the Hundreds1045 viewsNew York Times November 27, 1910
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Funeral of Fire Victims1038 viewsMarch 17, 1900
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1038 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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Part 11035 views
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1892 Map1031 views
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19201030 views
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Fourteen Perish in a Fire at Newark1021 viewsMarch 13, 1900
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Page 021017 views
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Page 091013 views
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1013 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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Identify More Newark Fire Victims998 viewsNew York Times November 28, 1910
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The Area Today976 views
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More Newark Fire Victims969 viewsMarch 14, 1900
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969 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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964 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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Where the Awful Fire of Monday Occured952 viewsMarch 18, 1900
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Central Lunch949 viewsCommerce & Broad Street
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The location today.948 views
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Plaque Location944 views
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Find jBodies in Fadctory Ruins Headlines942 views
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Newark Fire Inquiry937 viewsMarch 16, 1900
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December 30, 1909926 viewsImage from Alberto Valdes
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The Mechanic Street Fire Arouses the Whole City925 viewsClick again to enlarge the article.
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901 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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Factory Owners Guilty in Newark Fire897 views1918 Municipal Journal
From Alberto Valdes
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874 views
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865 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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865 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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1909 Boyd Street Fire846 views
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843 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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841 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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837 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Mother Sticks to Buring Home to Save Children836 viewsFebruary 19, 1908
Newark Star
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830 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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September 18, 1918 New York Times821 views
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