Most viewed - Fires & Other Calls
|
July 7, 19512188 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.
|
|
Art Metal Works~19051688 viewsFrom "National Newark & Essex Banking Company"
|
|
1560 viewsMarket Street Fire photo from Filmore street Side. On right is where the fire started next to RR station on Ferry Street.
Photo from Joemal
|
|
1507 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
Photo from Joemal
|
|
1273 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
Photo from Joemal
|
|
1273 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
Photo from Joemal
|
|
1225 viewsMarket Street fire, fireman pour water on to barrels and wood structure
Photo from Joemal
|
|
Hold Memorials for Fire Victims1207 views1911
|
|
1200 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
|
|
Part 21171 views
|
|
1167 viewsMarket Street Fire from the RR bridge over Ferry Street.
Photo from Joemal
|
|
23 Die, 40 Hurt in Newark Fire1158 viewsNew York Times November 27, 1910
|
|
1154 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
|
|
Page 061153 views
|
|
1152 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
|
|
1148 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
|
|
Page 071143 views
|
|
1139 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
|
|
Page 051135 views
|
|
1133 viewsPhoto from Gregory Sereico
|
|
From a French Magazine1127 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
|
|
Page 041123 views
|
|
Victims of the Newark Factory Fire1122 viewsNew York Times November 27, 1910
|
|
1901 Map1118 views
|
|
Page 101117 views
|
|
1112 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
|
|
Page 011109 views
|
|
The Newark Disaster1106 viewsNew York Times November 28, 1910
|
|
Grand Jury Sees Newark Fire Ruin1103 viewsNew York Times November 29, 1910
|
|
1102 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
|
|
After the Fire1101 viewsMarch 18, 1900
|
|
Page 031096 views
|
|
1095 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
|
|
Newark Fire Deaths Charged to Victim1094 viewsNew York Times December 7, 1910
|
|
1093 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
|
|
Before the Fire1084 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
|
|
1084 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
|
|
Page 081084 views
|
|
The Newark Fire1082 viewsNew York Times November 30, 1910
|
|
1076 viewsLarger Format
|
|
Building a Trap for the Hundreds1072 viewsNew York Times November 27, 1910
|
|
Newark Fire Starts and Inquiry Here1072 viewsNew York Times November 30, 1910
|
|
Fifteen in One Grave1067 viewsMarch 18, 1900
|
|
1064 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
|
|
Funeral of Fire Victims1061 viewsMarch 17, 1900
|
|
1892 Map1058 views
|
|
19201055 views
|
|
Part 11055 views
|
|
Fourteen Perish in a Fire at Newark1052 viewsMarch 13, 1900
|
|
Page 091043 views
|
|
Page 021042 views
|
|
1042 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
|
|
Identify More Newark Fire Victims1026 viewsNew York Times November 28, 1910
|
|
The Area Today1002 views
|
|
More Newark Fire Victims996 viewsMarch 14, 1900
|
|
995 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
|
|
988 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
|
|
Plaque Location979 views
|
|
Where the Awful Fire of Monday Occured977 viewsMarch 18, 1900
|
|
Central Lunch975 viewsCommerce & Broad Street
Photo from Gonzalo Alberto
|
|
974 views
|
|
Find jBodies in Fadctory Ruins Headlines970 views
|
|
The location today.969 views
|
|
Newark Fire Inquiry959 viewsMarch 16, 1900
|
|
December 30, 1909957 viewsImage from Alberto Valdes
|
|
The Mechanic Street Fire Arouses the Whole City957 viewsClick again to enlarge the article.
|
|
945 views
|
|
921 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
|
|
Factory Owners Guilty in Newark Fire920 views1918 Municipal Journal
From Alberto Valdes
|
|
906 views
|
|
889 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
|
|
889 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
|
|
873 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
|
|
872 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
|
|
867 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
|
|
1909 Boyd Street Fire861 views
|
|
854 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
|
|
Mother Sticks to Buring Home to Save Children852 viewsFebruary 19, 1908
Newark Star
|
|
850 views
|
|
Page 2845 views
|
|
|
|
