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July 7, 19512211 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~19051699 viewsFrom "National Newark & Essex Banking Company"
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1570 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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1517 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
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1285 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
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1284 viewsMarket Street fire spreads to Fleming Avenue
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1237 viewsMarket Street fire, fireman pour water on to barrels and wood structure
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1221 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Hold Memorials for Fire Victims1217 views1911
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1181 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Part 21180 views
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1178 viewsMarket Street Fire from the RR bridge over Ferry Street.
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1174 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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1174 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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23 Die, 40 Hurt in Newark Fire1168 viewsNew York Times November 27, 1910
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Page 061162 views
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1159 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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1158 viewsPhoto from Gregory Sereico
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Page 071153 views
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From a French Magazine1147 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Page 051142 views
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Victims of the Newark Factory Fire1135 viewsNew York Times November 27, 1910
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Page 041134 views
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1134 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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1129 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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Page 101128 views
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1901 Map1128 views
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Page 011121 views
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1119 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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The Newark Disaster1119 viewsNew York Times November 28, 1910
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After the Fire1116 viewsMarch 18, 1900
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Grand Jury Sees Newark Fire Ruin1115 viewsNew York Times November 29, 1910
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1114 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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Before the Fire1113 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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1108 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Page 031108 views
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Newark Fire Deaths Charged to Victim1107 viewsNew York Times December 7, 1910
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Page 081094 views
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The Newark Fire1094 viewsNew York Times November 30, 1910
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1090 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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1087 viewsLarger Format
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Newark Fire Starts and Inquiry Here1085 viewsNew York Times November 30, 1910
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Building a Trap for the Hundreds1082 viewsNew York Times November 27, 1910
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Fifteen in One Grave1078 viewsMarch 18, 1900
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Funeral of Fire Victims1072 viewsMarch 17, 1900
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19201070 views
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1892 Map1069 views
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Part 11067 views
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1064 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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Fourteen Perish in a Fire at Newark1061 viewsMarch 13, 1900
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Page 091051 views
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Page 021049 views
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Identify More Newark Fire Victims1039 viewsNew York Times November 28, 1910
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1021 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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The Area Today1018 views
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1014 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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More Newark Fire Victims1008 viewsMarch 14, 1900
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The location today.997 views
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Plaque Location993 views
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Central Lunch987 viewsCommerce & Broad Street
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Where the Awful Fire of Monday Occured987 viewsMarch 18, 1900
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Find jBodies in Fadctory Ruins Headlines976 views
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December 30, 1909973 viewsImage from Alberto Valdes
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The Mechanic Street Fire Arouses the Whole City971 viewsClick again to enlarge the article.
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Newark Fire Inquiry971 viewsMarch 16, 1900
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959 views
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933 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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Factory Owners Guilty in Newark Fire929 views1918 Municipal Journal
From Alberto Valdes
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920 views
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903 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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901 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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889 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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886 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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1909 Boyd Street Fire880 views
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876 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Mother Sticks to Buring Home to Save Children869 viewsFebruary 19, 1908
Newark Star
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868 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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Hold Fire Victim's Brother855 viewsJune 30, 1909
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