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July 7, 19512212 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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1285 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 Victims1218 views1911
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1182 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Part 21181 views
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1179 viewsMarket Street Fire from the RR bridge over Ferry Street.
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1176 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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1174 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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23 Die, 40 Hurt in Newark Fire1169 viewsNew York Times November 27, 1910
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Page 061162 views
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1160 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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1159 viewsPhoto from Gregory Sereico
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Page 071154 views
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From a French Magazine1148 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Page 051143 views
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Victims of the Newark Factory Fire1137 viewsNew York Times November 27, 1910
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1136 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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Page 041135 views
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Page 101130 views
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1130 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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1901 Map1128 views
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1121 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Page 011121 views
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The Newark Disaster1119 viewsNew York Times November 28, 1910
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After the Fire1117 viewsMarch 18, 1900
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Grand Jury Sees Newark Fire Ruin1116 viewsNew York Times November 29, 1910
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1116 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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Before the Fire1115 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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1109 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Page 031109 views
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Newark Fire Deaths Charged to Victim1107 viewsNew York Times December 7, 1910
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The Newark Fire1096 viewsNew York Times November 30, 1910
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Page 081095 views
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1091 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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1087 viewsLarger Format
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Newark Fire Starts and Inquiry Here1086 viewsNew York Times November 30, 1910
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Building a Trap for the Hundreds1083 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 Map1070 views
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Part 11069 views
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1066 viewsPhoto from Leslie's Weekly
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Fourteen Perish in a Fire at Newark1063 viewsMarch 13, 1900
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Page 091051 views
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Page 021050 views
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Identify More Newark Fire Victims1039 viewsNew York Times November 28, 1910
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1022 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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Where the Awful Fire of Monday Occured989 viewsMarch 18, 1900
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Central Lunch987 viewsCommerce & Broad Street
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Find jBodies in Fadctory Ruins Headlines977 views
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December 30, 1909974 viewsImage from Alberto Valdes
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Newark Fire Inquiry973 viewsMarch 16, 1900
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The Mechanic Street Fire Arouses the Whole City971 viewsClick again to enlarge the article.
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959 views
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934 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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Factory Owners Guilty in Newark Fire930 views1918 Municipal Journal
From Alberto Valdes
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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 Fire881 views
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878 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Mother Sticks to Buring Home to Save Children872 viewsFebruary 19, 1908
Newark Star
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868 viewsNewark Star Ledger
December 16, 1947
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866 views
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Hold Fire Victim's Brother856 viewsJune 30, 1909
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