NEW JERSEY EXPLOSION.—Twenty-seven persons were killed and nearly 300 were injured when four ammunition barges exploded at South Amboy, New Jersey, on May 19. This photograph shows one of the wrecked buildings in the waterfront area. Every building in South Amboy was either destroyed or damaged.
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Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26124, 29 May 1950, Page 7
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46NEW JERSEY EXPLOSION.—Twenty-seven persons were killed and nearly 300 were injured when four ammunition barges exploded at South Amboy, New Jersey, on May 19. This photograph shows one of the wrecked buildings in the waterfront area. Every building in South Amboy was either destroyed or damaged. Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26124, 29 May 1950, Page 7
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