| Explosion at Morgan:: The World War I Middlesex Munitions Disaster Contributor(s): Gabrielan, Randall (Author) |
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ISBN: 1609495179 ISBN-13: 9781609495176 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - History | Military - World War I |
| Dewey: 974.941 |
| LCCN: 2012042189 |
| Series: Disaster |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.60 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Geographic Orientation - New Jersey - Locality - Middlesex-Somerset, N.J. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: While World War I raged in Europe, America scrambled to supply the Allies with ammunition, and several munitions plants were constructed near the Jersey Shore. The hastily built plants hummed with hardly a mishap until the fateful night of October 4, 1918, when a series of explosions killed one hundred people. Firemen and other volunteers were powerless to stop the destruction as it devastated the Morgan-South Amboy area and terrified the surrounding region. Strangely, though, this woeful disaster has been forgotten by history. New Jersey historian Randall Gabrielan re-creates this terrifying night and its aftermath in the context of Middlesex County's role in the Great War. |
Contributor Bio(s): Gabrielan, Randall: - Randall Gabrielan is president of the Middletown Township Historical Society and that town's appointed historian. He is also executive director of the Monmouth County Historical Commission, and that county's historian. He is a long-serving trustee of the Middletown Library. |