Explosion at Morgan
The World War I Middlesex Munitions Disaster
Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States
| Author: | Randall Gabrielan | ISBN: | 9781614237617 |
| Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing Inc. | Publication: | November 13, 2012 |
| Imprint: | The History Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Randall Gabrielan |
| ISBN: | 9781614237617 |
| Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing Inc. |
| Publication: | November 13, 2012 |
| Imprint: | The History Press |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
