The 1924 Nixon Nitration Works disaster was an explosion and fire that claimed many lives and destroyed several square miles of New Jersey factories.[1] It began on March 1, 1924, about 11:15 a.m., when an explosion destroyed a building in Nixon, New Jersey (an area within present-day Edison, New Jersey) used for processing ammonium nitrate.[2] The explosion touched off fires in surrounding buildings in the Nixon Nitration Works that contained other highly flammable materials.[3] The disaster killed twenty people, destroyed forty buildings,[4] and demolished the "tiny industrial town of Nixon, New Jersey."[5]
^Newton-Matza, Kelley, ed. (2014). "Nixon, New Jersey, Nitration Works Disaster". Disasters and Tragic Events: An Encyclopedia of Catastrophes in American History. Vol. 2. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. pp. 271–273.
^"Many are Killed in Explosion: Staten Island is Rocked by Terrific Blast," The Bee (Danville, Virginia), 1924-03-01, p. 1
^"Explosion Kills 30, Rocks New Jersey: Ammonia Plant of the Nixon Nitrate Works Blows up With Roar That Shakes Countryside for 25 Miles; Fire Follows," Middletown Daily Herald, 1924-03-02, p. 1.
^'Begin Probe of Explosion: Inquiry into Cause of Blast Which Killed 18 and Destroyed 40 Buildings Begins," Lowell Sun, 1924-03-03, at 19.
^"Blast Levels a Town: TNT, Being Changed to Fertilizer, Blows Up, Killing 18," Weekly Kansas City Star, 1924-03-05, at 2.
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