Explosion at Morgan: The World War I Middlesex Munitions Disaster

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.

Author: Randall Gabrielan
Publisher: History Press
Published: 11/13/2012
Pages: 159
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9781609495176
ISBN10: 1609495179
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | State & Local | Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD,
- History | Military | World War I