T. A. Gillespie Company Shell Loading Plant Explosion (1918)
On the night of October 4, 1918, an explosion rocked the T.A. Gillespie Company’s ammunition plant in Sayreville, New Jersey, one of the largest such plants in the world at the time. The blast triggered a series of explosions, which continued for three days, killing 100 people. Sayreville and nearby South Amboy and Perth Amboy were evacuated, displacing about 62,000 people who thus became more vulnerable to the catastrophic flu epidemic of 1918. What remnant of the accident was found in 2007? More… Discuss
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