Explosion at Morgan:: The World War I Middlesex Munitions Disaster (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781609495176)

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
ISBN-10: 1609495179
ISBN-13: 9781609495176
Publisher: History Press
Language: English
Published: 11/13/2012
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.40d