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===Ammunition explosions=== As a result of South Amboy's strategic location as a transportation hub, the city has been heavily damaged by military explosives in two major incidents. The [[T. A. Gillespie Company Shell Loading Plant explosion|1918 explosions]] occurred during World War I at the Gillespie Shell Loading Plant, just south of the town. The [[South Amboy powder pier explosion|1950 explosion]] struck as Healing Lighterage Company dockworkers were transferring ammunition from a freight train onto barges. Both disasters killed dozens and injured hundreds of local victims, damaged hundreds of South Amboy buildings, required emergency declarations of martial law, and scattered wide areas of ammunition remnants that continue to surface occasionally.<ref>[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1918/10/05/97030444.pdf "Great Munition Plant Blown Up; 100 May Be Dead"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 5, 1918. Accessed June 1, 2014.</ref><ref>[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1918/10/06/98271844.pdf "Day of Explosions and Fire Finishes Shell Plant Ruin"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 6, 1918. Accessed June 1, 2014.</ref><ref>{{cite AV media |first=Frank |last=Yusko |title=The Morgan Explosion of 1918 |url=http://www.visionaryvideostudios.com/1918morganexplosion.html |publisher=Visionary Video Studios |access-date=March 31, 2015}}</ref><ref>[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1950/05/20/113155917.pdf "Martial Law Set; Scene of the Explosion in New Jersey"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', May 20, 1950. Accessed June 1, 2014.</ref><ref>[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1950/05/21/121575053.pdf "Jersey Blast Toll 4 Dead, 22 Missing; Loss Is in Millions"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', May 21, 1950. Accessed June 1, 2014.</ref><ref>{{cite AV media |first=Frank |last=Yusko |title=The Powder Pier Explosion of 1950 |url=http://www.visionaryvideostudios.com/1950southamboyblast.html |publisher=Visionary Video Studios |access-date=March 31, 2015}}</ref>
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