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Military events · 30 July 1916Open article references →
The Black Tom Explosion
Black Tom munitions terminal, now part of Liberty State Park · United States
Why editors use it hereReferenced overview of the terminal, sabotage, harbor damage, investigation, and claims proceeding.
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Before dawn on 30 July 1916, fires and enormous explosions destroyed the Black Tom rail and shipping terminal in Jersey City, where munitions awaited shipment to Allied powers.
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Trigger and conditions
Small fires appeared among freight cars late on 29 July, prompting guards to flee and firefighters to approach.
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Uncertainty
Casualty estimates vary, commonly four to seven deaths, partly because the terminal and harbor held transient workers.
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Why it matters
Black Tom brought a foreign covert war into an officially neutral American port.
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