World War I: An explosion kills more than 100 people and destroys a Shell Loading Plant in New Jersey.

T. A. Gillespie Company Shell Loading Plant explosion

1918 explosion at American ammunition plant

The T. A. Gillespie Company Shell Loading Plant explosion, sometimes called the Morgan Munitions Depot explosion or similar titles, began at 7:36 pm EDT on Friday, October 4, 1918, at a World War I ammunition plant in the Morgan area of Sayreville in Middlesex County, New…