The Gillespie Company Shell Loading Plant Explosion Memorial at Parlin, , April 20, 2021. The memorial, which is located at the Ernst Memorial Cemetery on 328 Ernston Road, honors the more than 100 people who were killed Oct. 4, 1918, at a World War I munitions plant in Sayreville, The facility and more than 300 surrounding buildings were destroyed. The first explosion caused a fire with ensuing explosions continuing for three days. Unexploded ordnance has been found as recently as 2007.

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