[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 35 (Thursday, March 24, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: March 24, 1994]
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                         TRAGEDY IN EDISON, NJ

  Mr. BRADLEY. Mr. President, if I could--and I will not be long--I 
would like to call attention of the Senate and of the country to the 
great tragedy that has occurred in New Jersey in the last 24 hours. 
That is a massive natural gas explosion that burned out of control for 
over 4 hours last night in Edison, NJ. Many people have had to be 
evacuated. There are over 30 people hospitalized, up to 100 people 
missing. There was a giant fireball that many people saw on their 
television sets last night. Nine apartments have been completely or 
substantially destroyed. It was a tragedy of enormous proportions.
  I know the Congress and the administration is going to do everything 
it can to try to cushion the impact of this terrible tragedy on the 
lives of thousands and thousands of New Jerseyans. I intend to do 
everything I can to see they are given some help and some relief.

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