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Sumneytown, PA Dynamite Explosion, Jan 1889
Posted January 22nd, 2012 by Stu Beitler
DYNAMITE EXPLOSION.
TWO YOUNG MEN BLOWN INTO PIECES TOO SMALL TO RECOGNIZE.
A horrible accident occurred two miles from Sumneytown, Pa. Two young men ERB and SCHOECKER were literally blown to atoms by an explosion of a half bucket of dynamite. They were employed at James Miller's dynamite factory, and at the time were at work in Swamp Creek, near the factory, mixing the ingredients of dynamite. It is supposed that in mixing the stuff the proper proportions were not placed therein, and as a result the explosion ensued. The men were blown to pieces and fragments of flesh were scattered over a wide area. None of the pieces of flesh picked up were of sufficient size to show to which body they belonged. None of the factory buildings were injured, though the shock was felt in houses two miles from the scene.
Indiana Progress Pennsylvania 1889-01-09
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Researched and Transcribed by Stu Beitler. Thank you, Stu!
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