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Willamsport, PA Powder Explosion, Jun 1907

Posted December 17th, 2007 by Linda Horton

5 BLOWN TO ATOMS NEAR WILLIAMSPORT

Fearful Explosion Occurs in Powder Manufacturing Company's Plant at Sinnemahoning.

WILLIAMSPORT, June 18.---Five men were blown to atoms in an explosion of the Gelatine department of the Sinnemahoning Powder Manufacturing Company's plant Sinnemahoning at 8:15 o'clock this morning. Hardly fifty pounds of the combined weight of the bodies of the men were found. The dead:

EDWARD COLE and son HARRY;
BILL MOORE SUMMERSON,
J . B. NELSON, both of whom have families,
and SAMUEL SHADMAN, single.

The roof was blown from another part of the factory. Two men were slightly hurt by flying debris.

Wilkes-Barre Times, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18 Jun 1907

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DEATH FOR FIVE MEN.

Torn to Fragments by Explosion in Pennsylvania.

Williamsport, Pa., June 18.---Five men were killed in an explosion in the gelatine department of the Sinnemahoning Powder Manufacturing Company at Sinnemahoning, Pa., today.

The dead:

BILL McSUMMERSON.
EDWARD COLE.
J. B. NELSON.
HARRY COLE.
SAMUEL SHADMAN.

Only fragments of their bodies were found.

Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX 19 Jun 1907
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Transcribed by Linda Horton. Thank you, Linda!

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