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Lovilia, IA Asphyxiated In Coal Mine, Mar 1953

MINE EXPLOSION TAKES 5 LIVES.

ASPHYXIATION RULED CAUSE IN SOUTH IOWA.  read more »

Albia, IA Coal Dust Explosion In Mine, Feb 1893

CATASTROPHE IN IOWA.

ONE MAN KILLED AND TEN INJURED BY A DUST EXPLOSION IN A MINE NEAR ALBIA.  read more »

Clinton, IA Runaway Freight Train Crashes, June 1913

SEVEN DEAD BELIEVED TRAMPS.

FREIGHT TRAIN, RUSHING DOWN HILL, CRUSHES GRAVEL CARS AT IOWA STATION.  read more »

Storm Lake, IA Fireworks Accident, Jul 1948

Aerial Bomb Blast Fatal To Student  read more »

Ottumwa, IA Fruit Store Explosion, Jun 1892

Wrecked Two Buildings.  read more »

Burlington, IA Ordnance Plant Explosion, June 1958

BURLINGTON BLAST TOLL HITS FOUR.

ACCIDENT AT ORDNANCE PLANT PROBED.

Burlington (AP) -- The death toll rose to four Thursday in a shell-loading line explosion at the Iowa Ordnance plant here.  read more »

Burlington, IA Ordnance Plant Explosion, Dec 1941

DEAD IN PLANT BLAST MAY TOTAL 15.

WILL REBUILD WRECKED UNIT AT BURLINGTON.

SIX OF DEAD IDENTIFIED, TWO BODIES NOT IDENTIFIED, SEVEN MISSING.

GOVERNMENT GROUPS START INVESTIGATION.  read more »

Burlington, IA Arms Plant Explosion, Mar 1942

Burlington IOWA 3-5-1942 explosion 1.jpg

TREMENDOUS BLAST ROCKS BURLINGTON ARMS PLANT; 15 KILLED, 42 INJURED.

3-STORY TNT MELT UNIT IS DESTROYED.  read more »

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