Explosions

St. Joseph, MO House Explosions, Mar 1929

TWO MYSTERY EXPLOSIONS KILL THREE AND INJURE NINE.  read more »

Wellsville, NY Oil Refinery Explosion, July 1938

THREE DEAD, 75 INJURED IN BLAST.

SPECTACULAR EXPLOSION OCCURS IN $15,000,000 SINCLAIR OIL COMPANY REFINERY AT WELLSVILLE, N.Y.

FIRE UNDER CONTROL.  read more »

Philadelphia, PA Gas Explosion Home, Dec 1951

GAS BLOWS UP HOME, 2 KILLED.  read more »

Evadale, TX Paper Mill Explosion, Sep 1959

PAPER MILL BLASTS KILL 5.

Evadale, Tex. (AP) -- The toll of two explosions at a paper mill here Monday rose to five dead today. Nine others suffered injuries.  read more »

Noel, MO Violent Explosion, Aug 1969

MISSOURI TOWN RIPPED BY MYSTERY BLAST.

Noel, Mo. (AP) -- "It blew the hell out of things," said Kenneth Meador.
One piece of metal ripped through a wall of MRS.  read more »

San Diego, CA Factory Explosion, Aug 1927

BLAST RAZES PLANT, 5 HURT.

ACETYLENE WORKS WRECKED; FIREMEN, BOUND FOR SCENE, HURT IN CRASH.  read more »

Adair, GA Boiler Explosion, June 1897

THREE KILLED, FIVE HURT.  read more »

Cleveland, OH Boiler Explosion, Nov 1882

TERRIFIC EXPLOSION.

A LARGE BOILER BLOWS UP KILLING SEVERAL MEN.

By Associated Press to the Herald.  read more »

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