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Title
777-5
Date(s)
- 1934-06-27 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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Denn Powder Co. explosion, Hawks Prairie, June 27, 1934. Employees of the H. J. Denn Powder Co. are shown examining the wreckage of the mixing room in the aftermath of the explosions and fire that took the lives of at least ten employees on June 27, 1934. The plant's dynamite storage building is in the background. The 3:55 pm blasts sent shock waves around a four-mile radius. (T.Times, 6-28-34, p. 1) (filed with Argentum)
Disasters--Hawks Prairie; Explosions--Hawks Prairie; H. J. Denn Powder Co. (Hawks Prairie);