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a half dozen boroughs within a radius of ten miles
a half dozen boroughs within a radius of ten miles
The blast that shook "a half dozen boroughs within a radius of ten miles" killed 139 people and detonated roughly eighteen tons of black powder inside "F" Building at Eddystone on April 10, 1917 - yet the official cause was never determined. How did a classified ad, a rush order and malfunctioning machinery turn an industrial day into one of the deadliest workplace disasters in American history?
In this episode, we tell what happened that Monday morning at the Eddystone Ammunition Corporation, who worked inside "F" Building and what risks…
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