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They Flinched at the Flash: The Unsolved Eddystone Blast of 1917
They Flinched at the Flash: The Unsolved Eddystone Blast of 1917
A sudden flash and eighteen tons of black powder ignited in an instant, flattening F Building and killing 139 people-mostly women and girls-on the morning of April 10, 1917; what produced the initial flash that left some victims found with their hands covering their eyes?
In this episode, we tell the events that unfolded at the Eddystone Blast Corporation plant: the factory layout, the crowded rush order, the cascade of detonating shells, and the three competing explanations that never produced a charge; how did a plant reopen…
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