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About 100 workers were in the Los Angeles Times building at 1:07 a.m. Oct. 1, 1910. Then 16 sticks of dynamite exploded at the anti-union newspaper, and people began dying.
Part of the track where the explosion took place at Braamfontein on 19 February 1896 The crater created by the dynamite explosion (looking west) at Braamfontein on 19 February 1896. On 16 February 1896, a freight train with eight trucks of dynamite – 2300 cases of 60lb each, or about 60 tonnes – was put in a siding at Braamfontein railway ...
Therefore, while the risk of an explosion without the use of a blasting cap is minimal for fresh dynamite, old dynamite is dangerous. [citation needed] Modern packaging helps eliminate this by placing the dynamite into sealed plastic bags and using wax-coated cardboard. Dynamite is moderately sensitive to shock.
Between 14 and 22 additional people were injured in the explosion, [35] [36] one of whom was Addie Mae's younger sister, 12-year-old Sarah Collins. [37] She had 21 pieces of glass embedded in her face and was blinded in one eye. [ 38 ]
1885 Dynamite explosion – A wagon load of dynamite exploded during transport. 3 May 1887 Canada: Nanaimo, British Columbia: 150 Unknown 1887 Nanaimo mine explosion – A coal mine exploded in an explosives accident and killed 150 miners, including 53 Chinese Canadian laborers. 15 July 1890 United States: Kings Mills, Ohio: 11 About 100
One page that is dedicated to celebrating photography from history is Old-Time Photos on Facebook. This account shares digitized versions of photos from the late 1800s all the way up to the 1980s.
The Civil Aeronautics Board concluded the severity of Frank's injuries and the numerous particulates found embedded in his body could only be attributed to his proximity to an explosion. [21] Furthermore, the chemical compounds detected in the area around the explosion's point of origin were consistent with those generated by a dynamite explosion.
On May 10, 1973, a man wearing a black balaclava mask entered the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in Kenora armed with a rifle, a pistol and a homemade bomb consisting of six sticks of dynamite. He held a dead man's switch in his teeth to detonate the bomb. He demanded his shoulder bag and three duffel bags be filled with money.