Thursday, June 9, 2011

Explosion and Loss of Life

DETROIT, March 3.

An explosion took place to-day at the oil refinery of J. H. Harmon & Co., demolishing the building and killing several persons.  Four dead bodies have been recovered, among them Robt. Highan and Chas. L. Dibbles, two of the proprietors.  Others are supposed to be buried in the ruins.

– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Tuesday Morning, March 4, 1862, p. 1

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