February
7, 1918 – Two men were killed near Hibbing this morning when a ton of black
powder in the press mill of the Dupont De Nemours Powder Company’s Wilpen plant
exploded at 10 a.m. “The building was
wrecked and the two men blown into atoms. The force of the explosion was felt
in Chisholm and Hibbing. The cause of the explosion remains unknown.”
Duluth News-Tribune; “Explosion
at Powder Plant Kills Two Men, Force of Wilpen Explosion Shatters Windows in
Hibbing”; Duluth, Minn.; February 8, 1918; p. 5-Range.
Photo
taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain Feb. 7, 2015,
as long as
acknowledgement included.
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