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The Bowery Boys and the Black Tom Explosion
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford
The Absurdity of Munitions and Explosives
German agents sabotaged more than 50 sights in the us between 19 14 and 19 18. 30 of those were in new york alone. This was actually how it had been for decades. A lot of businesses around here that manufactured fireworksa well, for a short time, even fireworks were sold on a street just off city hall,. It was nicknamed firecracker lane. There would be several distributors of fireworks, like in the middle of the city wel for a short while, s would actually catch on fire here. So they had to eventually run that out of town clearly.
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