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The Bowery Boys and the Black Tom Explosion
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford
Explosions in New York and New Jersey
The explosion occurred on 14 barges stored with high explosives at the piers of the national storage company. Firemen who were fighting the fire were hurled high into the air as the first barge of explosives let go. There would be additional explosions throughout the a second, smaller one about 30 minutes later and smaller ones all through the night. By three 30 in the morning according to the times, the entire island black tom island appeared to be covered in a sheet of flame.
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