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The Evening Leader
Tarpon Springs, Pinellas County, Florida
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Explosion of a T.N.T. tank at the Oakdale, Pa., munitions factory resulted in 80-90 deaths and destruction of the plant in a subsequent fire. Two workers from Tarpon Springs, Percy Webster and George Fernald, were involved; Webster was injured, Fernald presumed dead.
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Percy Webster Was Hurt and George Fernald Has Never Been Found
This picture was taken immediately following the explosion of a T. N. T. tank at the Oakdale, Pa., munitions factory, where between eighty and ninety lives were lost. Dense smoke clouds are seen rising to the sky.
The T. N. T. tank shown in the picture was destroyed in a later fire. When it, too, let go the entire plant was destroyed. This is the explosion in which George Fernald lost his life and Percy Webster was hurt.
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Oakdale, Pa.
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between eighty and ninety lives lost; percy webster hurt; george fernald lost his life; entire plant destroyed.
Event Details
Explosion of a T.N.T. tank at the munitions factory, followed by a fire that destroyed another tank and the entire plant. Two boys from Tarpon Springs were working there at the time.