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The Mahnomen Pioneer
Mahnomen, Mahnomen County, Minnesota
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A massive natural gas storage tank explosion at the Equitable Gas Company's Manchester Works in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, killed 28 people and injured over 500, wrecking homes and factories across a square mile.
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Pittsburgh Explosion Wrecks Square Mile of Homes and Factories-500 Hurt
Pittsburgh, Pa.-Twenty-eight persons were known to have met death and more than 500 were injured, some seriously here when a giant natural gas storage tank at the Manchester Works of the Equitable Gas company exploded, spreading death and destruction over an area one mile square in the north side.
Firemen, policemen and volunteer rescuers worked feverishly, digging into the ruins in an effort to find trapped injured persons or recover the dead. On all sides were men, women and children, their heads and arms swathed in bandages. These victims had been treated at emergency stations set up by Red Cross nurses and Salvation Army workers.
It was estimated by hospital officials that between 500 and 600 were injured. some seriously.
The first eleven bodies taken to the morgue were workmen.
While the exact cause of the explosion was undetermined, it was said that gas company workmen were repairing a section of the tank with a blowtorch when the blast occurred.
The tank. containing 5,000,000 cubic feet of natural gas, let loose with one of the most terrific blasts in Pittsburgh's history. Practically every building in the immediate vicinity was wrecked. and windows over a wide area were shattered. including some in downtown department stores and office structures.
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Pittsburgh, Pa.
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twenty-eight persons killed; more than 500 injured, some seriously; first eleven bodies were workmen; buildings wrecked over a square mile; windows shattered over a wide area.
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A giant natural gas storage tank containing 5,000,000 cubic feet of gas at the Manchester Works of the Equitable Gas company exploded while workmen repaired a section with a blowtorch, spreading death and destruction over an area one mile square in the north side. Firemen, policemen, and volunteers dug into ruins to rescue trapped injured or recover dead; victims treated at emergency stations by Red Cross and Salvation Army.