MILWAUKEE DISASTER
EXPLOSION IN FLOURMILL SEVERAL MEN KILLED Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright MILWAUKEE, April 11. (Received April 12, at 10.5 a.m.) Two men were killed. 10 are missing, and 30 injured, of whom 10 are expected to die, as the result of an explosion in a flourmill. The mill employs 200 men, but there were only 90 in it when the explosion occurred. There was a detonation like an earthquake. The mill was demolished, nearby concrete elevators knocked askew, and nearby buildings damaged.
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Evening Star, Issue 22620, 12 April 1937, Page 10
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82MILWAUKEE DISASTER Evening Star, Issue 22620, 12 April 1937, Page 10
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