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Boy Killed By An Explosion

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Parent Issue
Day
9
Month
July
Year
1897
Copyright
Public Domain
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Grand Rapids, Mich., July 6.- The 10year-old son of H. S. Webb, a farmer who resides five miles from this city, losUhis life from the explosión of a keg of blasting powder. It seems that the boy was celebrating the 4th of July by using blasting powder. In some manner he dropped a piece of burning fuse on the keg of powder and in his attempt to brush it off feil into the keg and ignited the powder. The explosión Durned the boy so badly that he died a few hours later.

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Subjects
Ann Arbor Argus
Old News