HERCULES POWDER BLAST: The remains of some of the buildings destroyed at the Hercules Powder Plant in the worst munitions explosion in the history of the U.S.A. Large tanks and pieces of machinery were hurled from their bases by the terrific force of the blast. The death toll reached 38.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 November 1940, Page 6
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50HERCULES POWDER BLAST: The remains of some of the buildings destroyed at the Hercules Powder Plant in the worst munitions explosion in the history of the U.S.A. Large tanks and pieces of machinery were hurled from their bases by the terrific force of the blast. The death toll reached 38. Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 November 1940, Page 6
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