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| Date: | 06 17 1933 |
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| Description: | A worker is sorting through the rubble from the collapsed Kleinheinz Pennco service station (Pennsylvania Oil Company), 702 S. Park Street. People in the ... |
| Date: | 03 14 1929 |
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| Description: | Exploded store of Natalie Troia, 102 S. Park Street from Milton Street, with people looking on. Corner of Park and Milton Streets. |
| Date: | 03 14 1929 |
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| Description: | Exploded store of Natalie Troia at 102 S. Park Street, from the corner of Park and Milton Streets. |
| Date: | 04 09 1945 |
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| Description: | A.M. Mickelson, 10 N. Owen Dr., inspecting the scene of the explosion at the base of Sunset point where three Madison boys were badly burned while playing ... |
| Date: | 01 11 1948 |
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| Description: | The remains of the boiler tank of the Milwaukee Road railroad engine of the Portage to Madison passenger train, which exploded and derailed south of Arling... |
| Date: | 03 02 1950 |
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| Description: | State Journal photographer Arthur M. Vinje, camera in hand, arrives at the scene of the fire at the Pyramid Motor Company, 434 West Gilman Street, to take ... |
| Date: | 01 02 1943 |
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| Description: | Handwritten on the back of the print, "Buna, immediately after capture by Yanks and Aussies." Two men stand in the center amid the destruction of the jungl... |
| Date: | 03 09 1911 |
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| Description: | Man standing in front of a Chicago and Northwestern railroad boxcar sitting on railroad tracks. The sides of the car are splintered, destroyed by an explos... |
| Date: | 03 09 1911 |
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| Description: | A man stands on a foundation among the debris of the aftermath of a powder explosion. Around the man are pieces of corrugated metal, machinery and wood. In... |
| Date: | 03 09 1911 |
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| Description: | View looking down of a man standing among rubble and other debris at the bottom of a "300 ft. by 150 ft." hole in the ground from a powder explosion. |
| Date: | 05 11 1938 |
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| Description: | Lithograph of two men using dynamite to break rock. One man is prying at a crevasse with a pole. |
| Date: | 09 19 1960 |
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| Description: | The Kellor's Grocery Store and Garage on Highway 14 (Oregon Road) in the Lakeview district 8 miles south of Madison was demolished September 19 by a blast ... |
| Date: | 03 17 1908 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard showing the results of a boiler explosion at the Kempf Planing Mill. Written on the left is text that reads: "Kempf Planing Mill, 3 K... |
| Date: | 1983 |
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| Description: | Imaginative pen-and-ink drawing of three fisherman, Clyde (Bud) Chamberlain with his creel, Stan Hamre, who has fallen backward into the water, and Carl Vo... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Subject: "TD-9 — Land Clearing." Where Taken: "SW." Information with photograph reads: "Owned by Mason Bros., Houston, Texas. TD-9 used with BE dozers and ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Subject: "TD-24 — Land Clearing." Where Taken: "SW." Information with photograph reads: "Owned by Mason Bros., Houston, Texas. TD-9 used with BE dozers and... |
| Date: | 01 05 1958 |
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| Description: | Two Madison Gas and Electric Company workmen checking pipes on Main Street in downtown Madison after two gas blasts and fires rocked downtown Madison, kill... |
| Date: | 01 05 1958 |
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| Description: | Workmen from Madison Gas and Electric Company work on Main Street at the Capitol Square to check for gas leaks after two explosions rocked downtown Madison... |
| Date: | 01 05 1958 |
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| Description: | A Madison Gas and Electric Company worker probing for gas leaks with a meter on the Capitol Square after two explosions rocked downtown Madison, killing tw... |
| Date: | 01 06 1958 |
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| Description: | Explosion and fire in the 200 block of North Bassett Street caused the deaths of William and Gladys McGrath and destruction of five buildings. Firemen are ... |
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