100 years ago today, on 19th January 1917 at 6.52pm, a catastrophic explosion at the Brunner Mond and Company’s high explosive TNT factory in Silvertown, East London killed 73 people and injured hu…
Source: The Silvertown Tragedy: Explosion on the Home Front | Heritage Calling
A home front tragedy that has been all but forgotten. Nice to see it remembered during the centenary.
Best wishes, Pete.
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