How Flour Dust Caused The Washburn Mill Explosion All That's Interesting
At 6 on May 2, 1878, the day shift at the 'A' Mill clocked out and was replaced by the skeleton crew for the night shift. A DutchAmerican millwright, Ernest Grundman, was part of the day shift, but he was staying late that job was to maintain the mill's machinery, and he was no stranger to the risks of his trade: a promising baseball career had been cut short when he lost parts ...