Place of the Glycerine Explosion; Near Cameron, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1909
Description:
A description of the event from "The Petroleum Gazette": "Tony Shuster, an oil well shooter was blown to atoms at 6:30 this morning when the nitroglycerine magazine of the Marietta Torpedo Co. 1/2 mile east of town, exploded. Shuster's team and wagon were blown to bits, the shoe of one horse falling in the center of the town. Every window in Cameron was demolished. Windows at Bristoria 12 miles distant, were broken. A great hole 30 feet in diameter and 15 feet deep marks the spot where the magazine stood. Bits of flesh were found over an area of over 1/2 a mile." (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Mound is 79 feet high and 900 feet in circumference at base. See original for correspondence. Published by T.R. Rogers and Sons. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
