5 September 2010, 1:34 am
Sept. 5, 1910: At 10:30 p.m., a series of blasts destroyed the Lucas Bridge and Iron Co. plant, a nonunion firm in Peoria, Ill. "Three explosions reduced the building to kindling wood and four buildings adjacent to the property were wrecked,” The Times said. And for the second time in several weeks, a bomb in the East Peoria rail yards destroyed carloads of steel girders intended for a Peoria ...... Read More »
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