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Dickson, Thomas F.

Miami News Record · Jul 22 1926 · Pg 2 · Col 1

Joplin, Missouri, Jul 21 Three men were killed in a dynamite explosion at the plant of the Atlas Powder Company, eight miles east of Joplin, this morning. The dead: Thomas F. Dickson, 32, of Oakland Missouri, a suburb of Joplin. Leaford Akin, 27, who resided near the powder plant and Jeff Parsley, 25 of Duenweg Missouri. Fifteen hundred pounds of a mixture of dynamite, 60 percent nitroglycerine, exploded, wrecking a cartridge house in which the men were working. The blast was felt in Joplin and Carthage Missouri.

Dickson's body had not been found late today. Note: From Joplin Missouri Joplin Globe - Spotlight on Tri-State District "Mining in the Tri-State District required various kinds of explosives to reach the lead and zinc deposits. Atlas Powder Company in 1914, offered 150 different types of explosives."

Disclaimer: If you search for these articles somewhere else, searches should be done by date in the city of Miami Oklahoma. The clippings have "Miami Newspapers, Miami Oklahoma." The paper changed names several times making it difficult to search by title. Most of the Hard Rock Lead and Zinc Fatalities newspaper clippings are from the personal files of I. D. Hulvey, former powderman in the Picher mine and then owner of the Hulvey Insurance Agency.