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Introduction and Brief History of Well Shooting
The Roberts Torpedo
The First Oil Patch Nitro Fatality
Thawing Can Be Hell
Frozen Nitroglycerin
Drop Weight Disasters
John Wilkes Booth, Oilman and Shooter
Mercury Fulminate
Friction Can Be Hell, Too
Nitroglycerin Thieves
Deadly Duds
Is Nitroglycerin In This?
Torpedo Transportation
Pithole, Oilfield Ghost Town
I'm Quitting the Nitro Business
Innocent Victims
Penalty at Scrubgrass
The Empty Nitro Can
The Dalrymple Family
Blown to Atoms

Tales of Destruction is a work in progress; please check in frequently for changes and additions.

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Also see Brandon C. Nuttall's Oil and Gas History of Kentucky: A Timeline.

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