The national gunpowder works explodes

17 June 1868 (5 June 1868 old style) Proven

The national gunpowder works at Myloi blew up together with the powder magazine next to it. Five people were killed, among them a sergeant and two powder makers, and eight to ten more were injured. Some 6,000 to 7,000 oka of gunpowder burned; nearby buildings collapsed and trees and vines were torn from the ground.

Note: Date of the newspaper report; the event took place on that day or shortly before.

Where

Gunpowder works and iron foundry

Threads

Industry and trade

Certainty

Proven confirmed by primary sources

Sources

• Ἡ Νέα Γενεά, 5-6-1868; Παλιγγενεσία, 6-6-1868; Ἡ Κεφαλληνία, 15-6-1868, Hellenic Parliament Library, digital newspaper collection

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