
        <p>Minneapolis faced one of its most tragic events in 1878 after a cloud of flour dust got mixed up in a fiery situation. </p><p>Image:  Photograph altered by an artist to illustrate the Washburn A Mill explosion, 1878.  [Credit: Minnesota Historical Society]</p>
      

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        &lt;p&gt;Minneapolis faced one of its most tragic events in 1878 after a cloud of flour dust got mixed up in a fiery situation. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Image:  Photograph altered by an artist to illustrate the Washburn A Mill explosion, 1878.  [Credit: Minnesota Historical Society]&lt;/p&gt;
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The Great Mill Disaster

The Great Mill Disaster

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