Custard powder makes a delicious dessert but also has a rather less savoury potential – in certain conditions, it can be a ...

An explosion Wednesday afternoon prompted the Grand Junction Fire Department and Bomb squad to respond to a local business.

The locality is known as Pratt's Powder Mills, and the manufacture is ... a chisel falling upon the combustible material, an awful explosion took place, instantly killing the men, whose names ...

A hopper of powder overflowed, and the resulting dust cloud ignited, exploding into flame. Nine people were injured in the explosion. They were lucky – powder explosions can be lethal.

The Philadelphia Enquirer gives the following particulars of the explosion at DUPONT'S powder mills in Wilmington, (Del.,) on Feb. 25: "The explosion took place in what is called the packing mill.

An explosion has been reported at a local defense contractor on Winters Avenue. Grand Junction Fire Department responded to ...