A member of the Combustible Dust Policy Institute Group on LinkedIn, recently shared this historical New York Times combustible dust article from 1878! (The Minneapolis Disaster, 1878 Combustible Dust Explosion Kills 17) The century-old article demonstrates that we’ve come a long way in our knowledge of combustible dust (the 1878 explosion at a flour mill was contributed to flour dust gas), but still have a long way to go in prevention– 133 years after this combustible dust explosion and we are still reading about similar incidents in the form of fires and explosions on a daily basis!
The Minneapolis Disaster, 1878 Combustible Dust Explosion Kills 17
