Saturday 2 April 2022

Gunpowder mill at Uplees, Faversham.

2 Apr 1916, an explosion at a gunpowder mill at Uplees, Faversham. 200 tons of TNT detonated after empty sacks caught fire. 115 deaths, including all Works Fire Brigade. Corpses were buried in mass graves at the local cemetery. One of the worst explosions in the history of the UK explosives industry.

 

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