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The Bowery Boys and the Black Tom Explosion
The Bowery Boys and the Black Tom Explosion
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Length:
45 minutes
Released:
Aug 5, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Cautionary Tales returns next week, but in the meantime a story of disaster from The Bowery Boys Podcast.
It's July 30th 1916, just after 2am, and a massive explosion rips apart the munitions depot on Black Tom, an island off Jersey City. Tons of debris and jagged shrapnel pepper neighboring Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty. Thousands of windows across New York are shattered, and millions of residents are awoken wondering what had just happened. Was it an accident or German sabotage?
The Bowery Boys is show about the people and events that have shaped the history of New York City, and really, shaped America.
Listen to more episodes of The Bowery Boys at https://www.boweryboyshistory.com/bowery-boys-first/bowery-boys-podcast or wherever you get your podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
It's July 30th 1916, just after 2am, and a massive explosion rips apart the munitions depot on Black Tom, an island off Jersey City. Tons of debris and jagged shrapnel pepper neighboring Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty. Thousands of windows across New York are shattered, and millions of residents are awoken wondering what had just happened. Was it an accident or German sabotage?
The Bowery Boys is show about the people and events that have shaped the history of New York City, and really, shaped America.
Listen to more episodes of The Bowery Boys at https://www.boweryboyshistory.com/bowery-boys-first/bowery-boys-podcast or wherever you get your podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Released:
Aug 5, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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