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Lammot DuPont

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Lammot DuPont

Birth
Delaware, USA
Death
29 Mar 1884 (aged 52)
Gibbstown, Gloucester County, New Jersey, USA
Burial
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, USA Add to Map
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Died in a dynamite explosion.

Published in "The Penns Grove Record" newspaper of Salem Co, NJ on Friday, April 2, 1897:
"Three Killed -- On Friday of last week an explosion occured at the Atlas Powder Works near Gibbstown and three men - J. Thompson Stiles, aged 32; Charles Wright, aged 27; and James Hamilton, aged 25, were killed. Nine others were injured. It occured at noon when only these three were in the building, or many would have been killed. The cause is not known. Only remnants of their bodies were found. The building was blown to atoms and a hole was made in the ground sufficient to bury an ordinary house.
On March 29, 1894, an explosion occured there which killed Lamont DuPont, president of the company; W. N. Hill, general superintended, and four others. On March 3, 1893, Levi Ivins was killed by an explosion."
Died in a dynamite explosion.

Published in "The Penns Grove Record" newspaper of Salem Co, NJ on Friday, April 2, 1897:
"Three Killed -- On Friday of last week an explosion occured at the Atlas Powder Works near Gibbstown and three men - J. Thompson Stiles, aged 32; Charles Wright, aged 27; and James Hamilton, aged 25, were killed. Nine others were injured. It occured at noon when only these three were in the building, or many would have been killed. The cause is not known. Only remnants of their bodies were found. The building was blown to atoms and a hole was made in the ground sufficient to bury an ordinary house.
On March 29, 1894, an explosion occured there which killed Lamont DuPont, president of the company; W. N. Hill, general superintended, and four others. On March 3, 1893, Levi Ivins was killed by an explosion."

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  • Created by: Scott G
  • Added: Mar 12, 2013
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106623460/lammot-dupont: accessed ), memorial page for Lammot DuPont (13 Apr 1831–29 Mar 1884), Find a Grave Memorial ID 106623460, citing Du Pont de Nemours Cemetery, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, USA; Maintained by Scott G (contributor 453).