Resource Type

[Photograph 2012.201.B0320.0611]

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "of wheat lay on the ground at Tyrone Monday following a freak explosion in a tube of the Compton grain elevator Saturday. Eldon Compton said workmen were removing grain form the tube when they heard a "crackling" sound and the concrete burst."
Date: September 8, 1958
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History