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An explosive relationship

Escaping death once, long-time friends could not cheat death twice, especially when discussing how many Germans were killed in World War I.

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Dec 10, 2024
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In mid-November 1910, John Vinson Reynolds motored an Atlanta Northern Railway trolley around 1:40 p.m. when he rounded a curve near the Ashby Street Crossing in Atlanta.

The trolley, Number 300, struck a Du Pont de Nemours Powder Company wagon.

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