Paper Mill Blows up: a Virtual Cemetery

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Paper Mill Blows up

Excerpts from the "Sterling Standard", Thursday Jan. 29, 1891PAPER MILL BLOWN UP.On Tuesday evening Rock Falls was the scene of the most terrible disaster that ever befel this section. At about 6:30 o'clock p.m., a terrible explosion was heard, which shook doors, windows, and even buildings all over Rock Falls. Many people rushed into the street thinking it was an earthquake shock, but it was speedily discovered that the bleach at the Rock Falls Paper Mill had exploded; totally destroying the building and burying in the ruins all the employees. The immense building was an absolute, a total wreck, the tall smoke stack alone remaining intact.

2 memorials

William Bell Flowers have been left.

21 Jul 1837 – 27 Jan 1891

Rock Falls, Whiteside County, Illinois, USA

Plot info: Section 10

Oliver Miller Flowers have been left.

1853 – 27 Jan 1891

Rock Falls, Whiteside County, Illinois, USA

Plot info: Section 10