Split Rock Explosion

Split Rock Explosion


During WWI an explosion rocked Syracuse, NY. Windows were rattled and power lines were knocked down.  Was it the Germans? or something else?
Published: September 18, 2019


Location:

Split Rock Quarry Stone Crusher
3900 Onondaga Blvd
Camillus, NY 13031
Daylight hours

Sources for the show:

 The Republican-journal., July 03, 1918, Page 1
http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn84024315/1918-07-03/ed-1/seq-1/

 "Split Rock, New York - Wikipedia." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split_Rock,_New_York.

"Proof of ghosts at Split Rock Quarry? - syracuse.com." 6 Aug. 2009, https://www.syracuse.com/strangecny/2009/08/group_says_photos_from_split_r.html.

 "100 years later: Remembering the Split Rock disaster ... - Syracuse.com." 30 Jun. 2018, https://www.syracuse.com/vintage/2018/06/one_hundred_years_later_remembering_the_split_rock_disaster.html.

The Republican-journal., July 03, 1918, Page 1
http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn84024315/1918-07-03/ed-1/seq-1/

Music:

Cattails Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Ghost Dance Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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