![Big [...] Washington storm. During the crowded lunch hour between 1 and 1:30 o'clock today, the oil burner in the basement of McCrory's Five and Ten Cent Store exploded, through parts of the machinery to opposite side of the street and making a great hole in the center of the building, The four alarm fire was turned in and every ambulance in the city put into action. Up to 5 p.m., the casualty list showed, 2 dead, 3 dying, and 30 injured. The store is located at 416 7th Street, N.W.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjkvMDEvMDEvYmlnLXdhc2hpbmd0b24tc3Rvcm0tZHVyaW5nLXRoZS1jcm93ZGVkLWx1bmNoLWhvdXItYmV0d2Vlbi0xLWFuZC0xMzAtb2Nsb2NrLTEwMjQuanBn/320/254/jpg "Big [...] Washington storm. During the crowded lunch hour between 1 and 1:30 o'clock today, the oil burner in the basement of McCrory's Five and Ten Cent Store exploded, through parts of the machinery to opposite side of the street and making a great hole in the center of the building, The four alarm fire was turned in and every ambulance in the city put into action. Up to 5 p.m., the casualty list showed, 2 dead, 3 dying, and 30 injured. The store is located at 416 7th Street, N.W.")
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Big [...] Washington storm. During the crowded lunch hour between 1 and 1:30 o'clock today, the oil burner in the basement of McCrory's Five and Ten Cent Store exploded, through parts of the machinery to opposite side of the street and making a great hole in the center of the building, The four alarm fire was turned in and every ambulance in the city put into action. Up to 5 p.m., the casualty list showed, 2 dead, 3 dying, and 30 injured. The store is located at 416 7th Street, N.W.
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Public domain historic photograph of Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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Date
01/01/1929
Contributors
Harris & Ewing, photographer
Location
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 38.90719, -77.03687
Source
Library of Congress
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