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Plant explosion kills at least 2 at Du Pont gunpowder plant
In Carneys Point New Jersey rescue crews combed rubble for four missing after a blast at Du Pont smokeless powder operations killed two workers and left one seriously injured. Witnesses described severed bodies and a mass of debris within a 150 foot brick building as investigators sought the cause amid past incidents at the site near the Delaware Memorial Bridge.
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