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Fatal flywheel blast at McKeesport tube works
Four men died and another is missing after a flywheel burst at National Tube Company in McKeesport Pa. Two of the deceased were American workers, John Farman and John Masaung, with the others foreigners. The 55 foot wheel shattered, wrecking machinery and triggering a mass exodus as workers fled the mill.
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