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Wilmington Dispatch in Wilmington, North Carolina

22 Dec 1917

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Wilmington Dispatch

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Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Dec 22, 1917

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Nitropolis Plant Mystery Deepens Amid Five Explosions

Detectives MacLeod and Kennedy travel to Nitropolis to investigate a powder works where five storehouses have blown up in days. They mingle with Snedden family boarders, study guards and a bustling town built around the new plant, and consider arson, sabotage, or mechanical failure as causes.

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Craigs Thaal New York Powder Company Prigen-Caryps Sneddens MacLeod Snedden Kennedy Garfield Snedden Ida Gertrude Nitropolis Garretson Jackson Garfield Broadway Craig
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The Phantom Destroyer at Nitropolis

In Nitropolis a series of explosions at a powder plant uncovers a hidden scheme. Kennedy and MacLeod use a parachute camera to trace an invisible aeroplane linked to Garretson and Gertrude, while Ida Snedden dies from new gaseous poisons in a closed space.

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MacLeod Kennedy Vetson Jackson Garretson Gertrude Ida Snedden Snedden Nitropolis Old Grove Craig MacLeods Ida Ilda Snedden Almoit Jemabiaty Sir Kennedy Davis Farm Kentcily Walter Neale Carral Bean Ile Susvytor Mrs. Snedden Mimay Petromortis Ida Sneeden Riverswoad Philadelphia Wolces Rocket Manur
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