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Crarae disaster: Cover of the illustrated London News depicting Crarae Quarry on Loch Fyne. On 25th of September 1886. 7 people were killed by blast fume from a planned explosion. A particularly large blast was planned in the quarry and a large group of sightseers arrived by paddlesteamer to view the blast. It was a wet day and the explosion produced a large quantity of toxic fume which was responsible for the deaths. (Crarae-Granite-Quarry-Archive-Album-Image-001)
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