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| + | *[[January 30]] – Five tons of condemned dynamite are detonated near [[Fort Pickens]], about a mile away from the battery. The resulting explosion created a hole "large enough to hide a house" on the beach and was felt across [[Pensacola Bay]] in the city, cracking plaster and shattering windows.<ref>"Dynamite shook Pensacola." ''New York Times'', January 31, 1903.</ref> | ||
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| − | *Population of Pensacola in [[1903]] was approximately 22,000 per the 1903 [[Sanborn Fire Maps]] [http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/digital/collections/sanborn/query/UF70000206_Index.html] | + | *Population of Pensacola in [[1903]] was approximately 22,000 per the 1903 [[Sanborn Fire Maps]]<ref>[http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/digital/collections/sanborn/query/UF70000206_Index.html Fire maps]</ref> |
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Events
- January 30 – Five tons of condemned dynamite are detonated near Fort Pickens, about a mile away from the battery. The resulting explosion created a hole "large enough to hide a house" on the beach and was felt across Pensacola Bay in the city, cracking plaster and shattering windows.[1]
Facts
- Population of Pensacola in 1903 was approximately 22,000 per the 1903 Sanborn Fire Maps[2]
