Template:Did you know nominations/Rockwood & Company shipping department fire

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The result was: promoted by Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 17:08, 28 August 2022 (UTC)

Rockwood & Company shipping department fire

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The shipping department in 1918

... that the 1919 Rockwood & Company shipping department fire (location pictured) in New York City led to a flood of chocolate and butter sufficient to "float a rowboat for two blocks along Flushing Avenue"? Source: "chocolate and butter in large quantities were spread all over the sidewalk" from:"Rockwood Plant Fire Does $100,000 damage". The Standard Union. 12 May 1919. p. 1. and "it was deep enough to float a rowboat for two blocks along Flushing Ave" from: "Gutters Run Fudge; Urchins Run Miles to Chocolate Fire". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 12 May 1919. p. 3.
- ALT1: ... that during the 1919 Rockwood & Company shipping department fire (location pictured) in New York City a crowd of children gathered to eat the mix of chocolate and butter that flooded out of the building? Source: "a thousand and one urchins hurried to the fire ... little fellows fell on their knees before the oncoming flood and dipped it up greedily with grimy fingers" from: "Gutters Run Fudge; Urchins Run Miles to Chocolate Fire". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 12 May 1919. p. 3.
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Created by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 10:39, 18 August 2022 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Epicgenius (talk) 12:38, 18 August 2022 (UTC)

Manually promoting ALT0 to Prep 2 – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 17:08, 28 August 2022 (UTC)