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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 18:40, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

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Tradeston Flour Mills explosion

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  • ... that dust from grain mills can cause an explosion large enough to destroy whole buildings, as seen in the Tradeston Flour Mills explosion that killed 18 people in Glasgow, Scotland in 1872? Source: "Most of our readers, no doubt, will remember the destruction by fire of a large flour mill near Glasgow on the 9th of July last." "This sudden ignition or flashing of the extremely inflammable dust diffused through the air would produce a very high temperature in the gaseous products of the combustion, and this would necessarily be accompanied by a great and sudden increase in pressure and bulk constituting in fact an explosion." Explosions in Flour Mills - 5 October 1872 - Scientific American

Improved to Good Article status by AlistairMcMillan (talk). Self-nominated at 22:34, 21 May 2022 (UTC).

  • New enough GA. Nominator has fewer than 5 nominations and is QPQ-exempt. Hook fact and source checks out, though I'm not sure about wording, AlistairMcMillan. How about... Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 19:42, 27 May 2022 (UTC)
That works for me Sammi. AlistairMcMillan (talk) 12:53, 30 May 2022 (UTC)
Just an observation: quite amazingly similar to the Great Mill Disaster (also eighteen deaths) a few years later. Might be worth See Also's. —Kusma (talk) 20:43, 30 May 2022 (UTC)
Since I proposed an ALT1 with a new fact, I can't finish the review—if you wanted, Kusma, you could finish this pretty quickly. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 20:49, 30 May 2022 (UTC)
I'm slightly unhappy/confused about two things. For one, the hook makes this more definite than the article (which calls this a theory instead of reporting it as fact). However, the sources seem to think this is quite definite, so perhaps the article could state this more forcefully as well. Secondly, "stones becoming highly heated and striking fire" isn't the same as "millstones striking each other caused the spark" (do these stones really spark more easily when they are hot?) How about...
  • ALT2 ... that the cause of the 1872 two-stage Tradeston Flour Mills explosion that killed 18 people was that the accidental stoppage of the feed of a pair of millstones led to a fire?
Now I've also proposed a new fact so won't be able to review this one. Back to AlistairMcMillan and Sammi Brie. —Kusma (talk) 22:26, 30 May 2022 (UTC)
  • Sourcing is fine, but it's a bit wordy... how about this? If AlistairMcMillan and Kusma like it, I'll approve. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 23:16, 30 May 2022 (UTC)
ALT2a: ... that the 1872 Tradeston Flour Mills explosion that killed 18 people was caused by a fire after the feed of grain to a pair of millstones was halted?
  • Thanks, I never got pinged. Approved for ALT2a. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 18:16, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
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