Low Moor Explosion

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The explosion took place on 21st August 1916 at the premises of the Low Moor Munitions Company where picric acid, used in the making of high explosives, was being manufactured in large quantities.

Firemen and Policemen killed

Station Officer Charles Sugden - Bradford City Fire Brigade, died 21st August 1916 aged 44.

Fireman Knighton Pridmore - Bradford City Fire Brigade, died 21st August 1916 aged 48.

Fireman Fred Normington - Bradford City Fire Brigade, died 21st August 1916.

Fireman Eli Buckley - Bradford City Fire Brigade, died 21st August 1916 aged 29.

Fireman Edgar Shaw - Bradford City Fire Brigade, died 21st August 1916 aged 24.

Fireman Joseph Edmund Binns - Bradford City Fire Brigade, died 21st August 1916 aged 29.

Acting Sergeant Harold Reveley - Bradford City Police, died 21st August 1916 aged 45.

Documents at WYAS Bradford

Description	Dates	Reference
Poem called The Terrible Tragedy 'Somewhere in Yorkshire'published by the St John's Ambulance Brigade	38D84/2/1	21 Aug 1916
Order of Service for the funeral of Charles Sugden, Knighton Pridmore, Fred Normington, Eli Buckley, Edgar Shaw and Joseph Edmund Binns who died as a result of the Low Moor explosion on Aug 21st 1916 (produced by Bradford City Fire Brigade)	38D94/10	1916