Another Reminder That Mass Murderers Are Endlessly Creative

Parkersburg, W.Va. (1909)

3/19/1909: Someone dynamited the city’s two water tanks, drowning six, injuring many others, and destroying 40 homes.

Category: public

Suicide: no

Cause: unknown

Weapon: drowning[1]

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[1] "Tanks Were Blown Up By Miscreants," Hattiesburg [Miss.] News, Mar. 19, 1909, 1.