Explosion Fatal For at Least One

DALLAS, Tex (UP) - A deafening explosion at the Thomas Construction Co. today killed at least one man and injured at least five other persons, including two small children.
the force of the explosion, believed to be from dynamite caps, shook houses at least five miles from the scene of the blast at the north edge of Dallas. It shattered windows in home within a half mile of the scene.
A roaring fire followed the explosion and firemen from Dallas and nearby Farmers Branch were summoned.
Alfred L. Lynch, fireman from Farmers Branch, was dead on arrival at parkland Hospital. He was blown from the building by one of the several explosions. After being thrown into the street, he was run over by a truck.

Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams
The Holland Evening Sentinel (Holland, Michigan) – May 4, 1953

LYNCH
V. MYRTLE - 1920 - 1995
B. LONNIE - 1914 - 1953

Swisher Cemetery, Lake Dallas, Denton County, Texas

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