powder magazine
Example Sentences
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On this date in 1884, a powder magazine on the outskirts of Phoenix exploded, shattering windows throughout the town.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 29, 2020
General Gage knew that a powder magazine was stored in Concord, Massachusetts, and on April 19, 1775, he ordered troops to seize these munitions.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
Perhaps some of those attending who were acquainted with the collector cast their minds back to the powder magazine built by Vauban on a Breton island where Mr. Rullier displayed his objects.
From New York Times ● May 28, 2010
No one would be venturing out with a powder magazine on New Year’s Day.
From Newsweek
It was the powder magazine in the Navy-yard, and the flames were perilously near.
From Catastrophe and Social Change Based Upon a Sociological Study of the Halifax Disaster by Prince, Samuel Henry
