1959 news photo shows rounded headhouse of Tillotson's Bellwood, Neb., elevator

by baggyparagraphs

Lincoln Journal Star, Saturday, March 28, 1959

BELLWOOD BLAST–A basement explosion in the Bellwood grain elevator knocked out windows and a door at the top of the tubes. One spokesman speculated it might have been a dust blast, sparked by a hot motor. Two men were injured.

Editors’ note: Thank you to Susan Allen for providing the clipping.

One comment on “1959 news photo shows rounded headhouse of Tillotson's Bellwood, Neb., elevator”

  1. 1981 report: 1 dies, 2 critical as Bellwood explosion destroys headhouse « Our Grandfathers' Grain Elevators says:
    March 23, 2020 at 2:28 pm

    […] McDonald said she had worked at the Bellwood elevator for 24 years, and there was another explosion there in […]

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