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

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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. Unknown's avatar 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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