Your nailing this channel. When you say lets go see something "together" I feel like I'm really exploring with you. Pretty awesome.

Love your videos. History is fascinating. It’s reassuring though to see how quickly nature reclaims the land once used by man. I am lucky enough to live in a town on the border between England and Scotland that is home to a castle over 900 years old, a cathedral almost 900 years old and a locality filled with history. From my front window I can see the old gallows hill once the site of execution of Jacobite rebels in 1746. All around is now housing and urbanisation but a wealth of history lies beneath.

Such a sad story, but a great job telling it and sharing it with us. Thank you for all that you do my friend, this was a very interesting one. Stay safe out there

Hello. I had read about this story. How surprised I was to find your vlog. I must say. You nailed it. Good job. I will say the blast was felted up to 30 something miles away. Tks for posting and have a great day.

Thank you so much for the history! And the video regarding it!!

I've walked through there a few times, its beautiful to go through in the spring. I also believe there was a abandon old railroad bridge up that way as well so I don't know if its connected to the dynamite factory. A few people around the area told me that the area was haunted over the years.

According to an account set the time, one of the girls working in another building at the time of the explosion was named Nellie Warfel. That last name matches a couple of the stones you came across in the 300yr old cemetery. The account also described the identified man's remains : "An arm and other parts were identified as portions of the body of Frederick Rice, by his brother, who knew by a scar on the wrist that came from a cut several years ago" ~The Inquirer Lancaster June 16,1906 sites.rootsweb.com/~pacahs/dyno.htm

Fredrick Rice was the man who's scared wrist was identified by his brother

New subscriber here. Love your videos, the context you provide, and your own insights. It's refreshing! Cheers from the Appalachian Mountains of Eastern Kentucky.

I miss my mom and dad.I want to be with them to love them and be at peace.Tony

Great stuff. I do history on my channel to. You can’t beat, going out to the sight and looking it over. Your very good at explaining things.

Just walking around will help you find the things you are looking for . Love the area in the woods & the grave site . Thank you for taking us along .

The only good thing about this tragedy is that those 11 men likely never knew what hit them.

It's cool whenever you find a big tree growing out of an old house foundation!

Thank you for detailing why the dynamite factory was there Sir.

Great vid WW! I have also done some paranormal investigation at the Colemanville cemetery at that very spot. It was at night and I did pick up some voices. A friends Great Grandfather is also buried there and we were also doing night shot and recording there as well. Did pick up some voices there as well. Who? Who knows. A fellow told me years back that he'd done some recording nest the dynamite factory and pick up a long and loud explosion, although I never heard the recording. Thanks Much! DaveyJO

That had to be horrible for the family members of the men that worked there. I'm sure when they heard the explosion, they knew exactly what happened.

If the 11th man's wrist was identified by a birthmark by members of his family, he is probably buried near family. Uou would need to discover his name, perhaps in church records or a newspaper article of the time, and then find out if the church or the cemetery has a burial plot map. That is how you will find his grave.

In the shell house six young girls were at work: Flora Frank, Daisy Shoff, Nellie Warfel, Edna Rice, Esther Greiner and Edith Rineer, the last named being a sister of the two Rineers killed. Two little sisters of hers were also present, having brought dinner for their father, brothers and sister. All of the girls were knocked over, and many suffered from some time from the shock.

Another really interesting adventure ! Thanks for the photos of factory -- they really put it in context.

There's a place called The Powder hole in wapwallopen that had a big explosion

Definitely a really sad story.. thanks for sharing it with us! Love your videos, already subbed! 😊😊

Based on the photograph @ 6:50, there are some landmarks that ought to help pinpoint the building's location: I'm seeing a good-sized hill not far off in the background (Doesn't look to be more than a hundred yards away)... Also, TRAIN TRACKS running along A RIDGE adjacent to the building.....

From what you say, it makes sense that back in the day that they would have to relocate as the wood in the floors would absorb material and become explosives themselves. I talked to some folks years back who basically were a multiagency bomb squad and I remember one of them told me about a time someone found some old dynamite that someone had stored on the porch of a old house. It got old and started sweating/leaking and after they removed the explosives, they took a chainsaw to the floor and cut out and removed the floor that had become affected and now was as explosive as the old dynamite was. Not a good way to store that type of explosive. That's why two part explosives have become widely used, they're a lot more stable and safer than dynamite, until mixed.

I mentioned in a comment below that my great great uncle was Ernest Turner, who was one of the 10 men in the common grave. Some accounts say he was on a cart driving away from the factory when it blew. He's listed as 35 on some websites, but as you can see on the gravestone, he was born in 1884- so he was 21 years old, a few months shy of his 22nd birthday.

Interesting history. Thanks

I believe it was maybe the small marker beside the big tombstone

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Awesome video as always thanks!!!

Lot of my relatives settled in Paris, then wandered to NC and SC

Need to get a metal detector and start looking around with that thing. I bet you would find some amazing things in those woods.

Great video. Super glad I found your channel.

here is a bit of proof that the earth can recover on its own just fine.....so lush and green now.

Great tour through you and your camera. Thanks!

A dynamite factory blew up in Oakdale , Pa that killed 193 about the same time

Great video! Love historical stuff!

I did some genealogy research for a cousin whose paternal ancestors were killed in this explosion. Two of them died but their father who was working there too, survived. Their names are on the memorial at Colemanville Cemetery along with lots of other Rinier/Rineer family.

"its interesting when die give us dirty laundry" thanks for the tour.

My home state.I miss it.

Looks like you had a blast!

What a beautiful deciduous forest is this!!!!!!!!

Hi, thank you for sharing this incredibly sad piece of history, it looks so peaceful there now, thank you. x

Thanks for sharing, nice to learn about history

Simply amazing bro as always😊💥dynamite factory💥

The hand gravestone is marked "Thing".

Sad about the men. Beautiful place now thou. Thanks for the history!

Very interesting cannot forget these people

Your videos are unique

Thanks love your videos and you :)

That is a beautiful hike!

This is such a sad story.

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You should try using topographic maps. Trails, cemeteries, ruins, etc all show up.

Lovely woods. Sad story. Interesting history.

yo - WW. ANOTHER INTERESTING VID. THANKS.

THANK YOU !

Good job, thanks.

Great video...really sad.

same thing happened on route 502 in moosic PA way back

Interesting, but sad story.

10:38 you were right, it is haunted that camera blurred

J'aime vos video mais dommage je ne comprend pas. Dommage qui a pas de sous titre en français. Très belle vidéo 👍

Could you read the names of all the people who died that day. It would been very nice of you.

I'm a new fan!

What camera do you use I love how sharp the video is?

What did the sign on the tree at 5:52 say?

The foundation you found was built after the explosion - no name ?

Those old dynamite sticks if not stored properly would sercreat nitroglycerin and blow very easily.

Go back in October for Halloween spooky time

Peculiar no mention of it in wikipedia under List of industrial disasters or anywhere else! How did you find out about it? Liked

Is that an old pipe in the background over your shoulder at around 6:22 ? Or is it just a drain pipe for part of one of the trails?

Whens the next meet up had lots of fun

Would it be in front of the sign?

Bring a metal detector?.

So the men that died worked together in life, now they are joined together in death for eternity.

Dynamite is TNT and clay, is that valley a clay pit? 💥💣⚠

So do you guys believe in a after life?

The Dead June 16, 1906 Phares Shoff of Colemanville, aged 18 years Benjamin Rineer of Colemanville, aged 23 years Joseph Rineer of Colemanville, aged 19 years William Funk of Colemanville, aged 18 years W. Collins Parker of York Furnace, aged 16 years Fred Rice, residing near Colemanville, aged 25 years John Boatman of Pequea, aged 17 years J. Curtis Myers of York, aged 38 years Ernest Turner, Boyd Mills, Wayne County, aged 35 years. George Hathaway of Emporium, Pa. aged 19 years. Edward Holmes of Buffalo, N.Y., aged 27 years. THE INJURED Martin Rineer of Colemanville, father of the dead boys of the same name, right arm broken and badly cut and bruised. John Gephart of near Colemanville, struck by a rock in the breast and cut around the head. Henry Boatman, Benjamin Johnson, Charles Creamer, Abraham Schwartz, Jacob Shoff and Walter Bewets were more or less cut and bruised, but they were not seriously injured.

For the love of Mike,just go!! Find the dynamite factory!! Quit talking about doing it and go!!!!

It's quite possible that the single burial was put with his family in their plot at this church? I know some of the members, and could ask if you're interested.

Maybe someone farted near an open flame and that made the kablammy

Dude I send you a message a few days ago! Check it out and let me know. Great video by the way.

Somebody didn't go outside to smoke. Cool vid

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"Factory" out there? It's in the middle of nowhere.

one of my favorite places rumor has it its haunted down there... lol

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Bless Them i guess some were Irish well done I Love America why? kicked england Out Good Now they hv brexit oh oh i wonder how d Poor ate doing there is q____n feeding them oh probably not

You need a girl or woman to go with you. She would hold the camera and be a good source of comments!

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