may 15, 1780 - Powder Magazine Exlodes

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The British seized all Patriot weapons from Charles Town and Mt Pleasant. The weapons were to be stored in a powder magazine in the western extreme of Charles Town. The British were warned some of the weapons were loaded and its believed that through carelessness in storing the weapons, one discharged causing the magazine to explode. It was a huge explosion, killing both soldier and civiliams leaviing burned body parts and bodies both alive and dead scattered over a quarter mile area.

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