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October 17, 1814

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1814 a rupture of a brewery tank in London, England released 140,000 gallons of beer in the parish of St. Giles and injured hundreds and drowned nine people. The people of St. Giles mourned for six weeks; the loss of the beer, not the nine deaths. In 1814 people … Continue reading

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