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Irvin was captured because his car was spotted on a rural road in Western Vanderburgh County. It was seen by Edward, Gary, Alan and Russell Peerman, Pete Molinet and Larry Weber. The boys recognized a dent in the door of his car that had been reported in the paper. Irvin worked at the power plant as a steam-pipe insulator, earning $1.90 per hour.
(8 April 1955)

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Texas City, Texas, United States.

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The SS Grandcamp's cargo of approximately 2.300 tons of ammonium nitrate detonated due to a fire and caused a subsequent chain-reaction of further fires and explosions in other ships and nearby oil-storage facilities. An additional 113 people were classified as missing, for no identifiable parts were ever found.