Mount Olive, March 20—This morning about 10 o’clock in a field about one-half mile from Calypso, three miles south of here, Frank Kornegay, a young white man about 25 years of age, was instantly killed when several sticks of sodatol that he had in a bucket exploded.
From the front page of the Zebulon Record, March 26, 1926
According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Sodatol was a high explosive manufactured by mixing T.N.T. with sodium nitrate. It was preapred for use in double dipped parafinned cartridges, which were packed in wooden boxes containing 50 pounds of explosives. Sodatol is moe sensitive than T.N.T. but is considered safe for use in blasitng operations, as it burns without exploding and does not cause toxic effects when handled properly.
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