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Cambridge accelerator blast

AUG 01, 1965
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A large explosion followed by intense fire in the early morning hours of July 5 wrecked the experimental floor of the Harvard‐MIT Electron Accelerator and injured eight persons, one of whom has since died. So far, the origin and character of the original explosion remain unknown.

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