Chapter XVII: Nitro-Glycerine in This 383-406

Explosives as Aids to the Production of Oil—The Roberts
Torpedo Monopoly and Its Leaders—Unprecedented
Litigation—Moonlighters at Work—Fatalities from the
Deadly Compound—Portraits and Sketches of Victims—Men
Blown to Fragments—Strange Escapes—The Loaded
Porker—Stories to Accept or Reject.