Washburn Mill "A" Memorial

Washburn Mill "A" was totally destroyed on May 2, 1878, by fire and a terrific explosion caused by the rapid combustion of flour dust. Erected in 1879 on that site, the mill stood where not one stone had been left upon another after the disaster, and every person engaged in the mill instantly lost his life. Those who died in the calamity were E.W. Burbank, Cyrus W. Ewing, E.H. Grundman, Henry Hicks, Chas. Henning, Patrick Judd, Chas. Kimball, Wm. Leslie, Fred. A. Merrill, Edwd E. Merrill, Walter Savage, Ole Shie, August Smith, and Clark Wilbur.

Minneapolis, Minnesota · United States