Stop in for a cup of coffee

Well we were talking about the age of sail.
And the HMS Augusta blew sky high during the battles for Ft Mercer and Mifflin.
The explosion was heard 20 miles inland (at Washington's HQ) and beyond.
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Nasty stuff powder magazines

Charleston, SC powder magazine 1780

York, Upper Canada (Zebulon Pike killed) 1813

Fort Erie Canada 1814