Smoke rises from the DeBruce Grain elevator near Haysville, after an explosion ripped through the elevator just after 9 a.m. (1998)
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Scott Mosteller awaits to be rescued from the top of the DeBruce Grain elevator near Haysville, Kan., shortly after it exploded.
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Scott Mosteller sits on the roof of the DeBruce Grain elevator Monday morning 30 minutes after an explosion ripped through the building Monday (June 8, 1998) near Haysville, Kan. An Army helicopter from Fort Riley, Kan., later came and picked the man up off the building.
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Smoke and dust rise from the DeBruce Grain elevator near Haysville, Kan., on Monday morning (June 8, 1998) following an explosion which killed at least two men and injured at least six others, officials said.
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Thick black smoke billows from the roof of the DeBruce Grain elevator Friday (June 12, 1998) near Haysville, Kan. Searchers spent their fifth day underground looking for any sign of the last missing worker from a grain elevator explosion.
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Vladimir Ortez is wheeled on a stretcher after being rescued from the DeBruce Grain elevator, which exploded Monday (June 8, 1998) near Haysville, Kan. Two workers died and eight were hospitalized.
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Slabs of concrete hang from the sides of DeBruce Grain on Monday morning after an explosion ripped through the grain elevator killing at least one and injuring several others. (1998)
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Sedgwick County rescue personnel prepare to enter the tunnels beneath the DeBruce Grain elevator Tuesday (June 9, 1998) near Haysville, Kan. They are searching for four men believed trapped in the tunnel under the elevator.
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Rescue workers load an injured person onto a helicopter at DeBruce Grain elevator in June 1998.
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Rescue workers survey the roof for people after an explosion ripped through the DeBruce grain building in June 1998.
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A wrecking ball is being used to level the headhouse at DeBruce Grain elevator Wednesday morning near Haysville. The grain elevator was one of the largest in the world when it was rocked by a grain dust explosion June 8, 1998. Crews are razing the headhouse as part of a salvage operation to rebuild the elevator.
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Looking west at the DeBruce Grain elevator half hour after the explosion. (1998)
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Rescue workers are lifted to the top of the DeBruce Grain elevator by a large crane near Haysville. The crew was inspecting the roof of the structure to determine if loose concrete and metal were posing a safety hazard to rescue crews working below. (1998)
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Cranes were called in to help rescue workers that were stuck on top of the DeBruce grain building in June 1998.
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A truck leaves the DeBruce Grain elevator after dumping a load of grain Wednesday afternoon (Sept. 23, 1998). The elevator started taking in grain for the first time this week since the deadly June 8, 1998, explosion that killed seven workers.
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Rescue workers are lifted to the top of the DeBruce Grain elevator by a large crane Friday afternoon near Haysville, Kan. The crew was inspecting the roof of the structure to determine if loose concrete and metal were posing a safety hazard to rescue crews working below. The search for the last of four missing workers from Monday's explosion was still under way late Friday afternoon. (1998)
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A helicopter from Fort Riley pulls away from the roof of the DeBruce Grain elevator in June 1998. The helicopter was called in to help rescue workers who were still stranded on the roof.
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An aerial view shows damage to the north side roof of the DeBruce Grain elevator 30 minutes after the initial explosion Monday morning (June 8, 1998) near Haysville. At least two people were killed and eight were injured.
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Smoke and dust rise from the remains of the DeBruce Grain elevator south of Wichita in June 1998. A powerful explosion ripped through the elevator killing at least one and injuring many more.
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Grain spills from the DeBruce Grain elevator after a large explosion ripped through the elevator in June 1998.
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A helicopter from Fort Riley picks a worker off the roof of the DeBruce Grain elevator almost three hours after an explosion ripped through the facility Monday morning. (1998)
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Rescue workers are seen on the roof of the DeBruce Grain elevator Monday, June 8, 1998, near Haysville, Kan. The elevator headhouse is seen in the middle of the photo, its concrete walls blown out. Two workers were killed and eight hospitalized.
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Smoke and dust rise from the DeBruce Grain elevator near Haysville on Monday morning after a massive explosion ripped through the elevator. (1998)
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Three men stand on the edge of 55th Street South on Friday evening to get a better look at the DeBruce Grain elevator that exploded Monday. For the past few days, hundreds of onlookers have circled the roads surrounding the elevator to get a glimpse of what happened. (1998)
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Rescue workers continue their search from a crane on the east side of the DeBruce Grain elevator. (1998)
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A Sedgwick County Fire Department worker looks around the north end of the DeBruce Grain elevator Saturday afternoon. Rescue workers scaled back their attempts to find the last missing man inside the elevator that exploded Monday morning. (1998)
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Flowers and a note to rescuers and family hang on the fence outside the DeBruce Grain elevator in June 1998.
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A member of a rescue team enters the tunnel below the DeBruce Grain elevator Tuesday (June 9, 1998) south of Wichita, Kan., where four people are still thought to be trapped. An explosion at the elevator killed two people Monday and four were still missing in a tunnel beneath the structure.
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Workers examine the headhouse of the DeBruce Grain elevator in June 1998.
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Memorial crosses for those who died in the DeBruce Grain elevator explosion have been placed outside the front gate of the elevator in June 1998.
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Officials videotape the headhouse of the DeBruce Grain elevator in June 1998. Crews prepared to take down the headhouse.
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With the destroyed DeBruce Grain elevator in the background, Leon Girrens unloads wheat into one of his trucks after cutting Wednesday afternoon. Girrens used to take his cut wheat across the road to the elevator in past years, but since the explosion Monday he is having to take it farther away to co-ops in Clonmel, Mulvane and Clearwater. (1998)
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The DeBruce Grain elevator is seen in front of a setting sun Thursday evening. Six people were killed in a grain dust explosion at the plant Monday morning. (1998)
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Smoke and dust rise from the remains of the DeBruce Grain elevator south of Wichita, Kan., on Monday. (June 8, 1998) A powerful explosion ripped through the elevator killing at least one person and injuring five others.
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A rescue crew from the Sedgwick County Fire Department ride in the back of a truck to the DeBruce Grain elevator to relieve other searchers in the elevator in June 1998.
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Rescue workers are seen on the roof of the DeBruce Grain elevator Monday (June 8, 1998) near Haysville, Kan. The elevator headhouse is seen in the center of the photo, its concrete walls blown out. Two workers were killed and eight hospitalized, according to fire officials.
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Trucks unload grain at the DeBruce Grain elevator Wednesday (Sept. 23, 1998), located southwest of Wichita, Kan. The elevator started taking in grain again this week for the first since the June 8, 1998, explosion that killed seven workers.
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Altina Epps hangs a wreath for her brother Lanson Owen on the fence outside the DeBruce Grain elevator. Owen died from injuries he received in the elevator explosion, which happened on June 8, 1998, at 9:20 a.m.
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