Episodebeskrivelse
On 12 October 1654, Cornelis Soetens entered a gunpowder magazine in Delft to take a sample. Later that morning, the store exploded, bringing down houses and workshops across the surrounding quarter. Among those pulled from the rubble was Carel Fabritius, a painter who had trained with Rembrandt. Compact Disasters follows the search for survivors, the arrival of surgeons from neighbouring cities and the work of helping people whose homes had been damaged or destroyed. It also examines the evidence behind the suspected lantern spark and follows Delft's decision to build its replacement powder…
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