When the flagship's powder store caught fire, all men aboard were instantly killed.
Not even a massive explosion of 1687 (the Turkish powder store blew up) altered its profile.
April 19, 1915: Fire in the powder stores of the Van armoury.
Panama City was destroyed by fire, probably from blown up powder stores, although the looters were blamed.
In 1776, the tower was being used as a powder store, protected by a small guard.
She could only hope Miguel succeeded in ridding the ship of its entire powder stores.
In 1861 a powder store was built, with a capacity of 51 tonnes.
The castle was later damaged by a lightning strike on the powder store.
Competing construction crews would often blow up the other side's supplies by igniting their black powder stores.
"We took great care to remove all weapons, especially near the powder stores."