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Source/Further reading:

History overview: https://www.history.com/topics/natura...

List and bio details on all 57 victims: https://eruptionbook.com/victims/

More details on some victims: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/...

Mistakes that led to deaths, and details on some of those deaths: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-x...

More on the mistakes: https://historynewsnetwork.org/articl...

How the death toll could’ve been much worse: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/ne...

Incredible photos of the blast, during and after: https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/201...

The weird tale of Harry R. Truman: https://www.sciencehistory.org/distil...

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/202...

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/one-man-...

Map of victims: https://www.columbian.com/news/2010/m...

Future eruptions: https://www.usgs.gov/volcanoes/mount-...