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A patent was issued for the detonating device. After the explosion, the rock debris was dredged and dropped into a deep part of the river. This was not repeated at the later Flood Rock explosion. On October 10, 1885, the Corps carried out the largest explosion in this process, annihilating Flood Rock with 300,000 pounds (140,000 kg) of ...
Pages in category "Explosions in the United States" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. ... Blue Rhino propane plant explosion; C. 2010 ...
United States: Texas City, Texas: 581 5,000+ Texas City disaster: 18 August 1947 Spain: Cádiz: 147+ 5,000+ Cádiz Explosion: 25 May 1950 United States: Chicago: 34 50 1950 Chicago streetcar crash: 11 June 1955 France: Le Mans: 84 180 1955 Le Mans disaster: 7 August 1956 Colombia: Cali: 1,300–4,000 4,000–12,000 Cali explosion: 29 March 1956 USA
STORY: A large portion of the structure was destroyed before dawn on Wednesday when "unknown individuals detonated an explosive device," the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) said on its ...
1946 Greenville propane explosion; 1956 Bush Terminal explosion; 1984 Romeoville petroleum refinery disaster; 1990 ARCO explosion; 1990 Interstate 75 fog disaster; 2010 Tesoro Anacortes Refinery disaster; 2018 Husky Energy Refinery explosion; 2019 Philadelphia refinery explosion; 2023 LaSalle chemical plant fire; 2023 Texas dairy farm explosion
A massive explosion engulfed a home and rocked a neighborhood in Arlington, Virginia, as police were investigating a man who fired a flare gun dozens of times from inside Monday night, police said.
The Ontario Fire Department said it is responding to multiple "unexploded ordinance" after a fireworks cache detonated in a residential neighborhood.
The Roseville Yard Disaster was an accidental explosion and fire that occurred on April 28, 1973, in the United States at a major Southern Pacific rail yard in the city of Roseville, California. [1] The shipment of munitions bound for the Vietnam War originated at the Hawthorne Naval Ammunition Depot in Hawthorne, Nevada. Explosions continued ...