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The third and largest explosion, at 10:02 am, was so powerful that it was heard 3,110 km (1,930 mi) away in Perth, Western Australia, and the Indian Ocean island of Rodrigues near Mauritius, 4,800 km (3,000 mi) away, where the blast was thought to have been cannon fire from a nearby ship. The third explosion has been reported as the loudest ...
New County Hotel is a three-star [1] hotel on County Place in central Perth. [2] The hotel had previously had a fire in August 2016. Set off by a malfunctioning dishwasher, guests were evacuated and suffered no injuries. The hotel is managed by the Edwin Hotels Group, which is owned by Rashid Hussain, a British businessman supposedly based in ...
[1] [7] [8] A news report of October 5, 1918 estimated 137 killed [10] On October 10, 1918 40 persons killed in the explosion of whom 12 were identifed; 22 unidentied and 14 were buried in Ernston Cemetery [11] A news report of October 10, 1918 reported 28 victiums were buried [12] Many victims disintegrated in the explosions and fires, and the ...
How Ridiculous is an Australian YouTube channel based in Perth, Western Australia.The channel's main personalities are Brett Stanford, Derek Herron and Scott Gaunson. [3] As of August 2024, they have 22.4 million subscribers and more than 13.14 billion video views. [4]
Banjawarn Station is a remote cattle station in Western Australia, that previously operated as a sheep station. In the 1990s Banjawarn was owned by the Japanese doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo, and following the Tokyo subway attack was the subject of an Australian Federal Police (AFP) investigation. Banjawarn is one of the 70 largest stations in ...
The Hindenburg disaster was an airship accident that occurred on May 6, 1937, in Manchester Township, New Jersey, U.S.The LZ 129 Hindenburg (Luftschiff Zeppelin #129; Registration: D-LZ 129) was a German commercial passenger-carrying rigid airship, the lead ship of the Hindenburg class, the longest class of flying machine and the largest airship by envelope volume. [1]
The 2021 Wooroloo bushfire was a fast moving bushfire that started on 1 February in Wooroloo, 45 kilometres (28 mi) north-east of the Perth central business district, in the Shire of Mundaring, Western Australia. By 2 February, the bushfire emergency had spread to Shires of Chittering and Northam, and the City of Swan. [2]
The East Perth Power Station is a disused power station in East Perth, Western Australia. For most of its life it was coal-fired, but ran on oil for six years. The site consists of a complex of industrial buildings occupying more than 8.5 hectares (21 acres), bounded by East Parade, Summers Street, the Swan River and the Graham Farmer Freeway .