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Worst theater fire in American history; worst single-building fire. 600 1928 St. Francis Dam: Accident – dam failure Santa Clarita, California: 581 1947 Texas City disaster: Accident – explosion Texas City, Texas: Ammonium nitrate on board ship 501+ 1896 Tornado outbreak sequence of May 1896: Tornado outbreak sequence
This is a list of accidents and disasters by death toll. It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions , structural fires , flood disasters , coal mine disasters , and other notable accidents caused by negligence connected to improper architecture , planning , construction , design , and more.
The Monongah mining disaster was a coal mine explosion on December 6, 1907, at Fairmont Coal Company's Nos. 6 and 8 mines in Monongah, West Virginia, which killed 362 miners. It has been described as "the worst mining disaster in American history" [1] and was one of the contributing events that led to the creation of the United States Bureau of ...
On this day in economic and business history ... The Great Chicago Fire began in the night on Oct 8, 1871. At first it was thought to be small and contained, but the dangerous blaze soon raged out ...
The deadly collapse of an oceanfront apartment building in Surfside, Fla., just outside Miami on June 24 could end up being one of the worst such disasters in U.S. history. Here are other fatal ...
189 total deaths, with 31 in American Samoa. 2008 Hurricane: 113 $38 billion (2008 USD) Hurricane Ike: Southeast Texas, Texas, Louisiana, Southern United States: At the time, Ike was the costliest natural disaster in Texas history, after leaving behind $38 billion in damages in Texas alone. 2008 Hurricane: 53 $8.31 billion (2008 USD) Hurricane ...
World's worst natural disasters since 1900; Earthquake Hazards Program – USGS; EM-DAT: The International Disaster Database managed by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters; Disasters Database Report from Emergency Management Australia
On this day in economic and business history ... The Great Chicago Fire began in the night on Oct 8, 1871. At first it was thought to be small and contained, but the dangerous blaze soon raged out ...