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  2. Black Tom explosion - Wikipedia

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    Black Tom Island, lying off Jersey City, 1915. The term "Black Tom" originally referred to an island in New York Harbor next to Liberty Island, named for a "dark-skinned" fisherman who inhabited the island for many years. [5] The island was artificial, created by land fill around a rock of the same name, which had been a local hazard to ...

  3. Largest artificial non-nuclear explosions - Wikipedia

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    On 10 October 1885 in New York City, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers detonated 300,000 pounds (150 t) of explosives on Flood Rock, annihilating the island, in order to clear the Hell Gate tidal strait for the benefit of East River shipping traffic. [17]

  4. 2020 Houston explosion - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) released its final investigation report on June 29, 2023. According to the CSB "On the day prior to the incident, January 23, 2020, the coating booth operators shut down the individual booths following a normal workday, and the Coating Supervisor closed and locked the coating building.

  5. List of disasters in the United States by death toll - Wikipedia

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    Split Rock, New York: Accident – explosion Split Rock, New York: 50 1925 Rockport train wreck: Accident – railroad Hackettstown, New Jersey: 50 1947 Pennsylvania Central Airlines Flight 410: Accident – aircraft Near Charles Town, West Virginia: 50 1951 United Airlines Flight 610: Accident – aircraft West of Fort Collins, Colorado: 50 1951

  6. Video shows massive blaze after pipeline explosion near ... - AOL

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    The explosion happened in Deer Park, a city about 18 miles east of Houston. According to reports from local news station ABC13 , the fire spread south under Spencer Highway into the borders of the ...

  7. Texas pipeline fire continues to burn in Houston suburb after ...

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    As of Tuesday morning, the fire caused by an exploding pipeline in a Houston suburb continued to burn itself out, according to officials. As of Tuesday morning, the fire caused by an exploding ...

  8. Rare earthquake shakes parts of New York City - AOL

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  9. Phillips disaster of 1989 - Wikipedia

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    Aerial view of the Phillips plant prior to the explosion, looking from the southwest to the northeast. The HCC produced approximately 15 × 10 ^ 9 lb (6.8 × 10 ^ 6 t) per year of high-density polyethylene (HDPE), a plastic material used to make milk bottles and other containers.