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The Black Tom explosion was an act of arson by field agents of the Office of Naval Intelligence of the German Empire, to destroy U.S.-made munitions that were about to be shipped to the Allies during World War I. The explosions occurred on July 30, 1916, in New York Harbor, killing at least 7 people and wounding hundreds more. [1]
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.
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]
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 ...
Two sets of Houston homeowners have been left high and dry after a municipal water tank exploded behind their homes, unleashing thousands of gallons of water that tore down an eight-foot fence and ...
East River near New York City: Steamship sank due to fire on board. Deadliest maritime disaster in New York City, and deadliest in city's history until 2001. 1,000–2,000 1893 1893 Sea Islands hurricane: Tropical cyclone Georgia, South Carolina: Fatalities estimated 1,000 1918 1918 Cloquet fire: Wildfire (rural) Minnesota: $7,300,000 918 1978 ...
Houston (/ ˈ h juː s t ən / ⓘ HEW-stən) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States.Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the seat of Harris County, as well as the principal city of the Greater Houston metropolitan area, the fifth-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States and the ...
In the 1980s and ’90s, gentrification priced Black residents out of the area, and many moved farther inland. Many of those who could afford to remain lived in large family homes passed down ...