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The 1947 Texas City disaster was an industrial accident that occurred on April 16, 1947, in the port of Texas City, Texas, United States, located in Galveston Bay. It was the deadliest industrial accident in U.S. history and one of history's largest non-nuclear explosions .
December 20 – In Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, two children were fatally burned and five injured in a gas explosion and fires that destroyed three houses.The explosions were caused by the breaking of a valve gate on the Fort Pitt Gas Line, which allowed leaking gas to seep into the houses' cellars, following water pipes from the street.
1947 United States: Grandcamp – On 16 April, the French-registered Liberty ship caught fire and exploded dockside while being loaded with ammonium nitrate at Texas City, Texas. In what came to be called the Texas City Disaster an estimated 581 people, including all of the ship's crew and 28 firefighters, were killed and about 5,000 injured ...
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Texas City disaster (1947), an industrial accident; Texas City refinery explosion (2005), an oil refinery fire This page was last edited on 29 ...
Some of Republic Oil property was damaged and five employees killed in the Texas City disaster on April 16, 1947, at the Port of Texas City in Galveston Bay. Republic Oil Refining Company's firefighting team help put out the fire. The fire was caused by the French ship SS Grandcamp exploding her cargo of about 2,300 tons of ammonium nitrate. [3 ...
Five people, including two children, were injured when a vehicle crashed into St. David's North Austin Medical Center ER in Austin, Texas on Tuesday. Car crashes into Texas emergency room leaving ...
The accident happened shortly before 6 a.m. Austin-Travis County EMS said a motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene. This is a developing story. Check back for updates.