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SS Torrey Canyon was an LR2 Suezmax class oil tanker with a cargo capacity of 118,285 long tons (120,183 t) of crude oil.She ran aground off the western coast of Cornwall, United Kingdom, on 18 March 1967, causing an environmental disaster.
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The Camelford water pollution incident involved the accidental contamination of the drinking water supply to the town of Camelford, Cornwall, in July 1988.Twenty tonnes of aluminium sulphate was inadvertently added to the water supply, raising the concentration to 3,000 times the admissible level.
Menheniot, 15 November 1897 – reconstruction of Trevido Viaduct: accident raising a heavy timber: 2 killed. [20] In 1898, a mail train was derailed near Penryn, Cornwall due to defective track and the oscillation of the locomotive hauling it. Following this accident, the 3521 Class locomotives were rebuilt as tender locomotives. [17]
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Jeremy Renner marked the second anniversary of his near-death snow plow accident with an emotional post on his Instagram page featuring a photo of himself in the hospital, surrounded by the ...
A coach plunged off a cliff on a coastal road, killing 51. This incident tied with the 2013 Peru bus disaster as the deadliest road crash in Peruvian history. [244] January 4 – South Africa – Hennenman–Kroonstad train crash. A train collided with a truck at a level crossing in the Free State. The train derailed, and seven of the twelve ...
Radi Nabulsi, publisher of the website UGASports.com, told NBC News that just before the New Year's attack, at about 2:30 a.m. local time, he saw a large law enforcement presence in the Bourbon ...