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10 8 Creeslough explosion – Explosion at a petrol station. [200] [201] 9 December 2022 Indonesia: Sawahlunto, West Sumatra: 10 4 Explosion at a coal mine. [202] 10 December 2022 Jersey: St Helier: 10 2 2022 St Helier explosion – Suspected gas explosion in a block of flats that led to the building's collapse. [203] 16 December 2022 Germany ...
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.
Determining the power of explosions is difficult, but this was probably the largest planned explosion in history until the 1945 Trinity atomic weapon test, and the largest non-nuclear planned explosion until the 1947 British Heligoland detonation (below). The Messines mines detonation killed more people than any other non-nuclear deliberate ...
The second-deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, after the 2017 Las Vegas shooting. 49 1867 Angola Horror: Accident – railroad Angola, New York: 49 [citation needed] 1892 Giant Powder Company: Accident – explosions: Albany, California: Explosion in explosives manufacturing plant destroyed facility, caused extensive damage in nearby Berkeley.
10 [120] 1956 Bush Terminal explosion: explosion 10 [121] 1938 1938 New England hurricane: weather 10 [122] 1910 Grand Central Station explosion: explosion 10 [123] 2009 Hudson River mid-air collision: aircraft 9 [124] 1991 City College stampede: mass unrest 9 [125] 1977 Everard Baths fire fire 9 [126] 1894 Newtown Creek Bridge disaster ...
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.
5–10 million [43] Antonine Plague: Roman Empire: 165–180 (possibly up to 190) Likely Variola − , possibly alongside Measles morbillivirus − 9. 5–8 million [41] 1520 Mexico smallpox epidemic: Mexico: 1519–1520 Variola virus − 10. 2.5 million [44] 1918–1922 Russia typhus epidemic: Russia: 1918–1922
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