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Near the south coast of Cornwall, 8 miles (13 km) east of the Wolf Rock, the ship's engines failed. [3] The crew was unable to restart them but did not make a mayday call. [2] Assistance was offered by a tug, the Noord Holland, under the Lloyd's Open Form salvage contract; Morton initially refused the offer, but accepted after consulting his ...
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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.
1997 – Mexico City a commuter train hit a fuel tanker at a crossing and later exploded killing at least 20 people; the explosion was recorded by a news helicopter. [ 99 ] December 2006 – Cuautitlán level crossing disaster — A passenger bus hit by thirty-six cars of a freight train and killing at least twenty-eight, another fourteen were ...
The new storm culvert joining the River Jordan to the River Valency was at full capacity, but did not flood. Services and organisations called in included: Fire crews from Bude, Delabole and Launceston to pump out the water from properties; Crews to unblock the blocked up drains in the village; The Environment Agency; The Police and Council
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A survivor recounted the short timeframe of events: "We knew we hit something, and…all the kids got up in the aisle thinking we were gonna get off. And within 20 second you felt the heat come in the bus. You started hearing kids crying and screaming for their mom, panicking. That's when everybody started pushing on everybody to go one way."