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  2. Texas City disaster - Wikipedia

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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 .

  3. List of ammonium nitrate incidents and disasters - Wikipedia

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    Texas City: 16 April 1947: 581 2,086 + 870 Texas City disaster: The cargo ship Grandcamp was being loaded on 16 April 1947, when a fire was detected in the hold: at this point, 2,300 tons of ammonium nitrate in sacks were already aboard. [8] The captain responded by closing the hold and pumping in pressurised steam.

  4. Texas City explosion - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; ... move to sidebar hide. Texas City explosion may refer to: Texas City disaster (1947), an industrial accident; Texas ...

  5. Category:Explosions in 1947 - Wikipedia

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  6. List of industrial disasters - Wikipedia

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    April 16, 1947: Texas City disaster, Texas. At 9:15 am an explosion occurred aboard a docked ship named the Grandcamp. The explosion, and subsequent fires and explosions, is referred to as the worst industrial disaster in America.

  7. List of the deadliest firefighter disasters in the United States

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    Texas City disaster: April 16, 1947: 27 ... Loop Fire Disaster: November 1, 1966: 12 ... Kansas City ammonium nitrate explosion

  8. List of accidents and disasters by death toll - Wikipedia

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    16 April 1947 Texas City disaster: Texas City, Texas, U.S. 512: 28 August 1899 Sumitomo Besshi bronze mine area, landslide with debris flow disaster Niihama, Shikoku, Japan 500+ 19 November 1984 San Juanico Disaster [22] Mexico City, Mexico 476–1,000: 1931 Hawks Nest Tunnel Disaster: Gauley Bridge, West Virginia, United States 458: 9 November ...

  9. Category:1947 disasters in the United States - Wikipedia

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