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Maritime Vessel Shipping line 1 Date Deaths 1 Missing 1 Survivors 1 Remarks SS Corregidor: Compania Maritima 17 December 1941 900-1,200 [1]: Unknown 282 The ferry was sailing to the Visayas and was carrying around 1200-1500 passengers, mostly refugees fleeing the bombing of Manila by the Japanese during the Second World War, when it struck a mine off Corregidor Island and sank in five minutes.
Manila: 1762 Warfare 247 1762 Battle of Manila: Manila: 2000 Landslide 218–1,000 Payatas landslide: Quezon City: 1899 Warfare 165 Battle of Zapote River: Las Piñas: 1996 Fire 162 Ozone Disco fire: Quezon City: Recognized as the worst fire in Philippine history. 1896 Warfare 155 Battle of San Juan del Monte: San Juan: 2004 Terrorism 116 ...
MV Doña Paz left from Tacloban City, Leyte, for the City of Manila, with a stopover at Catbalogan, Samar.At 10:30 p.m. (PST), the passenger vessel collided with a motor tanker, MT Vector, near Dumali Point between the provinces of Marinduque and Oriental Mindoro. [5]
In Albay, a total of 2,200 locals perished in what is considered to be the most lethal eruption in Mayon's history; estimates by PHIVOLCS list the casualties at about 1,200, however. The eruption is believed to have contributed to the accumulation of atmospheric ash, [ citation needed ] capped by the catastrophic eruption of Mount Tambora in ...
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.
25 July 2024 - 2024 Manila Bay oil spill. The oil tanker MT Terra Nova, carrying around 1.5 million liters of industrial fuel, capsized and sank in 34m depth of water [156] off Limay, Bataan during Typhoon Gaemi, causing an oil spill with a length of four kilometers along Manila Bay. [157]
Pages in category "Shipwrecks in Manila Bay" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Dolomite Beach was created through the process of beach nourishment, which is a common practice in the creation of beaches around the world. [7] Upon the extraction of debris in the 500 meters (1,600 ft) portion of the baywalk from the Manila Yacht Club to the United States Embassy in Manila, the project proponents dumped two layers of ordinary sand before overlaying it with crushed dolomite.