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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 .
1947 Cádiz explosion; M. Mitholz; O. ... Texas City disaster This page was last edited on 14 July 2019, at 09:57 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
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.
Texas City disaster (1947), an industrial accident; Texas City refinery explosion (2005), an oil refinery fire This page was last edited on 29 ...
On 18 March 1937, a natural gas leak caused an explosion, destroying the London School of New London, Texas. The disaster killed more than 295 students and teachers, making it the deadliest school disaster in American history. Letters of sympathy were sent from around the world, including a telegram from Adolf Hitler.
Two Houston homeowners are seeking answers after a municipal water tank burst, flooding their homes. With insurance claims denied and the utility district citing government immunity, they may need ...
New London School explosion; P. Phillips disaster of 1989; ... Texas City refinery explosion; W. Wedgwood Baptist Church shooting This page was ...
An explosion at a historic Texas hotel in Fort Worth on Monday blew out windows, littered downtown streets with large sections of debris from the building and injured 21 people, including one who ...