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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 .
The disaster was the largest man-made explosion of the time and caused extensive damage to Richmond, Dartmouth, and the Miꞌkmaq neighborhood of Tufts Cove. 4-6 December 1918 United States: Sayreville, New Jersey ~100 100+ T. A. Gillespie Company Shell Loading Plant explosion – Munitions explosion at an ammunition plant in New Jersey
A 16-inch (41 cm) natural gas pipeline ruptured under the stored ammonium perchlorate and added fuel to the later, larger explosions. There were seven detonations in total, the largest being the last. Two people were killed and hundreds injured. The largest explosion was estimated to be equivalent to 0.25 kilotons of TNT (1.0 TJ).
The explosion happened at about 8 a.m. in the Port of Corpus Christi when the dredging vessel Waymon L Boyd struck a submerged pipeline, Coast Guard Lt. Marina Lawrence said.
Some 18,000 cows were killed after a massive explosion and fire erupted at a dairy farm in West Texas, becoming the largest known single-incident death of cattle. On Monday, a blast rocked the ...
December 14, 1940 - A tank farm fire I Texas City killed one person, and injured 18 others. [156] May 16, 1952 - A massive tank farm fire hit a Corpus Christi terminal. [155] April 11, 1965 - A gas well blew out in Parker County, causing a massive fire. Firefighter Red Adair had to be called in to control the well, which was capped on April 17 ...
The wastewater collection point is located near a ditch in the center of a large field that is directly across from the Cottages at Corpus Christi apartments on 9400 Ennis Joslin Road, where ...
August 18 – An El Paso Natural Gas transmission pipeline exploded and burned near Midland, Texas. There were no injuries. [10] August 21 – A dredging vessel hit a submerged Enterprise Products propane pipeline in the harbor of Corpus Christi, Texas, causing an explosion and fire. Five of the crew were killed, and six others were injured.