1944 Bombay explosion
The Bombay Explosion (or Bombay Docks Explosion) occurred on 14 April 1944, in the Victoria Dock of Bombay (now Mumbai) when the freighter SS Fort Stikine carrying a mixed cargo of cotton bales, gold, and ammunition including around 1,400 tons of explosives, caught fire and was destroyed in two giant blasts, scattering debris, sinking surrounding ships and setting fire to the area, killing around 800 to 1300 people. Some 80,000 people were made homeless and seventy-one firemen lost their lives in the aftermath.
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1944 Bombay explosion
The Bombay Explosion (or Bombay Docks Explosion) occurred on 14 April 1944, in the Victoria Dock of Bombay (now Mumbai) when the freighter SS Fort Stikine carrying a mixed cargo of cotton bales, gold, and ammunition including around 1,400 tons of explosives, caught fire and was destroyed in two giant blasts, scattering debris, sinking surrounding ships and setting fire to the area, killing around 800 to 1300 people. Some 80,000 people were made homeless and seventy-one firemen lost their lives in the aftermath.
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The Bombay Explosion (or Bomba ...... their lives in the aftermath.
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Взрыв парохода «Форт Стайкин» ...... ва погибло более 1000 человек.
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The Bombay Explosion (or Bomba ...... their lives in the aftermath.
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Взрыв парохода «Форт Стайкин» ...... ва погибло более 1000 человек.
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1944 Bombay explosion
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Взрыв парохода «Форт Стайкин»
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