Texas City disaster
The Texas City disaster was an industrial accident that occurred April 16, 1947, in the Port of Texas City. It was the deadliest industrial accident in U.S. history, and one of the largest non-nuclear explosions. Originating with a mid-morning fire on board the French-registered vessel SS Grandcamp (docked in the port), her cargo of approximately 2,300 tons (approximately 2,100 metric tons) of ammonium nitrate detonated, with the initial blast and subsequent chain-reaction of further fires and explosions in other ships and nearby oil-storage facilities killing at least 581 people, including all but one member of the Texas City fire department. The disaster triggered the first ever class action lawsuit against the United States government, under the then-recently enacted Federal Tort Claims
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Texas City disaster
The Texas City disaster was an industrial accident that occurred April 16, 1947, in the Port of Texas City. It was the deadliest industrial accident in U.S. history, and one of the largest non-nuclear explosions. Originating with a mid-morning fire on board the French-registered vessel SS Grandcamp (docked in the port), her cargo of approximately 2,300 tons (approximately 2,100 metric tons) of ammonium nitrate detonated, with the initial blast and subsequent chain-reaction of further fires and explosions in other ships and nearby oil-storage facilities killing at least 581 people, including all but one member of the Texas City fire department. The disaster triggered the first ever class action lawsuit against the United States government, under the then-recently enacted Federal Tort Claims
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La catastrophe de Texas City e ...... orts et plus de 3 000 blessés.
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Die Texas-City-Katastrophe (en ...... erung der Vereinigten Staaten.
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Il disastro di Texas City fu u ...... 178 non vennero identificati.
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Katastrofa w Texas City (ang. ...... w imieniu 8485 poszkodowanych.
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La catastrophe de Texas City e ...... orts et plus de 3 000 blessés.
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O Desastre de Texas City (Texa ...... aviões que sobrevoavam a área.
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The Texas City disaster was an ...... ly enacted Federal Tort Claims
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Взрыв в Техас-Сити — техногенн ...... иллионов долларов. Эти события
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テキサスシティ大災害(テキサスシティだいさいがい、Texas ...... 、爆発を起こし581人の死者と5000人以上の負傷者が出た。
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Catastrophe de Texas City
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Desastre de Texas City
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Disastro di Texas City
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Katastrofa w Texas City
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Texas City disaster
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Texas-City-Explosion
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Взрыв в Техас-Сити
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テキサスシティ大災害
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