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Katastrofa w Texas City uważana jest powszechnie za najgroźniejszą katastrofę przemysłową w historii Stanów Zjednoczonych. To co się stało świadkowie porównywali do nieco wcześniejszego zbombardowania przez samoloty niemieckie statku z amunicją w porcie w Bari (Włochy 1943) i znacznie większej tragedii w Hiroszimie i Nagasaki ...
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.
14 sty 2024 · Texas City explosion of 1947, industrial disaster sparked by the fire and explosion of the SS Grandcamp on April 16–17, 1947, in Texas City, Texas. The blast set off a chain of fires as well as a 15-foot (4.5-metre) tidal wave. Between 400 and 600 people were killed, with as many as 4,000 injured.
24 sie 2017 · Seventy years ago, Texas City was a little-known shipping port on the southeast coast of Texas. Then, some ammonium nitrate caught fire, two freighters exploded, and the town was changed...
1 lip 1995 · Texas City Disaster. One of the worst disasters in Texas history occurred on April 16, 1947, when the ship SS Grandcamp exploded at 9:12 A.M. at the docks in Texas City.
Docked in Texas City, TX, the S.S. Grandcamp, loaded with a cargo 2,300 tons of ammonium nitrate fertilizer, suddenly and mysteriously caught fire. After failed attempts to extinguish the flames, the cargo exploded, launching the cargo 2,000-3,000 feet in the air and causing a 15-foot tidal wave.
11 wrz 2023 · Record of proceedings of board investigation inquiring Into losses by fires and explosions of the French steamship Grandcamp and U.S. steamships HighFlyer and Wilson B. Keene at Texas City, Texas 16 and 17 April 1947
