What the records say
- When
- 16 Apr 1947
- Kind
- Fire
- Coordinates
- 29.38° N, 94.89° W
- Description
- 1947 explosion
- Deaths
- 581
- Cause
- explosion
Texas City disaster
1947 explosions in Texas City, Texas
The 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.
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- Wikidata: famines, epidemics and firesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Texas City disaster: The ammonium nitrate cargo of French-registered Liberty ship Grandcamp explodes in Texas City, Texas in one of the largest man-made…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ABD, Texas'da amonyum nitrat yüklü Fransız bandıralı SS Grandcamp gemisinin limanda infilak etmesi sonucu gerçekleşen 1947 Texas City faciasında 581 kişi öldü,…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “德克萨斯港湾停靠的满载硝酸铵的Benjamin R. Curtis号发生燃烧，后来发生爆炸，引燃了同样满载硝酸铵的High Flyer号，以及另一艘Wilson B. Keene号，此次爆炸损失了7亿美元。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page