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  1. www.nola.com › multimedia › photosGrand Isle: Life on the Gulf of Mexico, in 72 vintage photos ...

    Jul 21, 2021 · PHOTO FROM PRESTON COLLINS. In 1948, Stanley Billiot, 15, with his mother looking on, paints the Grand Isle grave of his brother Melvin, 20, who was killed in a fishing accident soon after being...

  2. maritimecyprus.com › 2017/04/30 › flashback-inFlashback in history: M/V GRANDCAMP explosion and Texas City ...

    Apr 30, 2017 · On 16 April 1947, in the port of Texas City, Texas, the freighter GRANDCAMP, with a cargo of ammonium nitrate, small arms ammunition, machinery, and sisal twine, caught fire. The fire quickly spread to the nearby freighter HIGH FLYER, loaded with ammonium nitrate and sulphur.

  3. texascitytx.gov › 4581947 Texas City Disaster

    Browse details of the 1947 Texas City Disaster memorial service held on April 19, 1947. Recovery. In the months that followed the explosion, support for Texas City poured forth from across the nation. Explore photos and information describing the 1947 Texas City Disaster.

  4. www.houstonchronicle.com › projects › 2022Photos from the Texas City Disaster on April 16, 1947

    Apr 15, 2022 · Saturday, April 16, 2022, marks the 75th anniversary of the 1947 Texas City Disaster, the deadliest industrial accident in U.S. history, in which nearly 600 people died. A memorial service will...

  5. www.theringer.com › features › 2017/8/24How a Fertilizer Accident Led to the Deadliest Industrial ...

    Aug 24, 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...

  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Texas_City_disasterTexas City disaster - Wikipedia

    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.

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  8. www.britannica.com › event › Texas-City-explosion-ofTexas City explosion of 1947 | Explosion, Ship Fire, Death ...

    Oct 4, 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.