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  1. netc-library.libguides.com › historicfires › texasHistoric U.S. Fires, 1871-2003: Texas City Explosion 1947

    Sep 11, 2023 · Ammonium nitrate turned a small fire into a major disaster. It started with a small fire in the hold of the French steamer, Grandcamp, which was docked in the port at Texas City.

  2. 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.

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  3. houstonhistorymagazine.org › wp-content › uploadsThe 1947 Texas City Disaster: Changing Lives in a Heartbeat

    Fire captains and crewmen urgently struggle to suppress the smoke and fire building inside the Grandcamp. Photo courtesy of the Moore Memorial Library and the Portal to Texas History, ntbkb-019. The cloud of smoke in this photograph, taken from a Galveston rooftop, explains why many descriptions compared the Grandcamp

  4. www.tshaonline.org › handbook › entriesTexas City Disaster - TSHA

    Jul 1, 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.

  5. 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.

  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.usace.army.mil › 114-Texas-City-FireThe Texas City Fire - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters

    Shortly after 8 a.m. on Wednesday, the 16th of April, 1947, longshoremen were loading ammonium nitrate (fertilizer) onto the cargo ship Grandcamp at the port of Texas City, Texas. As...