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    • December 6, 2019

      • Grand Isle is a 2019 American action thriller film directed by Stephen Campanelli and starring Nicolas Cage. It was released in the United States on December 6, 2019.
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      Grand Isle (2019 film) - Wikipedia

  2. www.wired.com › 2009 › 04April 16, 1947: Ship Explosion Ignites 3-Day Rain of Fire and ...

    Apr 15, 2009 · 1947: A cargo ship explodes at dockside in Texas City, Texas. The blast and the fires that follow kill about 600 people and injure 3,500 more.

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

    Jul 1, 1995 · 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. The French-owned vessel, carrying explosive ammonium nitrate produced during wartime for explosives and later recycled as fertilizer, caught fire early in the morning, and while attempts were being ...

  4. 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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  5. library.texascitytx.gov › 461 › Fire-on-the-GrandcampFire on the Grandcamp - Texas City, TX

    After they removed a few fertilizer bags, a small fire became visible ten to fifteen feet below, near the hull. Workers tried to put out the fire with several jugs of water and a fire extinguisher, but the flames continued to spread. At 8:25 am, the railway terminal sounded a siren alerting the fire department.

  6. library.texascitytx.gov › 464First Explosion - Texas City, TX

    1947 Texas City Disaster. First Explosion. The fire on the SS. Grandcamp produced a dense, brilliantly colored smoke that could be seen all over town.

  7. 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.

  8. www.history.com › this-day-in-history › fertilizerFertilizer explosion kills more than 500 in Texas - HISTORY

    Nov 13, 2009 · A giant explosion occurs during the loading of fertilizer onto the freighter Grandcamp at a pier in Texas City, Texas, on April 16, 1947. Nearly 600 people lost their lives and thousands...