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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.
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.
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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Apr 16, 2012 · Learn about key events in history and their connections to today. On April 16, 1947, America’s worst harbor explosion occurred in Texas City, Tex., when the French ship Grandcamp, carrying...
es and soft drinks” in hand, enjoying all the excitement. The number of onlookers grew to about 300.6 At. pproximately 8:30 a.m., the SS Grandcamp sound-ed an alarm. The Texas City Volunteer Fire Department (TCVFD) of twenty-six men and four trucks arrived on the scene, “followed by.
Local History. Exhibits. 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.
On the morning of April 16, 1947, a fire started on the SS Grandcamp, a cargo ship docked in the Port of Texas City, igniting 2,300 tons of highly explosive ammonium nitrate fertilizer in its hold.
