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    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...
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    The Texas City refinery explosion occurred on March 23, 2005, when a flammable hydrocarbon vapor cloud ignited and violently exploded at the isomerization...
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    Texas City is a city in Galveston County, Texas, United States. Located on the southwest shoreline of Galveston Bay, Texas City is a busy deepwater port...
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  • third-deadliest disaster in the history of Texas, after the 1900 Galveston hurricane and the 1947 Texas City disaster. In the mid-1930s, despite the ongoing...
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  • School of New London, Texas. The disaster killed more than 295 students and teachers, making it the deadliest school disaster in American history. Letters...
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  • supporting oxidation, and may also detonate, as happened in the Texas City disaster of 1947 which led to major changes in the regulations for storage...
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    without historical use. In 1947, the Texas City Disaster occurred when the SS Grandcamp exploded in Texas City, Texas, killing 600 people and injuring thousands...
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    donations. Ammonium nitrate disasters Boston Marathon bombing, which happened two days earlier PEPCON disaster Texas City disaster, 1947 AZF explosion, 2001...
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  • was damaged and five employees killed in the Texas City disaster on April 16, 1947, at the Port of Texas City in Galveston Bay. Republic Oil Refining Company's...
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    is a coastal resort city and port off the Southeast Texas coast on Galveston Island and Pelican Island in the U.S. state of Texas. The community of 211...
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