The Texas City Disaster, 1947 /

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On April 16, 1947, a small fire broke out among bags of ammonium nitrate fertilizer in the hold of the ship Grandcamp as it lay docked at Texas City, Texas. Despite immediate attempts to extinguish the fire, it rapidly intensified until the Grandcamp exploded in a blast that caused massive loss of l...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stephens, Hugh W. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021]
Temas:
Disasters > Texas > Texas City > History > 20th century.
Disasters-Texas-Texas City-History-20th century.
Fires > Texas > Texas City > History > 20th century.
Fires-Texas-Texas City-History-20th century.
Grandcamp (Ship).
High Flyer (Ship).
Texas City (Tex.)-History-20th century.
Wilson B. Keene (Ship).
HISTORY / General.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 The Blasts
  • 2 The Grandcamp
  • 3 Chaos and Courage
  • 4 Struggling for Order
  • 5 The High Flyer
  • 6 Aftermath
  • 7 A Reckoning
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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