The Texas City disaster, 1947 /

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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stephens, Hugh W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, 1997.
Edición:1st ed.
Temas:
High Flyer (Ship)
Grandcamp (Ship)
Wilson B. Keene (Ship)
1900-1999
Fires > Texas > Texas City > History > 20th century.
Disasters > Texas > Texas City > History > 20th century.
Incendies > Texas > Texas City > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Catastrophes > Texas > Texas City > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General
Disasters.
Fires.
Écologie des feux > Texas (États-Unis) > 20e siècle.
Industrie > Effets des feux > Texas (États-Unis) > 20e siècle.
Texas City (Tex.) > History.
Texas > Texas City.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The blasts
  • The grandcamp
  • Chaos and courage
  • Struggling for order
  • The high flyer
  • Aftermath
  • A reckoning.

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