coachv
(Chris Vaughan)
April 16, 2025, 1:55pm
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It caused windows to shatter in Galveston…
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.
The explosion was triggered by a mid-morning fire on board the French-registered vessel SS Grandcamp (docked at port), which detonated her cargo of about 2,300 tons (about 2,100 metric tons) of ammonium nitrate. This started...
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At the time, we lived in Galveston (yes, I’m BOI). My dad had overslept and was hurriedly putting on his shoes when he felt the house shake. But for that I might not be making this comment.
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My mom felt it in Sulphur LA (just west of lake Charles)