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Monday, 16 April 2012

April 16, 1947: Ship Explosion Ignites 3-Day Rain of Fire and Death | This Day In Tech | Wired.com

http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2009/04/april-16-1947-ship-explosion-ignites-3-day-rain-of-fire-and-death/

2 comments:

  1. "Just 36 hours before the fire, National Maritime Union co-founder James Gavin had told union members in New York that Texas City was unsafe and a “natural” for a catastrophic explosion."
    That's not the least bit suspicious.

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  2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Chicago_disaster

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Explosion (and, I note, another French-registered ship. Coincidence? I suspect so)

    Ships are dangerous things.

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