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Texas City disaster

1947 CE · United States, North America · Disaster

Texas City disaster
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The 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.

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