Deadly Disasters

he Oppau Explosion occurred on September 21, 1921, when a tower silo storing 4,500 tonnes of a mixture of ammonium sulfate and ammonium nitrate fertilizer exploded at a BASF plant in Oppau, Germany, k...

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100 years ago, a colossal explosion at a BASF chemical plant in Oppau, Germany, killed over 500 people and injured thousands more.

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On October 2, 1942, the famed U.S. Navy troop carrier, The Queen Mary, was being escorted across the Atlantic by the HMS Curacoa and others when the Queen Mary performed a zig zag maneuver, putting he...

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On October 2, 1942, the troop carrier, Queen Mary, collided with the HMS Curacoa killing 338 sailors and changing Naval strategy forever.

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On November 28, 1942, The Cocoanut Grove, a premier nightclub during the post-Prohibition 1930s and 1940s in Boston, Massachusetts, was the scene of a tragic fire. The blaze killed 492 people and inju...

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On November 28, 1942, The Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston, Massachusetts was the scene of a tragic fire that killed 492 people making it the deadliest nightclub fire in U.S. history.

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On March 4, 1910, the Rogers Pass Avalanche killed 62 men clearing a railroad line near the summit of Rogers Pass through the Selkirk Mountains in British Columbia. Over a century later, it remains th...

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On March 4, 1910, an avalanche killed 62 men near the summit of Rogers Pass, British Columbia making it the deadliest avalanche in Canadian history. Credits: Host: Les Stroud Producers: Ajeeth Parkal...

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