Tag: disaster

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24th March 1989: Start of the Exxon Valdez oil spill disaster in Alaska’s Prince William Sound

24th March 2022
Tagged as: Alaska, disaster, Environment, Exxon Valdez, Oil, Ship, Wildlife

Exxon Valdez had only recently departed the Valdez Marine Terminal when the captain, Joseph Hazelwood, left Third Mate Gregory Cousins in charge of steering the vessel while he retired to his quarters.

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15th January 1919: Great Molasses Flood kills 21 people in Boston

15th January 2022
Tagged as: America, Boston, disaster, Flood, USA

21 people were killed and a further 150 were injured after 2.3 million gallons of molasses swept through North End in Boston, Massachusetts after a storage tank collapsed.

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15th April 1989: 96 Liverpool fans killed in the Hillsborough Disaster

15th April 2021
Tagged as: Britain, Culture, disaster, England, Football, Liverpool, Sport

Ninety-six Liverpool Football Club fans died and hundreds more were injured in a crush at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield.

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19th January 1917: 73 people killed in the Silvertown munitions factory explosion in London

19th January 2020
Tagged as: Britain, Civilians, disaster, Explosion, Factory, First World War, Industry, London, TNT

The Brunner Mond chemical factory had been built in 1893 to manufacture caustic soda and soda crystals.

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21st October 1966: 144 people killed in the Aberfan disaster

21st October 2019
Tagged as: Britain, coal, disaster, mining, Wales

At 9.15am on the 21^st October 1966, 116 children and 28 adults were killed when a colliery spoil tip above the Welsh village of Aberfan collapsed.