The Texas City Disaster, 1947 / / Hugh W. Stephens.
On April 16, 1947, a small fire broke out among bags of ammonium nitrate fertilizer in the hold of the ship Grandcamp as it lay docked at Texas City, Texas. Despite immediate attempts to extinguish the fire, it rapidly intensified until the Grandcamp exploded in a blast that caused massive loss of l...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©1997 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (159 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 The Blasts
- 2 The Grandcamp
- 3 Chaos and Courage
- 4 Struggling for Order
- 5 The High Flyer
- 6 Aftermath
- 7 A Reckoning
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index