1 of 9. Flames and black smoke reach into the sky after an explosion at the Valero Texas City Refinery on Thursday, April 19, 2018. KEVIN M. COX/The Daily News. A column of smoke and flame is visible from the roof of The Daily News building Thursday, April 19, 2018, after an explosion at Valero Energy Corp.’s Texas City refinery.

1947: A cargo ship explodes at dockside in Texas City, Texas. The blast and the fires that follow kill about 600 people and injure 3,500 more. Six decades later, it remains the deadliest explosion.

The first explosion was so powerful, it registered on seismographs in Denver, Colorado, 1,000 miles away. ... Video footage of a store with its windows blown out from the impact of the explosions. ... a Collection of the Personal Stories of Survivors of the 1947 Ship Explosions in Texas City, Texas, Commonly Referred to as the Texas City. GDP and public disruption to a major capital city and global nation. ... • Video of the Blast: ... Texas City, USA 1947 581 Oppau, Germany 1921 561 Beirut, Lebanon 2020 200 Tessenderlo, Belgium 1942 169 Tianjin, China 2015 165 Ryongchon, N. Korea 2004. A giant explosion occurs during the loading of fertilizer onto the freighter Grandcamp at a pier in Texas City, Texas, on April 16, 1947. Nearly 600 people lost their lives and thousands were. Two explosions of ammonium nitrate fertilizer shattered Texas City and its surrounding area beginning on the morning of April 16, 1947. In the first explosion the freighter Grandcamp’s explosion was heard 150 miles away. The second one, High Flier, was no less fierce when it blew up sixteen hours later. Several thousands were injured and 568.

Texas City explosion survivors remember the horror from 1947. April 15, 2022, 3:31 PM. "When it blew, it was like something you'd never seen or heard before." Survivors remember the massive Texas City blast that killed hundreds.

The collection also chronicles famous Texas City residents, from musicians to world-record holders, and landmark events such as the disastrous Texas City explosion of 1947, the largest industrial.

Presented by the Texas Department of Public Safety, this 1947 government film gives a brief account of the Texas City disaster. On the morning of April 16, 1947, approximately 2,300 tons of ammonium nitrate aboard the SS Grandcamp exploded in the port of Texas City.

In 1947, a fire aboard a ship at the Texas City docks triggered a huge explosion that killed 576 people and left fires burning in the city for days. ''Welcome to.

Video Travel ... from the Monsanto chemical plant burn along the waterfront in Texas City, Texas, on April 16, 1947. ... BP Amoco PLC oil.

What levelled Beirut on Tuesday sounds eerily similar to descriptions of a massive 1947 explosion in Texas City, Texas. The S.S. Grandcamp—carrying ammonium nitrate, fuel, and ammunition—arrived at the Houston-area port with smoke spewing from its cargo hold.The ensuing explosion killed some 600 people, including everyone on the dock and ship..

The Texas City explosion knocked a private plane out of the sky, killing its pilot. My wife felt the OKC blast in our town 70 miles away. I can only imagine what this one felt like. One report said that this Beirut explosion was felt in Cyprus in 150 miles away, and was comparable to a moderate earthquake.

TEXAS CITY. The shocking true story of the largest & deadliest man made disaster in US history -- the nuclear sized explosions on April 16, 1947 -- and the ordinary people who became extraordinary heroes that fateful day. My grandfather, Jesse Thames, was a proud citizen and business owner in Texas City, Texas. He believed deeply in Texas City.