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gizmo_the_mogwai [7]
3 years ago
5

Describe the events of one of the worst environmental disasters to occur in Texas, on April 16,1947.

History
2 answers:
Aneli [31]3 years ago
6 0

Texas, on April 16,1947 had the largest industrial accident in US.

Explanation:

The disaster was not a natural one at any rate and had been completely man made and it happened on the specific date given.

It happened when a fertilizer factory in the state had blown up and thereby killed 500 people int eh process such was its magnitude.

The factory was SS Grandcamp.

It was known to be one of the most fatal accidents of the industrial US history and has been the largest non nuclear explosion in terms of magnitude for the nation

Lana71 [14]3 years ago
4 0

Answer:

Pick one, they are both correct.

1. On April 16, 1947, America's worst harbor explosion occurred in Texas City, Tex., when the French ship Grandcamp, carrying ammonium nitrate fertilizer, caught fire and blew up, devastating the town. ... The captain ordered the ship's hatches to be shut to protect the cargo of ammonium nitrate from being destroyed by water.

OR:

2. A ship carrying ammonium nitrate, commonly used in fertilizer, exploded, setting fire to surrounding chemical plants and facilities. Several secondary fires were ignited and the toxic chemicals burned for two days. About 3,000 deaths were attributed to the disaster and over 1,000 homes and businesses were destroyed by the fires.

Explanation:

The 1st one I put and I got it off of chrome and it was right and the 2nd one is the sample response.

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