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On April 16, 1947, approximately 2,300 tons of ammonium nitrate loaded aboard a cargo ship in the port exploded, leading to a chain reaction of explosions and fires that leveled the port and parts of the city, killing 500-600 people and injuring more than 5000.
The events lead to the first class-action lawsuit filed against the United States government. The lawsuit represented 8,485 victims.
http://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2007/04/16/6983/60th-anniversary-of-the-texas-city-disaster-2/
Audio and transcript, including the 1947 newsreel and personal accounts.
http://www.texascity-library.org/disaster/
Overview of the disaster with photographs and bibliography.
http://www.sloanegallery.com/texas_city_disaster_april_16_194.htm
Photographs of the disaster taken by a young photographer.
http://www.local1259iaff.org/disaster1.html
Account and official reports with photographs, eyewitness accounts, and a list of the dead and missing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_City_Disaster
Account of the industrial accident with photographs, and the resulting class action lawsuit, the first such suit against the US government.
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