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024 7 _a10.7560/777224
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035 _a(DE-B1597)9780292799905
035 _a(DE-B1597)587475
035 _a(OCoLC)1286807531
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aStephens, Hugh W.
_eautore
245 1 4 _aThe Texas City Disaster, 1947 /
_cHugh W. Stephens.
264 1 _aAustin :
_bUniversity of Texas Press,
_c[2021]
264 4 _c©1997
300 _a1 online resource (159 p.)
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
347 _atext file
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tIllustrations --
_tPreface --
_tAcknowledgments --
_t1 The Blasts --
_t2 The Grandcamp --
_t3 Chaos and Courage --
_t4 Struggling for Order --
_t5 The High Flyer --
_t6 Aftermath --
_t7 A Reckoning --
_tNotes --
_tBibliography --
_tIndex
506 0 _arestricted access
_uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
_fonline access with authorization
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520 _aOn 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 life and property. In the ensuing chaos, no one gave much thought to the ship in the next slip, the High Flyer. It exploded sixteen hours later. The story of the Texas City explosions—America's worst industrial disaster in terms of casualties—has never been fully told until now. In this book, Hugh W. Stephens draws on official reports, newspaper and magazine articles, personal letters, and interviews with several dozen survivors to provide the first full account of the disaster at Texas City. Stephens describes the two explosions and the heroic efforts of Southeast Texans to rescue survivors and cope with extensive property damage. At the same time, he explores why the disaster occurred, showing how a chain of indifference and negligence made a serious industrial accident almost inevitable, while a lack of emergency planning allowed it to escalate into a major catastrophe. This gripping, cautionary tale holds important lessons for a wide reading public.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2022)
650 0 _aDisasters
_zTexas
_zTexas City
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aDisasters-Texas-Texas City-History-20th century.
650 0 _aFires
_zTexas
_zTexas City
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aFires-Texas-Texas City-History-20th century.
650 0 _aGrandcamp (Ship).
650 0 _aHigh Flyer (Ship).
650 0 _aTexas City (Tex.)-History-20th century.
650 0 _aWilson B. Keene (Ship).
650 7 _aHISTORY / General.
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850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.7560/777224
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780292799905
856 4 2 _3Cover
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