The Texas City disaster, 1947 / Hugh W. Stephens.

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Austin : University of Texas Press, 1997.Edition: 1st edDescription: xvi, 141 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cmISBN:

0292777221 (alk. paper)
029277723X (pbk. : alk. paper)

DDC classification:

976.4139 20

Contents:

Subject: 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 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. 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

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-138) and index.

The blasts -- The grandcamp -- Chaos and courage -- Struggling for order -- The high flyer -- Aftermath -- A reckoning.

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 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. 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

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