Infobox military conflict conflict PortChicagodisaster image Image Portchicago.jpg 300px caption Damage at the PortChicago Pier after the explosion of July 17, 1944 date July 17, 1944 place PortChicago Naval Magazine, PortChicago, California , United States casus result 320 killed, br 390 injured The PortChicagodisaster was a deadly Ammunition munitions explosion that occurred on July 17, 1944, at the PortChicago Naval Magazine in PortChicago, California , United States . Munitions detonation ... 28, 2001 PDF . pp 86 87. Retrieved on December 18, 2008. ref Explosion File PortChicagodisaster ... inspired hundreds of servicemen to refuse to load munitions, an act known as the PortChicago Mutiny . Fifty men called the PortChicago 50 were convicted of mutiny and sentenced to long prison terms ... martial proceedings. ref Allen, The PortChicago Mutiny , 130 133. ref Due to public pressure ... men. ref Allen, The PortChicago Mutiny , 133. ref Widespread publicity surrounding the case ... and initiate the desegregation of its forces beginning in February 1946. ref Allen, The PortChicago Mutiny , 35 36. ref In 1994, the PortChicago Naval Magazine National Memorial was dedicated to the lives ... looking eastward in early 1944. The town of PortChicago, California PortChicago is in the upper ... of PortChicago was located on Suisun Bay in the estuary of the Sacramento River Sacramento ..., the town was a little more than a mile from a U.S. Navy munitions depot, the PortChicago Naval Magazine ... ship to dock at PortChicago was loaded on December 8, 1942. ref Bell, Naval Mutinies of the Twentieth ..., destined for the Pacific Theater of Operations , were delivered to the PortChicago facility ... to the war zones. From the beginning, all the enlisted men employed as loaders at PortChicago ... id 582&display order 8&mini id 1071 The PortChicago Mutiny. Retrieved March 5, 2009. ref Each of the enlisted .... ref name Allen 41 Allen, The PortChicago Mutiny , 41. ref Quality of men At NSGL, the enlisted African ... more details
PortChicago can refer to PortChicago, California , former town in the United States PortChicagodisaster , deadly explosion that occurred at the PortChicago Naval Magazine in PortChicago, California on 17 July 1944, killing 320 people PortChicago Mutiny , consequence of the PortChicagodisaster , when 258 sailors, a month later, refused to work unless guaranteed safety improvements PortChicago 50 , 50 survivors of the PortChicagodisaster were convicted by the Navy of mutiny PortChicago Naval Magazine National Memorial , at the site of the disaster disambig ... more details
liquid 800,000 barrels storage facilities along Lake Calumet . The Illinois International Port district also operates Foreign Trade Zone 22, which extends convert 60 mi km from Chicago s city limits. References reflist External links http www.theportofchicago.com pages facilities.html Port of Chicago Facilities http www.theportofchicago.com pages history.html Port of Chicago History Chicago coord 41.733 N 87.528 W display title source frwiki Category Transportation in Chicago, Illinois Category Ports and harbors of Illinois Category River ports of the United States fr Port de Chicago ...style margin 0 0 1em 1em border 1 cellpadding 2 cellspacing 0 align right width 300px font size 1 Port of Chicago font align center colspan 2 border 0 cellpadding 2 cellspacing 0 align center align center Deleted image removed Image Portsealcolor.jpg 80px colspan 2 style color white background navy General Information Founded June 26, 1959 Geographic coordinate system Coordinates Iroquois Landing Terminal br Latitude br Longitude br 41 44 0 N br 87 31 42 W Annual cargo tonnage 894,832 short tons 2002 Value of cargo handled Net Income 39.8 million USD 2002 colspan 2 style color white background navy Board of Harbor Commissioners Executive Director Anthony G. Ianello align center colspan 2 http www.theportofchicago.com index1a.html Official Website The Port of Chicago consists of several major port facilities within the city of Chicago, Illinois operated by the Illinois International Port District formerly known as the Chicago Regional Port District . The central element of the Port District, Calumet Harbor , is maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers . ref U.S. Army Corps of Engineers November 2007 . http www.lrc.usace.army.mil co o calumet.pdf Calumet Harbor, IL and IN. Retrieved on 2008 11 11. ref Facilities Iroquois Landing Lakefront Terminal at the mouth of the Calumet River, it includes convert 100 acre km2 of warehouses and facilities on Lake Michigan ... more details
of 13 feet 4 metres m . It is famous as the site of a PortChicagodisaster devastating ... Francisco, W. A. Slocum & Co, publishers, 1882, p.451 ref PortChicago was originally called Bay ... the name of the town changed from Bay Point to PortChicago. The Baypoint post office operated from 1901 to 1931, when it became the PortChicago post office, closing in 1969 when the town ceased to exist. ref name CGN The July 17, 1944 PortChicagodisaster was a deadly munitions explosion that occurred at the PortChicago Naval Magazine. Munitions detonated while being loaded onto a cargo vessel .... Most of the dead and injured were enlisted African American sailors. The town of PortChicago ... title PortChicago Blast and Aftermath accessdate 2010 02 20 format work ref In 1968, all property ... Concord Naval Weapons Station loading docks. The PortChicago Highway, a route from the city ... as a safety and security measure. Today, PortChicago Highway is interrupted just past the town of Clyde ... more details
2009 Infobox Book name Blueprint for Disaster The Unraveling of Chicago Public Housing translator ... Understanding Chicago s High Rise Public Housing Disaster , in Chicago Architecture Histories, Revisions ... publisher University Of Chicago Press pub date July 15, 2009 media type Hardcover pages 392 isbn 978 0226360850 oclc Blueprint for Disaster The Unraveling of Chicago Public Housing is a history of the public housing in the United States public housing program in Chicago. Overview This book seeks to explain what went wrong with Chicago public housing through a detailed history. The reasons offered for the disaster include high youth to adult ratios, the loss of working class families as more ... rise towers. In most Chicago neighborhoods, two adults supervise one child. In many public housing sites in Chicago, the ratio is one adult supervising two children. In one of the most crime ridden ... built by the Chicago Housing Authority CHA from 1954 to 1964 had three or more bedrooms. Did high youth to adult ratio lead to crime? Elizabeth Taylor, reviewing the book for the Chicago Tribune ... of Chicago public housing worked. After 1967, the percentage steadily dropped until it reached approximately 10 in the 1980s. In an important observation, Mr. Hunt explains that when Chicago had ... digs into the historical records and unearths some gems tying the design of the Chicago buildings to the cost ... cutting so he can build normal Chicago communities with the federal program. The final chapters ... housing, cover the messy attempts to remedy Chicago public housing. The lawyer who filed the Gautreaux ... and black community activists. Polikoff has fought for Chicago to open all of its neighborhoods to subsidized ... chapter offers a fairly balanced perspective on the effort to rebuild Chicago public housing in the 1990s ... may not be kind to the poorest of the poor. References D. Bradford Hunt s book, Blueprint for Disaster, tries to make sense of public housing. Where did the CHA go wrong? Chicago Tribune, August ... more details
Infobox protected area name PortChicago Naval Magazine National Memorial iucn category V photo photo caption map USA relief map caption location Concord, California , United States U.S. nearest city Oakland, California lat d 38 lat m 3 lat s 27 lat NS N long d 122 long m 1 long s 47 long EW W region US coords ref area established October 28, 1992 visitation num visitation year governing body United States Navy U.S. Navy & National Park Service Note site is not listed in IUCN database, but appears to conform with Category V File Portchicago.jpg thumb right Aftermath of the PortChicago explosion. The PortChicago Naval Magazine National Memorial is a memorial dedicated in 1994 recognizing the dead of the PortChicagodisaster , and the critical role played by PortChicago, California during World War II , in serving as the main facility for the Pacific Theater of Operations . The memorial is located at the Concord Naval Weapons Station near Concord, California , in the United States . The 1944 PortChicagodisaster occurred at the naval Magazine artillery magazine and resulted in the largest domestic loss of life during World War II. 320 sailors and civilians were instantly killed on July 17, 1944, when the ships they were loading with ammunition and bombs exploded. The majority of the deaths ... The PortChicago Committee is working toward expanding the current memorial to encompass convert 250 acre km2 of the former PortChicago waterfront. The memorial site could include some of the railroad ... War II Home Front National Historical Park File PortChicago memorial.jpg thumb PortChicago memorial ...?type PressReleases&id 919 PortChicago Naval Magazine National Memorial Becomes 392nd Unit of National Park System External links Official NPS website http www.nps.gov poch PortChicago Naval Magazine National Memorial http www.portchicagomemorial.org PortChicago Committee Protected Areas ... County, California US NationalParkService stub de PortChicago Naval Magazine National Memorial ... more details
, remembered as one of the worst natural disaster s in United States history A disaster is a natural disaster natural or man made disaster man made hazard that has come to fruition, resulting in an event ... change to the environment biophysical environment . A disaster can be ostensive definition ostensively ... and vulnerability. Hazards that strike in areas with low vulnerability are not considered a disaster ... We Have Been and Where We Might Go. In Quarantelli E.L. ed . What Is A Disaster? London Routledge. pp146 159 ref Developing countries suffer the greatest costs when a disaster hits more than 95 percent ... 0,,menuPK 341021 pagePK 149018 piPK 149093 theSitePK 341015,00.html title World Bank Disaster Risk ... disasters ref Etymology The word disaster is derived from Middle French language French d sastre ..., Robert Scott, A Greek English Lexicon , at Perseus ref The root of the word disaster bad star in Greek ... or deconstruction of a star as a disaster. Classifications Researchers have been studying disasters for more than a century, and for more than forty years disaster research has been institutionalized through the University of Delaware s Disaster Research Center. The studies reflect a common opinion ... actions before the strike of the hazard can prevent it developing into a disaster. All disasters are hence the result of human failure to introduce appropriate disaster management measures. ref ... common in developing country developing countries . A specific disaster may spawn a secondary disaster ... in coastal flooding . Natural disaster Main Natural disaster A natural disaster is a consequence ... loss depends on the capacity of the population to support or resist the disaster their resilience ... vulnerability . A natural hazard will hence never result in a natural disaster in areas without vulnerability ... engineered constructions which make the disaster prone areas more vulnerable, tardy communication, poor or no budgetary allocation for disaster prevention, developing countries suffer more or less chronically ... more details
Advert date March 2008 Infobox attraction logo Logo disaster.gif image Disaster entrance.jpg caption Entrance to Disaster A Major Motion Picture Ride...Starring You at Universal Studios Florida name Disaster ... Studios Florida San Francisco Amity San Francisco theme Disaster film s status Open opened January ... custom value 2 Mikey previousattraction Earthquake The Big One 1990 2007 Disaster A Major Motion Picture ... movie company, Disaster Studios, Disaster is a reinvigorated version of the park s former Earthquake ... Studio Tour, its main inspiration actually came from the 1974 disaster film epic Earthquake movie Earthquake ... http media.universalorlando.com newsreleases detail.aspx?id 135&categoryID 0 DISASTER TO HIT UNIVERSAL ... January 2009 Disaster also features new ride elements that were not in the Earthquake attraction .... ref http www.attractionsmagazine.com video.php Full Video of the grand opening of Disaster ref As of January 3, 2010, the Disaster attraction closed for the rehab of the ride section. It reopened on April 1, 2010. Halloween Horror Nights See also Halloween Horror Nights The Disaster queue has ... ZombieGeddon HHN XX H.R. Bloodengutz Presents Holidays of Horror HHN XXI Story Image Disaster Studios Soft Opening 002 0001.jpg thumb right Disaster Studios mural in the first room of the Pre show. Disaster ... to be a part of the big finale sequence involving an earthquake. Queue Disaster s queue serves as a boneyard for many props from recent faux Disaster Studios films, including a Meteor Struck House from ... to Disaster Studios with a giant mural of destroyed Los Angeles, introducing Frank Kincaid as the Master ... film Mutha Nature . The trailer, which spoofs disaster films in general, stars an uncredited Dwayne ... from the exit called Disaster Studios Gifts which sells T shirts based on lines from the attraction ... Cast Christopher Walken as Frank Kincaid The owner, CEO, Head Director, Writer, Producer etc. of Disaster ... Florida Operations Team Members as Production Crew Members the employees who work at Disaster Studios ... more details
thumb right The Port of Dover , United Kingdom File Landungsbr cken, Hamburg.JPG thumb right Port of Hamburg , Germany File Port of Piraeus.jpg thumb The port of Piraeus in Greece File Vizag seaport.jpg thumb Visakhapatnam Port, Andhra Pradesh, India File Port Vell, Barcelona, Spain Jan 2007.jpg thumb right Port of Barcelona , Catalonia s largest port File Cranes Limassol Harbour 20110703.jpg thumb Cranes in Limassol Harbour. File Port of Kobe02s4100.jpg thumb Port of Kobe , Japan File Montreal Panorama II.jpg thumb right Port of Montreal , Canada . The world s largest inland port. File Port Metro Vancouver.png thumb right Port Metro Vancouver , Canada s largest port File Port of Miami Florida.jpg thumb right Port of Miami , United States File Container port facilities in Newark Bay.JPG thumb Port Newark , seen across Newark Bay , United States. File Inverness harbour in 1999.JPG thumb Inverness , Scotland port in 1999 File Dockhawaii.jpg thumb Cargo port in Hilo , Hawaii A port is a location ... or cargo to or from land. Port locations are selected to optimize access to land and Navigability ... to a port, so that passengers and cargo can also move further inland beyond the port area. Ports with international ... August 2011 The terms port and seaport are used for different types of port facilities that handle ocean going vessels, and river port is used for river traffic, such as barges and other shallow draft ... inland port s . A fishing port is a port or harbour for landing and distributing fish. It may be a recreational facility, but it is usually commercial. A fishing port is the only port that depends on an ocean product, and depletion of fish may cause a fishing port to be uneconomical. In recent decades, regulations to save fishing stock may limit the use of a fishing port, perhaps effectively closing it. A dry port is a term sometimes used to describe a yard used to place containers or conventional bulk cargo, usually connected to a seaport by rail or road. A warm water port anchor warm water ... more details
Football club infobox clubname AS Port image fullname nickname founded ground capacity chairman manager league Djibouti Premier League season 2011 position 1st pattern la1 pattern b1 unknown pattern ra1 leftarm1 FFFFFF body1 FFFFFF rightarm1 FFFFFF shorts1 FFFFFF socks1 FFFFFF pattern la2 pattern b2 unknown pattern ra2 leftarm2 FFFFFF body2 FFFFFF rightarm2 FFFFFF shorts2 FFFFFF socks2 FFFFFF AS Port is an Djbouti Djiboutian football soccer football club located in Djibouti city , Djibouti . It currently plays in Djibouti Premier League . Titles Djibouti Premier League 2 2010, 2011 Djibouti Cup 4 1988, 1989, 2010, 2011 Category Djiboutian football clubs ... more details
Brink of Disaster may refer to Brink of Disaster Thunderbirds episode Brink of Disaster Thunderbirds episode Brink of Disaster , a short film by John Florea disambig ... more details
Infobox Book See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name The Disaster Area title orig translator image Image Disaster area.jpg 200px image caption Dust jacket from the first edition author J. G. Ballard illustrator cover artist country United Kingdom language English language English series genre Science fiction short stories publisher Jonathan Cape release date 1967 english release date media type Print Hardcover Hardback pages 206 pp isbn NA preceded by followed by The Disaster Area is a collection of short stories by British author J. G. Ballard . Contents Storm bird, Storm dreamer The Concentration City The Subliminal Man Now Wakes the Sea Minus One Mr F. is Mr F. Zone of Terror Manhole 69 The Impossible Man References cite book last Tuck first Donald H. authorlink Donald H. Tuck title The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy location Chicago publisher Advent date 1974 isbn 0 911682 20 1 page 1 External links wikiquote http www.rickmcgrath.com jgb.html The Terminal Collection JG Ballard First Editions J. G. Ballard sf story stub DEFAULTSORT Disaster Area Category 1967 short story collections Category Short story collections by J. G. Ballard ... more details
wiktionary disaster A disaster is the impact of a hazard that negatively affects society or environment. Disaster may also refer to Disaster Star Trek The Next Generation Disaster Star Trek The Next Generation , season 5 episode of Star Trek The Next Generation Disaster Day of Crisis , video game by Monolith Soft for the Wii Major Disaster , former DC Comics supervillain and reluctant amoral superhero Disaster , attraction at Universal Studios Florida Disaster song Disaster song , a 2011 single by JoJo disambig de Katastrophe Begriffskl rung ... more details
Flirting with Disaster may refer to tocright Films and television Films Flirting with Disaster film Flirting with Disaster film , 1996 American comedy film written and directed by David O. Russell Television Flirting with Disaster , the 49th episode of The Simple Life Goes to Camp 2007 series Flirting with Disaster , the 32nd episode of Danny Phantom Season 2 2005 2006 Flirting with Disaster , the 8th episode of Rules of Engagement TV series Rules of Engagement Season 2 Flirting with Disaster , the 6th episode of The Real World Cancun Flirting with Disaster , the 26th episode of season 6 170th of the series of Beverly Hills, 90210 Flirting with Disaster , the 3rd episode of The Gregory Hines Show Flirting with Disaster , the 4th episode of Rita Rocks season 1 2008 2009 Flirting with Disaster American Dad Flirting with Disaster American Dad , the 19th episode of season 6 of American Dad Flirting with Disaster Co Ed Canoe Trip , the 17th episode of Bug Juice Music Flirting with Disaster soundtrack Flirting with Disaster soundtrack , soundtrack of film Flirting with Disaster Flirting with Disaster album , 2011 album by Swedish singer Jill Johnson Flirtin with Disaster , 1979 album by American southern rock band Molly Hatchet Flirting with Disaster , a song by Bruce Willis from his album The Return of Bruno album The Return of Bruno disambiguation ... more details
LZ129 The Hindenburg disaster took place on Thursday, May 6, 1937, as the German passenger airship LZ ... as well as one death among the ground crew. The disaster was the subject of spectacular newsreel ... in port. Landing timeline Around 7 00 p.m. local daylight saving time, at an altitude of convert ... from the bow, the starboard line being dropped first, followed by the port line. The port line was overtightened ... connected. First hints of disaster At 7 25pm, a few witnesses saw the fabric ahead of the upper ... on the port side just ahead of the port fin, and was followed by flames which burned on top. Charles ... of the ship felt a shock as the port trail rope overtightened the officers in the control car initially thought the shock was due to a broken rope. Disaster At 7 25 p.m. proper time, the Hindenburg ... is unknown several witnesses on the port side saw yellow red flames first jump forward of the top fin, around the vent of cell 4. ref name Blackwell2007p311 Other witnesses on the port side noted the fire actually began just ahead of the horizontal port fin, only then followed by flames in front ... coverage Main Hindenburg Disaster Newsreel Footage File Special Release Zeppelin Explodes.ogv thumb Universal Newsreel The disaster is well recorded because of the significant extent of newsreel coverage ..., eyewitness radio report being made from the landing field for station WLS AM WLS in Chicago ... resonate with the impact of the disaster, and have been widely used in popular culture. Part of the poignancy ..., all but a few of the passengers on the port side of the ship survived the fire, with some of them ... the disaster . As the ship neared the ground he lowered himself out the window and hung onto the window ..., Andreas. http www.hydropole.ch Hydropole Intro Hindenburg.htm The Hindenburg Disaster . R fenacht ... 2009 At the time of the disaster, sabotage was commonly put forward as the cause of the fire, initially ... on the disaster, the only answer that he had for the reporters waiting outside to question him was that based ... more details
and disabled by the 1984 toxic gas release. The Bhopal disaster commonly referred to as Bhopal gas ... south asia 8725140.stm title Bhopal trial Eight convicted over India gas disaster date 2010 06 07 work ... deaths have been attributed to the disaster in recent estimates. ref name Tehelka2010 cite news first ... UCC, UCIL employees, and Warren Anderson chairman Warren Anderson , UCC CEO at the time of the disaster. ref cite news publisher New York Times title Company Defends Chief in Bhopal Disaster url http dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com 2009 08 03 company defends chief in bhopal disaster date 2009 08 ... Disaster url http www.cbsnews.com stories 2009 07 31 world main5201155.shtml date 2009 07 31 ref ... give a picture of what led to the disaster and how it developed, although they differ in details ... off to save money including the MIC tank refrigeration system which could have mitigated the disaster ... s employees were fined before the disaster for refusing to deviate from the proper safety ... for five months before the disaster. Only one gas scrubber was operating it could not treat such a large ... disaster asked for Warren Anderson s extradition from the USA It is estimated 100,000 to 200,000 people ... Compensation from Union Carbide The Government of India passed the Bhopal Gas Leak Disaster Act that gave ... 200 was paid to everyone in the family who was born before the disaster. ref name Eckerman2004 The final ... In the immediate aftermath of the disaster, the health care system became tremendously overloaded. Within ... built after the disaster. In 1994, there were approximately 1.25 beds per 1,000, compared to the recommendation ... s never ending disaster date 22 Ocotber 2011 publisher url http www.environmentalistonline.com article 2011 10 13 bhopal s never ending disaster Video work The environmentalist pages accessdate ... that it did all it could to alleviate human suffering following the disaster. ref name ucs cite web ... hose directly to the tank through the metering port. ref name Kalelkar Carbide claims such a large ... more details
Beautiful Disaster may refer to Commented out entry not supported by linked article My Beautiful Disaster , a Top 40 Rock and Dance Band from Beaumont Texas Beautiful Disaster 311 song Beautiful Disaster 311 song Beautiful Disaster Kelly Clarkson song , a song by Kelly Clarkson from Thankful Kelly Clarkson album Thankful Beautiful Disaster , a song by Jon McLaughlin from Indiana Jon McLaughlin album Indiana Commented out entry not supported by linked article Beautiful Disaster , a song by Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers Commented out entry not supported by linked article Beautiful Disaster Christopher Micheal Ferrall Belly of the Boom disambig ... more details
Refimprove date July 2009 Disaster convergence is the phenomenon of individuals or groups moving towards a disaster stricken area. Convergers have many reasons for heading towards a disaster area . Kendra and Wachtendorf 2002 identified seven distinct categories of convergers. These categories are Mourning mourners , the Anxiety anxious , Non refoulement returners , the Disaster tourism curious , the emergency services helpers , the exploiters, and the supporters. Sources Kendra, J. and Wachtendorf, T. 2002 Reconsidering Convergence and Converger Legitimacy in Response to the World Trade Center Disaster. Research in Social Problems and Public Policy 11 197 224. Disasters DEFAULTSORT Disaster Convergence Category Emergency management disaster stub ... more details
Infobox single Name Disaster Cover JoJo Disaster Official Cover.jpg Caption Artist JoJo singer JoJo Album ... br 2007 This single Disaster br 2011 Next single Disaster is a song performed by American recording ... 6, 2011. ref name apple1 cite web url http itunes.apple.com us album disaster single id460172257 title iTunes Music Disaster Single by JoJo publisher iTunes date 2011 09 06 accessdate 2011 09 16 ref Musically, Disaster is a mid tempo pop music pop ballad with contemporary R&B R&B and pop rock influences. The protagonist reflects on a relationship and wondering how it became a disaster . The song ... by Benny Boom and shot in Downtown Los Angeles. JoJo performed Disaster for the first time on Good ... event.php?eid 307746662575402 ref Background Disaster is the lead single from JoJo s third ... driven song and is another break up themed song, she sings no happy ever after just Disaster . ref cite web url http www.rubasworld.com jojos official new single disaster title JoJo Levesque Official New Single Disaster & 124 Ruba s World publisher Rubasworld.com date 2011 08 18 accessdate 2011 09 ... you once held in your hand just slips out of your control and turns into a disaster, but what I love ... Composition listen filename JoJo Disaster Audio .ogg pos left title JoJo Disaster description format Ogg Disaster is a pop rock ref name MuuMuse ballad. Backed by a drum and acoustic guitar, JoJo sings ... cite web url http buzzworthy.mtv.com 2011 08 30 jojo disaster title New Song JoJo, Disaster ... web url http www.muumuse.com 2011 08 jojo disaster single review.html title JoJo Disaster single review ... rap up1 cite web url http www.rap up.com 2011 08 26 jojo unveils disaster single cover itunes release date title JoJo Unveils Disaster Single Cover, iTunes Release Date publisher Rap Up.com date 2011 08 26 accessdate 2011 09 16 ref Disaster was written by Gino Barletta and JoJo and was produced by Mario ... 08 30 accessdate 2011 09 11 ref Critical reception Disaster received generally positive reviews ... more details
The Texel disaster took place off the Netherlands Dutch coast on the night of 31 August 1940 and involved the sinking of two Royal Navy destroyers and damage to a third and a light cruiser . The disaster was caused by a destroyer flotilla running into an unmarked naval mine minefield which caused serious damage to one vessel two more destroyers were sunk going to the aid of the first, and a light cruiser sent as an escort was slightly damaged by a mine on the return journey. In all, the disaster caused around 300 deaths, with a further 100 men injured or taken prisoner of war . The disaster On the night of 31 August 1940, the United Kingdom British British 20th Destroyer Flotilla 20th Destroyer Flotilla consisting of HMS Express H61 6 , HMS Esk H15 2 , HMS Icarus D03 2 , HMS Intrepid D10 2 and HMS Ivanhoe D16 2 sailed from Immingham to the Dutch coast northwest of Texel to lay naval mine mines . ref name uboat http www.uboat.net allies warships ship 4419.html U Boat reference site entry on Ivanhoe ref The flotilla was joined by part of the British 5th Destroyer Flotilla 5th Destroyer Flotilla consisting of HMS Kelvin F37 6 , HMS Jupiter F85 2 and HMS Vortigern D37 2 . ref name uboat While the ships were laying mines, air reconnaissance detected a German naval force moving west from Terschelling towards Britain fearing an invasion the 20th flotilla was ordered to intercept. ref name hayward33 34 Harvnb Hayward 2001 pp 33 34 . ref Image Express and kelvin.jpg thumb Wounded sailors from Express are transferred to Kelvin Whilst heading for this German force the flotilla ran into a newly ... and the ships returned to port. ref name uboat Jupiter Towing towed the hulk of Express until tugs ... name uboat Aftermath The final toll of the disaster was approximately 300 killed, with a further 100 ... returning from the disaster, some badly burned, contributed to the myth that a German invasion ... 2001 p 33 . ref One theory amongst British civilians and press of the time laid the blame for the disaster ... more details
Disaster books are a literary genre involving detailed descriptions of major historical disaster s, often ... disaster s and man made disaster s is commonplace, authors tend to be journalist s who develop ... Tay Bridge Disaster of December 28th, 1879, one of the worst ever disasters on the rail network ... of the event, such as John Thomas in his New Light on the Tay Bridge Disaster published in 1972 ... of the Silvery Tay 2004 , have analysed the disaster from an engineering viewpoint, showing how design ... in a Hollywood epic. Lord followed it in 1986 with another book on the disaster, revealing testimony ... broken into two halves during the final stages of the disaster, and each separate part ended up well ... Disaster Which Happened On That Occasion. Faithfully Collected By An Ingenious Hand, To Preserve The Memory ... cite book title Full Details Of The Railway Disaster Of The 12th of March, 1857, At The Desjardin ... book title History of the Wallingford Disaster last Kendrick first John B. authorlink coauthors year ... books?id OXgzAAAAMAAJ accessdate 2009 07 15 Refend Springhill mining disaster 1891 Spring Hill Mine Refbegin cite book title Story Of The Springhill Disaster Comprising A Full And Authentic Account ... Disaster Containing A Full And Thrilling Account Of The Most Appalling Calamity Of Modern Times last ... Theater Fire Refbegin cite book title Lest We Forget , Chicago s Awful Theater Horror, By The Survivors ... Francisco Disaster And Mount Vesuvius Horror last Banks first Charles Eugene authorlink coauthors ... 08 15 cite book title San Francisco s Great Disaster last Tyler first Sydney authorlink coauthors ... Sunday Tornado Refbegin 2 cite book title Tragic Story Of America s Greatest Disaster Tornado ... 1913 publisher J. S. Ziegler Company location Chicago isbn page pages url http books.google.com books ... Of Ireland An Authentic Account Of The Most Horrible Disaster In Canadian History last Marshall ... books.google.com books?id d5ETAAAAYAAJ accessdate 2009 08 15 Refend See also DisasterDisaster films ... more details
DISPLAYTITLE Marchioness disaster Image cannon street railway bridge 2.jpg thumb 400px Looking upstream to Cannon St railway bridge, scene of the disaster The Marchioness disaster occurred on the River Thames in London in the early hours of 20 August 1989. The pleasure boat Marchioness sank after being run down by the dredger Bowbelle , near Cannon Street Railway Bridge . There were 131 people on the Marchioness . Some were members of the crew, some were catering staff and others were guests at a private birthday party. Fifty one of them drowned. Victims The party was organised by photographer agent Jonathan Phang to celebrate the 26th birthday of Antonio de Vasconcellos, who worked in a merchant bank . The pair were good friends and business partners in a photographic agency. Of Portuguese people Portuguese family background, Vasconcellos had studied Economics at Cambridge University . Phang ... . Farm winner Jeff s real dad was captain of disaster boat. Daily Mirror . ref Collision In the initial ... report ref Aftermath The disaster was found by the Marine Accident Investigation Branch to have ..., the UK government Government asked the Maritime and Coastguard Agency , the Port of London Authority ... was herself lost seven years after the disaster. Having been sold to a Madeira n dredging company ... Cathedral , not far from the site of the disaster, where every year a service of remembrance is held for those who lost their lives. A drama about the events surrounding the disaster, filmed by ITV ... form , though it has since been shown on French TV. Relatives of some of those killed in the disaster ... roses in the Thames, near to the site of the disaster. ref cite news title Marchioness boat disaster ... s efforts to come to terms with the disaster. ref Phang, Jonathan October 10, 2009 . http entertainment.timesonline.co.uk ... External links http www.marchioness bowbelle.org.uk Formal Investigation Report into the disaster ... Thames Category Port of London ja ... more details
The Greycliffe disaster occurred in Port Jackson Sydney Harbour Australia on 3 November 1927 when the harbour ferry Greycliffe and the Union Steamship Company mail steamer Tahiti collided. The smaller ferry was cut in two and sank with the loss of 40 lives, the deadliest incident on Sydney Harbour. ref name NSWPolice The collision Greycliffe left Circular Quay , Sydney s main ferry terminus, at 4.15pm on Thursday 3 November 1927, with 120 passengers on board, including school children returning home. The ferry stopped at Garden Island, New South Wales Garden Island to pick up dock workers, and then resumed its journey on a course that would have taken it just north of the lighthouse near Shark Island Port Jackson Shark Island . Its remaining intended stops were to be Nielsen Park, Parsley Bay, Central Wharf near The Crescent , and Watsons Bay. On roughly the same course, however, was the Union Steamship Company s outward bound trans Pacific Royal Mail Steamship 7,585 ton Tahiti , three times the size of Greycliffe . Greycliffe was ahead and to the right of the Tahiti . At about half way between Garden Island and Bradleys Head , Tahiti s bows struck Greycliffe midships on its port side. The small ferry was pushed around perpendicular to the large steamer s bow, and momentarily was pushed along. The ferry began to overturn, and was broken in two, and the steamer sailed through the ferry ... and aftermath File Greycliffe victim.jpg thumb grave of Greycliffe Disaster victim A total of forty ... Tahiti Greycliffe Disaster Police New South Wales ref Greycliffe s design was identified as flawed with the wheelhouse .... He claimed that a few minutes from Garden Island, he felt the ferry pull to port, which he blamed ... gradually shifted blame for the disaster from Tahiti s pilot, Captain Thomas Carson, to the ferry ... info history tahiti.html The 1927 Tahiti Greycliffe Disaster The Thin Blue Line Waterway 1938 Novel by Eleanor Dark based on the Greycliffe Disaster http en.wikipedia.org wiki Eleanor Dark coord missing ... more details
. The Wahine disaster occurred on 10 April 1968 when the TEV Wahine , a New Zealand inter island ferry ... is one of the better known Sea maritime disaster s in New Zealand s history, although there have been ... between the two islands, making port at Wellington in the north and Lyttleton in the South. The Wahine ... passenger ships built since the Titanic disaster in 1912 in which 1,500 people lost their lives ... launch, which had also reached the scene. Disaster unfolding Image Barrett Reef.jpg thumb right Looking east on a calm day over the entry of Wellington Harbour , where the disaster occurred. At about ... left the four lifeboats on her port side useless. Only the four Lifeboat shipboard lifeboat s on her ... Shirley Hick, remembered for having lost two of her three children in the Wahine disaster, recalled ... File NZ Wahine Salvage.jpg right thumb 300px Salvage operations under way two weeks after the disaster ... Park marks the disaster, near where the survivors reached the shore at Seatoun . This park has ... The Wahine Disaster a tragedy remembered 2003, Grantham House Wellington, N.Z. ISBN 1869340795 Max Lambert and Jim Hartley The Wahine Disaster 1969, Reed & 1974, Collins Fontana Silver Fern Kevin Boon The Wahine Disaster 1990, Nelson Price Milburn Petone, N.Z. ISBN 0 7055 1478 1 & 1999, Kotuku booklet ... and recommended for those who wish to do serious research into the disaster. C.W.N. Ingram New Zealand shipwrecks 195 years of disaster at sea Beckett, 1990 Auckland, N.Z. ISBN 0 908676 49 2. This is the latest ... of Inquiry which followed the disaster. External links http www.nzhistory.net.nz node 5250 The Wahine disaster NZHistory.net.nz includes images, sound and video http www.thewahine.co.nz The Wahine .... http www.nzetc.org tm scholarly tei LamWahi.html The Wahine Disaster by Max Lambert 1970 http www.nzhistory.net.nz node 795 Co ordinating the rescue Wahine Disaster explores the ability of the police to respond to the Wahine disaster http freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com sooty wahine.html ... more details
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