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The Texas City Disaster | America's Worst Industrial Accident | Sleep History Documentary with Rain Sounds
On the morning of Wednesday, April 16th, 1947, a French freighter sat at Dock O in Texas City, Texas, loaded with 2,300 tons of ammonium nitrate fertilizer. A thin ribbon of smoke rose from one of her holds. Within the hour, the SS Grandcamp had detonated with a force that flattened the waterfront, killed the entire volunteer fire department where it stood, and knocked two small aircraft out of the sky. Tonight, we walk slowly through the deadliest industrial accident in United States history. Narrated gently, over steady rainfall, to help you drift off.
This is a full, five-chapter history…
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