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Kansas City, Missouri November 29, 1988: 6 23 On November 29, 1988, at 4:07 AM two trailers containing approximately 23,000 kg (50,000 lb) of the explosive ANFO (ammonium nitrate with fuel oil) exploded at a construction site located near the 87th street exit of Highway 71 in Kansas City, Missouri. The explosives were to be used in the blasting ...
1863 - August 13: The collapse of the Union Women's Prison kills four and maims several other women, which the pro-Confederate bushwhackers will cite revenge as a justification for the Sacking of Lawrence. [6] 1864 - October 23: Battle of Westport. 1867 - March 1: First meeting of the Kansas City Public Schools Board of Education.
The Kansas City Fire Department first originated with the formation of volunteer bucket brigades as early as 1858. Church bells rung to signal a fire alarm and members would assemble at the scene to help. In 1867, the city abandoned the voluntary bucket brigade for a paid fire department, and Colonel Frank Foster was elected as its first chief.
3 November 1893. Explosion of dynamite cargo on the steamship Cabo Machichaco, in at the port of Santander, Spain, with more than 2,000 injured. [ 14 ] 581. 16 April 1947. Texas City disaster in the Port of Texas City, Texas, USA; over 5,000 were also injured. 575. 4 June 1989. Ufa train disaster in Ufa, Soviet Union.
October 9; third party damage to a Yellowstone Pipeline Company line caused the line to fail, near Garrison, Montana. About 260,000 gallons of petroleum products were lost. [28] October 11; corrosion caused a Chevron LPG pipeline to fail, in Martin County, Texas. One person was killed.
Non-fatal injuries. 216. Two overhead walkways in the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri, collapsed on July 17, 1981, killing 114 people and injuring 216. Loaded with partygoers, the concrete and glass platforms crashed onto a tea dance in the lobby. Kansas City society was affected for years, with the collapse resulting in billions ...
Poole explosion: 6 July 1988 United Kingdom: Aberdeen: 167 Unknown Piper Alpha explosion: 12 December 1988 Mexico: La Merced, Mexico City: 62+ 83+ Mexico City fireworks disaster: 23 December 1988 United States: Memphis, Tennessee. 9 10 Memphis tanker truck disaster: 4 June 1989 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: Iglinsky District: 575 800 Ufa ...
Location. Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Coordinates. 39°09′40″N 94°28′34″W / 39.161213°N 94.476242°W / 39.161213; -94.476242. The interior of SubTropolis. SubTropolis is a business complex located inside of a 55,000,000-square-foot (5,100,000 m 2), 1,100-acre (4.5 km 2) mine in the bluffs north of the Missouri ...