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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 ...
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.
November 25; a natural gas explosion and fire in Kansas City, Missouri, involved a break in a customer owned service line, at a threaded joint that was affected by corrosion. One person was killed and five persons injured in the explosion that severely damaged the residence.
Celebrity Fireworks plant explosion: Rialto, California: United States: 1 death: factory 1988-12-12: Mexico City fireworks disaster: Mexico City: Mexico: 62+ deaths, up to 83 injuries: market 1989-03-22: Fengate fireworks factory explosion: Peterborough: United Kingdom: 1 firefighter death, over 100 injuries: factory: 1991-02-14: Culemborg ...
Wanggongchang Explosion in Beijing, China in the Wanggongchang Gunpowder Factory destroys part of the city and kills 20,000 people [1] 3,000. 18 August 1769. A lightning bolt caused the Brescia Explosion of a gunpowder depot in Brescia (Italy), destroying one-sixth of the city [2] [3]
Police have interviewed two potential suspects, but she officially remains missing. [20] [21] 15 August 1990. Eugene John Hebert. 66. Sri Lanka. American-born Jesuit missionary Hebert went missing on 15 August 1990, on his way to the eastern city of Batticaloa from a nearby town of Valaichchenai.
Kay Barnes – mayor of Kansas City 1999–2007. Hector Barreto Sr. — activist and entrepreneur. H. Roe Bartle – mayor of Kansas City and namesake of Kansas City Chiefs. Count Basie – jazz musician and bandleader. Noah Beery – actor. Wallace Beery – Oscar-winning actor. Thomas Hart Benton – artist. Richard L. Berkley – politician ...
11 March 1597. Kingdom of Ireland. Dublin. 126–200. Hundreds. Dublin gunpowder explosion – 140 barrels of gunpowder, needed by the English army then fighting the Nine Years' War (1593–1603), exploded on the quays of Dublin and on Winetavern Street, destroying many buildings. 30 May 1626. Ming dynasty.