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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.
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 ...
MacDiarmid was last seen late on the night of 11 July 1990, in the parking lot of Kananook railway station. Evidence found near her car suggested a struggle, and foul play is suspected. Police have interviewed two potential suspects, but she officially remains missing. [20] [21] 15 August 1990. Eugene John Hebert. 66.
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 ...
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]
Kansas City, Missouri: 113 1975 Eastern Air Lines Flight 66: Accident – aircraft: New York City, New York: 112 1863 New York City draft riots: Riot: New York City, New York: $1–5 million (1863) Worst civil unrest in U.S. history required diverting Union Army troops from the front to put down 112 1902 Rolling Mill Mine: Accident – coal mine
In 1999, five people were injured when a raft overturned. [310] In 2001, a boat filled with park employees overturned when the employees rocked the boat. The establishment was shaken up but no one was injured. [310] On August 4, 2009, a family of three and one other park visitor were injured when a boat capsized.