# \#industrial-accidents

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## [The 1947 Texas City Port Explosion](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-1947-texas-city-port-explosion/1860)

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**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
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**Last updated:** [16 August 2022 14:56 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-1947-texas-city-port-explosion/1860 "2022-08-16T14:56:32Z")

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I had either not previously heard or forgotten about the second explosion, which some witnesses said was even more powerful than the first, but only claimed two lives because the area of the port where it …