10. Forest Elephants rampage Chandka
In the spring of 1972, Chandka forest area in India - which has been hit by drought-attacked heat waves as well. Local elephants, which usually is not a problem, became agitated because the high temperatures and lack of water. In the summer the situation is getting worse. On July 10, the elephant herds rampage and attacked five villages, leaving massive destruction.9. Mass poisoning in Basra
September 1971 shipments 90.000 metric tons of wheat seed arrived in the Iraqi port of Basra. American barley and Mexican wheat that has been chemically treated with methyl-mercury to prevent spoilage-sprayed pink to indicate that it is very toxic and clearly written warnings printed on the wrapper but only in English and Spanish. Before being distributed to farmers, had been stolen from the dock and sold as food to the starving population. The Iraqi government, ashamed of this neglect, short stories and not until two American journalists reported evidence of 6.530 hospital cases of mercury poisoning. Government officials admit 459 died, but the actual number is estimated at 6.000 with another 100,000 suffer permanent effects such as blindness, deafness and brain damage.8. The explosion at the Texas City Chain Reaction
On 15 April, 1947, the French transport ship entered the Texas City docks, and took 1.400 tons of ammonium nitrate fertilizer. That night the fire appears at the bottom of the deck. Toward morning, thick black smoke port authorities for the chemical company Monsanto is only 700 feet. A man stood on the dock watching, tugboat prepared to tow the ship to sea transport. The flames spread to the outside of the wreck, and within minutes Monsanto exploded, killing and destroying hundreds of workers and witnesses who saw the explosion beginning. Most commercial district was destroyed, and the fire raged along the waterfront, where a large number of butane gas pliers in a state threatened to explode. Not long after midnight, the second-transport ship also carries nitrate explosive, and the whole thing over again. More than 500 people died and 1000 were injured.7. Tunguska event
On 30 June, 1908 a massive explosion occurred near Podkamennaya (Under Rock) Tunguska River, now known Krasnoyarsk Krai of Russia. The explosion likely caused by a meteor or comet fragment with a length of approximately 20m (60 feet). Although the meteor or comet be destroyed before it reached the earth, this event is still considered collision events. Explosion energy is estimated at between 10 and 20 megatons of TNT, 1,000 times more powerful than the bombs dropped on Hiroshima or equivalent to Castle Bravo, a nuclear bomb detonated strongest U.S.. Tunguska blast uprooted approximately 80 million trees around 2.150 square kilimeter. The damage is still visible from satellites in space.6. Fall of the Empire State Building
On Saturday morning, July 28, 1945, veteran Army pilot took off in a B-25 light bomber of Bedford, Massachusetts, to Newark, New Jersey, co-pilot and also in the young marines. The fog made visibility low. Approximately an hour later, the people in the streets of midtown Manhattan realized roar of a plane sharper and watched in horror bomber suddenly appeared out of the clouds, darting between skyscrapers, and then plunged into the side of the Empire State Building. Fragments aircraft and buildings collapsed in unison. Large gaping hole in the floor 78, one of the engines hit 7 wall and out of the side of the building and other engine fell in the elevator shaft. When the fuel tanks exploded, 6 floors engulfed in flame, and burning gasoline flowed on the other side of the building. Fortunately, few offices open on Saturday, and only 11 people plus three occupants of the plane died.5. The Gillingham Fire Demonstration
Each year firefighters Gillingham, in Kent, England, will build a 'home' out of wood and fabric popular for fire fighting demonstration at the annual Gillingham Park. Every year, too, a couple of local boys were selected from many candidates. On 11 July 1929, nine boys, aged 10 to 14 - and 6 firefighters dressed as if it were a wedding, climbing to the third floor of the 'house' with ropes and ladders. The plan was to light a fire on the first floor, rescuing 'wedding' with ropes and ladders, and then blow up the empty house to demonstrate the use of fire hoses. Due to an error, first fire, the audience thought the bodies they see are jokes and clapped, while firefighters sprayed water outside to know the real disaster. to 15 people died in the house.4. Gas Cylinder Explosion Pittsburg
The gas cylinder tube-the largest in the world at that time was in the heart of the industrial center of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, developed a leak. In the morning 14 november 1927, the repairman going to fix it with a light blow open. Around 10 o'clock they found the leak. Tank containing 5 million cubic of natural gas, up into the air like a balloon and burst. Piece of metal, weighing 100 lbs, were scattered into the distance, and the combined effects of air pressure and fire left a square mile of devastation. 28 people were killed and hundreds were injured.3. Cane Molasses Flood in The Great Boston
September 1971 shipments 90.000 metric tons of wheat seed arrived in the Iraqi port of Basra. American barley and Mexican wheat that has been chemically treated with methyl-mercury to prevent spoilage-sprayed pink to indicate that it is very toxic and clearly written warnings printed on the wrapper but only in English and Spanish. Before being distributed to farmers, had been stolen from the dock and sold as food to the starving population. The Iraqi government, ashamed of this neglect, short stories and not until two American journalists reported evidence of 6.530 hospital cases of mercury poisoning. Government officials admit 459 died, but the actual number is estimated at 6.000 with another 100,000 suffer permanent effects such as blindness, deafness and brain damage.8. The explosion at the Texas City Chain Reaction
On 15 April, 1947, the French transport ship entered the Texas City docks, and took 1.400 tons of ammonium nitrate fertilizer. That night the fire appears at the bottom of the deck. Toward morning, thick black smoke port authorities for the chemical company Monsanto is only 700 feet. A man stood on the dock watching, tugboat prepared to tow the ship to sea transport. The flames spread to the outside of the wreck, and within minutes Monsanto exploded, killing and destroying hundreds of workers and witnesses who saw the explosion beginning. Most commercial district was destroyed, and the fire raged along the waterfront, where a large number of butane gas pliers in a state threatened to explode. Not long after midnight, the second-transport ship also carries nitrate explosive, and the whole thing over again. More than 500 people died and 1000 were injured.7. Tunguska event
On 30 June, 1908 a massive explosion occurred near Podkamennaya (Under Rock) Tunguska River, now known Krasnoyarsk Krai of Russia. The explosion likely caused by a meteor or comet fragment with a length of approximately 20m (60 feet). Although the meteor or comet be destroyed before it reached the earth, this event is still considered collision events. Explosion energy is estimated at between 10 and 20 megatons of TNT, 1,000 times more powerful than the bombs dropped on Hiroshima or equivalent to Castle Bravo, a nuclear bomb detonated strongest U.S.. Tunguska blast uprooted approximately 80 million trees around 2.150 square kilimeter. The damage is still visible from satellites in space.6. Fall of the Empire State Building
On Saturday morning, July 28, 1945, veteran Army pilot took off in a B-25 light bomber of Bedford, Massachusetts, to Newark, New Jersey, co-pilot and also in the young marines. The fog made visibility low. Approximately an hour later, the people in the streets of midtown Manhattan realized roar of a plane sharper and watched in horror bomber suddenly appeared out of the clouds, darting between skyscrapers, and then plunged into the side of the Empire State Building. Fragments aircraft and buildings collapsed in unison. Large gaping hole in the floor 78, one of the engines hit 7 wall and out of the side of the building and other engine fell in the elevator shaft. When the fuel tanks exploded, 6 floors engulfed in flame, and burning gasoline flowed on the other side of the building. Fortunately, few offices open on Saturday, and only 11 people plus three occupants of the plane died.5. The Gillingham Fire Demonstration
Each year firefighters Gillingham, in Kent, England, will build a 'home' out of wood and fabric popular for fire fighting demonstration at the annual Gillingham Park. Every year, too, a couple of local boys were selected from many candidates. On 11 July 1929, nine boys, aged 10 to 14 - and 6 firefighters dressed as if it were a wedding, climbing to the third floor of the 'house' with ropes and ladders. The plan was to light a fire on the first floor, rescuing 'wedding' with ropes and ladders, and then blow up the empty house to demonstrate the use of fire hoses. Due to an error, first fire, the audience thought the bodies they see are jokes and clapped, while firefighters sprayed water outside to know the real disaster. to 15 people died in the house.4. Gas Cylinder Explosion Pittsburg
The gas cylinder tube-the largest in the world at that time was in the heart of the industrial center of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, developed a leak. In the morning 14 november 1927, the repairman going to fix it with a light blow open. Around 10 o'clock they found the leak. Tank containing 5 million cubic of natural gas, up into the air like a balloon and burst. Piece of metal, weighing 100 lbs, were scattered into the distance, and the combined effects of air pressure and fire left a square mile of devastation. 28 people were killed and hundreds were injured.3. Cane Molasses Flood in The Great Boston
15 January 1919, workers and residents of Boston's North End, mostly Irish and Italian, were out enjoying the afternoon sun on a warm day. Suddenly, with a brief warning, a large cast iron tank belonging pure refining companies large wave broke and raw cane molasses-black, two-story-high, submerging streets and flows slowly towards the waterfront area. Not only pedestrians but also trains horses can not outrun ini.2 million gallons of molasses which was originally to be used as a drink to drown some -21 men, women and children were drowned. The horses were actually just stuck in the sticky liquid sugar, the police were forced to shoot him. Boston smelled of molasses for a week, and the port to brown until summer.2. The Shiloh Baptist Church Panic
2000 people, mostly blacks, gathered at Shiloh Baptist Church Birmingham, Alabama, on 19 September, 1902, to hear an address by Booker T. Washington. Walls a new church. Steep stairs, clinging to the wall. After the lecture finished, there is little dispute that the seat is empty, get out the words 'fight' from one of the members of the chorus, the crowd seems to be a misinterpretation 'fire' so everyone running out the door. The door is not wide of course not able to accommodate crowds jostling, let alone fairly steep staircase door, pull the incident and ended up stepping on each other to the death of 115 people, with the position of the front door of the church piled to a height of 10 feet.Snakes 1.Invasi St. Pierre
Volcanic activity on the 'bald mountain' towering over St Pierre, Martinique, usually not so important that many people ignored the smoke from the crater and several small earthquakes during April 1902. In early May, however, ash began to fall continuously, and the smell of sulfur filled the air. Existing houses on the slopes of the mountain can no longer habitable, more than 100 fer-de-lances (-this ya big snakes and venomous in America) started to creep invade quarter of mulat (tuh-mulat mixed negro ma caucasian-) at St Pierre. 6 foot long snake has killed 50 people and countless other animals. But eradication has just begun, On May 5 avalanche of boiling mud spilled into the sea, followed by a tsunami that killed hundreds of people, 3 days later, May 8, Mt Pelee finally exploded, sending lava rocks white and deadly to the city. Within 3 minutes St Pierre destroyed. Than 30,000 population, only 2 survivors.
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