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To: BBell

I think the explosion of the Alum Chine in Baltimore was worse. She was carrying a cargo of dynamite.


2 posted on 04/16/2018 8:29:38 AM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: Jimmy Valentine
Fertilizer is what blew up the Murra building in Oklahoma city. The article does say it was the largest non nuclear explosion. Ammonium nitrate is used more than other explosives as it has more bang for the buck.
4 posted on 04/16/2018 8:44:55 AM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: Jimmy Valentine

The Halifax Explosion was worse. 2,000 dead and 8,000 wounded. TNT and picric acid, the highly flammable fuel benzole, and guncotton.


5 posted on 04/16/2018 9:07:34 AM PDT by BBell (calm down and eat your sandwiches)
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To: Jimmy Valentine

According to one report, that was only 350 tons of dynamite:

http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1997-03-02/features/1997061122_1_alum-chine-patapsco-river-dynamite

The Halifax explosion of 6 Dec 1917 involved about 3000 tons of explosives, history’s largest non-nuclear explosion prior to the Texas City explosion.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Explosion


7 posted on 04/16/2018 9:16:40 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Jimmy Valentine

http://www.gendisasters.com/maryland/2444/baltimore-md-harbor-explosion-mar-1913


13 posted on 04/16/2018 12:38:32 PM PDT by packrat35 (Pelosi is only on loan to the world from Satan. Hopefully he will soon want his baby killer back)
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To: Jimmy Valentine

I grew up in Baltimore before it got bad and never heard of this.


15 posted on 04/16/2018 7:03:10 PM PDT by bravo whiskey (Never bring a liberal gun law to a gun fight.)
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