The Halifax Explosion
Over 2,000 people died and another 9,000 were injured when a ship loaded with explosives caught fire in Halifax harbor.
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January 10, 1860
Pemberton Mill Collapse
About 145 workers died when a factory in Lawrence, Massachusetts collapsed
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March 10, 1906
Courrieres Mine Disaster
1,099 workers died, including children, in a mine accident in France
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March 25, 1911
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
More than 100 garment workers died when a garment manufacturing factory in New York City caught fire.
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October 14, 1913
Senghenydd Colliery Disaster
439 workers died in what has been called the worst mining accident in the United Kingdom
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September 21, 1921
Oppau Explosion
500-600 people died and around 2,000 were injured when a tower silo storing 4,500 tons of a chemical fertilizer exploded at a plant in Oppau, which is now a part of Ludwigshafen, Germany
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April 26, 1942
Benxihu Colliery Disaster
1,549 workers died in a coal mining accident in Benxi, Lianing, China.
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April 16, 1947
Texas City Disaster
At least 578 people died and 3,500 more were injured when a docked ship containing chemical fertilizers exploded.
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November 19, 1984
San Juanico Disaster
Hundereds were killed and thousands injured when a liquid petroleum gas tank farm in San Juanico, Mexico, exploded
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December 3, 1984
Bhopal Gas Tragedy
Between 4,000 and 20,000 people died when deadly gas leaked from the Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India. Overall, more than 500,000 people were exposed to the gas
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April 26, 1986
Chernobyl Nuclear Meltdown
Only 50 people died in the steam explosion caused by the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant meltdown in Prypiat, Ukraine, but it is estimated that the disaster caused several hundered thousand cancer deaths in the years that followed
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July 6, 1988
Piper Alpha Disaster
In the worst offshore oil disaster to date, 167 men died when a North Sea oil production platform exploded and subsequently caught on fire
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May 10, 1993
Kader Toy Factory Fire
About 188 workers were killed when a poorly built factory in Thailand caught fire.
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September 11, 2012
Karachi Garment Factory Fire
Around 289 people died when the Ali Enterprises garment factory, which manufactured clothes for export, caught fire.
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November 24, 2012
Dhaka Tasreen Fashion Fire
112 workers died when a seven-story garment manufacturing factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, caught fire.
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April 17, 2013
West Texas Explosion
At least 14 people were killed and 160 more were injured when a fertilizer plant in West, Texas, exploded.
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April 24, 2013
Savar Building Collapse
More than 800 people died when an eight-story factory on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, collapsed.
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and the recent gujrat school van :(
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very sad thread :(
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I know :(