Fri 21 Jan 2022 20.51 EST. First published on Thu 20 Jan 2022 16.52 EST. At least 13 people have been killed after a truck carrying mining explosives collided with a motorcycle in western Ghana ...
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BEIRUT, LEBANON - AUGUST 05: Smoke rises above wrecked buildings at the citys port, devastated by an explosion a day earlier, on August 5, 2020 in Beirut, …
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The explosion's shockwave blew out windows at Beirut International Airport's passenger terminal, about 9km (5 miles) away from the port. The blast was also heard as far away as Cyprus, about 200km ...
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The Ypres Offensive was launched on July 31, just weeks after the explosions at Messines, but Germans fiercely contested the assaults and launched counterattacks of their own. The offensive was, ostensibly, an Allied victory. The Allies took Ypres and a lot of other territory, but suffered 275,000 casualties to Germany's 220,000.
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BEIRUT, LEBANON - AUGUST 05: Smoke rises above wrecked buildings at the citys port, devastated by an explosion a day earlier, on August 5, 2020 in Beirut, Lebanon.
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Massive explosion kills 3, injures 77 in southern Nigerian city ... The blast, which rocked more than 20 buildings, was attributed to explosives stored for illegal mining operations.
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-- Open-pit mine collapses in February in China's northern Inner Mongolia region, burying dozens under rubble and killing 53. The company running the mine was fined the previous year for multiple safety violations.-- A massive explosion at a chemical plant in northeastern China killed at least 13 people in January. Some 35 other people …
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People gather at the site of an explosion in Ibadan, Nigeria, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. Several people died and many others were injured after a massive blast caused by explosives rocked more than ...
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Oct. 15, 2022. ISTANBUL — The death toll from an explosion inside a coal mine in northern Turkey rose to at least 41 workers on Saturday, with 11 others injured, making it the worst mining ...
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A devastating explosion in a mine in central China has left 61 people trapped and 14 missing. The incident occurred on Friday afternoon in a coal mine in the city of Pingdingshan, central China's Henan Province, local authorities said. A massive rescue operation has been launched. The accident happened at around 2 pm in a coal mine run …
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widely believed that when a mine explosion occurred, a flammable atmosphere of firedamp must be present. Unfortunately in the early years of coal mining, few scholars considered the possibility and hazard of a dust ... In 1951, however, the Orient No. 2 Mine in Illinois suffered a massive coal explosion killing 119 miners. One year later, an ...
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A truck carrying explosives intended for mining collided with a motorcycle, setting off a blast that left a massive crater on the side of the road and reduced dozens of buildings to dust-covered ...
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The Farmington Mine Disaster memorial in Mannington, W.Va., bears the names of the 78 men killed in the explosion on Nov. 20, 1968. Jesse Wright/West ia Public Broadcasting hide caption
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Now the trenches were the siege defences, and the mining technology was scaled up to meet the new demands. At Messines in Belgium the summer of 1917, the British Second Army opened a long-planned …
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Mining accidents are common in China. In this file photo, rescuers wait outside the Songzao Coal Mine near Chongqing, in southwest China on September 27, 2020. (File photo: AFP)
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. On April 5, 2010, at approximately 3:02 p.m., a massive coal dust explosion occurred at the Upper Big Branch Mine-South (UBB), killing 29 miners and injuring two. UBB is operated by Performance Coal Company (PCC), a former subsidiary of Massey Energy Company (Massey) (together PCC/Massey), and is located in Montcoal, …
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Investigators said a mining vehicle likely collided with a motorcycle. A town in Ghana was rocked by a huge explosion Thursday that sent several people to the hospital, the authorities said. The ...
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This Explosion Was the Biggest Blast Before Atomic Bombs. On June 7, 1917, British forces detonated 19 massive mines beneath German trenches, blasting tons of soil, steel, and bodies into the sky.
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A van is seen near the rubble of a building at the site of an explosion in Ibadan, Nigeria, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. Several people died and many others were injured after a massive blast caused by explosives rocked more than 20 buildings in one of Nigeria's largest cities Tuesday night, authorities said Wednesday, as rescue workers …
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A van is seen near the rubble of a building at the site of an explosion in Ibadan, Nigeria, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. Several people died and many others were injured after a massive blast caused by explosives rocked more than 20 buildings in one …
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The explosion, which occurred around 5 p.m., destroyed one building and damaged another at R.M. Palmer Company's factory, Chief Holben said at a news conference on Friday. The cause of the ...
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Messines Ridge, 3am, 7 June 1917—an Irish soldier's eyewitness account. Patrick Carroll would always remember the moment the massive explosion was set off by the sappers. It happened just after 3 o'clock in the morning of 7 June 1917, and the ground shook furiously as if there had been an earthquake. The Irishman, serving with the Royal ...
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One of the many mine craters from Messines ridge, also known as Lone Tree Crater or Pool of Peace. On June 7 th, 1917, 19 of the mines were detonated within half a minute. When the explosions took place more than a million pounds of explosives were backed into the underground chambers along seven miles dug by the miners in an …
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LONDON -- More than a dozen people were killed and many more were injured by a massive explosion that rocked southwestern Ghana on Thursday, authorities said. A vehicle …
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17 Jan 2024. At least two people were killed and dozens injured when explosives stored at a private residence detonated in Nigeria's southwest Oyo state, its governor said on Wednesday. Several ...
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A state of emergency has been declared in Seychelles after a massive explosion at an industrial area on the main island, Mahé. Video footage shows the moment the blast took place, leaving a trail ...
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Play Video. 1:02. CCTV footage shows a large part of an open-pit coalmine in the town of Alxa League collapsing, killing at least five people and injuring six others. Almost 50 people were …
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On Tuesday, Beirut was devastated by a massive chemical explosion that occurred at the city's port a little after 6pm local time. The blast killed at least 135 people and injured thousands more ...
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A massive mine explosion leaves nearly 100 dead in Krebs, Oklahoma, on January 7, 1892. The disaster, the worst mining catastrophe in Oklahoma's history, was mainly due to the mine owner's ...
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January 17, 2024 7:29 AM EST. ABUJA, Nigeria — Three people died and 77 others were injured overnight when an explosives rocked more than 20 buildings in one of Nigeria's largest cities ...
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