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12/6/1917: Imo, a Belgian steamer and Mont Blanc, a French freighter, both loaded with WWI ammunition, collide and explode in Canada’s Halifax Harbor, leveling part of the town and killing nearly 1,600 and injuring approximately 8,000.

Thursday, December 6th, 2018

History

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10/12/2000: A motorized rubber dinghy loaded with explosives blows a 40-by-40-foot hole in the port side of the USS Cole, a U.S. Navy destroyer that was refueling at Aden, Yemen.

Friday, October 12th, 2018

History Channel

Seventeen sailors were killed
38 wounded

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Tanzania: Hundreds feared dead as their passenger ferry sank between two islands in Lake Victoria

Friday, September 21st, 2018

CNN

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7/24/1915: The steamer Eastland overturns in the Chicago River, drowning between 800 and 850 of its passengers who were heading to a picnic.

Tuesday, July 24th, 2018

History

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11 dead, others missing after boat capsizes during a powerful storm on Table Rock Lake near Branson, MO.

Friday, July 20th, 2018

STL

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Off the northern coast of Cyprus: At least 19 people are dead after a ship carrying around 150 presumed migrants capsized in the Mediterranean, but 103 have been rescued so far.

Thursday, July 19th, 2018

Fox News

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Bob Lo Boat Fire today

Friday, July 6th, 2018

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A boat carrying dozens of Chinese tourists overturned Thursday in rough seas off southern Thailand with 48 rescued and 49 missing.

Friday, July 6th, 2018

ABC

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6/30/1900: 4 German ships burn at the Hoboken docks in New Jersey, killing more than 300

Saturday, June 30th, 2018

History

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1 dead and dozens are missing from a ferry that sank on Indonesia’s Lake Toba.

Tuesday, June 19th, 2018

CBS

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Global & Disaster Medicine

Archive for the ‘Maritime’ Category

12/6/1917: Imo, a Belgian steamer and Mont Blanc, a French freighter, both loaded with WWI ammunition, collide and explode in Canada’s Halifax Harbor, leveling part of the town and killing nearly 1,600 and injuring approximately 8,000.

10/12/2000: A motorized rubber dinghy loaded with explosives blows a 40-by-40-foot hole in the port side of the USS Cole, a U.S. Navy destroyer that was refueling at Aden, Yemen.

Tanzania: Hundreds feared dead as their passenger ferry sank between two islands in Lake Victoria

7/24/1915: The steamer Eastland overturns in the Chicago River, drowning between 800 and 850 of its passengers who were heading to a picnic.

11 dead, others missing after boat capsizes during a powerful storm on Table Rock Lake near Branson, MO.

Off the northern coast of Cyprus: At least 19 people are dead after a ship carrying around 150 presumed migrants capsized in the Mediterranean, but 103 have been rescued so far.

Bob Lo Boat Fire today

A boat carrying dozens of Chinese tourists overturned Thursday in rough seas off southern Thailand with 48 rescued and 49 missing.

6/30/1900: 4 German ships burn at the Hoboken docks in New Jersey, killing more than 300

1 dead and dozens are missing from a ferry that sank on Indonesia’s Lake Toba.

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