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4/15/1912: The RMS Titanic sinks into the icy waters of the North Atlantic after hitting an iceberg, killing 1,517 people.

Monday, April 15th, 2019

HxC

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April 14, 1912: RMS Titanic hits iceberg

Sunday, April 14th, 2019

HxC

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3/24/1989: Exxon Valdez crashes

Sunday, March 24th, 2019

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A cruise ship, Viking Sky, with 1,300 passengers on board suffered engine failure off the west coast of Norway on Saturday, sparking an arduous evacuation in treacherous conditions.

Sunday, March 24th, 2019

Express

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At least 71 people have died, including 12 children, as an overcrowded ferry capsized in Iraq’s Tigris river in Mosul.

Thursday, March 21st, 2019

CNN

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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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Global & Disaster Medicine

Archive for the ‘Maritime’ Category

4/15/1912: The RMS Titanic sinks into the icy waters of the North Atlantic after hitting an iceberg, killing 1,517 people.

April 14, 1912: RMS Titanic hits iceberg

3/24/1989: Exxon Valdez crashes

A cruise ship, Viking Sky, with 1,300 passengers on board suffered engine failure off the west coast of Norway on Saturday, sparking an arduous evacuation in treacherous conditions.

At least 71 people have died, including 12 children, as an overcrowded ferry capsized in Iraq’s Tigris river in Mosul.

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.

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