Archive for the ‘Structural’ Category
Brazil: A mining dam burst on Friday, killing at least seven and leaving 200 people missing.
Saturday, January 26th, 20191/20/1980: Bleachers at a bullring in Sincelejo, Colombia, collapse, resulting in 222 deaths
Sunday, January 20th, 2019Jan. 15, 1919: “Send all available rescue vehicles and personnel immediately — there’s a wave of molasses coming down Commercial Street.”
Tuesday, January 15th, 2019In the city of Magnitogorsk: The explosion that collapsed a high-rise building wasn’t terrorism, but a crumbling infrastructure
Sunday, January 6th, 2019Russia: The number of people killed in an apartment building in central Russia that partly collapsed after an explosion is up to 38.
Thursday, January 3rd, 201912/6/1906: The worst mine disaster in U.S. history
Thursday, December 6th, 2018“…..In West Virginia’s Marion County, an explosion in a network of mines owned by the Fairmont Coal Company in Monongah kills 361 coal miners. It was the worst mining disaster in American history……”
11/9/1965: The Great Northeast Blackout
Friday, November 9th, 2018https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB4Lva4b9io
“…..The Great Northeast Blackout began at the height of rush hour, delaying millions of commuters, trapping 800,000 people in New York’s subways, and stranding thousands more in office buildings, elevators, and trains. Ten thousand National Guardsmen and 5,000 off-duty policemen were called into service to prevent looting……”
On this day in 1940, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge spectacularly collapses
Wednesday, November 7th, 2018https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFzu6CNtqec