#manmade disaster

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Stop voting for stupid people.

By Plastic Jesus 

[montygatorguy]

my favorite thing to do in class is to go on wikipedia and read about random building disasters and disease outbreaks. especially building fires and foodborne illness outbreaks.

not only is it very interesting but since im on wikipedia and not a gaming site, my teachers never get mad at me.

one of the fires i read about in particular was so interesting (because the article was so detailed) that i went and watched a documentary about it

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“Incident in the Halifax Tragedy,” Whitby Gazette and Chronicle. December 27, 1917. Page 03. --- Two sailors digging for bodies, the one on the left looking for the remains of his wife and two children which he finally found.

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Itaewon 'Manmade Disaster' Update: Nov. 1, 2022, 21:00 local time: 156 killed, including 26 foreign nationals. At least 151 injured (among them 29 in critical condition) Most of them were in their 20s.

This is not the Korea that I thought it would be.

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Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone impacted by the tragic disaster in Itaewon, Seoul, especially with the families and friends who have lost loved ones and those who were injured. May the victims of the tragedy rest in peace. We wish all those injured a speedy recovery.

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“Wreckage Strewn Along Track Where Nine Persons Killed,” Toronto Star. October 10, 1939. Page 03. --- After The Crash --- Bits of wreckage were scattered along the railroad track fro a quarter-mile after a car containing seven school children and two women collided with a C.P.R. train at Summerville, near Dixie, today. All nine were killed instantly. --- Crossing Where Fatal Accident Occurred ---- There were no witnesses and no survivors of the accident, described by Coroner Dr. W. Kennedy Fenton of Islington as ‘the worst that has ever happened here, though there have been fatalities before.’ Bodies of the two women were close to the crossing, while those of the children were thrown hundreds of yards along the track. The husband of one victim and the father of another heard the crash and hurried to the scene. One of the Tibando children was recognized by her father by the dress she wore. --- Where Nine Killed --- Location of the railway crossing at Brown’s Line road in Summerville, where seven children and two women were killed in a level crossing collision today involving a school bus and a train, is shown on this map. Scene of the accident is about midway between the Queen Elizabeth Way and the Toronto - Cooksville highway, which are joined by Brown’s Line road just west of Toronto city limits. ---- Mute Remnant --- A school bag, thrown from the car by the impact, lay on the track after the accident. Other bits of school equipment, clothing and bodies lay silent along the right-of-way for a quarter of a mile.

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“Disaster Heroine,” The Globe and Mail. August 17, 1939. Page 02. --- THELMA RISTVEDT. --- Age 23, Southern Pacific, whose day and night of heroism brought praise from scores of passengers of the ill-fated City of San. Francisco, wrecked near Carlin, Nevada. Injured herself, she spent hours of labor bandaging, placing splints, fixing tourniquets and making othe injured as easy as possible.

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“Scenes Among Ruined Section of Shattered Halifax,” Windsor Record. December 15, 1917. Page 01. --- A Building in Business Section --- A Shattered Wooden Building --- Brick and Stone Front on Hollis St.

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“Halifax and Surrounding Vicinity Affected By The Explosion,” Sudbury Star. December 12, 1917. Page 05. --- The above map shows the damage done at Halifax, N.S., when the munitions vessel Mont Blanch collided with the Belgian relief ship Ioma in Bedford Basin. Many thousands of people were hurt and it is estimated that probably two thousand people are dead. The blast was heard hundred of miles away from the scene of the disaster. Many large buildings collapsed and wind fanned flames completed the destruction of the city.