Today’s podcast goes back over 100 years and discusses the day that the town of Halifax was decimated by an explosion that was so bad, it pushed the headlines about World War I off the front page of the paper for a few days. And if you stay to the end, I go a little […]
Tag Archives: explosion
Feb
08
2019
The Dupont Plaza Hotel fire of 1986, and the Humberto Vidal Building Explosion of 1996
Today’s podcast is a Puerto Rican ‘two-fer’ that goes over the Dupont Plaza Hotel fire of 1986, and the Humberto Vidal Building explosion of 1996, both of San Juan, Puerto Rico. I have a little personal history with the Dupont Plaza Hotel, at least in its new incarnation, and have decided to return this year […]
Jan
02
2017
A Recap of Select 2016 Catastrophes
In this special podcast that went live last night, I talked about twelve different catastrophes that occurred during 2016. The list of twelve catastrophes included natural, man-made, and man-caused incidents that had an impact on the year that we just closed out. And while some may be considered controversial to add to the list, I felt […]
Jun
06
2014
The Dawson Mining Catastrophe of 1913
Today’s podcast goes into the history of Dawson, New Mexico, and the explosions that took the lives of many miners since the mines opened in 1901. The explosion of Stag Canyon #2 in 1913 remains one of the largest loss of life during a mining operation in America’s history. As usual, you can download the […]
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