Quebec Bridge – 1907/1916

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Looking today at the imposing bulk of Quebec Bridge as it straddles the St Lawrence River, you would be hard…

Detroit Wonderland Theater – 1898

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Detroit was on the cusp of its rebirth as Motor City and Henry Ford was cutting his teeth as a…

Tay Bridge Disaster – 1879

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It took engineer Thomas Bouch 20 years to persuade the operators of the east coast London-to-Scotland railway line to commit…

Tenerife Aircraft Collision – 1977

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The holiday island of Tenerife was the scene of the world’s worst aviation disaster in March 1977, as a result…

Granville Train Disaster – 1977

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It was a morning much like any Tuesday in New South Wales - until disaster struck a packed eight-car commuter…

Moorgate Tube Crash – 1975

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The London Underground system - not altogether affectionately known as ‘The Tube’ - had seen assorted accidents since the first…

Japanese Air Crashes – 1966

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It’s said that bad luck always comes in threes, and so it proved in 1966 when Japan experienced three catastrophic…

Qinghe Special Steel Corporation Disaster – 2007

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Once a Chinese state enterprise, the Qinghe Special Steel Corporation had been transferred to the private sector before its plant…

Abule Egba Pipeline Explosion – 2006

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Black gold has proved both a boon and a curse to the West African republic of Nigeria. The world’s eighth…

Halemba Mine Accident – 2006

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Silesia is Poland’s industrial heartland and the region’s coal mines - employing more people than any other sector and fueling…