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File name: 77113
Title: Site of explosion before disaster as seen from bathing beach [Boston Herald, January 16, 1919]
Created/Published: Boston, Mass. : Boston Pub. Co., 1919-1967
Date issued: 1919-01-16
Description: News Coverage of the Molasses Disaster in the Boston Herald.
Genre: Clippings
Subjects: Newspaper headlines; Floods; Molasses Disaster, Boston, Mass., 1919
Notes: From The Boston Herald, January 16, 1919, p. 13
Location: Boston Public Library, Microtext Department
Rights: No known restrictions
In Haiti, the Commission has funded the training of local disaster management authorities, developed and updated risk maps and conducted disaster drills like the one shown in this picture. The aim is to strengthen local capacities to face disasters and make communities more resilient and less dependent on foreign assistance. Preparedness reduces vulnerability. Preparedness saves lives. ©2013 - Photo credit: EC/ECHO/ I. Coello |
En Haïti, la Commission a financé la formation des autorités locales à la gestion des catastrophes, a établi et mis à jour des cartes de risques, et a réalisé des exercices de simulation de catastrophe tels que celui que l'on voit sur la photo. L’objectif est de renforcer la capacité locale à faire face aux catastrophes et à rendre les communautés plus résistantes et moins dépendantes de l’aide étrangère. L'anticipation des risques diminue la vulnérabilité et sauve des vies. ©2013 - Crédit photo: CE/ECHO/ I. Coello
Yesterday's fire in Brampton..... 3 houses destroyed, 2 other flooded with water.... only few houses from my sister's house.....
I had very busy time in my work recently....I haven't read any news..I haven't watched tv....of course I heard how great tragedy struck Haiti..I thought.."my god it is terrible..so many people died...so many children lost their parents..so many people is suffering..." but then I had to again come back to my work (to relieve I put some pics on flickr sometimes)....
Today I felt so ASHAMED..today I had time to read..to watch some news....and I was so deeply shocked what is going on there.....
Of course we all are busy..have our life and problems..but...our problems are nothing compering to what those people are experiencing........we are in our warm houses....our kids are full and are sleeping in their beds next door.....
We all can help... as much as we are able to...it doesn't have to be much...but if we all do even small thing..it will be BIG thing!!
Please, do help !!
Recently, on historyinanhour.com we wrote an article about the Hindenburg airship disaster of May 1937: <a href="http://www.historyinanhour.com/2011/05/06/the-hindenburg-disaster-summary/"
Canon 5D III ISO 100 1/160 f8 44mm (24-70mm f2.8L II USM)
Elinchrom BRX500, Rotalux 70x70 with grid each side.
I had a chance to shoot with the Apocalyptic Band Disaster Face and jumped at it. It's not a genre I have much experience with and I knew I had to figure out a unique way of processing the shots.
Here are my faves from the shoot.
Photos from Portland's innagural Disaster Relief Trials.
Do you like bikes?
If so, you might want to check out
Vikartindur fórst í Bakkafjöru.
Allir Björguðust í þessum hamförum.
Laug mig inn á fjörurnar,Hringdi í Friðjón Guðröarsson sýslumann á Hvollsvelli og sagðist vera blaðamaður .Hann veitti mér rakleiðis leyfi til að fara á vettvang.
She drowns in his dreams
An exquisite extreme I know
She’s as damned as she seems
And more heaven than a heart could hold
And if I try to save him
My whole world could cave in
And if I could hold on
Through the tears and the laughter
Would it be beautiful?
Or just a beautiful disaster
Kelly Clarkson ♬ ♬ Beautiful Disaster
Explored | June 18, 2009 #69
Okay I almost deleted this cause I thought it was chaotic and out of focus. However when I did some fade correction, the clarity and colours just turn magical. I'm impressed with how well the lens does macro. Btw, in case you guys didn't know I'm a webdesigner for 8 years now, I am also a diehard Kelly Clarkson fan. I used to run kclarkson.org now my new site, www.ukellyclarkson.com is semidead. lol.
© Copyright Iskandar 2009| All rights reserved.
Do not use, copy or edit any of my materials without my written permission.
Would appreciate not having large/animated multi invite codes
Haunted Old Changi Hospital my second time here, this time is to collect back my Nike Tomatoskin. This place is disaster!!!!! 灾!!!! Do u see the sign???
Taken @ Haunted Old Changi Hospital.
Three variables:
- Economic Damage (USD)
- People affected
- People killed
This is an update of www.flickr.com/photos/isdr/6853316682/in/set-721576280153...
You can find a high-resolution PDF here: www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/statistics/
'Mexico' Disaster Memorial...
On the 9th December 1886, the barque 'Mexico of Hamburg' with a crew of twelve, was travelling from Liverpool to South America when it was caught in a fierce storm. Lifeboats from Southport (the Eliza Fernley), Lytham (the Charles Biggs) and St Annes (the Laura Janet), responded to the distress signals.
Relatives and friends waited on shore all night and news came tht the bodies of seamen had been washed ashore. The Lytham lifeboat and crew arrived home at 3.30am, wet through and half drowned after having tied themselves to the rigging. All on board the Mexico were rescued by the Lytham lifeboat. All but two of the Eliza Fernley were lost and the entire crew of the St Annes crew (Laura Janet) perished at sea.
Never in the lifeboat service has there been a disaster this great, in which 27 men of the lifeboat service lost their lives in one night, leaving 16 widows and 50 orphans in three towns a fornight before Christmas
On 23rd May 1888 the Lifeboat Monument was unveiled in St Annes to commemorate the bravery of these crews... it still stands proudly on the promenade as a reminder of their valour.
(c) Copyright Andy & Tyna Milner 2015 All Rights Reserved
Great show by The Social Disaster at Grandma's Sports Garden, part of the Duluth Homegrown Music Fesitval 2016.
I love seeing and photographing shows by this band - great energy and music. Definitely check them out if they come to your town!
Daily Dog Challenge - 986. 7/14 "Oops!" - We all make mistakes from time to time. Show us your dog's oops moment from today. Creative liberties are always welcome, since we know some dogs are perfect! ;)
Our Daily Challenge - DISASTER is the topic for Monday, 14th July 2014
I think Rocky maybe fibbing a little bit here!
Nadgee Nature Reserve begins at Wonboyn Beach on the far side of Bay Cliff. Taken from Green Cape (a wider view than my previous photo from this lookout).
Just as they started excavating the footings (carefully designed to minimise earth disruption) a major storm system hit the region and everything collapsed. No option now but to dig it all out and construct wooden shuttering for the foundations.
Shot in "Catastrophe Canyon" in Disney's Hollywood Studios, Orlando, and edited in Photoshop Elements to get that genuine movie still feel.
Sony Cybershot T700.
I set up a makeshift Disaster Recovery Room. The computers weren't connected to anything, but it looks impressive.
Los Angeles County, Los Angeles City, Glendale, Burbank, Compton, Oxnard, Rialto, Bakersfield and Fresno Fire Departments participate in live fire drills for their explorers as part of the 2014 Disaster Drills at Del Valle.
On 15th April 1989 there was a soccer match between Nottingham Forest and Liverpool to decide who would be one of the finalists in the Football Association’s Cup Final to be held later in the year. The match was played at the “neutral ground” of Hillsborough in Sheffield.
A combination of events resulted in 96 Liverpool supporters being tragically killed, almost all being crushed as they entered the standing terraces at one end of the ground.
In September 2012 it emerged that the Police tried to blame victims to hide their own failings in this disaster and that over 40 of those who died might have been saved with better medical care.
A two year-long inquest ending in 2016 concluded that those who died were unlawfully killed, a finding that ended a 27 year campaign by those seeking justice for the dead.
In 2021 two retired police officers and an ex-solicitor went for trial accused of altering police statements. The judge dismissed the case. Also in 2021, the South Yorkshire and West Midlands police agreed to pay damages to more than 600 people over their admitted cover-up.
A severely brain damaged Liverpool fan died in 2021 making him the 97th unlawfully killed victim.
At the invitation of the government, in 2017 Bishop James Jones concluded a report on the lessons to be learnt from this tragedy. To the despair of Bishop Jones, in 2023 (five years later) the government said it would respond to the report 'in due course".
In December 2023 Prime Minister Sunak apologised for the governments delay of its own making and decided compel the police to follow a policy of openness, honesty and transparency.
Despite the unlawful killing and cover-up, no one has ever been convicted.
When today’s matches are over; the supporters have gone home and the ground is silent, empty Hillsborough seats still remember what happened there all those years ago.....
One of my scans,The Marchioness disaster on the River Thames, in the early hours of 20 August 1989, when the pleasure boat Marchioness sank after being run down by the dredger Bowbelle. The two boats collided near Cannon Street Bridge/southwark bridge,51 people drowned,old ambulances on Southwark Bridge,and the Finacial Times HQ at the back...
On 30 August 1903, the Waimangu Geyser Disaster took place in Rotorua. The geyser was a popular tourist attraction in the late 19th and early 20th century. On the day of the disaster a tour of the area surrounding the geyser was being conducted by the Chief Government Guide, Alfred Warbrick. Despite numerous calls for the tour party to move away from the edge of the geyser, these instructions were ignored. All of a sudden "the geyser played a shot between 4 and 5 hundred feet", according to Alfred Warbrick, leading to the death of four tourists. The four tourists who died included the brother of Alfred, Mr Joseph Warbrick. The other three were Ruby and Catherine Nicholls and David McNaughton.
The images presented here are from a file generated by the Tourist and Publicity Department. The file contains correspondence specifically on the disaster, such as initial reports of what happened and detailed explanations from Alfred Warbrick. The photo shown here notes the positions where the deceased were standing in relation to the edge of the geyser (mark 1) but also where the Government Guide was placed (mark 2).
The file in which these items are found includes the full Coroners inquest into the death of the four tourists. This is highly unusual as Coroners files are most often found in a series of Justice Department records, series 16231. For other disasters, such as the sinking of the SS Wairarapa, the Coroners file has always been in a separate sequence: collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search#/?q=R23833200
The Coroners inquest was completed on August 31 1903, one day after the disaster. The eye-witness accounts noted in the file are most likely to have been written on the day of the event as the investigation into the cause of the death was wrapped up within 24 hours. The official cause of death was noted as suffocation and burns from boiling water and steam, combined with shock. The verdict of the coroner apportioned no blame on the Chief Government Guide as he had repeatedly warned tourists to move away from the edge of the geyser.
File Reference: AECB 8615 TO1 51 1903/225
collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search#/?q=21484201
More information at NZ History: nzhistory.govt.nz/four-killed-by-geyser-in-rotorua
Material from Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga
The Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Services
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
May 2021
Photo by Asher Heimermann/Incident Response
Studio Tram Tour: Behind the Magic is an attraction at Walt Disney Studios Park, Disneyland Paris in Marne-la-Vallée. A look into the set of London in ruins from the film Reign of Fire.