Texas City and West disasters shape Texas safety lessons
A retrospective links the 1947 Grandcamp explosion at Texas City to the 2013 West fertilizer plant blast, noting ammonium nitrate dangers and the Nachfrage for stronger safety rules. It recalls New London’s 1937 gas-leak tragedy and argues for better facility reporting, sprinkler systems, and oversight to prevent future catastrophes.
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Today in History April 27 highlights include York battle and Sultana disaster
On April 27, 1813 the Battle of York occurred in Upper Canada as U S forces defeated the British garrison before withdrawal. In 1822 Ulysses S Grant was born in Point Pleasant Ohio. In 1865 the Sultana steamer exploded on the Mississippi near Memphis, killing over 1400. In 1973 L Patrick Gray resigned after Watergate files theft disclosed. Thought for Today quotes Luther Burbank.
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Upper Canada
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United States
Ulysses S. Grant
Point Pleasant
Ohio
Mississippi River
Memphis
Tenn
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L. Patrick Gray
E. Howard Hunt
General Motors
Luther Burbank
Isenhour Family of Black Duck Bay Traced to 18th Century Roots
Genealogist Trevin Wooster Beverly links George Isenhour to Hans Nicholas Eisenhauer who sailed to America in 1741. The Isenhours acquired 300 acres along Black Duck Bay in 1897 and built a Dutch style home on Missouri Street. Ira Leonard Isenhour Jr. lived there, served in the Army 1941 to 1946, and died in 2011 leaving no heirs.
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Ike” Eisenhower
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Black Duck Bay
Maryland Street
Isenhour
Red Hill
Land of Pines
Goose Creek
Tabbs Bay
Bagland
Houston
George Alexander Isenhour
Trevin Wooster Beverly
Germany
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George Isenhour
Hans Nicholas Eisenhauer
America
New York
George
Canada
Fillmore County
Minnesota
Carrollton
Trevin
Texas
Missouri Street
Ira Leonard Isenhour Jr
Junior
Robert E. Lee High School
Ira
Iron Hewer
Acreage Survey ends after years of neighbors and losses
Jim Finley recounts ending his Acreage Survey column after years in a religious Baytown neighborhood noting neighbors moving or dying since 2001. He recalls past interactions with residents, deed talks, and personal health changes, ending with private enjoyment of his land and no further reports unless a tree falls. The piece closes with contact info for Baytown Sun viewpoints.
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Saint Andrews Drive
al “Albert” Gore
Dan
Nancy Borza
Houston
Stacey
Matt
Margie
Nancy
Bob
Joanne Bradford
Lan Williams
Country Club Oaks
Lan
Fayetteville
Ark
Tom
Gayle Boisture
Roger
Sharon Stuart
Frank
Laney Leyva
Rene Quinones
Tim Stiff
Sharon Sprayberry
Virginia Kendrick
Harold Longbotham
Imogene
George Saphos
Maria
Harris County
Pauline Henderson
Melva Johnson
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