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Brockton History and 1947 Disasters Overview
The text notes Brockton Massachusetts origins from Bridgewater, changes to North Bridgewater in 1821, renaming in 1874, city charter in 1881. It lists 1947 U.S. disasters with Texas City leading fatalities at about 550, plus a 167 death tornado, 111 deaths from Centralia mine blast, 55 from Gulf Coast hurricane, and three crashes totaling 53, 52, and 50. It mentions 3,000,000 people leaving farms for cities between 1940 and 1947 and calls Petaluma California the world’s egg basket.
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