Bee May, a survivor of the Texas City disaster, displays a photograph of a rubble pile she was trapped under after the explosion in 1947. (Stuart Villanueva/The Galveston County Daily News via AP) ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Monday marks the anniversary of the 1947 Texas City ship disaster. On Saturday evening survivors met in Texas City to commemorate the 71st anniversary of the disaster in a ...

TEXAS CITY, Texas (KTRK) -- Two survivors remember the horror of the massive explosion at the Texas City port that killed hundreds of people on April 16, 1947. Lynn Ray Ellison was six years old, and ...

TEXAS CITY, Texas — On April 16 of every year, Donna Spurlock Falco walks up to a stone memorial in a Texas City park and lays a flower beneath her uncle's name. Editor's note: This story was ...

My April 21 column on the 1947 Texas City Disaster — which killed 576, injured thousands and demolished much of the port town — shook memories from quite a few readers. Some of the notes were ...

In this April 16, 1947 photo, refineries and oil storage tanks at the Monsanto Chemical Company burn in the waterfront area in Texas City, Texas. (Associated Press) TEXAS CITY, Texas – The Texas City ...

TEXAS CITY, Texas (AP) - This week marks 72 years since thousands of lives were changed forever in the United States’ deadliest industrial accident, that day still seems fresh - remembered in vivid ...

Texas City explosion in 1947 (Courtesy of Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries) (Courtesy of Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries) TEXAS CITY, Texas – Tuesday’s ...

Smoke from the fires in Texas City, seen from a distance. In 1947, Texas City was the site of the deadliest industrial accident in American history. The incident changed safety regulations in the ...

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This week marks 72 years since thousands of lives were changed forever in the United States' deadliest industrial accident, that day still seems fresh -- remembered in vivid and awful detail -- by ...