########## 1947 explosion entries (context) 1563- 1564-Hong Kong — 1565- 1566-Canton 1567-Bremen — Fusan... 1568- 1569-Cotton & 1570-Paper 1571-General... 1572- 1573-At Huug Kong. 1574- 1575:Caught fire after explosion) 1576-while unloading petrol at! 1577-Genoa. Total loss. 1578- 1579-4th Feb. 1580- 1581-13th Mar. -- 5045-Kohsichang — 5046- 5047-Calcutta] 5048- 5049- 5050-Rice 5051- 5052- 5053-Caught fire about 1 mile off; 11th June] 5054-Sheerness and beached. Total 5055-loss. 5056- 5057:; Destroyed by fire and explosion 5058:following explosion on another: 5059-vessel at Texas City. 5060- 5061:Lost by explosion while loading 5062-at Wilmington, Cal. 5063- 5064:Destroyed by fire and explosion; 5065-following exjfiosion on another] 5066-vessel at Texas City. 5067- 5068-Caught fire 40 miles S. of 5069-Coquimbo and sank 4 days later.; 5070- -- 8877-Trinidad — 8878- 8879-Codfish . . . 8880- 8881-Abandoned on fire following 8882- 8883-14th July 8884- 8885-fr-Cx , 8886- 8887-British Guiana 8888- 8889:explosion in lat. 10 53N., long. 8890-61 47W. 8891- 8892-06859 8893- 8894-Elva and Kay ...’42 8895- -- 9006-S.S. 9007- 9008-Baltimore — 9009- 9010-General &: Caught fire while discharging at 9011- 9012-28 th July 9013- 9014-Antwerp 9015- 9016-nitrate 9017- 9018:Brest, and sank after explosion 9019-in Brest Roads. 9020- 9021-TOTAL 9022- 9023- 9024-i STEEL, 2—7,851 tons. IRON, Nil. -- 11491-Skoghaug ...’30 11492- 11493-2100 11494- 11495-Nor. 11496- 11497-S.S. 11498- 11499-Rotterdam — Oslo 11500- 11501-Coal ... 11502- 11503:Sank after explosion in lat. 52 11504-32 58N., long. 4 24 58E. 11505- 11506-24 th Dec. 11507- 11508-14717 11509- -- 11513- 11514-Swd. 11515- 11516-W. Aux. 11517-Sc.m.s. 11518- 11519-Akranes — Sweden 11520- 11521-Herring 11522- 11523-Caught fire 6 miles off Grindavik, 11524-Iceland, when in tow, and sank 11525:after explosion. 11526- 11527-16th Oct. 11528- 11529-TOTAL 11530- 11531- ########## 1948 explosion entries (context) 5411-Newfoundland. 5412- 5413- 5414-58480 Esso Salta (7\) ’28 '3109; Arg. Tw.Sc. j Buenos Aires — j Oil 5415- 5416-j I s.s. | Campana. ; 5417- 5418- 5419-j At Gondola Point, N.B. ... 5420- 5421-I 5422- 5423:Caught fire after explosion at 5424-i Sydney, N.S., and beached ^ 5425-Total loss. 5426- 5427:... Exploded and sank at Campana) 5428-after having been struck bv 5429-lightning. 5430- 5431- 5432-STEEL, 1—3,109 tons. 5433- -- 8626-Tw.Sc. 8627- 8628-S.S. 8629- 8630-W.m.s. 8631- 8632-St. John’s, Nfli.— 8633-Harbour Buffet, 8634-Nfl. 8635- 8636-Fish 8637- 8638:Caught fire after explosion and 8639-beached in Kingman Cove, 8640-Bonavista Bay. Total loss. 8641- 8642-Off Miquelon . 8643- 8644-Abandoned on fire off San -- 8699-587 8700- 8701-Hsuan Huai ...’45 8702- 8703-1926 8704- 8705-Chn. 8706- 8707-S.S. 8708- 8709-Petrol . . . 8710- 8711:Sank after explosion at mouth 8712-of River Liao, near Yingkow. 8713- 8714-2nd Nov. 8715- 8716-118 8717- 8718-Alku . ’24 8719- 8720-199 8721- 8722-Pin. 8723- 8724-W. Aux. 8725-Sc.m.s. 8726- 8727-. 8728- 8729:Caught fire after explosion 8730-and drifted ashore at Biskop- 8731-sudden, Stockholm. 8732- 8733-14th Oct. 8734- 8735-Reima . — 8736- 8737-223 8738- 8739-Pin. 8740- 8741-m.s. 8742- 8743-Antwerp — Oporto 8744-& Venezuela. 8745- 8746-Cement . . . 8747- 8748:Caught fire after explosion and 8749-abandoned in lat. 42 45N., 8750-long. 9 25W. 8751- 8752-21st Dec. 8753- 8754-TOTAL