The most confusing accidents

Historically there have been many horrific disasters and huge number of casualties, occurring due to identified causes. But there are still many disasters that no one understands the cause .

Anomalous accidents have been recorded in history

Great flood of sugar cane molasses in Boston (USA)

On January 15, 1919, many workers and residents of the North End of Boston, mostly Irish and Italian, left their homes to catch the sun at noon. Suddenly an explosion rang out, a huge iron box of Purity Distilling was exploded, shot into the sky, a column of crude sugar cane molasses was as tall as a 2-storey building, then collapsed on the commercial road. in the city, then spread to all corners here. A lot of pedestrians and horse-drawn vehicles were slipping on this slimy road.

It is estimated that about 7.5 million liters of molasses is lost, known to be the molasses used to process rum. About 21 people including men, women and children died from falling into molasses or choking and about 150 others were injured. Neighboring buildings collapsed and a railway section was damaged. Horses were stiffened in a puddle and could not escape, forcing police to open fire to kill them to widen the road. The whole city ​​of Boston was flooded with molasses for a whole week, then slowly withdrew.

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Firefighting Rehearsal in Gillingham (Kent - United Kingdom)

Every year, firefighters at Gillingham , Kent (England), are responsible for building a "house" of wood and canvas models for the purpose of rehearsing the fire prevention day at Gillingham Park .

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Accompanying this event were a select number of local male teenagers who participated in this festival. On June 11, 1929, 9 teenage boys aged 10-14 and 6 firefighters dressed in weddings, climbed to the third floor of the makeshift house. Under the plan, people will burn the first floor of the house, and will perform the task of rescuing people in the house with leashes and ladders, then the whole house will be extinguished by a fire hydrant .

But somehow, fire suddenly burned when no one knew. While the spectators thought the people inside the makeshift house were effigy, they cheered and clapped their hands when the firefighters panicked and tried to use the fire hydrant because they were sure to be the party. There are people in the house. 15 people were killed in this unusual fire.

The collision with comet meteorite at Tunguska (Russia)

On June 30, 1908, an extremely terrible explosion occurred near Podkamennaya, the Tunguska River , which today is Russia 's Krasnoyarsk Krai.

This explosion is caused by a comet fragment hitting the earth . Although the comet fragment was exploded and ignited before hitting the surface of the globe, the aftermath was horrifying. The energy of this collision is estimated to be in the range of 10 to 20 million tons of TNT, which is 1,000 times the strength of the atomic bomb that dropped into Hiroshima (Japan), or equivalent to the bomb blast. Bravo Castle's largest nuclear in American history. The Tunguska explosion destroyed plants and animals on an area of ​​more than 2,150km2.

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Mass poisoning case in Basra (Iraq)

In September 1971, a ship carrying 90,000 cubic meters of grain arrived at the port of Basra in Iraq . At that time, American barley seeds and Mexican wheat seeds were brewed with methyl - mercury to prevent mold damage and the packaging of these grains also printed notes quite carefully. But it is miserable that these captions are written in English and Spanish.

Before distributing grain to farmers, these cereal bags were stolen right from the Basra harbor, and then they were sold as food to residents dying of starvation. The Iraqi government was very embarrassed by the act of delinquency or for some reason they were silently silent.

Things fell into oblivion until two years later, when an American journalist did a survey of 6,530 hospitals with patients diagnosed with mercury poisoning , who were suspected of eating. previously contaminated cereals. Officials admitted that there were only 459 deaths, but the actual number of deaths was more than 6,000, and about 100,000 others were blind, deaf and brain-damaged by eating cereal. poisoned.

The attack of Chandka forest elephant (India)

In the spring of 1972, the Chandka forest in India fell into a terrible drought , steam rising up from the ground. At that time, the outdoor temperature was stifling, the fresh water was in poor condition and the Chandka villagers asked the local authorities that they wanted to control their agricultural land to prevent devastating animals.

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In the summer of 1972, the drought was worse and worse, until July 10, 1972, the Chandka forest elephants were very obedient, suddenly becoming aggressive and suddenly turned to attack 5 villages, ie dark devastated a large area, at least 24 people were killed under their mighty footsteps.