Monsanto Texas City Explosion Collection, 1947 (S0591)
0.25 cubic foot
The Monsanto Texas City Explosion Collection contains the insurance claim for the
1947 Monsanto explosion in Texas City, Texas, and articles reflecting on the disaster 50 years
later. On April 16, 1947, the freighter S.S. Grandcamp exploded at a pier in Texas City, killing
between 500 and 600 people. The insurance claim's cover page calls the explosion "the largest
single risk loss in the history of insurance."
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