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1945
Greenhill Park
A large explosion rocked 麻豆传媒映画on March 6, 1945, when a freighter in the harbour, the Greenhill Park, blew out its third hold. It had been packed in part with the chemical sodium chlorate (used in bleaching, explosives and fertilizer), whiskey and signal flares. Whiskey fumes were ignited by sailors trying to see in the dark while siphoning the deadly drink. Dramatic fireworks ensued from the flares, downtown windows shattered, and pickles鈥攁nother cargo item鈥攔ained down. Eight men were killed, and many more wounded.
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