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1955 Whiting Indiana Refinery Explosion

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Uploaded by on Mar 1, 2011

On Aug. 27, 1955, a 252-foot-tall hydroformer exploded, hurling deadly projectiles across the refinery and into adjoining neighborhoods. Sixty-seven storage tank burned for eight days. A three-year-old child asleep in his bed died when debris crashed from the ceiling of his bedroom.

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  • you could see from st john by looking down the railroad tracks to the north the huge fires and the black smoke

  • I was 4 years old at that time. My dad worked in safety in the refinery. I remember he had to help fight the fire.

  • I sooo remember this!

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