The Black Tom explosion was an act of arson by field agents of the Office of Naval Intelligence of the German Empire, to destroy U.S.-made munitions that...
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extremely large explosions, accidental and intentional, caused by modern high explosives, boiling liquid expanding vapour explosions (BLEVEs), older explosives...
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in the area in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries Black Tom explosion (30 July 1916), Jersey City, New Jersey; act of World War I sabotage...
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April 1917 munitions explosion at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard in San Francisco, "likely" responsible for the Black Tom explosion in Jersey City, New...
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as the Black Tom explosion and none in Halifax during the war). The movie does not show the tsunami which followed directly after the explosion, although...
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to have been a spectacle more magnificent than the nearby 1916 explosion at Black Tom. From office buildings and tall apartments, people in New York City...
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were amateurish and foiled by local law enforcement, some like the Black Tom explosion caused immense devastation. State-sponsored terrorism is government...
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largely successful and he probably played some role in planning the Black Tom explosion of 1916. Also in 1915 he bought ammunition and supplied money to...
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followed the design set by Tilton and Boring. When the Black Tom explosion occurred on Black Tom Island in 1916, the complex suffered moderate damage;...
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Later, Witzke himself implied that he had taken part in the massive Black Tom explosion in New York Harbor on July 30, 1916, which killed at least four and...
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Carrying the Light to Asia Libertas personification of Liberty Ellis Island Black Tom explosion Musée Bartholdi National symbols of the United States...
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for damages against Germany for the destruction caused by the 1916 Black Tom explosion. He undertook much work for corporations in Nazi Germany and advised...
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munitions explosion at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard in the San Francisco Bay Area, and was possibly responsible for the July 1916 Black Tom explosion in New...
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for a moment a giddy, ridiculous tower dominating Paris like a gigantic black smokestack, crushing under its barbaric bulk Notre Dame, the Tour Saint-Jacques...
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I. In 1937, he voluntarily assisted US lawyers investigating the Black Tom explosion by providing an affidavit from his home in Dublin. According to British...
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the Connaught Rangers in India, as well as, by some accounts, the Black Tom explosion in 1916. Parts of the conspiracy included efforts to subvert the...
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routes. Prime examples of such sabotage are the events of Black Tom and the Kingsland Explosion. Like spies, saboteurs who conduct a military operation...
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In 1916, on what is now the southeastern corner of the park, the Black Tom explosion killed as many as seven people, caused $20 million in property damage...
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Hundreds Jersey City, United States Black Tom explosion was a planned detonation of a munitions factory at Black Tom Island in the neutral United States...
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(ongoing potential) 2024 Toropets depot explosions, following a Ukrainian drone strike. Black Tom explosion, 1916 act of sabotage on American ammunition...
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" Hague's concerns were shown to be valid in July 1916 when the Black Tom explosion sent shrapnel flying across the city. In 1917, Hague, with his reputation...
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Carrying the Light to Asia Libertas personification of Liberty Ellis Island Black Tom explosion Musée Bartholdi National symbols of the United States...
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Carrying the Light to Asia Libertas personification of Liberty Ellis Island Black Tom explosion Musée Bartholdi National symbols of the United States...
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(August 1964). "The Black Tom Explosion". The American Legion Magazine. Retrieved July 5, 2009. Witcover, Jules. Sabotage at Black Tom: Imperial Germany's...
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Jugantar–German plot, the German mission to Kabul, by some accounts, the Black Tom explosion in 1916. Parts of the conspiracy also included efforts to subvert...
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munition factories in Jersey City that supply the Allies, causing the Black Tom explosion. August 3–5 Middle Eastern Battle of Romani. Ottoman attack on the...
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back to 1917 with the passage of the Espionage Act and due to the Black Tom explosion. Port Security Units are deployable expeditionary security and anti-terrorism...
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international bridge bombing Muenter attacks German biological warfare sabotage program Black Tom explosion Kingsland explosion Rochambeau bomb plot...
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its ranks. External events, like the Black Tom explosion and specifically the Morgan Munitions Depot explosion, reinforced the need for such a capability...
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1980. The stained glass windows in the church were destroyed in the Black Tom explosion of 1916. The church appears in the HBO crime drama The Sopranos four...
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