Big gifvondst under new neighborhood Lekkerkerk 3 April 1980 LEKKERKERK - The toxic substance benzene is found under a portion of the new district Lekkerkerk-West. It has been detected among six homes,...
Family is killed in blaze in Rotterdam Bloemhof 2 January 1980 Op 02 januari 1980 come to a house fire in Rotterdam Bloemhof (Charlois) Eleven people died. Het is, in terms of number of victims, the biggest house fire in Rotterdam after the Second World War.
Fuel oil tank on fire after Gulf Oil's mysterious explosions 15 March 1971 Op 15 maart 1971 Three Gulf Oil storage tanks burn out after mysterious explosions. It turns out to be a terrorist attack, from a group of Palestinians.
Ravage in Hoogvliet and Spijkenisse after 'Flop Pernis’ 20 January 1968 Spijkenisse and Hoogvliet are many thousands of diamonds killed by an explosion at Shell Pernis. With that blow two people died. Then came a huge blaze.
Conflagration in kerosene tanks Pakhoed in Botlek 13 January 1968 ROTTERDAM - is a big fire broke With a storage company in the Botlek area. More than a hundred firefighters trying to avoid ...
Rotterdam ship sank in bad weather in Canada 3 January 1968 ROTTERDAM - is a cargo ship of the Holland America Line sunk for the coast of Canada. The crew of forty Schiedyk were on time ...
'K W’ burnt in The Hague 18 December 1964 Op 18 december 1964 wordt het Gebouw voor Kunsten en Wetenschappen (K and W) in Den Haag in de as gelegd. De gloed van de brand was tot in Voorburg te zien.
Natural disaster of unprecedented magnitude exceeds Holland, Zeeland and Brabant 1 February 1953 Every year is on 1 February flood disaster 1953 commemorated. The disaster arrived in Brabant, South Holland and Zeeland almost 2000 mensen om.
Dutch passenger ships collide in Red Sea 6 January 1953 RED SEA / ROTTERDAM - Two Dutch passenger ships collided in the Red Sea. Het gaat om de ‘Willem Ruys’ en de...
Five firemen died when oil fire in Vlaardingen 9 February 1951 VLAARDINGEN - In an accident in the center of Vlaardingen today five firefighters killed. The victims were in a ...
