Pete is right. I was mis-remembering another account of Rather's. Rather was born in 1931 - a bit
early to have reported on the 1947 TX City dock explosion.

Bob Swinney
"Pete Keillor" wrote in message
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On Sun, 23 May 2010 19:08:15 -0500, "Robert Swinney"
wrote:

Trivia re. the Texas City disaster:

Dan Rather, as a young Houston TV reporter, got his big career break from the event.

Bob Swinney

I think you're thinking of Hurricane Carla. Rather was about 15 at
the time of Texas City.

Pete

"Pete Keillor" wrote in message
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On Sun, 23 May 2010 19:41:59 -0400, Wes
wrote:

Pete Keillor wrote:

According to a long article in the American Legion magazine, the
Grandcamp's crew fought a smouldering paper bag fire in the hold by
battening down the hatches and pumping in live steam, which turned out
to be exactly the wrong action in this case. At one point before it
blew, the firehose streams were bouncing off the hull like a drop of
water on a hot griddle.


Was that American Legion article written back in the 70's? Just wondering, I seem to
remember reading it when I was a kid.

Wes

Sounds about right. It was quite a while ago.

Pete