Man Made Disasters - RSS Feed http://bobsville.com/browse-man-made-disasters-videos-1-date.html Great video entertainment at bobsville.com, famous battles, ancient civilizations, famous disasters, great discoveries, great empires, famous people, voyages of discovery, great music, great locations, great stories, great collections Ship sinks near Mumbai http://bobsville.com/ship-sinks-near-mumbai-video_d2fd84cbd.html

Watch dramatic footage of the last few minutes before MV Rak Carrier sank off the coast of Mumbai on Thursday, with 60,000 metric tonnes of coal on board.

]]> Sun, 30 Oct 2011 18:04:43 -0700 Ship sinks near Mumbai <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/79n-9YJlwb4/0.jpg" /></p><p>Watch dramatic footage of the last few minutes before MV Rak Carrier sank off the coast of Mumbai on Thursday, with 60,000 metric tonnes of coal on board.</p>]]> http://bobsville.com/ship-sinks-near-mumbai-video_d2fd84cbd.html Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse http://bobsville.com/tacoma-narrows-bridge-collapse-video_399fa3692.html

Watch the amazing "Gallopin' Gertie" November 7, 1940 film clip.1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge Slender, elegant and graceful, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge stretched like a steel ribbon across Puget Sound in 1940. The third longest suspension span in the world opened on July 1st. Only four months later, the great span's short life ended in disaster. "Galloping Gertie," collapsed in a windstorm on November 7,1940. The bridge became famous as "the most dramatic failure in bridge engineering history." Now, it's also "one of the world's largest man-made reefs." The sunken remains of Galloping Gertie were placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992 to protect her from savagers. A dramatic tale of failure and success The story of the failure of the 1940 Narrows Bridge and the success of the Current Narrows Bridge is a great American saga. When Galloping Gertie splashed into Puget Sound, it created ripple effects across the nation and around the world. The event changed forever how engineers design suspension bridges. Gertie's failure led to the safer suspension spans we use today.

]]> Sun, 30 Oct 2011 16:31:44 -0700 Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/j-zczJXSxnw/0.jpg" /></p><p>Watch the amazing "Gallopin' Gertie" November 7, 1940 film clip.1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge Slender, elegant and graceful, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge stretched like a steel ribbon across Puget Sound in 1940. The third longest suspension span in the world opened on July 1st. Only four months later, the great span's short life ended in disaster. "Galloping Gertie," collapsed in a windstorm on November 7,1940. The bridge became famous as "the most dramatic failure in bridge engineering history." Now, it's also "one of the world's largest man-made reefs." The sunken remains of Galloping Gertie were placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992 to protect her from savagers. A dramatic tale of failure and success The story of the failure of the 1940 Narrows Bridge and the success of the Current Narrows Bridge is a great American saga. When Galloping Gertie splashed into Puget Sound, it created ripple effects across the nation and around the world. The event changed forever how engineers design suspension bridges. Gertie's failure led to the safer suspension spans we use today.</p>]]> http://bobsville.com/tacoma-narrows-bridge-collapse-video_399fa3692.html SINKING OF THE ANDRIA DORIA 1957 http://bobsville.com/sinking-of-the-andria-doria-1957-video_e4cafb0de.html

SINKING OF THE ANDRIA DORIA 1957

On 25 July 1956, while Andrea Doria was approaching the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, bound for New York City, the eastbound MS Stockholm of the Swedish American Line collided with it in what became one of history's most infamous maritime disasters. Struck in the side, the top-heavy Andrea Doria immediately started to list severely to starboard, which left half of its lifeboats unusable. The consequent shortage of lifeboats might have resulted in significant loss of life, but the efficiency of the ship's technical design allowed it to stay afloat for over 11 hours after the ramming. The good behavior of the crew, improvements in communications and the rapid response of other ships averted a disaster similar in scale to that of the Titanic in 1912. 1,660 passengers and crew were rescued and survived, while 46 people died with the ship as a consequence of the collision. The evacuated luxury liner capsized and sank the following morning. This accident remains the worst maritime disaster to occur in United States waters since the sinking of the SS Eastland in 1915

]]> Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:35:34 -0700 SINKING OF THE ANDRIA DORIA 1957 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/GATkRMe_fl8/0.jpg" /></p><p>SINKING OF THE ANDRIA DORIA 1957</p> <p>On 25 July 1956, while Andrea Doria was approaching the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, bound for New York City, the eastbound MS Stockholm of the Swedish American Line collided with it in what became one of history's most infamous maritime disasters. Struck in the side, the top-heavy Andrea Doria immediately started to list severely to starboard, which left half of its lifeboats unusable. The consequent shortage of lifeboats might have resulted in significant loss of life, but the efficiency of the ship's technical design allowed it to stay afloat for over 11 hours after the ramming. The good behavior of the crew, improvements in communications and the rapid response of other ships averted a disaster similar in scale to that of the Titanic in 1912. 1,660 passengers and crew were rescued and survived, while 46 people died with the ship as a consequence of the collision. The evacuated luxury liner capsized and sank the following morning. This accident remains the worst maritime disaster to occur in United States waters since the sinking of the SS Eastland in 1915</p>]]> http://bobsville.com/sinking-of-the-andria-doria-1957-video_e4cafb0de.html