+-------+------------------------------+-----------------------------+ | DATE | BUILDING | DAMAGE | +-------+------------------------------+-----------------------------+ | 1732. | Gunpowder Magazine at | Exploded. City laid in | | Oct. | Compost Major, Portugal | ruins; above 1,000 people | | | | injured | | | | | | 1739. | Bremen | 1,000 houses destroyed | | Sept.| | | | | | | | 1763. | Fort Augusta, Jamaica, | Great number killed; much | | Nov. | powder magazine, containing | damage to property | | | 2,850 barrels of powder | | | | | | | 1769. | Brescia Magazine, containing | Exploded; 3,000 persons | | Aug. | 207,600 lbs. of powder | killed | | | | | | 1769 | Venice | 400 persons killed | | | | | | 1772. | Chester | Great damage to property; | | Nov. | | many lives lost | | | | | | 1773 | Cambray | 18 people killed; several | | | | houses greatly damaged | | | | | | 1773 | Abbeville | 150 persons killed; 100 | | | | houses destroyed | | | | | | 1780. | Malaga Gunpowder Magazine | | | Aug. | | | | | | | | 1782. | Sumatra Gunpowder Magazine | | | Mar. | | | | | | | | 1785. | Tangiers Gunpowder Magazine | | | May | | | | | | | | 1807. | Luxembourg Gunpowder Magazine| About 12 tons of powder | | June | | exploded | | | | | | 1808. | Venice Gunpowder Magazine | | | Sept.| | | | | | | | 1829. | Navarino Gunpowder Magazine | 17 killed; 78 wounded | | Nov. | | | | | | | | 1840. | Bombay Gunpowder Works Dum | | | June | Dum Gunpowder Magazine | | | | | | | 1843. | Sicily, Puzzaloni Gunpowder | | | April| Magazine | | | | | | | 1843. | Spain, Gaucin Gunpowder | A number of persons | | April| Magazine | killed; church and 200 | | | | houses destroyed | | | | | | 1853 | Hounslow Gunpowder Magazine | | | | | | | 1855. | Firework manufactory, | Exploded | | Oct. | Liverpool | | | | | | | 1856. | Rhodes Gunpowder Magazine | A considerable number of | | Nov. | | persons killed, and a | | | | large portion of the town | | | | laid in ruins | | | | | | 1857. | Bombay, Joudpore | About 1,000 persons | | Aug. | | killed; 500 houses | | | | destroyed | | | | | | 1878. | Bruntcliffe Colliery, near | Exploded | | Aug. | Leeds; powder magazine, | | | | containing about one ton of | | | | powder | | | | | | | 1878. | Pottsville, Pa., U.S.; a | Exploded; 3 persons | | Aug. | powder magazine containing | killed, several injured; | | | 25,000 lbs. of powder | many houses wrecked | +-------+------------------------------+-----------------------------+