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February 10, 1973
http://nhlabornews.com/2014/02/february-10-1973/
The worst industrial disaster in Staten Island history occurs when gas trapped inside a liquefied natural gas (LNG) tank explodes and blows the concrete roof off the tank, killing 40 workers. Distrigas’ plan to transport and store LNG near populated areas – long opposed by homeowners – was abandoned after the incident, with the mayor and federal agencies reversing their original support of the project.
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About Today In Labor History
The NHLN has joined with multiple other websites to help highlight some of the struggles that workers have faced throughout our history. We want everyone to know what the workers of the past had to endure for the rights we take for granted now. If you do not learn from the past, you are doomed to repeat it.