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Memories of Texas City Disaster live on
TEXAS CITY — Danny Ayala was 8 when he went down to the docks to watch the orange and black smoke filling the skyline.
April 16, 2009
Historic date for Texas City, nation
We hope you’ll set aside a moment today to remember those lost in the Texas City Disaster of 1947, plus the survivors and their families.
April 16, 2009
Author publishes book on childhood disaster
TEXAS CITY — Allan Pevoto's book “Heroes and Survivors: Personal experiences of the Texas City Disaster” chronicles the 1947 disaster and its aftermath.
March 20, 2009
Family shares Texas City Disaster memories
TEXAS CITY — Robert Gallaway Jr. relates his family's experience during the Texas City Disaster 61 years ago as survivors gather for a commemorative photo.
April 16, 2008
Survivors mark 60th anniversary of 1947 disaster
TEXAS CITY — More than 200 people attended a service for the 60th anniversary of the Texas City Disaster.
April 17, 2007
'I knew something bad had happened'
TEXAS CITY — Even at 92, Mattie Lou Westmorland-Higgs said the memories of April 16, 1947, would never fade.
April 16, 2007
'No way anyone lived through all of that'
TEXAS CITY — 60 years later, disaster survivor Fletcher Harris recalls how the Coast Guard Cutter Iris helped in the fatal blasts.
April 12, 2007
Former Barrio residents plan community reunion
TEXAS CITY — The barrio never leaves the hearts and minds of those who grew up in the east Texas City community.
April 20, 2006
Survivor had bird's-eye view of 1947 blast
Even as Myron and Mary Louise Perry near 62 years or marriage, the memories of April 16, 1947, are still vivid.
April 16, 2006
Years later, memory of disaster surfaces
TEXAS CITY — For years, Lydia Biegert suppressed memories of the Texas City Disaster. She revisited the memory as keynote speaker at a memorial service.
April 07, 2006
Disaster remembered: 'It changed everything'
TEXAS CITY — Ruth Lacquement was 8 years old on April 16, 1947, but she’ll never forget the day “black rain” fell from the sky.
April 16, 2005
Texas City pauses to remember
Laura Baumgartner gets chills when the firefighter bell tolls after her grandfather’s name is called. He died fighting the blaze aboard the Grandcamp.
April 17, 2004
Texas City survivor sets up scholarship
GALVESTON — Eight-year-old Harry Kelso Jr. was taking a spelling test in his Texas City classroom the morning of April 16, 1947.
January 22, 2004
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