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Disasters of Guinness World Records 2001

Rate these disasters by their significance. Source: Guinness World Records 2001

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air disaster: March 27, 1977. Two Boeing 747s collided on the runway on the Canary Islands, A total of 583 people were killed.

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elevator accident: 105 people were killed when an elevator at the Vaal Reefs gold mine, S. Africa feel 1,608 feet on May 11, 1995

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ferryboat: Dec 21, 1987 the ferry boat Dona Paz, sailing from Manial, Phillipines collided with a tanker. Both vessels sank in minutes. The ferry was officially carrying 1,550 passengers, but reports say that as many as 4000 were more than likely on

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fire: May 1571 during the sack of Moscow. Approx. 200,000 people died after fires were started by the invading Tartars

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fireworks: May 1770. Approx. 800 people died afetr an accident that took place beside the River Seine in Paris France.

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mass suicide: In 73 A.D approx. 960 Jewish Zealots committed mass suicide by cutting each others throats at a Palace in Isreal that was being besieged by the Romans

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road tunnel: Approx. 176 people died when a gas tanker exploded inside the Salang Tunnel, Afghanistan in Nov. 1982

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sports 2: A total of 1,112 people died after the upper tiers of the Circus Maximus collapsed during a gladiator combat during the reign of Antoninus Pius

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sports: Est. 604 people died after stands collapsed and caught fire at the Hong Kong Jockey club on Feb 26, 1918

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train: 800 people died when a train plunged off of a bridge into the Bagmati River in Bihar, India in June 1981

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