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	Bombay Explosion (1944) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The SS Fort Stikine was a freighter built in 1942 in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, under a lend-lease agreement; she displaced 7,142 grt.
		Sailing from Birkenhead on February 24 via Gibraltar, Port Said and Karachi, she arrived at Bombay on April 12.
		Attempts to fight the fire were dealt a further blow when a second explosion from the ship swept the area at 16.34.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bombay_Explosion_(1944) (363 words)

	History of Bombay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Bombay began to attract fortune hunters by the hundreds and the population had swelled from 13,726 in 1780 to 644,405 in 1872, in a little less than a hundred years.
		The docks at Bombay are a monument of the industry, enterprise and integrity of the Wadia family which moved in from Surat at the instigation of the British.
		The population of the city was panic stricken as rumours spread rapidly that the explosions signaled the commencement of hostilities by the Japanese on the same style as the surprise attack on Pearl Harbour in the Hawaiian islands in December 1941.
	www.satlug.org /~ayazs/bombay.htm (3056 words)

	Explosion - TheBestLinks.com - Alfred Nobel, Chemical, Dynamite, Energy, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		An explosion is a sudden increase in volume and release of energy in a violent manner, usually with the generation of high temperature and the release of gases.
		Explosions are categorized as deflagrations if these waves are subsonic and detonations if they are supersonic (shock waves).
		Boiling liquid expanding vapour explosions are a type of explosion that can occur when a vessel containing a pressurized liquid is ruptured, causing a rapid increase in volume as the liquid evaporates.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Explosion.html (393 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Explosions fall into three categories, A,B and C, the least dangerous 'C' could be loaded into warehouses and await transport, 'B' had to be loaded into waiting wagons for immediate carriage and the highly sensitive 'A' could only be off loaded into lighters moored alongside the ship and never on the quay.
		Chantilly had arrived in Bombay on the 3rd of March, had discharged her American Troops and in the days preceeding the explosion her crew had been informed that Chantilly was to be converted for use as a Hospital Ship, number 63.
		The cotton had self-combusted and although the Bombay fire brigade had tried to put out the blaze their efforts were without avail and it was too late to take the ship out into the harbour before the first explosion took place.
	www.merchantnavyofficers.com /bomEx.html (6413 words)

	BBC News \| SOUTH ASIA \| Bombay faces population boom
		Bombay is set to replace Tokyo as the world's most populous city by 2020, according to a study released in the US.
		Bombay, home to about 18 million people, will over the next two decades see its population grow to about 28.5 million, according to the Washington-based Population Institute, in its annual overview of world population trends.
		Tokyo is expected to be pushed into second place, with a population of 27.3 million by 2020.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/south_asia/1093424.stm (445 words)

	safety (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Activities on the Victoria dock of Bombay port and the single screw, 7142-ton, 441 feet in length and 57 feet across coal burner S.S.Fort Stikine, berthed in the dock, were also as usual.
		Bombay, the major port in the east, was the clearinghouse, distribution centre and storehouse of the war paraphernalia.
		The explosion was so loud that windows rattled and shattered as far away as Dadar, a distance of 8 miles.
	www.webindia.com /safety/bombay.htm (1247 words)

	Mumbai
		Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay) is the world's most populous conurbation, and is the sixth most populous agglomeration in the world.
		The name was officially changed from Bombay to Mumbai in 1995, but the former name is still popularly used in the West and by many of the city's inhabitants.
		The company found the deep harbour at Bombay eminently apposite, and the population rose from 10,000 in 1661 to 60,000 by 1675.
	www.askfactmaster.com /Bombay (2979 words)

	Rediff On The NeT: Fridays don't seem lucky for Bombay
		The same morning, on March 12, 1993, another explosion took place on a Karjat-bound local train, in which 18 people were injured but which was totally overshadowed by the RDX-inspired death dance of that afternoon.
		Recently, the bomb blasts that occurred in Bombay on poll eve, in which four people were killed and 31 injured, took place on February 27.
		Fiftyfour years ago, on a Friday, April 14, 1944 to be precise, an unprecedented disaster, which later came to be known as the Bombay Dock Explosion, took place at the naval dockyard in the city.
	www.rediff.com /news/1998/mar/11blast3.htm (283 words)

	Bombay bombing: more religious strife? \| csmonitor.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		BOMBAY – Two car bombs exploded in the heart of India's financial capital Monday raising concern that a cycle of violence between Muslim and Hindu extremists might be flaring up again.
		India's Home Minister Shankar Singh said Monday's explosions were different from the earlier ones because of the intensity of the blasts and their locations in the heart of Bombay.
		The 1993 Bombay bombings, say police, were in response to the 1992 destruction of the Ayodhya mosque by Hindu mobs, and to avenge Muslim deaths in the rioting that followed.
	www.csmonitor.com /2003/0826/p06s01-wosc.html (845 words)

	Bombay Explosion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Bombay Explosion (or Bombay Docks Explosion) occurred on April 14, 1944 in the Victoria Dock of Bombay (now Mumbai) when a ship carrying a mixed cargo including around 1,400 tons of explosive caught fire and was destroyed in two giant blasts, scattering debris, sinking surrounding ships and killing around 800 people.
		She carried explosives, munitions and other war material including Spitfires; an odd load of other cargo such as raw cotton bales, oil barrels, timber and scrap iron; and gold bullion in 12.73 kg bars valued at £1-2 million.
		Burning somewhere in the No.2 hold the crew, dockside fire teams and fireboats were unable to extinguish the conflagration, despite pumping over 900 tons of water into the ship, or find the source due to the dense smoke.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/bombay_explosion (454 words)

	Boston.com / News
		BOMBAY, India -- Car bombs exploded at a crowded jewelry market and a historic landmark in Bombay on Monday, killing at least 44 people, wounding 150 others and shaking buildings in India's financial capital.
		"The explosions were aimed at targeting the economic activity of the city, as well as Bombay as a tourist destination," said Sushil Kumar Shinde, chief minister of Maharashtra, the state where Bombay is located.
		That explosion came a day after the 10th anniversary of a series of bombings in Bombay -- also blamed on Islamic militants -- which killed more than 250 people and injured 1,000.
	www.boston.com /news/daily/25/india_blast.htm (916 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- At least 44 dead, 150 injured in Bombay blasts, officials say
		BOMBAY, India – Car bombs exploded at a crowded jewelry market and a historic landmark in Bombay on Monday, killing at least 44 people, wounding 150 others and shaking buildings in India's financial capital.
		Asked if the explosions could have been to avenge killings last year in the western state of Gujarat – violence sparked by reaction to the disputed religious site – Ahmed said: "It could be that."
		That explosion came a day after the 10th anniversary of a series of bombings in Bombay – also blamed on Islamic militants – which killed more than 250 people and injured 1,000.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20030825-0733-india-bombayblasts.html (998 words)

	Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia - - Fort Stikine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		On February 24, 1944, the freighter departed Birkenhead, England, bound for Bombay, via Karachi, with a mixed cargo that included disassembled gliders and RAF Spitfires, nearly £1 million in gold, and 1,395 tons of ammunition, among other things.
		At 1530, an explosion tore the bow off the ship; Captain Alexander J. Naismith was among the dead.
		A second explosion sank every one of the twenty-seven ships in the harbor; none of the buildings in the harbor vicinity escaped damage.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/ships/html/sh_035100_fortstikine.htm (281 words)

	Bombay Blasts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bombay has had multiple explosions that could be referred to as the Bombay Blasts:
		For the 1944 accident involving the Freighter SS Fort Stikine see Bombay Explosion (1944)
		This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bombay_Explosion (104 words)

	SABCnews.com - world/asia1pacific (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Six people were killed and 26 injured in India when a blast ripped through the home of a man who supplied explosives to film units, a police official said.
		The police said the explosion, which severely damaged at least 15 houses in a crowded working class area in Bombay's northwestern suburb of Jogeshwari, appeared to be an accident.
		Police and witnesses said the explosion took place at about 3.15am in Rajman Chawl, located on a low hill with narrow, winding lanes and rows of brick houses.
	www.sabcnews.com /world/asia1pacific/0,2172,63162,00.html (300 words)

	RTE News - 10 killed in Bombay train explosion
		At least 10 people are reported to have been killed in an explosion on a train in the Indian city of Bombay.
		More than 50 others were injured by the explosion on a carriage reserved for women passengers.
		Police officials say it was caused by a bomb, and expect casualties to rise.
	www.rte.ie /news2/2003/0313/india.html (61 words)

	Indian American Center for Political Awareness (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Aug 26, Bombay, India -- Hindus and Muslims alike mourned on Tuesday for victims of the worst terrorist attack in a decade in India's financial heart of Bombay, while the death toll from the twin car bombings rose to 46, with 150 people wounded.
		While it's not the first time Bombay has been a target of such attacks, many say the magnitude of the bombings that killed at least 44 and wounded more than 150 was a shock.
		The explosions came in the wake of several other blasts in the city in recent months, which have seen bombers target buses, trains and a McDonalds restaurant in a crowded railway station.
	www.iacfpa.org /clips/2003/aug/aug26.html (5135 words)

	Seventh Heaven Archive 2 - Web Page for Mumbai (Bombay) Cathedralites 59ers
		Bombay could concentrate on putting up pages about the history of the school, bio-datas about principals, present activities, etc. Some of the pages would be permanent while others would be magazine style like mine.
		It would be nice if Bombay would have its web site up with all the historical data for us to link to and also refer the enquirers to - such as the early history of the school, the relevance of various names, list of principals, words of the school song, etc. etc.
		Knowing the explosion of Bombay, I must imagine such a bus service would probably be an impossibility, considering the traffic jams that exist all over Bombay.
	koti.netplaza.fi /~jmatthan/sevven2.html (4638 words)

	United Press International - International - Six bombs defused in Indian capital (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Witnesses said the explosion tore the roof off a first-class car that had been reserved for female passengers.
		Bombay Police Commissioner R.S. Sharma said the bombing was the work of terrorists, but he didn't elaborate.
		This was the fourth bombing to rock Bombay since March 2002 and comes 10 years after the city was struck by a series of bombings that killed 257 people and wounded 713 others.
	www.upi.com /view.cfm?StoryID=20030314-110054-4931r (588 words)

	Naharnet Newsdesk - Possible Terror Attack Kills 6, Injures 25 in India
		An Indian leader suggested an explosion that killed six people and injured 25 in a slum housing complex in Bombay Thursday may have been related to terror, and suggested that terror is the state policy of neighboring Pakistan.
		There does not seem to be any evidence so far to link the explosion to the series of bomb blasts in the city," said Kripa Shankar Singh, junior home minister in Maharashtra, the state of which Bombay is the capital.
		Police have blamed Monday's explosion on the Lashkar-e-Tayyaba, an Islamic group fighting for the independence of the northern Indian state of Jammu-Kashmir or its merger with neighboring Pakistan.
	www.naharnet.com /domino/tn/newsdesk.nsf/TheWorld/36285CB6B429082542256D740030B79C?OpenDocument (596 words)

	Mumbai (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Old Bombay being a city didn't have a district capital, whereas a capital was created in the largely semi-urban uptown Greater Bombay.
		The booming population is the highest concern as it puts a severe strain on the infrastructure.
		October 15, 1932 - J. Tata flew from Karachi to Bombay via Ahmedabad landing on a grass strip at Juhu paving the way for civil aviation in India.
	www.yotor.com /wiki/en/mu/Mumbai.htm (2979 words)

	TIME Asia Magazine: India's Great Divide -- Aug. 11, 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Indian politicians blamed Pakistan for last Monday's Bombay bus explosion that killed 3 and injured 42 (bringing the toll from five blasts since December to 17 dead and hundreds injured).
		Javed notes that the attack occurred in Ghatkopar, an area of eastern Bombay that's home to many migrant Gujaratis and that was also the place where Umar initiated his Bombay bombing campaign on Dec. 2, when an almost identical bus bomb killed two and hurt 28 others.
		When Bombay suffered a series of Islamist bomb attacks in 1993, they were carried out by the city's Muslim-dominated underworld, men who had long departed the mainstream and for whom violence was already a way of life.
	time.com /time/asia/magazine/article/0,13673,501030811-472904-3,00.html (914 words)

	:: Mystery ::
		Though battered by the devastating explosions at the Bombay docks, the contents of the safes remained intact.
		After the two terrific explosions, Godrej safes in more or less battered condition, but with their contents intact, were brought to Lalbaug to be opened.
		As for the havoc the Bombay docks explosions had wrought, when the damage was added up, it was found that all 27 ships in the two docks were sunk, burnt out or badly damaged.
	www.godrej.com /gstory/change/2003/mayjune/mystery.htm (2493 words)

	Burgess-Van_Aken Twentieth-Century Literature 2004
		Bombay Time is structured around the reminiscences of residents of Wadia Baug, a Parsi apartment community in a middle class region of Bombay.
		The Bombay of his youth—or at least the Bombay of his memory—had given way to a fetid, crowded, overpowering city that insulted his senses.
		Bombay was fast slipping into the gutter, and he could not pull it up by himself.
	www.cwru.edu /affil/sce/Texts_2004/Burgess-Van_Aken.htm (6301 words)

	M/S Sønnavind - Norwegian Merchant Fleet 1939-1945
		I've come across an article in "Krigsseileren" which suggests that Sønnavind was at Bombay in Apr.-1944 when Fort Stikine caught on fire, resulting in horrendous explosions and great loss of life.
		Suddenly one of them discovered dark clouds of smoke behind them, and through the binoculars they could see that a ship was indeed on fire, and that fire hoses and trucks were working on it.
		They had just climbed back on the ladders to resume their work when the first explosion occurred, burning bails of cotton flying everywhere and the sky fl with smoke, followed by more explosions as the bombs and shells blew up.
	www.warsailors.com /singleships/sonnavind.html (693 words)

	Mr. Coles Reminisces (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Greaves House is named after Sir John Greaves, prominent Bombay business man of the firm of Greaves, Cotton, Director of the Bombay Education Society from 1930 and Chairman of its Managing Committee from 1939 to 1949.
		The disastrous dock fire and explosion in Bombay brought orphans to the school.
		Three boys were killed by the explosion of a mortar shell which had been found just outside the boundary and which they were investigating at the rear of Candy Block.
	www.barnesschool.org /coles.html (6122 words)

	Ship Descriptions - C/Ca to Ch
		In 1925 a routine examination at Bombay showed a cracked propeller shaft and she was sold to Goolam Hossein Essaji, Bombay for scrapping.
		Her maiden voyage from Glasgow to Bombay started on 11th Oct.1906 and in Aug.1914 she was taken over as a troopship to carry the First Indian Expeditionary Force to Europe.
		In 1921 she was used to ferry troops between Bombay and Basra, and in Sep.1939 was taken over by the Royal Navy for use as a convoy rescue and service vessel.
	www.theshipslist.com /ships/descriptions/ShipsC.html (16988 words)

	Bollywood Explosion
		The UK is currently experiencing an explosion of Bollywood.
		As well as being hot on everybody’s lips right now, the forthcoming film releases of such ‘Bollywood Queen’ and ‘Bombay Calling’, the Indian film industry is actually most prolific in the world and has been for 70 years.
		Producing around a thousand films a year, Hindi cinema has played a major part in entertaining millions regardless of religion, class or geographical distance and has successfully introduced social issues, like domestic violence and gang warfare, without stripping away any of the spectacle.
	www.cinema.com /news/item/6079/bollywood-explosion.phtml (770 words)

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