Silvertown explosion

1917 explosion at a munitions factory in east London
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Summary

Silvertown explosion is an explosion[1]. It draws 19 Wikipedia views per month (explosion category, ranking #43 of 88).[2]

Key Facts

  • Silvertown explosion is located in County Borough of West Ham[3].
  • Silvertown explosion is in the country of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[4].
  • Silvertown explosion's instance of is recorded as explosion[5].
  • Silvertown explosion's instance of is recorded as accident[6].
  • Silvertown explosion's item operated is recorded as factory[7].
  • Silvertown explosion's item operated is recorded as refinery[8].
  • Silvertown explosion's operator is recorded as Tata[9].
  • Silvertown explosion's location is recorded as Silvertown[10].
  • Silvertown explosion's point in time is recorded as +1917-01-19T00:00:00Z[11].
  • Silvertown explosion's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 51.501, 'longitude': 0.03, 'precision': 2.777777777778e-05}[12].
  • Silvertown explosion's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0gdm7f[13].
  • Silvertown explosion's has cause is recorded as fire[14].
  • Silvertown explosion's number of deaths is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+73'}[15].
  • Silvertown explosion's number of injured is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+400'}[16].
  • Silvertown explosion's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["HistoricalEvent", "SilvertownExplosionKills73"][17].
  • Silvertown explosion's historic county is recorded as Essex[18].

Why It Matters

Silvertown explosion draws 19 Wikipedia views per month (explosion category, ranking #43 of 88).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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