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TALES OF TEXAS RANGERS "Dead or Alive"

 


Based on the events of April 16, 1947. The Texas City near Galveston disaster is the backdrop for a plan to have a wanted man switch identities with an unidentified corpse. At exactly 9:13 am on Wednesday April 16th 1947 a French freighter carrying a highly explosive cargo of ammonium nitrate fertilizer blew up in the port of Texas City, Texas. It was the first in a chain of explosions as chemical plants; tin smelters and oil refineries disappeared in black and flames. Shortly after 1 am the next morning the major chain reaction was set off the explosions rocking the city of Dalworth and ten miles across the bay excited crowds gathered in the street watching the amazing flame covered sky. Episode 10 aired September 9, 1950 on the NBC Radio network.