Thousand Moon: Sadanand Ramkrishna Joshi (91+)
Contributed By: Rohini
Sadanand (Bhau) Joshi lives with his son, daughter-in-law and
two grandchildren in Parle (east). He is in good health and was enthusiastic to
share one of his prominent memories with me that evening.
The memory in his own words:
I used to work at Bombay docks. On 14/4/1994 (notice the
number of 4s) there was a ship carrying Gold, cotton and explosives in the dock.
At around 4:00 pm. There was a massive explosion that was heard and seen from
miles away. You see me here today because I was transferred to the head office
at fort the day before on the 13th.
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Wow what a lucky escape!
After coming home I Googled the explosion at Bombay Docks and
here is what Wikipedia documents:
The Bombay Explosion (or Bombay Docks Explosion)
occurred on 14 April 1944, in the Victoria Dock of Bombay (now Mumbai) when the
freighter SS Fort Stikine carrying a mixed cargo of cotton bales, gold,
and ammunition including around 1,400 tons of explosive caught fire and was
destroyed in two giant blasts, scattering debris, sinking surrounding ships and
setting fire to the area killing around 800 people.
Link for interested readers: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombay_Explosion_%281944%29
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