+-------+------------------------------+-----------------------------+ | DATE | BUILDING | DAMAGE | +-------+------------------------------+-----------------------------+ | 1732. | Gunpowder Magazine at | Exploded. City laid in | | Oct. | Compost Major, Portugal | ruins; above 1,000 people | | | | injured | | | | | | 1739. | Bremen | 1,000 houses destroyed | | Sept.| | | | | | | | 1763. | Fort Augusta, Jamaica, | Great number killed; much | | Nov. | powder magazine, containing | damage to property | | | 2,850 barrels of powder | | | | | | | 1769. | Brescia Magazine, containing | Exploded; 3,000 persons | | Aug. | 207,600 lbs. of powder | killed | | | | | | 1769 | Venice | 400 persons killed | | | | | | 1772. | Chester | Great damage to property; | | Nov. | | many lives lost | | | | | | 1773 | Cambray | 18 people killed; several | | | | houses greatly damaged | | | | | | 1773 | Abbeville | 150 persons killed; 100 | | | | houses destroyed | | | | | | 1780. | Malaga Gunpowder Magazine | | | Aug. | | | | | | | | 1782. | Sumatra Gunpowder Magazine | | | Mar. | | | | | | | | 1785. | Tangiers Gunpowder Magazine | | | May | | | | | | | | 1807. | Luxembourg Gunpowder Magazine| About 12 tons of powder | | June | | exploded | | | | | | 1808. | Venice Gunpowder Magazine | |