Tōya Maru (洞爺丸) was a Japanese train ferry constructed by Japanese National Railways (JNR) which sank during Typhoon Marie, known locally as the Tōya...
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Typhoon Marie (1954) (redirect from Tōya Maru Typhoon)
Tōya Maru Typhoon (洞爺丸台風) in Japan, was a typhoon that hit Japan in September 1954. Marie did a great deal of damage to Hokkaido, and the Tōya Maru (洞爺丸)...
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Daigo Fukuryū Maru (第五福龍丸, F/V Lucky Dragon 5) was a Japanese tuna fishing boat with a crew of 23 men which was contaminated by nuclear fallout from the...
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the need to accommodate returnees. In 1954, five ferries, including the Tōya Maru, sank in the Tsugaru Strait during a typhoon, killing 1,430 passengers...
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― Typhoon Marie (known in Japan as the Toya Maru Typhoon) strikes Japan, causing the sinking of the Toya Maru. 1,361 would be killed. September 29, 1955...
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Seikan ferry. On September 26, 1954, 1,172 people died when the ferry Tōya Maru sank in the strait. Thomas Blakiston, an English explorer and naturalist...
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Rationing of sugar in the United Kingdom ends. 1954 – The Japanese rail ferry Tōya Maru sinks during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait, Japan, killing 1,172. 1959...
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September 1954, the extratropical remnants of Typhoon Marie caused the Tōya Maru to run aground and capsize in the Tsugaru Strait. 1,159 out of the 1,309...
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killed 106. Tōya Maru disaster A Seikan ferryboat sank off Hakodate killing 1,155 in a typhoon storm on September 26, 1954. Shiun Maru disaster An Ukō...
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Tokachi Maru Capsized by Typhoon Marie (1954) with loss of crew, but no passengers. Refloated in 1956 and returned to service. 26 September 1954 Tōya Maru Capsized...
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