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JANUARY
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Three pipelines damaged by the Northridge CA earthquake spill a combined 425,000 gallons of crude oil into Santa Clara River and on land. |  |
| MARCH 23 |
Texas Eastern natural gas pipeline explodes in Edison NJ, destroying most of a nearby apartment complex, killing one person. |
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| JUNE 9 | Natural gas line in Allentown PA exploded, killing one person and injuring 80. | |
| JULY 27 |
Badger pipeline spills 130,000 gallons of oil and gasoline in Oak Brook IL. |
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| OCTOBER 17 |
Natural gas line explosion destroys tavern in Waterloo IA, killing six people and injuring two. |
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| OCTOBER 20 |
Colonial and Texaco pipelines rupture during San Jacinto River TX floods, spilling 2.4 million gallons of crude oil and gasoline, injuring 1,853 people. |
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| NOVEMBER 22 |
Shell offshore pipeline spills 177,000 of crude oil into waters off Louisiana after a shrimp trawler damages it. |
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