Word: hawser
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...before the explosion. The French crew abandoned ship. The Mont Blanc drifted across the harbor, nuzzled against a pier and set fire to it. People with minutes to live watched from harborside and rooftops. The crew of a tug mounted the Mont Blanc's decks to secure a hawser. The ship was so hot that the waters lapping it sizzled. Then it exploded...