...over 900 people died in a mass murder-suicide in Jonestown, Guyana. The Reverend Jim Jones led a cult called the Peoples Temple, and essentially all of his followers were forced or coerced into drinking poisoned Flavor-Aid.

In remembrance, here's 3 songs about other man-made catastrophes:

1) Louis Killen -- The Trimdon Grange Explosion

In 1882, 300 miners were killed in an explosion in England.

God protect each lonely widow,
Help to raise each drooping head;
Be a Father to the orphans,
Never let them cry for bread.
Death will pay us all a visit;
They have only gone before.
We may meet the Trimdon victims
Where explosions are no more.

2) When the Tigers Broke Free

In 1944, 9900 British, German, and American soldiers were killed in a battle in Italy to hold one particular bridgehead.

And the Generals gave thanks
As the other ranks held back
The enemy tanks for a while.
And the Anzio bridgehead
Was held for the price
Of a few hundred ordinary lives.

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