On october 5, 1987, a train derailed in the conrail railyard in wilmington, delaware

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   NOAAORR-64941987-09-01 00:00Z → cancelled 1987-09-15 00:00Z
   Mystery slick 9.1.1987; philadelphia

   Mystery Slick 9.1.1987; Philadelphia.
   Philadelphia.
   1. On September 1, 1987, a slick of unknown origin was reported to the U.S. Coast Guard Captain of the Port (COTP), Philadelphia. The Coast Guard and New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) performed an overflight and identified the slick as a weathered oil mixed with solid waste. USCG district 3.
   2. COMMODITY: OIL.
   3. POSITION 40.000N 075.067W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6494: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6494

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   NOAAORR-65021987-10-05 00:00Z → cancelled 1987-10-19 00:00Z
   On october 5, 1987, a train derailed in the conrail railyard in wilmington, delaware

   Conrail Railyard Derailment; Wilmington, Delaware.
   Wilmington, Delaware.
   1. On October 5, 1987, a train derailed in the CONRAIL railyard in Wilmington, Delaware. Three of the derailed tank cars contained a total of 90,000 pounds of chlorine gas. U.S. Coast Guard Captain of the Port (COTP), Philadelphia, investigators responded to the scene, where CONRAIL was in the process of righting the derailed tank cars. USCG district 1.
   2. COMMODITY: CHLORINE GAS. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 90000 GALLONS.
   3. POSITION 39.737N 075.560W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6502: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6502