Halifax Explosion - Wikipedia
WEBThe initial judicial inquiry found Mont-Blanc to have been responsible for the disaster, but a later appeal determined that both vessels were to blame. The North End of Halifax has several memorials to the victims of the explosion. Background.
Halifax Explosion - The Canadian Encyclopedia
WEBJan 13, 2011 · Halifax was devastated on 6 December 1917 when two ships collided in the city's harbour, one of them a munitions ship loaded with explosives bound for the battlefields of the First World War. What followed was one of the largest human-made explosions prior to the detonation of the first atomic bombs in 1945.
Halifax Explosion | Sources | Municipal Archives | Halifax
WEBNov 24, 2023 · Invitation from Judge Robert E. Inglis, Q.C., and the Honourable Edmund Morris, M.L.A., to the Sod Turning Ceremony for the Halifax Explosion Memorial Bells Tower at Fort Needham on Friday, June 1, 1984
The Halifax Explosion of 1917 - The Canadian Encyclopedia
WEBOct 18, 2013 · It was the world's greatest man-made explosion before Hiroshima. The mind numbing roar of the blast was heard as far away as Sable Island and Cape Breton. A fireball as hot as the surface of the Sun rolled over the docks, vapourizing those within its range, as if they had never existed.
Halifax explosion of 1917 | Significance & Facts | Britannica
WEBHalifax explosion, devastating explosion on December 6, 1917, that occurred when a munitions ship blew up in the harbour of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Nearly 2,000 people died and some 9,000 were injured in the disaster, which flattened more than 1 square mile (2.5 square km) of the city of Halifax.
The silence after the blast: How the Halifax Explosion was nearly ...
WEBNov 30, 2017 · As a little girl, Elliott grew up knowing her father was blinded in the horrific blast that claimed nearly 2,000 lives, injured 9,000 and left 25,000 homeless. But it wasn't a topic that was ...
'A Vision of Regeneration' - Nova Scotia Archives
WEBThe dynamic story of how Halifax was rebuilt in the years immediately following the disaster is re-created through 150 heritage photographs, maps, architectural plans and documents, plus useful background information.
Halifax Explosion (Plain-Language Summary) - The Canadian …
WEBMay 25, 2022 · An inquiry was set up to find out why the explosion happened. In February 1918, the inquiry judge blamed the pilot and captain of the Mont-Blanc and the naval officer in command of the harbour. They were charged with manslaughter. But the charges were dropped because there wasn’t enough evidence.
Nova Scotia Archives - 1917 Halifax Explosion
WEBOn that Thursday the Norwegian vessel SS Imo, carrying Belgian relief supplies, and the French freighter SS Mont Blanc, carrying munitions, collided in Halifax Harbour, thereby creating what was then considered to be the worst man-made disaster in the world's history.
The 1917 Halifax Explosion: The World’s Largest Accidental Man …
WEBDec 4, 2023 · December 6, 1917 dawned bright and cold in Halifax Harbor in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. A few hours later, more than a square mile of the waterfront had been levelled as a result of the collision of two ships and subsequent explosion of …