It was caused when the SS Mont-Blanc, a French ship carrying ammunition, and the Imo, a Norwegian steamship carrying Belgian relief supplies, collided in Halifax harbour. The Mont-Blanc was torn ...

The Halifax Explosion of 1917 in Halifax Harbour, killed over 2,000 people. On the bright, freezing morning of Dec. 6, 1917, a French captain steered his ship, the SS Mont Blanc, up the channel ...

The Mont Blanc caught fire and drifted into Pier ... "There's so much stuff that has been thrown overboard in Halifax harbour, there are not enough ships to carry it away," he said.

WATCH: Halifax explosion time capsule to connect ... Navy’s chief examining officer in charge of the harbour. Given the Mont Blanc’s explosive cargo, it was said that the burden rested ...

At 9:04 a.m., the Mont Blanc blows up with devastating force, its 2,600 tons of explosives levelling swaths of Halifax and Dartmouth, raining down shards of white-hot iron, blowing off roofs and ...

On the morning of Dec. 6, 1917, a navigation accident occurred where two vessels collided in the narrows of the Halifax Harbour. One of the ships in the collision, the Mont-Blanc, was dangerously ...

an accidental collision of two ships in Halifax Harbour set off an uncontrollable fire. One of the ships was a Belgian relief vessel; the other was the SS Mont-Blanc, a French munitions ship ...

Bacon's book, called "The Great Halifax Explosion," reconstructs what happened on December 6. The Mont-Blanc tried to steam through a narrow channel into the harbour at the same time that another ...

On the morning of Thursday, December 6, 1917, the captain and crew of a French munitions ship called Mont-Blanc were eager to reach the safety of Halifax Harbour — and with good reason.

On the morning of Thursday, Dec. 6, 1917, the captain and crew of a French munitions ship called Mont-Blanc were eager to reach the safety of Halifax Harbour, and with good reason. Five days ...

Vincent Coleman’s last act was to warn the inbound No. 10 passenger train on Dec. 6, 1917 that an ammunition ship ablaze in Halifax harbour was about to explode. Coleman died a hero, but like so ...