Opinion: What a century-old disaster can teach fire-ravaged L.A. about recovery and rebuilding
Some in the fire-ravaged city have taken to laying personal blame. But what endures from the Canadian disaster is the ...
CBC.ca7 年
The Halifax Explosion
That morning, the Norwegian ship Imo was leaving the Halifax harbour carrying much-needed war supplies. The Mont-Blanc, a French vessel was approaching from the opposite direction. A small craft ...
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Books: H Was for Halifax Then
This happened not in 1945 but in 1917—in Halifax, N.S. It was the largest man-made explosion before Hiroshima. The French freighter Mont Blanc, en route from New York to Bordeaux, entered the ...
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Pieces of Halifax Explosion ship have been found but it's not clear if the public will see them
Pieces of the munitions ship involved in the Halifax Explosion were discovered ... It was caused when the SS Mont-Blanc, a French ship carrying ammunition, colliding with an empty ship, the ...