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It happened 105 years ago.
2000 killed, 9000 injured and a city in ruins.
But the descendants of the Halifax Explosion said it taught Haligonians about resilience and kindness.
#HalifaxExplosion

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It happened 105 years ago.
2000 killed, 9000 injured and a city in ruins.
But the descendants of the Halifax Explosion said it taught Haligonians about resilience and kindness.
#HalifaxExplosion

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#HalifaxExplosion Dec 6 1917. When visiting Halifax 2018 we checked out the exhibit.
this was taken in the aftermath

#OTD in 1917, the SS Mont Blanc exploded after colliding with the SS Imo in Halifax Harbour. The massive blast destroyed much of the city, and killed over 2,000. Click below for the full story.

https://bit.ly/3VUasJJ

#HalifaxExplosion #Canada #NovaScotia

A clip from my episode about The Halifax Explosion, which I released a year ago.
This clip recounts the moment of the explosion, and the immense devastation that it caused in Halifax.

#HalifaxExplosion

It can be hard to visualize the 2.9-kiloton Halifax Explosion that killed 1,700 people today in 1917.
The 2020 Beirut Explosion in this video, which killed over 200 people was about 1/3 the size of the Halifax Explosion.

#HalifaxExplosion

The first minute of the #HalifaxExplosion

- A blast takes out every building in a 2.6 sq-km area, killing 1,600 instantly
- Halifax Harbour's bottom is exposed to the air by water displacement
- A tsunami hits the land
- Red hot melted iron rains down on the city

Today marks the 105th anniversary of the #HalifaxExplosion

105 years ago, the #HalifaxExplosion devastated the north end of Halifax: 2000 dead, 9000 wounded, and the city's industrial centre was destroyed.

It was the largest manmade explosion in the pre-atomic era.

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/halifax-explosion

105 years ago the largest human-made explosion before nuclear weapons happened in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Relics from the explosion can still be found many kilometers away from the explosion site.

@canadaehx covers it in a podcast here https://canadaehx.com/2021/11/27/the-halifax-explosion/

#HalifaxExplosion
#CanadianHistory

Photos of the devastation in Halifax after the 2.9-kiloton explosion decimated Canada's Harbour City.
The explosion killed over 1,700 and injured 9,000.

#HalifaxExplosion

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Today is the anniversary of the #HalifaxExplosion. The sirens commemorating the disaster have just stopped. Much nicer morning today:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Explosion

Today is the anniversary of the #HalifaxExplosion. The sirens commemorating the disaster have just stopped. Much nicer morning today:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Explosion

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On this the 105th anniversary of the Halifax Explosion-you can faintly here the ships in the harbour sounding their horns to remember this tragedy-and a moment of silence from the people who have come this morning.
#HalifaxExplosion

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The Maple Leaf is at half mast today in Halifax - the twin anniversary of the #HalifaxExplosion and the #montrealmassacre. A sober day to remember in either case.

The Maple Leaf is at half mast today in Halifax - the twin anniversary of the #HalifaxExplosion and the #montrealmassacre. A sober day to remember in either case.

One from the archives. Today is the 105th anniversary of the #HalifaxExplosion. Five years ago, I wrote this...

https://nickybondramblings.blogspot.com/2017/12/who-do-i-think-i-am-part-3.html 🇨🇦

One from the archives. Today is the 105th anniversary of the #HalifaxExplosion. Five years ago, I wrote this...

https://nickybondramblings.blogspot.com/2017/12/who-do-i-think-i-am-part-3.html 🇨🇦

#TDIH 6 Dec 1917, marks the worst man-made disaster ever, the #HalifaxExplosion

On the morning of 6 December 1917, the French cargo ship SS Mont-Blanc collided with the Norwegian vessel SS Imo in the waters of #Halifax, #NovaScotia

Deaths: 1,782 (confirmed)
Non-fatal injuries: 9,000 (approx)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0g2dSX6YyM #Remember

#OTD #History #Disaster

When French and Norwegian ships collided in Halifax harbour on the morning of Dec. 6th, 1917, the result was the largest man-made explosion at the time. Thousands died, thousands were injured. The Boston Red Cross and the Massachusetts Public Safety Committee provided help immediately after the disaster.They were the first to arrive. Nova Scotia has never forgotten. Today, as in years past, a Nova Scotian tree will be lit on Boston Common as Boston's official Yuletide tree. #HalifaxExplosion