Discusses the collision between the Belgian ship Imo and the French munitions vessel Mont Blanc in Halifax harbor, Nova Scotia on December 6, 1917. The fireball which erupted which was heralded as the greatest manmade explosion in history to that point; The devastation that resulted; Number of...
网站:maritimemuseum.novascotia.ca 哈法大爆炸 (Halifax Explosion)-- 1917年,一艘法国的弹药船(Mont-Blanc)装载了2,300吨用于制造炮弹的材料,200吨TNT,还有无数其它军火原料,撞上了一艘挪威轮船(SS Imo)引起了火灾引发爆炸最终引发海啸。这次爆炸是在原子弹研发成功之前史上最大的人为大爆炸,哈法的北部几乎被炸...
It happened on December 6 1917 Where did it happen It happened in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Who was affected The people who were affected was the Richmond District in the city's north end and the Dartmouth region that was across the harbour. They were both were both wiped out. ...
This text is a study of how sixteen Nova Scotian, Canadian, and American journalists and record keepers experienced and depicted the Halifax Explosion in the days immediately following the event. Dupuis starts with the work of local journalists, artists, and historians who were on the front ...
Nova Scotia, Canada: Human-Shaped Disaster Window A church window was blown out by a massive explosion in 1917 -- and left the shape of a human profile! The church says that it's the profile of an 18th century reverend, but the truth may be less miraculous and more ghastly....
On December 6, 1917, the munitions ship Mont Blanc blew up in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The blast had one-sixth the power of the first atomic bomb and killed o... CE Matykiewicz 被引量: 0发表: 2017年 The 1917 Halifax Explosion: the first coordinated local civilian medical response to disa...
On the morning of December 6, 1917, two passenger trains en route to the port city of Halifax, Nova Scotia were stopped in response to a brief, cryptic telegraph message sent from Halifax station: “Munition ships on fire. Making for Pier 6. Goodbye.” The ship described in the message ...
Nova Scotia, Canada: Anchor Shaft Blown Miles From Exploding Ship The SS Mont Blanc blew up in Halifax Harbor in 1917. Part of its anchor shaft, weighing over 1100 pounds, flew clear over the city and landed here, more than two miles away....
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where the tree is a gift from the province of Nova Scotia, in thanks for rapid deployment of supplies and rescuers to the 1917 ammunition ship explosion that leveled thecity of Halifax; and in Newcastle upon Tyne, where the main civic Christmas tree is an annual gift from the city of Berg...