Halifax Explosion - Disasters of the Century
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The Halifax Explosion was a maritime disaster in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, on the morning of 6 December 1917. SS Mont-Blanc, a French cargo ship laden with high explosives, collided with the Norwegian vessel SS Imo in the Narrows, a strait connecting the upper Halifax Harbour to Bedford Basin. A fire on board the French ship ignited her cargo, causing a large explosion that devastated the Richmond district of Halifax. Approximately 2,000 people were killed by blast, debris, fires and collapsed buildings, and an estimated 9,000 others were injured. Having a bad day? I bet we have worse ones for you. Sound off in the comments on your thoughts and what you'd like to see next! SUBSCRIBE today to get the latest true crime and disaster documentaries delivered to you weekly! All content is copyright of Partners in Motion INC. Join us on social media: https://www.facebook.com/partnersinmotion/?view_public_for=1003857803032519 https://twitter.com/PartnersHarmony https://plus.google.com/u/0/109232389902601257458
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I read about this disaster in a book of random facts....and have been fascinated by it since. Most Americans have no clue about this disaster!
It is the worst disaster fatality wise in North America until 9/11.
Heck a morse code man Coleman (he knew what was on the ship)
is credited to saving a train from Boston by telling them on his morse code device to STOP ASAP due to the burning ship in the harbor.
When the train confirmed it had stopped his last communication in morse was
"Goodbye and God Bless"......
Then the Ship blew up, killing him, but the train was just out of the blast radius, if it kept on going they would of been killed.
This also allowed the train to send an SOS to Boston about the blast, which allowed aid to come in despite the weather saving many lives!
He is considered a hero to many.
I think the last survivor died in 2004ish.
May they all, the killed and survivors, RIP -
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Part of the Mont Blanc's anchor weighing 1100 lbs sits on a pedestal where it landed, 2 3/4 miles from the blast site.
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People from nova scotia are all GOLER clan.......GOLERS all of them
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If i understand well all this tragedy over a pissing contest, ego and testosterone
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Hi, I was wondering if you could please upload the Hinton Train Crash and the Dryden air crash.
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I am not sure how this is in any way the Mont Blanc's fault. They were in the correct channel at the correct speed and they signalled clearly their intentions. When the Imo refused to obey the right of way rules the Mont Blanc cut its engines and then manouvered to avoid any possible collision. On the other hand the Imo was speeding, was in the wrong channel, refused to yield to the other ship who was in the correct channel and when it looked like a collision would be avoided, suddenly turned into the Mont Blanc. Could someone please explain to me how this was the Mont Blanc's fault?
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a 3000 ton bomb !?! OH GOD HAVE MERSEY.
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17:44 By the way, that picture is not from the Halifax Explosion but the Empress of Ireland disaster which occurred in Quebec in 1914.
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The introduction to the show is different than the TV version.
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1 ship
whole Halifax destroyed -
Great channel! Glad I found it.
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Vincent Coleman was the one who knew about the explosives and warned all the trains to be stopped and not to head towards Halifax.
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Wasn't the captain of the Le Blanc most to blame for the disaster?
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my ancestors all the way in the New Glasgow/Stellarton area had there windows shatter from the explosion
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my grand father lived on the dartmouth shore , what is now tufts cove power plant was a native mic mac village , when the blast hit he was in his crib , the house collapsed around him but for one large piece of plaster and lathe that fell from the ceiling covered his crib keeping the rest of the debris off of him , most of his family and extended family was killed that day as far as we know only 17 micmac survived , mostly women and children . they walked thru the snow for 4 days to truro , no food and no help but for a few farmers along the way . they never returned to turtle grove , the government stole the land from his tribe and built a bridge and then a army base and housing and then a huge power plant . making it legal to this day for us to go back and even walk on that land again . when his family got work in halifax when he was a child they moved to the city again built apon the remains . he was 9 when he was at the shore and found a old bomb and it went off in his hands , taking all but 3 fingers and a thumb . he became a ship welder at the dockyards in Dartmouth , he got married to an english war orphan and his first home was built at 250 windmill rd Dartmouth and lived overlooking his old village and his fathers unmarked grave untill he died in 1985 . never being allowed back on his ancestral lands not even to lay some flowers . every word is true . how would you feel ? if this was your homeland . if you ever wonder why natives are mad all the time remember this story . what would you do ? how would you feel ?
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I am Halifax born and bred. I lived in the hydrostone area for 45 years.
My area from the old bridge to north of the city was completly
razed- it just didn,t exist any more -
am i in the Contest
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