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	Halifax Fire Museum - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
		The Halifax Explosion killed between 1600 and 2000 people, wounded another 9000, and left 25,000 people homeless.
		Thirty firemen and 120 volunteers who survived the explosion pushed themselves and their apparatus to the limit to douse the wooden houses on fire.
		News of the explosion spread quickly and within hours trains arrived carrying firemen, apparatus and hose.
	www.halifaxfiremuseum.org /explosion.html (728 words)

	Halifax Explosion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Halifax Explosion occurred on Thursday December 6, 1917, at 9:04:35 a.m.
		The explosion caused a tsunami, and a pressure wave of air that snapped trees, bent iron rails, demolished buildings, and carried fragments for kilometres.
		This was the largest artificial explosion until the first atomic bomb test explosion in 1945 and still ranks highly among the largest artificial non-nuclear explosions.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Halifax_Explosion (1334 words)

	The Halifax explosion 6th Decemeber 1917, WW1,Canada
		This was the greatest explosion of the Great war, and the largest man-made explosion until the dropping of the bomb at Hiroshima in 1945.
		At Fort Needham Hill in 1985 a monument to the victims of the explosion was unvieled.
		Halifax was a part of that war, not only was she a major supply line to the trenches, (in people, horses, supplies and munitions), but for one terrible day; Halifax, Nova Scotia, experienced the death and destruction of this worldwide conflict.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/kylet1/halifax.htm (1643 words)

	Amazon.ca: The Halifax Explosion and the Royal Canadian Navy: Inquiry and Intrigue: Books: John Griffith Armstrong (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The difficulty of assembling a thoroughly comprehensive history of the explosion is exhibited by the wide range of subjects embraced in the 1994 publication of papers from a well-conceived conference held on its 75th anniversary.
		By contrast, in Halifax all ages and classes were killed or maimed, without regard for gend er, age or professional status: dad at work, mother who stayed home with the babies, the babies too of course, and their older sisters and brothers at school.
		As the author notes early in his book, the Halifax explosion, to the extent it's been studied by historians at all, is generally approached from a sociological viewpoint that concentrates on the event's impact on the people of Halifax.
	www.amazon.ca /Halifax-Explosion-Royal-Canadian-Navy/dp/077480890X (2654 words)

	Halifax Explosion
		The explosion was caused by the collision of two steamers, the French Mont Blanc, carrying a quantity of nitro-glycerine and TNT, and the Belgian relief steamer Imo.
		The vote of one million pounds sterling by the British Government to the purpose testifies to the recognition by the Motherland and her Allies that the alleviation of distress and loss and the reconstruction of the devastated harbor city is a war responsibility.
		Halifax was, in fact, one of the most prosperous cities on the continent – so prosperous indeed that hundreds of her business people were coining bigger money than was ever known before in her one hundred and fifty years’ career.
	www.rootsweb.com /~canbrnep/hfxexp.htm (5761 words)

	HRM - Community - Halifax Explosion
		Members of the Halifax Fire Department responded quickly, and were positioning their engine up to the nearest hydrant when the Mont Blanc disintegrated in a blinding white flash, creating the biggest man-made explosion before the nuclear age.
		On Dec. 6, 1992, the Halifax Fire Department erected a monument in front of Station 6 (corner of Lady Hammond Road and Robie Street), in honour of the nine members who died attempting to fight the fire on the Mont Blanc.
		But Halifax has not forgotten, and every Dec. 6 at 9am there is a service by the Memorial Bells at Fort Needham, close to where the Mont Blanc exploded.
	www.halifax.ca /community/explode.html (1131 words)

	Halifax Explosion
		The Halifax Explosion website, therefore, not only functions as a virtual essay on an historical subject, it reminds us that history is open to interpretation in documentary and dramatic form.
		Aesthetically Halifax Explosion is clear and uncluttered, thereby contributing to a sense of cohesion and a fluid movement between pages.
		We are encouraged to compare reactions to the Halifax Explosion with other disasters such as the crash or Swissair flight 111 and New York’s 9/11.
	www.carleton.ca /canweb/current/halifax/halifaxexplosion.htm (3733 words)

	Canadian Relocation Systems, Halifax Nova Scotia Canada
		Halifax is the Capital of Nova Scotia with a population of 330,000 people Made up of the four previous municipalities of Halifax, Dartmouth,Bedford and Halifax County.
		Two of the more famous events in Halifax's history are the Halifax Explosion, and the sinking of the Titanic.
		The Halifax Explosion occurred December 6, 1917 when the French Steamship "Mont Blanc" and the Belgian Steamer "Imo" collided in the Halifax Harbor causing an explosion where over 1900 people were killed instantly, and over 9000 injured,many permanently.
	relocatecanada.com /halifax/index.html (283 words)

	Nova Scotia Archives & Records Management - Halifax Explosion 1917 Online Resources
		The film is an early news documentary from the silent-screen era, documenting in eerie silence and jerky movements the waste and devastation of a city destroyed, and the efforts that went into rebuilding it.
		Five first-hand survivor accounts of the Explosion, ranging from a letter written on 10 December 1917 by a Halifax housewife, to the reminiscences of an elderly woman in 1985, looking back to the events of 6 December when she was six years old and at Chebucto School.
		The most important archival resource for studying the Halifax Explosion is the nearly 60 meters of records accumulated by the Halifax Relief Commission, 1917-1978.
	www.gov.ns.ca /nsarm/virtual/explosion.asp (308 words)

	Mont Blanc, Cie. France-Amerique Line & Halifax Explosion 1917
		Mont Blanc and Imo and the Halifax Explosion of 1917
		The people of Halifax received an outpouring of relief from all over the world, but none is remembered with as much love and gratitude as is the aid provided by the people of Boston and the State of Massachucetts.
		Another harbor disaster was the 1917 HALIFAX EXPLOSION, during World War I. Among the vessels destroyed are said to be the CURACA, the COLON, the MUSQUASH, the DOUGLAS THOMAS, the PICTON -- and the principal vessel involved: the MONT BLANC (French).
	www.theshipslist.com /ships/Wrecks/montblanc.html (1052 words)

	Explosion - Tragedy on the home front - Did you know that... - Canada and the First World War - Library and Archives ...
		The devastating explosion in Halifax harbour on December 6, 1917 brought the horrific carnage and destruction of the First World War to Canada's doorstep.
		The blast, which is said to have been the largest man-made detonation before the invention of the atomic bomb, levelled approximately 2 square kilometres of Halifax and was reported to have been heard as far away as Prince Edward Island.
		One of the longest running measures of assistance to victims of the explosion is the Halifax Relief Commission.
	www.collectionscanada.ca /education/firstworldwar/05180202/0518020203_e.html (444 words)

	Thinking of Dec. 6, 1917 (Halifax Explosion Anniversary) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Cross was one of at least 20 Halifax Explosion survivors who gathered at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic on Sunday afternoon for a public reception to commemorate the disaster's anniversary.
		It was 87 years ago today that the largest explosion the world had seen prior to the atomic bomb caught Halifax completely off guard, leaving behind a haunting, tragic scene that remains fresh in the minds of those who still live to tell the tales.
		While the Halifax explosion is in fact one of the pivotal moments in Canadian history from a number of points of view (military, federalism, foreign relations, etc) it is barely taught in Canadian schools.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1295736/posts (2362 words)

	tara cleveland
		Buildings within a radius of half a mile of the explosion were totally destroyed and that up to one mile they were very largely rendered uninhabitable and dangerous.
		The Halifax explosion was the largest man-made explosion until nuclear bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
		The Halifax Explosion web site on the CBC is also amazing - it has some great background material: clips from radio and film, old photographs and letters etc. I spent a couple of hours going through it last night.
	www.taracleveland.com /personal/archives/00000093.html (453 words)

	Halifax Pop Explosion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The original Halifax Pop Explosion, which was operated as private business from 1993-1995, was created as a platform to celebrate Halifax's new found fame as the "Seattle of the North" and home of Canadian grunge, as well as to promote local bands such as Sloan and Thrush Hermit.
		In 2001 a past owner of the Halifax On Music Festival and one of the staff created the not-for-profit Halifax Pop Explosion Association to operate the festival for the good of the music community, abandoning any pretense that the event had long term profitability.
		In addition to the music, the Halifax Pop Explosion also continues to support a variety of independent arts and pop-culture events at the Indie Zine and Label Fair, which features panels, work shops and lectures, as well as face painting and entertainment for children, public readings by zine authors and film screenings.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Halifax_Pop_Explosion (343 words)

	Halifax Explosion - Maritime Museum of the Atlantic Info Sheet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In December, 1917, Halifax, Nova Scotia, was the hub of the Dominion of Canada.
		Thus no blame was ever laid in the largest man-made explosion until the atomic age, when its effects were studied by Oppenheimer in calculating the strength of the bombs for Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
		Many gravestones, artifacts and monuments in the cities of Halifax and Dartmouth are reminders of the explosion.
	museum.gov.ns.ca /mma/AtoZ/HalExpl.html (1364 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - The Halifax Explosion
		At 9.06 on the morning of 6 December, 1917, the Canadian port city of Halifax, Nova Scotia was shattered by the largest man-made explosion to have ever occurred.
		More than two square kilometres of the north end of Halifax was levelled by the combination of the blast, the ensuing inundating wave, and the firestorm that began as both coal and wood-heated buildings collapsed on their stoves and furnaces.
		In April of 1918 the Halifax Relief Commission was incorporated under provincial law to administer the 30 million-dollar relief fund.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A2339525 (803 words)

	hfxexp
		In 1917 occured a catastrophe which had been privately feared and officially ignored ever since the foundation of the fortress, the explosion of a large quantity of munitions.
		(Halifax - Warden of the North - by Thomas Raddall - pg.
		A moving exhibit on the Halifax Explosion, Halifax Wrecked can be viewed at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Lower Water Street, Halifax.
	www.angelfire.com /ns/bkeddy/hfxexp.html (278 words)

	The Halifax Explosion of 1945
		While the Halifax Explosion of 1917 was indeed a calamity, it was not the only major wartime explosion suffered by the locals.
		The final report on the explosion stated that a fire, of unknown origin, which started on the dock, had spread to the ammunition depot.
		In 1995, some 50 years after "Halifax Explosion II", the military began to remove some of the ammunition that fell into the harbour.
	www.mysteriesofcanada.com /Nova_Scotia/halifax_explosion_of_1945.htm (514 words)

	Nova Scotia Archives & Records Management - Halifax Explosion Remembrance Book
		The Halifax Explosion Remembrance Book was originally developed in 2002 as a commemorative project sponsored by the Halifax Foundation and its chair, the late Edmund Morris, a former city mayor, to mark the 85th anniversary of the Halifax Explosion.
		The original chief source of information for the project was the list of 1,535 victims published in McAlpine's Halifax City Directory for 1918, and entitled "Names of the Identified Dead Killed in the Explosion at Halifax 6 December 1917".
		The disaster took place at the height of the First World War, a time when there were many newcomers and transients in the city; it is possible that some of their names were missed; entire families could have been excluded for the same reason.
	www.gov.ns.ca /nsarm/virtual/remembrance (1077 words)

	Halifax Disaster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The explosion caused $28 million in damage - 326 acres of the north-end of Halifax's waterfront had been destroyed.
		The explosion had left 750 families homeless in the middle of winter.
		A relief committee was organized in several days and specialists were brought into Halifax to advise in the relief process.
	www.macalester.edu /courses/geog61/ahannert/halifaxdisaster.html (242 words)

	1945 Halifax Explosion
		The explosion was severe enough to violently rock the ship and resulted in the movie projector crashing to the deck.
		In the meantime, remembering only too well the 1917 explosion when 1600 people were killed, the populations of both Halifax and Dartmouth frantically evacuated their homes and businesses.
		Until Hiroshima, the Halifax explosion of 1917 was the the largest man-made explosion the world has seen.
	www.jproc.ca /iroquois/explosion_1945.html (650 words)

	Halifax Explosion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Soldiers in the garrison had began their duties for the day, labourers were going about their work, business people were heading to their offices, and children were preparing to begin classes for the day.
		The explosion was reported to have been heard more than 300 kilometres away and destroyed a large part of the city of Halifax.
		Following is a brief extract from a witness's account of the horror and destruction."Glass wounds of all degrees seemed to constitude the large number of casualties, and the face and especially the eye injuries were beyond anything.
	www.k12.nf.ca /piccadilly/HExpl.htm (464 words)

	Historial Comments on the film Shattered City by Dan Conlin
		In fact, the man who the film depicts as the victim of conspiracy, the pilot Mackey was the first to be let go even before the trial, by the judge who felt there was not enough evidence to involve him, followed by the release of Mont Blanc's captain for the same reason.
		The captain of the Mont Blanc is depicted as a panicky coward and shown to be one of the first to abandon his ship (when in fact he was the last to leave, insisting on remaining behind.) Medec's behavior is contrasted with heroic action by Mackey which are complete inventions of the film-makers.
		There were actually a half dozen hospitals operating the day of the explosion were also military medical facilities at five other locations who provided critical personnel and supplies.
	www.chebucto.ns.ca /~jacktar/halifaxexplosion.html (1163 words)

	The Halifax Explosion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Halifax explosion took place on December 6th 1917 at 9:04:35.
		The Halifax Explosion is the second largest explosion in the world.
		Inside it has a piece of the Mont Blanc and it has a window on the west side with a face in it witch is said to look like Rev. Jhon-Baptiest Marou.
	www.angelfire.com /ak/SunGirl/HalifaxExplosion.html (197 words)

	The Halifax Explosion \| MetaFilter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		March 21, 2005 8:19 AM 1917: The largest man-made non-nuclear explosion in history and yet (outside of Canada) a largely unknown disaster - The Halifax Explosion.
		Halifax still bears some scars but, at least when I was up there several years ago, I don't recall seeing any great monuments or anything though I was curious because I'd just read a book about it.
		I'm from NS, so I've heard my share of Explosionisms, but my favorite part was always that Historica Heritage moment on TV depicting Vince Coleman, railway despatcher, in his last frantic attempts to save lives before the explosion.
	www.metafilter.com /mefi/40605 (2225 words)

	Halifax Explosion, The [Laws G28] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The explosion and fire which follow cause terrible damage to the city and its population -- 1200 killed and 2000 wounded
		Notes: The Halifax Explosion took place when the French munitions freighter Mont Blanc and the Norwegian Imo collided in Halifax harbor.
		The Halifax explosion has been called "the second most devasting blast in history" (behind Hiroshima; it actually did more damage than Nagasaki).
	www.csufresno.edu /folklore/ballads/LG28.html (252 words)

	Halifax Explosion
		The Halifax Harbour is considered to be one of the finest and safest harbours in the world.
		The toll of the Halifax Explosion was enormous with over 1600 men, women and children killed.
		Communications links with the outside world were destroyed by the explosion which made the relief effort even more difficult.
	www.mysteriesofcanada.com /Nova_Scotia/halifax.htm (739 words)

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