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Today is (was) the anniversary of the Halifax Explosion (12/6/1917).
2 ships—one carrying carrying explosives—collided in Halifax harbor, triggering the largest man-made explosion prior to the development of nuclear weapons, and killing over 1600 people, including numerous onlookers on shore.
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Today is (was) the anniversary of the Halifax Explosion (12/6/1917).
2 ships—one carrying carrying explosives—collided in Halifax harbor, triggering the largest man-made explosion prior to the development of nuclear weapons, and killing over 1600 people, including numerous onlookers on shore.
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Today is (was) the anniversary of the Halifax Explosion (12/6/1917).
2 ships—one carrying carrying explosives—collided in Halifax harbor, triggering the largest man-made explosion prior to the development of nuclear weapons, and killing over 1600 people, including numerous onlookers on shore.
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Today is (was) the anniversary of the Halifax Explosion (12/6/1917).
2 ships—one carrying carrying explosives—collided in Halifax harbor, triggering the largest man-made explosion prior to the development of nuclear weapons, and killing over 1600 people, including numerous onlookers on shore.
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#OTD in #NavalHistory, 6 December 1917: HMSs Changuinola and Knight Templar witnessed the #HalifaxExplosion.
The images show how they reported it in their deck logs.
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#OTD in #NavalHistory, 6 December 1917: HMSs Changuinola and Knight Templar witnessed the #HalifaxExplosion.
The images show how they reported it in their deck logs.
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#OTD in #NavalHistory, 6 December 1917: HMSs Changuinola and Knight Templar witnessed the #HalifaxExplosion.
The images show how they reported it in their deck logs.
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#OTD in #NavalHistory, 6 December 1917: HMSs Changuinola and Knight Templar witnessed the #HalifaxExplosion.
The images show how they reported it in their deck logs.
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#OTD in #NavalHistory, 6 December 1917: HMSs Changuinola and Knight Templar witnessed the #HalifaxExplosion.
The images show how they reported it in their deck logs.
Text also available in Alt description.#MaritimeHistory #NavalHistory #History #WW1 #CitizenScience
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If you know your #history and your #chemistry, this minor story from 2 days ago is chilling:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/evacuation-alert-mackay-bridge-chemical-spill-1.7438661
"#MacKayBridge reopens, evacuation order lifted after chemical scare"
You may know the largest artificial non-nuclear #explosion was the #HalifaxExplosion in 1917. 1,950 died. The main culprit was a now obscure chemical but at the time widely used as a wartime explosive:
picric acid
The culprit for the evacuation in #Halifax and #Dartmouth two days ago?
picric acid
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If you know your #history and your #chemistry, this minor story from 2 days ago is chilling:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/evacuation-alert-mackay-bridge-chemical-spill-1.7438661
"#MacKayBridge reopens, evacuation order lifted after chemical scare"
You may know the largest artificial non-nuclear #explosion was the #HalifaxExplosion in 1917. 1,950 died. The main culprit was a now obscure chemical but at the time widely used as a wartime explosive:
picric acid
The culprit for the evacuation in #Halifax and #Dartmouth two days ago?
picric acid
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If you know your #history and your #chemistry, this minor story from 2 days ago is chilling:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/evacuation-alert-mackay-bridge-chemical-spill-1.7438661
"#MacKayBridge reopens, evacuation order lifted after chemical scare"
You may know the largest artificial non-nuclear #explosion was the #HalifaxExplosion in 1917. 1,950 died. The main culprit was a now obscure chemical but at the time widely used as a wartime explosive:
picric acid
The culprit for the evacuation in #Halifax and #Dartmouth two days ago?
picric acid
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If you know your #history and your #chemistry, this minor story from 2 days ago is chilling:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/evacuation-alert-mackay-bridge-chemical-spill-1.7438661
"#MacKayBridge reopens, evacuation order lifted after chemical scare"
You may know the largest artificial non-nuclear #explosion was the #HalifaxExplosion in 1917. 1,950 died. The main culprit was a now obscure chemical but at the time widely used as a wartime explosive:
picric acid
The culprit for the evacuation in #Halifax and #Dartmouth two days ago?
picric acid
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The evacuation alert at Mackay Bridge #Halifax was due to a deteriorated bottle of Picric Acid at Bedford Institute of Oceanography.
What's Picric Acid?
Well it was once carried by the SS Mont-Blanc, just metres from where the BIO now stands. The rest is history. #HalifaxExplosion
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/evacuation-alert-mackay-bridge-chemical-spill-1.7438661
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The evacuation alert at Mackay Bridge #Halifax was due to a deteriorated bottle of Picric Acid at Bedford Institute of Oceanography.
What's Picric Acid?
Well it was once carried by the SS Mont-Blanc, just metres from where the BIO now stands. The rest is history. #HalifaxExplosion
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/evacuation-alert-mackay-bridge-chemical-spill-1.7438661
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The evacuation alert at Mackay Bridge #Halifax was due to a deteriorated bottle of Picric Acid at Bedford Institute of Oceanography.
What's Picric Acid?
Well it was once carried by the SS Mont-Blanc, just metres from where the BIO now stands. The rest is history. #HalifaxExplosion
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/evacuation-alert-mackay-bridge-chemical-spill-1.7438661
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The evacuation alert at Mackay Bridge #Halifax was due to a deteriorated bottle of Picric Acid at Bedford Institute of Oceanography.
What's Picric Acid?
Well it was once carried by the SS Mont-Blanc, just metres from where the BIO now stands. The rest is history. #HalifaxExplosion
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/evacuation-alert-mackay-bridge-chemical-spill-1.7438661
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The evacuation alert at Mackay Bridge #Halifax was due to a deteriorated bottle of Picric Acid at Bedford Institute of Oceanography.
What's Picric Acid?
Well it was once carried by the SS Mont-Blanc, just metres from where the BIO now stands. The rest is history. #HalifaxExplosion
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/evacuation-alert-mackay-bridge-chemical-spill-1.7438661
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The #HalifaxExplosion was equivalent to 2.9 kilotons of TNT
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The #HalifaxExplosion was equivalent to 2.9 kilotons of TNT
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The #HalifaxExplosion was equivalent to 2.9 kilotons of TNT
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The #HalifaxExplosion was equivalent to 2.9 kilotons of TNT
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The #HalifaxExplosion was equivalent to 2.9 kilotons of TNT
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@Rickd6 No, but today marks the anniversary of 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 harbour of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Explosion
At least 1,782 people were killed, largely in Halifax and Dartmouth, by the blast, debris, fires, or collapsed buildings, and an estimated 9,000 others were injured. -
@Rickd6 No, but today marks the anniversary of 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 harbour of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Explosion
At least 1,782 people were killed, largely in Halifax and Dartmouth, by the blast, debris, fires, or collapsed buildings, and an estimated 9,000 others were injured. -
@Rickd6 No, but today marks the anniversary of 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 harbour of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Explosion
At least 1,782 people were killed, largely in Halifax and Dartmouth, by the blast, debris, fires, or collapsed buildings, and an estimated 9,000 others were injured. -
@Rickd6 No, but today marks the anniversary of 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 harbour of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Explosion
At least 1,782 people were killed, largely in Halifax and Dartmouth, by the blast, debris, fires, or collapsed buildings, and an estimated 9,000 others were injured. -
@Rickd6 No, but today marks the anniversary of 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 harbour of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Explosion
At least 1,782 people were killed, largely in Halifax and Dartmouth, by the blast, debris, fires, or collapsed buildings, and an estimated 9,000 others were injured. -
#OTD in #NavalHistory, 6 December 1917: HMS Highflyer witnessed the #HalifaxExplosion, was damaged and suffered casualties.
She recorded the following in her log-book: '9:08am: Mont Blanc exploded (cargo, ammunition previously unknown) causing large wave and setting Richmond on fire'.
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Great piece of history preserved in tapes of a 1978 radio show of the 61st anniversary with eye witnesses of the Halifax Explosion:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/halifax-explosion-survivors-lost-tapes-1.7058870
#HalifaxExplosion #HalifaxNS #Halifax #NovaScotia #HistoryDon #History
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Great piece of history preserved in tapes of a 1978 radio show of the 61st anniversary with eye witnesses of the Halifax Explosion:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/halifax-explosion-survivors-lost-tapes-1.7058870
#HalifaxExplosion #HalifaxNS #Halifax #NovaScotia #HistoryDon #History
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Great piece of history preserved in tapes of a 1978 radio show of the 61st anniversary with eye witnesses of the Halifax Explosion:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/halifax-explosion-survivors-lost-tapes-1.7058870
#HalifaxExplosion #HalifaxNS #Halifax #NovaScotia #HistoryDon #History
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Great piece of history preserved in tapes of a 1978 radio show of the 61st anniversary with eye witnesses of the Halifax Explosion:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/halifax-explosion-survivors-lost-tapes-1.7058870
#HalifaxExplosion #HalifaxNS #Halifax #NovaScotia #HistoryDon #History
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Great piece of history preserved in tapes of a 1978 radio show of the 61st anniversary with eye witnesses of the Halifax Explosion:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/halifax-explosion-survivors-lost-tapes-1.7058870
#HalifaxExplosion #HalifaxNS #Halifax #NovaScotia #HistoryDon #History
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106 years ago today the SS Mont Blanc, carrying explosives for WWI, crashed into the SS Imo in The Narrows of Halifax Harbour. The subsequent explosion was the largest in pre-atomic history. It destroyed Halifax's North End, 9000 wounded, 2000 dead. #HalifaxExplosion
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106 years ago today the SS Mont Blanc, carrying explosives for WWI, crashed into the SS Imo in The Narrows of Halifax Harbour. The subsequent explosion was the largest in pre-atomic history. It destroyed Halifax's North End, 9000 wounded, 2000 dead. #HalifaxExplosion
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106 years ago today the SS Mont Blanc, carrying explosives for WWI, crashed into the SS Imo in The Narrows of Halifax Harbour. The subsequent explosion was the largest in pre-atomic history. It destroyed Halifax's North End, 9000 wounded, 2000 dead. #HalifaxExplosion
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106 years ago today the SS Mont Blanc, carrying explosives for WWI, crashed into the SS Imo in The Narrows of Halifax Harbour. The subsequent explosion was the largest in pre-atomic history. It destroyed Halifax's North End, 9000 wounded, 2000 dead. #HalifaxExplosion
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106 years ago today the SS Mont Blanc, carrying explosives for WWI, crashed into the SS Imo in The Narrows of Halifax Harbour. The subsequent explosion was the largest in pre-atomic history. It destroyed Halifax's North End, 9000 wounded, 2000 dead. #HalifaxExplosion
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Buen día, miserables.
¿Estoy refritando el toot del año pasado para agitarlo en 2024? Pero, qué pregunta. ¡Miren la fecha nomás!
Hace ciento siete años la Gran Guerra llegó a Halifax y Dartmouth, ciudades portuarias de Nova Scotia, en forma de toneladas de explosivos destinados a Europa pero detonados por el choque e incendio de dos barcos. La más potente explosión no nuclear de la historia. Y se llevó dos mil vidas en el acto, hirió a nueve mil personas y tal vez veinte mil más quedaron sin techo, que no es pavada en el invierno canadiense.
Conocida como la #HalifaxExplosion en la anglósfera, tiene hasta su propia canción, Fire and Flame, editada en el año de la pandemia--siglo y fracción después de la de "gripe española", nombre tramposo si los hubo, pero es otra charla. Coincidencias cómodas para los bichos carroñeros como una, ¿no?
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Buen día, miserables.
¿Estoy refritando el toot del año pasado para agitarlo en 2024? Pero, qué pregunta. ¡Miren la fecha nomás!
Hace ciento siete años la Gran Guerra llegó a Halifax y Dartmouth, ciudades portuarias de Nova Scotia, en forma de toneladas de explosivos destinados a Europa pero detonados por el choque e incendio de dos barcos. La más potente explosión no nuclear de la historia. Y se llevó dos mil vidas en el acto, hirió a nueve mil personas y tal vez veinte mil más quedaron sin techo, que no es pavada en el invierno canadiense.
Conocida como la #HalifaxExplosion en la anglósfera, tiene hasta su propia canción, Fire and Flame, editada en el año de la pandemia--siglo y fracción después de la de "gripe española", nombre tramposo si los hubo, pero es otra charla. Coincidencias cómodas para los bichos carroñeros como una, ¿no?
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Buen día, miserables.
¿Estoy refritando el toot del año pasado para agitarlo en 2024? Pero, qué pregunta. ¡Miren la fecha nomás!
Hace ciento siete años la Gran Guerra llegó a Halifax y Dartmouth, ciudades portuarias de Nova Scotia, en forma de toneladas de explosivos destinados a Europa pero detonados por el choque e incendio de dos barcos. La más potente explosión no nuclear de la historia. Y se llevó dos mil vidas en el acto, hirió a nueve mil personas y tal vez veinte mil más quedaron sin techo, que no es pavada en el invierno canadiense.
Conocida como la #HalifaxExplosion en la anglósfera, tiene hasta su propia canción, Fire and Flame, editada en el año de la pandemia--siglo y fracción después de la de "gripe española", nombre tramposo si los hubo, pero es otra charla. Coincidencias cómodas para los bichos carroñeros como una, ¿no?
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Buen día, miserables.
¿Estoy refritando el toot del año pasado para agitarlo en 2024? Pero, qué pregunta. ¡Miren la fecha nomás!
Hace ciento siete años la Gran Guerra llegó a Halifax y Dartmouth, ciudades portuarias de Nova Scotia, en forma de toneladas de explosivos destinados a Europa pero detonados por el choque e incendio de dos barcos. La más potente explosión no nuclear de la historia. Y se llevó dos mil vidas en el acto, hirió a nueve mil personas y tal vez veinte mil más quedaron sin techo, que no es pavada en el invierno canadiense.
Conocida como la #HalifaxExplosion en la anglósfera, tiene hasta su propia canción, Fire and Flame, editada en el año de la pandemia--siglo y fracción después de la de "gripe española", nombre tramposo si los hubo, pero es otra charla. Coincidencias cómodas para los bichos carroñeros como una, ¿no?
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Buen día, miserables.
¿Estoy refritando el toot del año pasado para agitarlo en 2024? Pero, qué pregunta. ¡Miren la fecha nomás!
Hace ciento siete años la Gran Guerra llegó a Halifax y Dartmouth, ciudades portuarias de Nova Scotia, en forma de toneladas de explosivos destinados a Europa pero detonados por el choque e incendio de dos barcos. La más potente explosión no nuclear de la historia. Y se llevó dos mil vidas en el acto, hirió a nueve mil personas y tal vez veinte mil más quedaron sin techo, que no es pavada en el invierno canadiense.
Conocida como la #HalifaxExplosion en la anglósfera, tiene hasta su propia canción, Fire and Flame, editada en el año de la pandemia--siglo y fracción después de la de "gripe española", nombre tramposo si los hubo, pero es otra charla. Coincidencias cómodas para los bichos carroñeros como una, ¿no?
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Your annual reminder that the #HalifaxExplosion flattened more than 2.5 square kilometres of the city on 6 December 1917 and by March 1918 the city built 832 emergency homes for the #Unhoused
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Your annual reminder that the #HalifaxExplosion flattened more than 2.5 square kilometres of the city on 6 December 1917 and by March 1918 the city built 832 emergency homes for the #Unhoused
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Your annual reminder that the #HalifaxExplosion flattened more than 2.5 square kilometres of the city on 6 December 1917 and by March 1918 the city built 832 emergency homes for the #Unhoused
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Your annual reminder that the #HalifaxExplosion flattened more than 2.5 square kilometres of the city on 6 December 1917 and by March 1918 the city built 832 emergency homes for the #Unhoused
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Your annual reminder that the #HalifaxExplosion flattened more than 2.5 square kilometres of the city on 6 December 1917 and by March 1918 the city built 832 emergency homes for the #Unhoused
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On the morning of December 6, 1917, two ships collided in Halifax Harbor, Nova Scotia, resulting in a massive blast that ultimately killed 2,000 people in the largest man-made explosion prior to the atomic age.
https://www.newspapers.com/topics/world-history/halifax-explosion/
#HalifaxExplosion #Halifax #Thread #Historical #Newspapers
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