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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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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 #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. -
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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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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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
Articles and Clippings about the Halifax Explosion
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Halifax Harbour Reflection
This reflection was part of a series I produced a few years ago. This is HMCS Acadia, which was docked by the Maritime Museum in Halifax harbour. Built in 1913, she survived the Halifax explosion of 1917.
https://hmhps.ca/sites/hmcs-acadia
Happy Tuesday, Fedi Friends#StevenKPosts #docks #HalifaxHarbour #Halifax #NovaScotia #Harbour #Maritime #Ship #HalifaxExplosion #Reflection #Abstract #VisitNovaScotia #HMCSAcadia #TuesdayVibe #Tuesday
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A firsthand account of the #Halifax Explosion; also: #glyphosate spraying
https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file/a-firsthand-account-of-the-halifax-explosion/
Morning File, by @TimBousquet
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Saw this picture on our walk around #Halifax. It shows the slope where the house we're staying in while we're here is.
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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. -
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. -
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
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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
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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/
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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.📸LAC 3624178
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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.
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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 🇨🇦
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#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 -
Every year, Nova Scotia provides Boston with its official yuletide tree as a thank you for the city's response to the 1917 #HalifaxExplosion
An estimated 2,000 people died and 9,000 more were injured.
Aid from #Boston was the 1st to arrive, and the response has not been forgotten.
The #TreeForBoston will leave Halifax on Nov. 21st for its 1,100-kilometre journey to Massachusetts. A tree-lighting ceremony will take place at the Boston Common on Dec. 1st.
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Futility Closet Podcast on the Halifax Explosion
Earlier this month an episode of Futility Closet recounted the story of the Halifax Explosion, one of the pivotal events of my city.
In 1917, a munitions ship exploded in Halifax, Nova Scotia, devastating the city and shattering the lives of its citizens. In this week’s episode of the Futility Closet
https://apollolemmon.com/2019/01/29/futility-closet-podcast-on-the-halifax-explosion/