The Halifax explosion, 25 years later (12-6-42)

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The Pittsburgh Press (December 6, 1942)

Halifax explosion anniversary today

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Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (UP) – (Dec. 5)
The 25th anniversary of the Halifax explosion that took the lives of 1,635 persons of Dec. 6, 1917, will be observed tomorrow.

It was on a Sunday morning that the Norwegian freighter Imo (carrying 8,000 tons of wheat) collided with the French merchantman Mont-Blanc (loaded with 4,000 tons of explosives) in the West Narrows entrance to Halifax Harbor.

The resulting explosion left the entire northern part of the city scarred. In addition to the 1,635 dead of whom 500 were never found, scores were blinded or partially blinded and hundreds were injured.

Although sabotage was suspected, it was never proved.

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There’s a good book written by John Bacon about that event.

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I had a post on my blog about this cataclysmic event a few years back - https://quotulatiousness.ca/blog/the-halifax-explosion-6-december-1917/

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Just went through your blog. Really great work you do there. :slight_smile:

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Thank you! Delighted that you found it interesting.

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