On the morning of December 6th, 1917, a French cargo ship the "SS Mont Blanc" -- carrying tons of munitions bound for the allies during World War I -- collided with the "SS Imo," a Belgium relief ship ...
It happened during the last year of World War I, when a relief vessel collided with an ammunition ship in the bustling Nova Scotia harbor on Dec. 6, 1917, instantly incinerating more than 1,600 people ...
On the morning of Dec. 6, 1917, the SS Mont-Blanc, a French tramp steamer, made its way slowly into Halifax Harbor, a stopover on its way to deliver its cargo to the French army. The crew was starting ...
If you ask most Americans who their country’s biggest trading partner is, you’re likely to hear China, Japan, Germany, or Mexico. But the answer is Canada, by a long shot — and it has been for decades ...
"The Great Halifax Explosion: A World War I Story of Treachery, Tragedy and Extraordinary Heroism," by John Bacon. HarperCollins, 432 pages. $29.99. Everything changed in an instant. One moment, the ...
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