Remembering An Accident: The Halifax Explosion

On December 6, 1917, a ship traveling to France that carried approximately 9,000 tons of wartime explosives caught fire after a collision in the Halifax Harbour. The fire quickly ignited the explosives. Approximately 1,800 were killed and 9,000 were injured by the fire, debris and collapsed buildings.

Here is an article on History.com: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-great-halifax-explosion

And following is a video of the footage after the explosion, showing devastation and relief effort. 

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