Joel Zemel examines the personal life and career of F. Evan Wyatt before and after the disaster and the criminal litigation that resulted in his being the only person to stand trial on criminal charges related to the Halifax Explosion. Before the Halifax Explosion, F. Evan Wyatt was a recently-married officer with a promising career in the Royal Canadian Navy. He also enjoyed popularity among those in the city's elite society. But little else is known about the only man indicted for allegedly causing the disaster. The French munitions ship, SS Mont-Blanc, and the Norwegian freighter, SS Imo, collided in Halifax Harbour on the morning of 6 December 1917. The resultant explosion killed nearly 2,000 people, caused nine thousand injuries and left many more homeless and without shelter. Property losses were in the millions of dollars. In the aftermath of the blast, an inquiry was set up to determine the cause of the collision between the two ships in the harbour. However, the proceedings quickly devolved into a search for scapegoats on whom to lay blame for the explosion. The captain and pilot of the French vessel were arrested along with the Royal Canadian Navy's chief examination officer (CXO), Commander F. Evan Wyatt (ret. R.N.R). Each man faced a charge of manslaughter. Charges of criminal negligence were added at a subsequent preliminary hearing. The captain and pilot were soon released on a writ of habeas corpus, but Commander Wyatt was indicted by a grand jury and put on trial. Although duly acquitted, his personal reputation and professional career in Canada were ruined. Betrayal of Trust delves into the life and times of F. Evan Wyatt, the circumstances leading up to his being scapegoated, and the failure of the Department of the Naval Service of Canada to protect one of its own. Joel Zemel is a professional jazz musician and documentary filmmaker turned author/historian. Joel is also the author of Scapegoat: the extraordinary legal proceedings following the 1917 Halifax Explosion. He resides and works in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Edited by Francis Mitchell ; proofed by Virginia Houston. Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-172) and index.

Mitchell, Francis, 1942-
Houston, Virginia, 1945-

Wyatt, F. Evan (Frederick Evan), 1877-1967
Wyatt, F. Evan (Frederick Evan), 1877-1967 — Trials, litigation, etc.
Canada. Royal Canadian Navy — Officers — Biography
Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917
Explosions — Nova Scotia — Halifax — History — 20th century
Disasters — Nova Scotia — Halifax
Halifax (N.S.) — Biography

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Born in Malagash, Nova Scotia, MacKenzie moved to Yukon during the Gold Rush. This biography of George Patton MacKenzie chronicles his time in Dawson City as prospector, teacher, and Gold Commissioner.

MacKenzie, George Patton, — 1873-1954
Yukon — Officials and employees — Biography
Canada, Northern — Discovery and exploration — History — 20th century
Yukon — History — 20th century
Arctic regions — Discovery and exploration — History — 20th century

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A century ago, governments buoyed by Progressive Era-beliefs began to assume greater responsibility for protecting and rescuing citizens. Yet the aftermath of two disasters in the United States-Canada borderlands--the Salem Fire of 1914 and the Halifax Explosion of 1917--saw working class survivors instead turn to friends, neighbors, coworkers, and family members for succor and aid. Both official and unofficial responses, meanwhile, showed how the United States and Canada were linked by experts, workers, and money. In Disaster Citizenship, Jacob A.C. Remes draws on histories of the Salem and Halifax events to explore the institutions--both formal and informal--that ordinary people relied upon in times of crisis. He explores patterns and traditions of self-help, informal order, and solidarity and details how people adapted these traditions when necessary. Yet, as he shows, these methods--though often quick and effective--remained illegible to reformers. Indeed, soldiers, social workers, and reformers wielding extraordinary emergency powers challenged these grassroots practices to impose progressive 'solutions' on what they wrongly imagined to be a fractured social landscape. Innovative and engaging, Disaster Citizenship excavates the forgotten networks of solidarity and obligation in an earlier time while simultaneously suggesting new frameworks in the emerging field of critical disaster studies. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Disaster relief — Social aspects — United States — History — 20th century
Disaster relief — Social aspects — Canada — History — 20th century
Fires — Massachusetts — Salem — History — 20th century
Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917
Working class — Massachusetts — Salem — History — 20th century
Working class — Nova Scotia — Halifax — History — 20th century
Solidarity — Social aspects — History — 20th century
Power (Social sciences) — History — 20th century
Salem (Mass.) — Social conditions — 20th century
Halifax (N.S.) — Social conditions — 20th century

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Ports of entry—Nova Scotia—Halifax—History—20th century—Juvenile literature
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Canada—Emigration and immigration—History—20th century&#

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Canadian Historical Association.

Minorities — Canada — History — 20th century
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World War, 1914-1918 — Canada
World War, 1939-1945 — Canada
Canada — History — 1914-1945
Canada &#

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World War, 1939-1945 — Naval operations, Canadian
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Ports of entry — Nova Scotia — Halifax — History — 20th century Juvenile literature
Immigrants — Canada — History — 20th century Juvenile literature
Canada — Emigration and immigration — History — 20th

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Includes index.

Yachts and yachting — Canada — History — 20th century.

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Burgess, John.

Warships — Canada — History — 20th century.

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The Canadian Sea King helicopter has served Canada and Canadians with distinction since its arrival in Shearwater, Nova Scotia on 1 August 1963. Includes bibliographical references. Includes DVD containing a Microsoft Word document containing 16 pages of photographs (some in colour), two photographs per page.

Sea King 50th Anniversary Committee

Canada — Canadian Armed Forces — History — 20th century
Sea King (Helicopter)
Military helicopters — Canada — History — 20th century
Flight crews — Canada — History — 20th century

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World War, 1914-1918 — Regimental histories — Canada
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Blacks — Canada — History — 20th century
World War, 1914-1918 — Canada.

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Society for Protection and Preservation of Black Culture in Nova Scotia.

World War, 1914-1918 — Regimental histories — Canada
World War, 1914-1918 — Blacks — Canada
Blacks — Canada — History — 20th century
World War, 1914-1918 — Canada.

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New Brunswick Museum.

Authors, Canadian (English) — 20th century — Biography
Clergy — Canada — Biography
\6 — Canada — Biographies
Yukon Territory — History.

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Anthony, Geraldine, 1919-

Dramatists, Canadian — 20th century
Canadian drama — 20th century — History and criticism
Theater — Canada.

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Wright, J. Franklin — (Joseph Franklin), — 1924-

Ships in art
Ships — Canada — History — Pictorial works
Marine painting — 20th century — Canada.

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Van de Wiel, Debi, 1952-

Ports of entry — Nova Scotia — Halifax — History
Immigrants — Canada — History — 20th century
Canada — Emigration and immigration — History — 20th century.

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Includes index.

Conservatism — Canada — History — 20th century
Canada — Politics and government — 20th century.

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Forestell, Nancy M. (Nancy Margaret), 1960-
McPherson, Kathryn M
Morgan, Cecilia Louise, 1958-

Sex role — Canada — History — 19th century
Sex role — Canada — History — 20th century
Femininity — Canada — History — 19th century
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Sex differ

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Merchant marine — Canada — History — 20th century
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Runners (Sports) — Canada — History — 20th century
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Canada — History — 20th century.

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Immigrants — Canada — History — 20th century
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Scots — Canada — Biography
Lewis with Harris Island (Scotland) — Emigration

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Boutilier, James A., 1939-

World War, 1939-1945 — Naval operations, Canadian
Canada — History, Naval — 20th century
Canada — History, Naval — 20th century.

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Merchant marine — Canada — History — 20th century
World War, 1939-1945 — Personal narratives, Canadian
World War, 1939-1945 — Campaigns — Atlantic Ocean
Merchant mariners — Canada — Biography.

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World War, 1939-1945 — Campaigns — Atlantic Ocean
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World War, 1939-1945 — Personal narratives, Canadian
Merchant marine — Canada — History — 20th century.

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