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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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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Conducted by The Archbishop of Nova Scotia, Captain, The Rev. Robert Johnston, The Rev. Robert C. Tait, The Rev. G. F. Bolster, The Rev. W. M. Weaver, Colonel Hargraves.

Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917
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Poem written about the devastation of the Halifax Explosion on the city and the people who live there.

Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917
Halifax (N.S. County) — History

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First hand account of the start of the relief effort. Descriptions of the devastation to the people, the communities/infrastructure.

Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917
Nova Scotia — History

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The story of Dorothy May Collins' and her family's experience during and after the Halifax Explosion in 1917.

Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917
Explosions — Nova Scotia
History — Nova Scotia

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French magazine that has an article about the Halifax Explosion ; article titled "La Grande Explosion de Halifax" by Pol Corvez (pages 60-73). The remaining articles are nautical in theme and cover different geographic areas.

Chasse-Marée

Halifax (N.S.)—History—Explosion, 1917
20th Century — History — Halifax (N.S.)

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This publication presents only a small part of the material held at the Archives in the Colchester Historeum. It is intended to honour and celebrate the generosity of our residents a hundred years age.

Maybee, Janet

Halifax (N.S.) — History — Explosion, 1917

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Introduction and annotations by David A. Sutherland. This volume features key documents from the Papers of the Halifax Relief Commission (HRC), which was established in the wake of the 1917 Halifax Explosion. The HRC was a quasi-governmental authority endowed with sweeping authority to implement a long-term program of reconstruction and rehabilitation to improve the qualify of life for the people of Halifax and neighbouring Dartmouth.

Halifax Relief Commission
Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917
Disaster victims—Rehabilitation—Nova Scotia—Halifax—History—20th century
Halifax (N.S.)—History—20th century

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Cover title. Includes bibliographical references.

Halifax (N.S.)—History—Explosion, 1917.

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In: Ancestors, issue 64 December 2007.

Halifax (N.S.) — History — Explosion, 1917.

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Cover title. "Updates to the information contained in this volume are available in the online version of 'The Halifax Explosion Book of Remembrance: List of the Known Dead,' located at: http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/remembrance".

Halifax (N.S.) — History — Explosion, 1917.

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Watson, Joyce.

Halifax (N.S.) — History — Explosion, 1917.

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Dartmouth Historical Association

Halifax (N.S.) — History — Explosion, 1917
Dartmouth (N.S.) — History.

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Halifax (N.S.) — History — Explosion, 1917

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Halifax (N.S.) — History — Explosion, 1917

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Exhibition held November 13, 1992 - February 13, 1993.

Public Archives of Nova Scotia.

Photography — Exhibitions
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Selected resources available at Halifax City Regional Library.

Halifax City Regional Library

Halifax (N.S.) — History — Explosion, 1917 — Bibliographies

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Halifax (N.S.) — History — Explosion, 1917 — Juvenile literature.

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In: International journal of mass emergencies and disasters, Nov. 1988, vol. 6, no. 3.

Disaster relief — Nova Scotia — Halifax
Halifax (N.S.) — History — Explosion, 1917.

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The working text for three talks given on CBC Radio's Information Morning show. -- Leaf [1.

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Halifax City Regional Library

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Halifax (N.S.) — History — Explosion, 1917

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Program of an evening of music and readings pertaining to the Halifax Explosion. Also contains a poster for the event and a review of the evening which appeared in the Daily news.

Halifax (N.S.) — History — Explosion, 1917

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In Canadian Rail, no. 431, Nov.-Dec. 1992.

Railroads — Nova Scotia — History
Intercolonial Railway — History — Nova Scotia
Halifax (N.S.) — History — Explosion, 1917

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