'The rumble got louder, the walls quaked as if in fear, and the classroom's windows started to pulse and shake before they completely shattered, showering everyone inside with glass.' On December 6, 1917, the face of Halifax changed forever when the Imo, a Belgian Relief ship, collided with the French ship, the Mont Blanc. Shortly after 9:00 a.m., the Mont Blanc, which was carrying a large cargo of explosives, blew up. It destroyed much of the city's north end and neighbouring communities like Tuft's Cove and Dartmouth. The effect was catastrophic. Almost immediately, aid was rushed to Halifax as survivors and workers dug through rubble and ruins for friends and family. Over 2,000 people died and 9,000 were injured, while countless others were rendered homeless. As news broke about the explosion, newspapers from Toronto to Hawaii and France to Australia scrambled to provide readers with updated information. These and other stories gave face to a disaster which, at the time, was a mix of ever-changing statistics, details, and questions about blame. Often the reports were exaggerated and erroneous. In Halifax, newspapers carried lists of the injured, dead, and missing alongside a collection of notices and ads. This strange juxtaposition showed just how quickly the explosion had happened as holiday-themed advertisements mixed with notices about relief and stories of survival and death. Together, they present the overarching image of Halifax at the time - survival and confusion - while separately they show just how much impact one event had. Katie Ingram is a Halifax-based freelance journalist and writer.

Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917
Disasters — Nova Scotia — Halifax
Nova Scotia — Halifax — Press coverage
Journalism — Nova Scotia — Halifax — History

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Includes bibliographical references.

Halifax (N.S.) — History, Military

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 138-140 and index. Recounts the story from World War I in which two towns were leveled and almost two thousand people killed following the collison of two warships in Halifax Harbour and a blizzard that dumped over a foot of snow in the area.

Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917 — Juvenile literature
Explosions — Nova Scotia — Halifax — History — 20th century — Juvenile literature
Halifax (N.S.) — History — 20th century — Juvenile literature.

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At head of title: Draft list A compiled list of names of the identified dead killed in the Halifax Explosion, December 6, 1917.

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

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Millennium celebrations — Nova Scotia — Halifax Regional Municipality
Halifax Regional Municipality (N.S.) — History

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Includes index. Reprint. Originally published: Halifax, N.S. : Nova Scotia Historical Society, 1895.

Halifax (N.S.) — History.

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Co-published by Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management.

Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management.

Halifax (N.S.) — History Pictorial works.

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Sub-title from cover.

County officials and employees — Nova Scotia — Halifax (County)
Mayors — Nova Scotia — Halifax
Halifax (N.S.) — History
Halifax (N.S.) — Biography
Halifax County (N.S.) — Politics and government
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Includes index.

World War, 1914-1918 — Nova Scotia — Halifax
Halifax (N.S.) — History, Military

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Includes index.

World War, 1914-1918 — Nova Scotia — Halifax
World War, 1914-1918 — Participation, Canadian
Soldiers — Nova Scotia — Halifax — Biography
Halifax (N.S.) — History, Military — 20th century

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Based on papers presented at a conference held at Saint Mary's University in December 1992.

Ruffman, Alan
Howell, Colin D., 1944-

Gorsebrook Research Institute for Atlantic Canada Studies.

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

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Sutherland, David A. (David Alexander), 1942-
Guildford, Janet, 1946-

Halifax (N.S.) — History.

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Episode 4.

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

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Format VHS

Kioussis, Cameron
Cameron, Craig

Charles Bishop Productions
Chronicle Pictures
Global Television Network

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

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Shipwrecks — North Atlantic Ocean
Disaster victims — North Atlantic Ocean
Cemeteries — Nova Scotia — Halifax
Halifax (N.S.) — History.

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Dtours Visitors and Convention Service.

Disaster relief — United States — History
Halifax (N.S.) — History — Explosion, 1917.

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Includes index.

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

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On December 6, 1917, harbour pilot Francis Mackey was guiding Mont Blanc, a French munitions ship, into Bedford Basin to join a convoy across the Atlantic when it was rammed by Belgian Relief vessel Imo. The resulting massive explosion destroyed Halifax's north end and left at least two thousand people dead, including pilot William Hayes aboard Imo. Who was to blame? Federal government and naval officials found in Pilot Mackey a convenient target for public anger. Charged with manslaughter, he was imprisoned, villainized in the press, and denied his pilot's license even after the charges were dropped. A century later he is still unfairly linked to the tragedy. Through interviews with Mackey's relatives, transcripts, letters, and newly exposed government documents, author Janet Maybee explores the circumstances leading up to the Halifax Explosion, the question of fault, and the impact on the pilot and his family of the unjust, deliberate persecution that followed.

Mackey, Francis Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917
Explosions — Nova Scotia — Halifax — History
Halifax (N.S.) — History

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Fisheries — Nova Scotia — History
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Nova Scotia — Biography

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Includes bibliographical references pages 267-276 and index.

Schooners — Nova Scotia — History
Shipbuilding — Nova Scotia — Tancook Island
Tancook Island (N.S.) — History

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Jerome, — ca. 1843-1912.

Castaways — Nova Scotia — Biography
Mute persons — Nova Scotia — Biography
Amputees — Nova Scotia — Biography
Saint Marys Bay Region (N.S.) — Biography
Saint Marys Bay Region (N.S.) — History.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Saint Margarets Bay Region (N.S.) — History.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Richmond (N.S. : County) — History
Richmond (N.S. : County) — Genealogy
St. George's Channel (N.S.) — Genealogy
St. George's Channel (N.S.) — History.

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Seal Island (N.S.) — History

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Keough, Rosemarie, 1959-

Natural history — Nova Scotia — Sable Island — Pictorial works
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