Betrayal of Trust : Commander Wyatt and the Halifax Explosion / by Joel Zemel. Halifax : New World Publishing, 2017. x, 182 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
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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.
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Three lists: Micmac deaths attributed to the Halifax Explosion / researched by: Gary Shutlak, Don (Byrd) Awalt, Murial Cottam Yorke. Unbound volume, 58 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.
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Lists include Jerry Lone Cloud list to Harry Piers (as in "The Old Man Told Us), Department of Indian Affairs list (same as in "Ground Zero List") and John Peter Cope to his sister Rachel Cop list ... to Muriel Cottam Yorke. Includes bibliography.
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Dorothy May Collins : A Story of a life altered by the Halifax Explosion / by Dorothy Brown. Toronto, ON : Dorothy Brown, 2017. 92 pages: illustrations ; 22 cm.
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The story of Dorothy May Collins' and her family's experience during and after the Halifax Explosion in 1917.
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Story of the Springhill disaster : comprising a full and authentic account of the great coal mining explosion at Springhill Mines, Nova Scotia, February 21st, 1891, including a history of Springhill and its collieries / by R.A.H. Morrow. 2nd ed. St. John, N.B. : R.A.H. Morrow, 1891. 311 pages : ports., plans ; 19 cm.
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The 90th anniversary of the Halifax Explosion, December 6, 1917 / Grade 6 students of Sir Charles Tupper Elementary School. Halifax: Sir Charles Tupper School, 2007. 54 pages : illustrations some copies; 28 cm.
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Cover title. Includes bibliographical references.
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The Halifax Explosion of 1917 : the oculist experience / Chryssa N. McAlister, T. Jock Murray, Charles E. Maxner. Ottawa : Ont. : Canadian Opthalmological Society, 2008. ppages 27-32 : illustrations; 28 cm.
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In: Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology, vol.43, no.1
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Explosion in Halifax Harbour, December 6, 1917 : the Salvation Army's relief operations / by Major Ralph Pilgrim. The author, 1994. 39 pages : illustrations, ports.; 28 cm.
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Book of remembrance : Halifax Explosion, 6 December 1917 - list of those who died Halifax : Edmund Morris , 2002. 48 pages : 36 cm.
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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".
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Captain John Watson's experience in the Halifax Explosion / a reminiscence compiled and collated by various family members; submitted by Joyce Watson. Uxbridge, Ont. : Joyce Watson, 1997. 4 pages : 28 cm.
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Dartmouth's day of anguish : the Explosion, December 6, 1917 / by Harry Chapman. Dartmouth : Dartmouth Museum Society, 1992. vi, 45 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
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Munitions Ship Explosion Levels Halifax - In NFPA Journal, the Official Magazine of the National Fire Protection Association, vol. 86, no. 3, May-June 1992 1992. pages 96-107.
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Explosions in Nova Scotia Coal mines, read before the Federated Institution of Mining Engineers, Newcastle - Upper-Tyne, 1894 1894.
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Notes of some explosions in Nova Scotia coal mines 13 pages.
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In: Transactions of the Nova Scotia Institute of Science 1890-91. On fiche: CIHM #06908.
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A Vision of regeneration : reconstruction after the Halifax Explosion, 1917-1921 Halifax : Public Archives of Nova Scotia, 1992. 46 pages : 28 cm.
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Exhibition held November 13, 1992 - February 13, 1993.
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Explosion in Halifax Harbour : December 6, 1917 / Halifax City Regional Library. Halifax : the Library, 1992. 14 pages : 22 cm.
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Selected resources available at Halifax City Regional Library.
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Worse than war : the Halifax explosion / M. Pauline Murphy Sutow. 1st ed. Tantallon : Four East, 1992. 42 pages : illustrations; 16 x 23 cm.
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Who's a scaredy-cat!: a story about the Halifax Explosion Dartmouth : Windmill Press, 1992. 85 pages.
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The Halifax explosion : realities and myths / Alan Ruffman. Halifax : The Author, 1987. 29 pages; 28 cm.
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The working text for three talks given on CBC Radio's Information Morning show. -- Leaf [1.
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The Halifax Explosion, December 6, 1917: a list of books and other materials relating to the disaster 2nd rev. ed. Halifax: Halifax City Regional Library, 1984. 10 pages; 22 cm.
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Ballad of the Halifax Explosion - From My P.E.I. home: ballads and epic poems of Atlantic Canada Charlottetown : Irwin Printing, 1984. 5 pages.
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Exploding myths : the Halifax Harbour explosion in historical context manuscript 20 pages + iv; ills.; 28 cm.
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Paper presented to the 1917 Explosion: Collision in Halifax Harbour and its Consequences Conference, Gorsebrook Research Institute
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Halifax Explosion Ottawa : Canadian Library Assoc., 1981. 17 pages.
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Record of Halifax Explosion 4 pages.
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Our Canadian soldier boys; the Halifax Explosion; satisfied 19-. 4 pages.
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Views of the Halifax catastrophe : showing effects of explosion December sixth 1917 Halifax : Royal Print & Litho Ltd., 1917. 31 pages : illustrations; 23 x 15 cm.
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