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Halifax Explosion

by Ken Cuthbertson

Halifax (n.s.), historyHalifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917ExplosionsHistory

An account of the Great Halifax explosion of 1917 when the freighter Mont-Blanc, carrying six million pounds of explosives, detonated, sending a shockwave that leveled the surrounding city.

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Book data: Open Library