Tuesday marks 105 years since the Halifax Explosion devastated Nova Scotia’s capital city.
On Dec. 6, 1917, French munitions ship SS Mont-Blanc and Norwegian relief ship SS Imo collided in the narrows of Halifax Harbour.
The collision caused a fire, which resulted in the world's largest human-made blast, until an atomic bomb was detonated in 1945.The tragedy will be marked with a memorial service at 9 a.m. at Fort Needham Memorial Park in Halifax's north end -- a community devastated by the explosion. The city says the event will honour those who died and the “resiliency, recovery and rebirth of our community.”
“We rebuilt and eventually moved ahead, but we never forget the fateful day in our history,” Halifax Mayor Mike Savage tweeted Tuesday morning. On Dec 6, 1917 the Halifax explosion destroyed much of our community. Close to 2000 died, more than 9000 injured, many made blind from flying debris. We rebuilt and eventually moved ahead, but we never forget the fateful day in our history.
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