What is Halifax Explosion?
{{Infobox civilian attack | title = Halifax Explosion | image = Halifax Explosion blast cloud.jpg | caption = The [[pyrocumulus cloud]] around 15-20 seconds after the explosion | location = [[Halifax (former city)|Halifax]], [[Nova Scotia]], [[Canada]] | date = December 6, 1917 | time = 9:04:35 | timezone = [[Atlantic Standard Time|AST]] | fatalities = 1,782 (known) | injuries = 9,000 (approximate) }} The '''Halifax explosion''' took place on December 6, 1917 when the [[SS Mont-Blanc|SS ''Mont-Blanc'']], a [[France|French]] [[Freighter|cargo ship]] loaded with explosives collided with the [[SS Imo|SS ''Imo'']], a [[Norway|Norwegian]] ship in the [[harbour]] in [[Halifax (former city)|Halifax]], [[Nova Scotia]], [[Canada]]. 1,782 [[people]] were killed and over 9,000 people were injured.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/halifaxexplosion/he2_ruins/he2_ruins_explosion.html|accessdate=2014-10-13|title=The Explosion|publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]}}</ref> This was the largest man-made explosion in history until July 1945 when the first [[atomic bomb]] blew up.<ref>{{cite book|title=Time: Disasters that Shook the World|url=https://archive.org/details/timealmanac2012p00kell|publisher=Time Home Entertainment|location=New York City|year=2012|page=[https://archive.org/details/timealmanac2012p00kell/page/56 56]|isbn=978-1-60320-247-3}}</ref> It is still the largest accidental explosion in history. People were said to hear it from over 100km away! <gallery> File:Halifax explosion - Imo.jpg|SS Imo File:SS Mont Blanc, in 1899.png|SS Mont Blanc File:Sketch of munition loading of SS Mont Blanc.png|Sketch of munition loading of SS Mont Blanc </gallery> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat|Halifax Explosion}} *[http://www.cbc.ca/halifaxexplosion/index.html CBC website about the Halifax Explosion] {{history-stub}} [[Category:1917 in North America]] [[Category:1910s in Canada]] [[Category:Disasters in Canada]] [[Category:Disasters in the 1910s]] [[Categor