French ship explodes in Halifax, Nova Scotia

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Category

War

Place

Canada

Date

1917

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"Halifax, Nova Scotia, was a major World War I convoy port crowded with merchant ships. . . . The blast killed some 1,600 people and wounded thousands more." [Furtado: 1001 Days]

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