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Bearing Witness: Journalists, Record Keepers and the 1917 Halifax Explosion

Bearing Witness: Journalists, Record Keepers and the 1917 Halifax Explosion

Dupuis, Michael
Ruffman, Alan

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Canadian HistoryGeneral SociologyGeneral World History

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ISBN10: 1552668754
ISBN13: 9781552668757
Publisher: Fernwood Pub
Published: Apr 1 2017
Pages: 222
Weight: 1.10
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.70 Depth: 9.10
Language: English

At approximately 8:45 a.m. on 6 December 1917, the Belgian Relief vessel IMO struck the munitions-laden freighter Mont-Blanc in Halifax Harbour. The Mont-Blanc exploded in a devastating 2.9 kiloton blast, which killed 2,000 people and injured 9,000. More than 6,000 people were made homeless, and an additional 12,000 were left without shelter.

Bearing Witness tells the story of the Explosion, and the catastrophic damage it caused, through the eyes and words of more than two dozen journalists and record keepers who experienced it first hand. Their accounts reveal a unique perspective, offering new detail about the tragedy and providing insight into the individuals who struggled to articulate the magnitude of the shocking event to the rest of the world.

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