dogsbody Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Wow! I can't believe this famous cataclysmic event wasn't mentioned jn WW1 Events - this date in 1917. It was the largest man-made explosion before the the atomic bomb. Chris Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 I have to think, it was because the Halifax explosion was an accident. Not caused by direct enemy action. But it certainly was a huge event of WW1. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dogsbody Posted December 9, 2017 Author Share Posted December 9, 2017 As some of the old trees around the harbour age and die, they are cut down. The folks doing the tree removal are finding material inside the trees that got there as a direct result of the explosion. Chris Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Tapsell Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 There are several events that are claimed to be the 'largest man-made non-nuclear explosions'. In November 1944, a bomb storage facility in North Staffordshire in the UK exploded. It was located in a series of old Gypsum mine tunnels near the village of Fauld. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Fauld_explosion Regards, John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Slartibartfast Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 "Victory at Sea" series has an episode dealing with the Italian beachhead and someone happened to be filming when an ammo ship blew up. BIG badaboom! Looked like a small nuke. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SBARC Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 "Buckets full of eyes balls" was one direct result of the explosion (as described by one girl assisting a Doctor that day.. Plenty of people were staring at the explosion from behind glass windows etc. 6 senior citizens visited Halifax about 20 or 30 years ago from the US. CBC covered their trip. All 6 were siblings. Their parents were Canadians from Halifax. The parents had 6 other kids...all born in Halifax....all 6 Canadian kids were killed in the explosion. The parents moved to the USA and had 6 more kids and never returned to Halifax. The sorrow felt by the parents must have been profound and scarred them deeply for life. The 6 US kids were all in their 60's and returning for 1 big trip while they were all still alive. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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