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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

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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

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  • 2 weeks later...

"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.

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