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Thursday, 6 August 2020
Beirut and Halifax Explosions One Hundred Years Apart
Canada has a unique tie to Beirut. In 1917, port-side Halifax was destroyed when a munitions ship caught fire after a collision and twenty minutes later blew up. Almost 2000 died, 9000 more were injured, 2 square kilometers of Halifax were leveled and windows broke up to 80 kilometers away. Until Hiroshima, this was mankind's largest ever explosion. More at CBC site.
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