The
Halifax Explosion was a Maritime disaster in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, on the morning of 6 December 1917. Today is the 100 year mark.
SS Mont-Blanc, a French
cargo ship laden with
high explosives, collided with the Norwegian vessel
SS Imo in the Narrows, a strait connecting the upper
Halifax Harbour to
Bedford Basin. A fire on board the French ship ignited her cargo, causing a large explosion that devastated the
Richmond district of Halifax. Approximately 2,000 people were killed by the blast, debris, fires or collapsed buildings, and an estimated 9,000 others were injured. The blast was the
largest man-made explosion before the development of nuclear weapons, releasing the equivalent energy of roughly 2.9
kilotons of TNT (12,000
GJ)
Source and more info:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Explosion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Explosion