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

by Michael Dupuis

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1552668754
• ISBN13: 9781552668757
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Fernwood Publishing
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.7" x 9.1"