The Halifax disaster, December 6, 1917 / Ernest Fraser Robinson ; project consultant, Don Revell.

Main entry:

Robinson, Ernest Fraser.

Title & Author:

The Halifax disaster, December 6, 1917 / Ernest Fraser Robinson ; project consultant, Don Revell.

Publication:

St. Catharines, Ont. : Vanwell Pub., c1987.

Description:

70 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Series:

Vanwell history project series

Notes:
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 65.
East Coast Port -- The City Wakens: Thursday, December 6, 1917 -- The Collision: Thursday, December 6, 1917 8:45 a.m. -- The Explosion: Thursday, December 6, 1917 9:06 a.m. -- The Damage -- The Struggle to Survive -- The Eye-witnesses -- The Blame -- In Remembrance

Summary:

St Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell, 1997. 64 pp, 7 1/2" H. B&w photographs, maps. "It was a typical winter morning in Halifax. Ships of war passing in the Narrows, kids going to school, stores opening up, trains pulling in along the waterfront. Then suddenly BOOM! There's a tremendous explosion! In a terrific blast of fire and wind whole city blocks are levelled, reduced to rubble. Deadly showers of glass, bricks and red-hot metal spray everywhere, doing enormous damage and causing many deaths. Hundreds of people are buried alive in buildings which have collapsed. The 'Mont Blanc', a small freighter carrying high explosives, collided with another ship in the Narrows. She caught fire, the explosives ignited and she was blown from the face of the earth!".

Resources:
French equivalent / Équivalent français

ISBN:

0920277071
9780920277072

Subject:

Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917 Juvenile literature.
Explosion de Halifax, Halifax, N.-É., 1917 Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Nova Scotia Halifax.

Form/genre:

Juvenile works.

Added entries:

Vanwell history project series.

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 36360
Call No.: ID:88-B752
Status: Available

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