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the Halifax explosion and the road to recovery

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An edition of Shattered City (1989)

Shattered city

the Halifax explosion and the road to recovery

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In December 1917 Halifax was alive with excitement. The streets were filled with troops, and the city, far removed from the bitter fighting in Europe, was reaping all the advantages of war. On the morning of December 6, however, the bloodshed came to Halifax with a vengeance when a French munitions ship and a Belgian relief vessel collided in the harbor. The munitions vessel drifted into the North End and exploded, killing more than sixteen hundred people instantly, wounding more than nine thousand others, and damaging or destroying approximately twelve thousand buildings. The complete devastation covered an area of 325 acres, and hardly a window in the city was left intact. The statistics are astounding enough, but the testimonies from survivors are even more astonishing. - Back cover.

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Nimbus Pub.
Language
English
Pages
212

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Subjects
Explosions, Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917, History, Halifax (n.s.), history
Places
Halifax, Halifax (N.S.), Nova Scotia
Times
20th century

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Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion and the Road to Recovery
September 1990, Nimbus Pub Ltd
Paperback in English
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Shattered city: the Halifax explosion and the road to recovery
1989, Nimbus Pub.
Paperback in English
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Table of Contents

Map : Plan of the City of Halifax, c.1910
Shattered city, shattered lives. Prelude
A new day
The nightmare begins
They're all gone
The road to recovery. Initial rescue, initial relief
No rest for the battered city
Relief from near and far
What about the children?
Identifying the dead
Christmas
Medical-social service
The Relief Commission arrives
One apartment every hour
Appraisals and claims
It must have been the Germans. Fixing responsibility
Sabotage?
The return to normal. Relief, not compensation
Breaking new ground
Guardians of the pension
Epilogue

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Halifax, N.S

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Library of Congress
F1039.5.H17 K58 1989

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Format
Paperback
Pagination
xvii, 212 p. :
Number of pages
212
Dimensions
25 x x centimeters

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Open Library
OL1916814M
Internet Archive
shatteredcityhal0000kitz
ISBN 10
0921054114, 0921054300
LCCN
90125926
Library Thing
902617
Goodreads
560614

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