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⚓ The Explosion of the SS Mont-Blanc tells the terrifying story behind one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history. On December 6, 1917, the French cargo ship SS Mont-Blanc, loaded with a deadly cargo of explosives, collided with the Norwegian vessel SS Imo in the narrow waters of Halifax Harbour. Sparks from the collision ignited the volatile cargo of TNT, picric acid, and benzol aboard the Mont-Blanc. As the burning ship drifted helplessly toward the city, crowds gathered along the waterfront, unaware of the danger. Minutes later, the vessel detonated in a massive blast that devastated Halifax, flattening neighborhoods, shattering windows miles away, and triggering a deadly tsunami in the harbor. 📜 Nearly 2,000 people lost their lives, and thousands more were injured in what became known as the Halifax Explosion. The catastrophe forever changed maritime safety laws and harbor navigation rules around the world.

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⚓The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in Halifax, Nova Scotia, maintains the most comprehensive public collection of materials related to the Halifax Explosion, including fragments of the SS Mont-Blanc, the telegraph key and personal effects of Vincent Coleman, and an extensive permanent exhibit. The museum's website at maritimemuseum.novascotia.ca provides access to online resources and exhibit information.

⚓ The Nova Scotia Archives maintains the Book of Remembrance, a searchable online database of victims of the explosion, and the digital exhibit A Vision of Regeneration, which covers the explosion and its reconstruction. These can be accessed through the Nova Scotia Archives website.

⚓ The Halifax Regional Municipality Municipal Archives holds detailed primary documentation of Halifax and Dartmouth's response to the explosion, including digitized original records available online.

⚓ Library and Archives Canada maintains a thematic guide to the Halifax Explosion consisting of specific archival references and a selected bibliography, accessible through the Library and Archives Canada website under the reference RG 42, volume 596 and 7.

⚓ The full record of the Wreck Commissioner's inquiry and subsequent appeals is held at Library and Archives Canada under the reference RG 42, 596 and 7. This is the primary legal record of the inquiry conducted by Judge Arthur Drysdale in January and February of nineteen eighteen.

⚓ For the investigation and legal aftermath, the book "Scapegoat: The Extraordinary Legal Proceedings Following the 1917 Halifax Explosion" by John Griffith Armstrong, published by Formac Publishing, provides a detailed account of the inquiry, the criminal charges, and the civil litigation that extended to nineteen twenty.

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