Survivors : children of the Halifax explosion.
Material type: TextPublication details: Halifax, N.S. : Nimbus, 1992Description: x, 134 p. : ill., portsISBN:- 1551090341 (pbk)
- 971.6225030922 21
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Books | Australian Emergency Management Library | BOOK | 971.6225030922 SUR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 900065039 |
Over five hundred children from Halifax and Dartmouth were killed when the munitions ship, the Mont Blanc, blew up in the city's harbour on December 6, 1917. Hundreds more were injured and many lost their families and homes. This book tells the story of seven children who survived the Halifax explosion. All seven lived in Richmond, the northern part of Halifax close to the spot where the Imo collided with the Mont Blanc, causing the fire that ignited the tons of explosives in its hold. The book describes the children's family, school and social life before the explosion, their activities on that day, their experiences of the explosion itself, and the differences it made to their lives
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