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Default Interesting info about vessel which caused Halifax Explosion

On Dec 6, 3:19*pm, North Star wrote:
http://thechronicleherald.ca/metro/3...ion-vessels-re...


"About 20 minutes later, on Dec. 6, 1917, the explosion of the other
ship’s volatile cargo laid waste to two square kilometres of the city,
killed almost 2,000 and injured 9,000."

WOW!!!!

I just googled up some pictures of the wreckage left after the
explosion. Devastating doesn't describe it.

Thanks Don.